The Calgary Flames spent the opening week of the season looking like a team trying to extinguish a fire with an empty bucket. Now they are the fire. Calgary’s 5-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday completed a perfect four-game homestand, extended its…
The Calgary Stampeders did not miss the playoffs because they lacked talent, offence or fight. They missed because a season packed with narrow defeats, wild swings and preventable mistakes left them depending on another team for rescue. When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat the BC…
The Calgary Flames have stopped waiting for confidence to arrive and started manufacturing it themselves. Three straight wins have changed the temperature around a team that opened the season with five consecutive losses, and Saturday’s 4-1 victory over Detroit looked like their strongest proof yet…
Cavalry FC has spent seven months building a road to the top of the Canadian Premier League. On Sunday afternoon, the last step is waiting at home. A victory over Vancouver FC at ATCO Field would put the Calgary club in commanding position to claim…
The Calgary Flames finally found a power supply, and Devin Cooley made sure nobody switched it off. Calgary scored twice with the man-advantage, then survived a frantic third period to beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 Thursday night, extending its winning streak to two games at…
The Calgary Stampeders handed out six awards Thursday, but the biggest prize remains locked behind somebody else’s effort. Calgary finished 9-9 and needs the BC Lions to prevent a Winnipeg victory Friday night. A B.C. win or tie puts the Stamps in the playoffs; a…
Nobody hands out silver chalices for a Sunday win in October. Still, if the Calgary Flames were looking for proof that their season has a pulse, beating the reigning Stanley Cup champions was a lively place to find it. The Flames knocked off the Carolina…
The Calgary Stampeders did everything they could Saturday. Now their season is in the hands of the team they just handled. Calgary’s emphatic 32-13 victory over the BC Lions at McMahon Stadium kept its playoff hopes alive and completed a 9-9 regular season. But with…
The Calgary Flames finally found the combination to the win column Tuesday night in Anaheim. It required one rookie starting the scoring, another rookie dragging them level, Martin Pospisil providing the late muscle and Dustin Wolf making sure the whole thing did not wobble apart…
The Calgary Flames finally produced their best effort of the young season Saturday. They also found the most painful way yet to lose. A short-handed goal by Ryan Poehling at 5:35 of the third period broke a 2-2 tie and sent the Anaheim Ducks to…