Game 43 Recap: 500

by Justin Azevedo on Jan 7, 2012 10:15 PM PST in The Department of Game Posts

Ten Thoughts

-IGGY

-OI OI OI

-Love that Peter Maher, the legend, chucked in a "Yeah Baby!"

-Brent Sutter got his 100th win behind the Flames bench tonight. Who cares.

-Man, the Wild are awful. The Flames iced a quarter of an NHL team tonight.

-FANCY PANTS LANCE had an excellent game tonight and picked up his first NHL goal. He, along with his linemates, were a combined +40 in Corsi.

-Miikka Kiprusoff had a really good game. Clay Wilson, too. Blair Jones as well. Really happy with what I saw in the first game.

-The first two periods were mind-numbing. While the Flames were directing a lot of shots towards the net, they were mostly from the periphery.

If you missed the goal:

And Maher's Call:

Three Stars

1. Jarome Iginla-C'mon, man.
2. Lance Bouma-First NHL Goal.
3. Miikka Kiprusoff-Some excellent saves tonight.

Lastly...

That may be the most fun we'll have watching a game this year. Enjoy it. The Flames' next game is Tuesday against New Jersey.

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Missed the game, anything good happen?

by Jeremywilhelm on Jan 7, 2012 10:30 PM PST reply actions

Give me a Youtube

I missed the game, wanted to see it.

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by camcharron on Jan 7, 2012 10:32 PM PST reply actions

updated with the goal

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by Justin Azevedo on Jan 7, 2012 10:41 PM PST up reply actions

that game was hard to watch till the 3rd, on a side note im glad iggy got the 500th, that way his team will stop trying to feed him bad passes

by xis10ce on Jan 7, 2012 10:43 PM PST up reply actions

The Score had it too

Because, woo! The Score!

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by camcharron on Jan 7, 2012 10:54 PM PST up reply actions

Finally got to see the game.
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Backlund is not a product of his line. Kid is definitely a huge reason they are not getting scored on and creating chances.

Blair jones didnt look terrible

Brodie is legit i think. Maybe its just me, but the kid looks extremely solid.

Glencross keeps proving Azevedo wrong. Thats always a plus.

The Wild are as terrible as we all thought.

People are down on Horak, but the kid does alot of things right, and looks better than Backlund ever did at that age.

by Jeremywilhelm on Jan 8, 2012 1:02 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Regression’s gonna be a bitch for GlenX someday. I think.

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by ArikJames on Jan 8, 2012 5:21 AM PST up reply actions

Probably true. But, we said that last year too and it never really happened, although I’m not sure he was ever at 23% last year either. Even if he regressed and finished the season at last years 16%, which would take quite a slide, he still finish with around 27-30 goals.

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by Scott Lepp on Jan 8, 2012 7:29 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions

for some reason I seem to recall glenx being at 21 at the all-star break last year. I dunno-his case is really strange.

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by Justin Azevedo on Jan 8, 2012 8:16 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

You know im joking right? I dont believe he could maintain this pace either, but i just enjoy bugging you.

I fully expect Glencross to have only 5 goals next year when the coin flips fall the other direction.

by Jeremywilhelm on Jan 8, 2012 9:20 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

haha I know.

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by Justin Azevedo on Jan 8, 2012 9:48 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

IGGY

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by exsanguinator on Jan 8, 2012 2:57 AM PST reply actions

IGGY

by Colin S on Jan 8, 2012 11:44 AM PST up reply actions

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