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Flames Lose To Ducks And Are Out of #StanleyCup Playoffs To End Cinderella Season

As the NHL season came to a close, I kept telling myself that if they could just make the playoffs, that was more than anyone expected of the Flames this season. And they did that. Then I just wanted to beat their arch-rival Canucks in the first round. And they did that. Then I just […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2015 § Canada § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Johnny Gaudreau Dekes Four Ducks

Flames lost but this was awesome.

¶ Posted 08 May 2015 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Secular Sunday – Jesus Loves Floyd Mayweather Better Than Manny Pacquio

Yeah, that’s what happened…

¶ Posted 03 May 2015 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary Fire Department

The Calgary Flames have been using a Calgary Fire Department helmet for players to pick the “unsung hero of the game” after each victory for the past couple seasons. I don’t have a picture of Pace wearing a CFD helmet but I do have a pic of him checking out a fire truck courtesy of my […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2015 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute, holiday

First Ever Major League Ball Game Played With No Fans Present Due to Baltimore Riots

I considered doing a post with some random thoughts about the Baltimore riots but then I realised there’s nothing I can say that others haven’t said better already – about the riots and about the first ever Major League Baseball “empty game”.

¶ Posted 29 April 2015 § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, metafilter, television, unitedstates

Music Monday – “My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna turn some heads/My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.”

Important Blog announcement: Hockey themed posts shall continue as long as the Flames are in the playoffs. One of the greatest hockey songs of all-time… (Hmm, maybe that could be my theme for Music Mondays until the Flames win the Cup in June?) 😉 Based on a true story… “Big League” – Tom Cochrane

¶ Posted 27 April 2015 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs

In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers, I kept providing updates on the score to the MC who relayed them to the partisan crowd (oh, those not-that-long-ago days before everyone had a smartphone in […]

¶ Posted 26 April 2015 § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, book, hockey, sports

#Flames vs. #Canucks – Bringing Back Old Time Hockey To The #NHL

And giving us the best first round series in the process… Let’s run down the checklist. We’ve already seen two late-game instigator penalties that have led to automatic suspensions, both of which were subsequently rescinded because suspensions due to instigator penalties are always rescinded. We’ve seen a player stretchered out of practice with a mystery […]

¶ Posted 22 April 2015 § Canada ‡ Comments (0) °

Calgary’s Michael Ferland Is An Amazing Story #nhl #flames #yyc #stanleycup

Perhaps the most dominate player in the Flames-Canucks series so far, Michael Ferland has an amazing back story as well. “It’s just great,” Hartley said. “We had a great meeting one-on-one a year ago in my office. That’s where it started. I watch those guys like a mother hawk … he opened up and we […]