With the possible
exception of a 4-1
victory in Vancouver,
the Flames' newest
addition, Miikka
Kiprusoff hasn't had to
steal a game in his
great run to start the
Calgary chapter of his
career.
That may not have
been the case tonight in
Philadelphia.
Kiprusoff was the
difference, well he and
his iron friends, as the
Calgary Flames shocked
the National Hockey
League's number one
team, and clearly best
home team, by a 3-2
overtime count.
|
| Green |
Yelle |
Iginla |
| Gelinas |
McAmmond |
Donovan |
| Saprykin |
Lombardi |
Kobasew |
| Oliwa |
Morgan |
Kobasew |
| Regehr |
Leopold |
| Gauthier |
Warrener |
| Montador |
Ference |
|
The
Calgary Flames played a
solid road game, don't
get me wrong.
They
kept the Flyers to the
outside, did their best
to limit the powerful
club's chances, and made
life miserable when
players in black
ventured near the
Calgary cage hunting for
rebounds.
The
Flyers carried the play
in the first and third
stanzas holding period
shot advantages of 13-6
and 13-9 on their way to
a 37-27 overall mark on
the night.
Calgary,
doing their very best to
continue that very
effective home system
that has given the club
points in their last 10
spins around Saddledome
ice, managed to hang
around, be a fly in the
ointment, and give
themselves a chance in a
close game heading to
the third.
The
plan worked to
perfection.
The
December Line of Dean
McAmmond, Shean Donovan
and Martin Gelinas
continued their
effective ways when the
forced a turn over in
the Flyer zone and got
the puck to Jeff Hackett
and the Flyer cage. From
there McAmmond and
Donovan both had whacks
before McAmmond steered
the puck into the net
off Hackett's skate
blade to tie the score
at two.
The
Flyers controlled the
majority of the rest of
the third period, and
continued that dominance
into overtime, but it
was the Flames that sent
the stunned Philadelphia
crowd home unhappy.
Chuck
Kobasew ended a pressure
siege in the Calgary
zone by moving the puck
up the boards to a
streaking Dean McAmmond.
Kobasew then caught up
with the play making it
a two on one. McAmmond
used Kobasew as a decoy
beating Hackett high,
glove side, for the win.
"I
was thinking pass all
the way", said
McAmmond after the
hockey game to CTV
Sportsnet. "But
Eric (Weinrich) played
the pass so I just took
it to the center and put
it in".
The
loss marked the second
loss at home all season
for the Flyers which is
the good news. The bad
news is that these
losses have come back to
back.
The
Flames evened their road
record at .500 with the
victory and now have
three points in their
last two games against
extremely tough
opponents.
Few
gave the Calgary side
much of a chance with
games against Colorado,
Philadelphia and Boston
but they are well on
their way to proving
their doubters wrong.
Jarome
Iginla added a first
period goal, and the
Flayers received markers
from John Leclair and
Jeremy Roenick.
