Rhett Warrener News

It was shaping up as one of those nights for Rhett Warrener. Late in the first period of Tuesday night's Pengrowth Saddledome clash against the St.

Jay Bouwmeester was ready to be a piece of the Calgary Flames' puzzle instead of carrying the load for another team.

The Calgary Flames offseason started with a bang. The Flames made good, solid decisions at the draft, and made a splash acquiring the rights to Florida defenseman Jay Bouwmeester... by Keith Harrison 16 reads July 01, 2009 The Calgary Flames offseason started with a bang.

Pain was the operative word of Dion Phaneuf's first foray into the National Hockey League playoffs.

After a far-and-wide search for a general manager to guide the Wild into a new era, owner Craig Leipold landed on a bright, young hockey mind who has been preparing for this job from the day he was born 41 years ago.

The truth can finally be told about the former Flames player Darryl Sutter had his eye on re-acquiring just before this year's trade deadline.

The already shorthanded Calgary Flames will be without Dion Phaneuf for tonight's Game 6 in their series with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Before the next season, the Flames defenceman wants a different attitude among his teammates.

Todd Bertuzzi could barely compose himself in the aftermath of what could be his final game as a Calgary Flame.

C Dustin Boyd scored his first NHL playoff goal in the 5-1 Game 5 loss. Boyd drove hard to the net to beat Hawks G Nikolai Khabibulin.

Q: What are the Flames going to have to do if they're going to go all the way this year? A: That's a heck of a question.

As a hockey player, Brennan Evans is used to making split-second decisions. Operating in heavy traffic is standard.

Second chances are no guarantee in the National Hockey League. Missing out on a chance to hoist the Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames when they fell just short in 2004, Jordan Leopold has been looking forward to another opportunity since being traded back to Cowtown from the Colorado Avalanche at the deadline.

Becoming a hit in the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs will depend on how often the Calgary Flames do just that.

The skinny kid sits in the pews, stunned by the wall of sound. He can't believe the non-stop din.

On a morning when nearly no one skated at the Pengrowth Saddledome - just three: D Rhett Warrener, LW Andre Roy, LW Rene Bourque - there were three main topics of discussion in the Flames dressing room: 1. Playoff implications.

Did you really believe the Calgary Flames would wrap up a month of misery with a pretty little bow Tuesday night in Vancouver? With that lineup, could anyone really have fathomed a Flames win at GM Place to clinch a Northwest Division title many see as crucial to the club's first-round success? Sorry, but if the Flames have proven one thing this ...

The Herald's Three Stars 1. Vancouver G Roberto Luongo - Shots on net tell story.

Flames general manager Darryl Sutter took great delight on trade-deadline day in mocking the press for not understanding the intricacies of the salary-cap system when he squeezed Olli Jokinen under the $57-million threshold.

Taking pucks to the limbs seconds apart during the 2-1 loss to San Jose Monday, the Calgary Flames might have lost a set of blueliners.