Robyn Regehr News

Canada's Joe Sakic, left, and Jarome Iginla clicked on a line with Simon gagne in the gold-medal game against the U. S. at the 2002 Winter olympics at Salt lake City.

Jarome Iginla, Dion Phaneuf, Robyn Regher and Jay Bouwmeester have been invited to the Team Canada Olympic training camp.

Much belittled, had been these penalty killers. By the media, by the fans, by the coach, by the entire city.

The Globe and Mail's Eric Duhatschek believes that the Calgary Flames' signing of Jay Bouwmeester to a 5-year, $33 million deal has placed the Flames' ahead of the Red Wings in terms of blueline depth and dominance: July 1, Globe and Mail : [E]verybody gets the fact that Bouwmeester's skating ability conjures up images of Paul Coffey and Scott ...

There's a Craig Conroy at every office. You know, the guy or gal with the reputation of unofficial organizer of goodbye bashes and welcome parties alike? As the elder statesmen, Conroy, 37, fills that role with the Calgary Flames.

Robyn Regehr's roommate during the 2006 Olympics in Italy was Jay Bouwmeester. "He doesn't snore, so that's good," Regehr recalled with a laugh.

The Calgary Flames followed the Philadelphia Flyers in taking some of the spotlight off the National Hockey League's entry draft by getting the inside track on the biggest unrestricted free agent available as the July 1 deadline nears.

The brand-new red sweater on display, stretched tight from cuff to cuff, was massive.

Jarome Iginla didn't have the number at his fingertips when he made the call. But now that Jay Bouwmeester is officially remaining property of the Calgary Flames, the captain expects more frequent talks.

Two Canadian general managers got a jump on free agency, while a third almost had a deal done for disgruntled Dany Heatley .

Signing defenceman Jay Bouwmeester is a massive priority for the Flames. Darryl Sutter must be doing most of the talking.

With his client's first shot at unrestricted free agency only a couple of sleeps away, Bryon Baltimore won't let it be known where Jay Bouwmeester stands.

Darryl Sutter obviously wasn't bluffing when he said his club would re-commit to defence.

Flames make splash on Day 2 of draft Florida Panthers defencemen Bryan McCabe and Jay Bouwmeester congratulate centre Stephen Weiss on his goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs in January Calgary acquires the rights to soon-to-be unrestricted free agent defenceman Jay Bouwmeester _ despite warning he wants to test the open market.

Primary needs of Canada's six NHL teams in the NHL draft tonight: VANCOUVER The Canucks need to strengthen the defence, but seven or eight defencemen could go before they select 22nd.

Gary Bettman survived his first address at the NHL Players' Association's annual players meetings.

Another Sutter is joining the Calgary Flames . General manger Darryl Sutter named his brother Brent the new head coach of the NHL club Tuesday.

Down at the Pengrowth Sutterdome, they are poised for the big announcement that could come at any moment.

Whether the NHLPA actually planned to have its 125 members meet in Las Vegas before the NHL Awards may be up for debate, but the fact that the PA's post-NHL Awards meetings have garnered the attention of several major pundits who hung around for a Vegas weekend has brought much-needed discussion to a host of topics, starting with the PA's issues ...

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, speaks to reporters at a reception in Las Vegas Wednesday, June 17 2009.