Over the past few seasons, the Calgary Flames’ American Hockey League affiliate has developed a strong reputation. The Stockton Heat won the AHL’s Pacific Division in 2021-22, and the relocated Calgary Wranglers repeated the feat in 2022-23, with head coach Mitch Love being named coach of the year in each season. When Love departed the…
The Calgary Wranglers have their new bench boss. The club announced the hiring of Trent Cull as their new head coach on Monday afternoon. We are pleased to announce that Trent Cull has been named as our new head coach! 🔥https://t.co/lBjvnGarHf — Calgary Wranglers (@AHLWranglers) July 17, 2023 The 49-year-old Cull joins the Flames organization…
In 2022, the New York State Hockey Hall of Fame held its very first induction class. Hosted in Troy, New York, the new institution aims to honour those who have contributed greatly to hockey in the state, with its inductees being a combination of those from New York who have achieved great things elsewhere and…
Friends, the 2023 edition of the annual Calgary Stampede has come and gone, and now we’re into the lean part of the off-season. The Calgary Flames need to hire an American Hockey League coach, and then they have a few moves that folks expect or hope that they’ll make. As we wade through the remainder…
Adam Ruzicka has become a forgotten player for a lot of Flames fans. It makes sense because all the attention this off-season has been on the 2024 pending UFA’s like Elias Lindholm, Noah Hanifin, and Mikael Backlund to name a few. There is also excitement around younger players getting a shot to play full time…
Folks, we’re getting into the dog days of summer. The Stampede is wrapping up, and the Calgary Flames have seemingly made the majority of their major off-season signings and roster moves. Now that the dust has seemingly settled, we’ve decided to take a big picture look at the organization’s roster to see how their depth…
The Toronto Argonauts remain the only undefeated team in the CFL following a 35-27 win over the Montreal Alouettes on Friday night at Percival Molson Stadium. This is the first time the Argos have been 4-0 to start a season since 1983, a year that ended with a Toronto Grey Cup victory. Here are my […]
Friends, we’re into the lean weeks of the National Hockey League off-season, as most teams have completed the majority of their big moves. As we wait patiently for training camp to approach and try to wring the most we can out of the remaining weeks of the summer, sometimes our thoughts drift to the Calgary…
Interviews with players that haven’t made up their minds on whether or not they’ll be returning to the team that drafted them and that they’ve been with for 15 years are bound to get around quickly, and there were lots of good tidbits in Mikael Backlund’s interview in Swedish with journalist Uffe Bodin. There were…