I was at the Nashville game yesterday, 2p.m. afternoon start… that was weird, funny thing was the tickets were printed for 5 o’clock so there were a bunch of angry people showing up with about 10 mins left in the third period. How pissed off must they have been? Getting in their cars to go to the game, tuning into The Fan 960 for the pregame show, only to realize that they are listening to the third period…. call me an ass but its a little bit comical being on the otherside of the fence for once. To be honest they did not miss a whole lot. I was sitting with my friend and near the beginning of the second period I looked over to him and said “Dude have you even noticed Iginla out there?”. Before he can respond Iginla absolutely snipes one past Dan Ellis. After that point Iginla was one of the only players that was fighting for a win. I’ve always thought that was Iginla’s problem, if he is in a little dry spell for points, he is so invisible, until he scores a goal or an opposing player is laying the body on him. If he has no reason to get fired up he won’t.

Dear Santa:

I realize it is an 82 game season, and that there will be ups and downs. But all I want for Christmas is consistency for the Calgary Flames. Is that too much to ask? I know it might be a bit of a stretch but come on you can deliver Christmas miracles!

Sincerely,

Frustrated Flames Fans World Wide

p.s. can you give Craig Conroy a goal please? Even if it is an empty net goal. Thanks!!

The puck dropped to start the game and not 30 seconds later, Jarome Iginla had his 13th goal of the year. After that the Flames pretty well owned the first period, with Jokinen and Phaneuf ringing shots of the bar. It was good to see this team come out with a sense of urgency… coach probably told them if they don’t play like a bunch of dumb-asses, they can go enjoy the beach after the game.

After a well played first period come to an end… Flames fans every where were waiting for the collapse in the second period. And of course, it came. LA scored at the 3 minute mark of the game and less than a minute later the ice cold Frolov got himself on the score sheet.  Fuck, I’m still waiting for the day the Flames can prove me wrong and finally put together a solid 3 periods of play. Sutter quickly called a time out, thank god, and Iginla scored his 14th goal of the year on a 2 man advantage from a brilliant feed by Bouwmeester. So, second period ends, game is tied, which team is going to come out in the third? Boys? or Men?

I hated the fact that Iginla took 2 stupid minor penalties in a tight third period. Come on man! You were having an amazing game, you were a monster out there, don’t be taking stupid penalties that is going to shift the momentum to the Kings. Anyway, on one of Jarome’s penalties Langkow scored a short hander, which ended up being the game winner. Nice to see Langkow pull some weight. Although Iginla took a couple stupid penalties in the third he also scored his 9th career hattrick goal, so we will call it even Jarome. And finally to cap off a masterful third period David moss had his first goal in 10 games to break the slide. Overall I was quite impressed with how the Flames came out to play in this game, they could have easily put there tails under their legs and walked away quietly in the third period, but they stayed there and made sure they set an example of how this road trip will be… hopefully.

Tonight: Flames play the Ducks