The controversy surrounding the Vancouver’s disallowed goal in Monday’s Canucks-Kings game has a familiar ring to it, doesn’t it? Flames fans know it well – it’s the clanging of that old “NHL wants sunbelt teams to win” bell again.
In case you missed it, the NHL video-review dudes ruled that Daniel Sedin kicked in a third-period goal that would have brought the Canucks within one in a key contest against the Kings. NHL exec Mike Murphy does a decent job of explaining the ruling to CBC’s hockey panel, but still (as much as I loathe the Canucks and it pains me to [...]

I follow Wil Wheaton on Twitter (@wilw) because I’m a complete nerd and he is the King of Nerds.
If you don’t recognize the name, he was Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek the Next Generation” and also starred alongside River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O’Connell and Kiefer Sutherland in the fanatastic “Stand By Me“.  He also happens to be a hockey freak (as is movie director Kevin Smith of “Clerks”, “Zak and Miri Make a Porno”, and “Cop Out” fame. He’s AKA Silent Bob, and you can find him on Twitter as @ThatKevinSmith). Wheaton roots for the Kings, Smith is a [...]

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 [...]