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Calgary Flames Forward Sean Monahan Is Having An Incredible 2017

By Ramina Shlah

Feb 1, 2017; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan (23) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 1, 2017; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames center Sean Monahan (23) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Minnesota Wild during the first period at Scotiabank Saddledome. Mandatory Credit: Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports /
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First ten games

In the first 10 games of the season, aka the month of October, Monahan had just four goals and no assists. This was tied for ninth on the team in terms of points. He also had just one powerplay point and a -5 rating which was tied for the worst on the team.

A problem for him was that he just wasn’t shooting the puck as often as he should. And it became evident that he started to lose some confidence, which is the reason he wouldn’t be shooting pucks. He kept passing when he should have just shot it on net.

He had just 20 shots in those ten games which is not exactly what you want from your top center-man.

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However, four goals on 20 shots, that’s not so bad. That’s a 20% shooting percentage which is exactly what you want from your top center-man. But again, the problem was that he wasn’t shooting often enough.

In that ten game stretch, the Calgary Flames went 4-5-1. However, they had some games on hand over every team that was below them in the standings at that time.

Now we get into November.

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