Calgary Flames: Three Stars of the Week January 30 – February 5
By Ramina Shlah
SECOND STAR
TJ Brodie
If you watched any game this week, you might understand why TJ Brodie earned his name as a star. Even with an anchor as a defensive partner, I mean Dennis Wideman. Sorry auto-correct. But in all seriousness, this whole week, Wideman has been somewhat messing up. And by somewhat, I mean constantly. He was the reason for two goals scored against the Flames. And since Brodie is his defensive partner, this is affecting him too.
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But that still hasn’t stopped Brodie. He had five assists this week, four of them coming in one game against the New Jersey Devils. Two of the goals were basically made because of him, one coming in overtime where the Calgary Flames extended their win-streak to three games.
His four assists in that game was the first time a Flames defenseman had four assists in one game since Dion Phaneuf in 2008.
And to top this off, two of those assists where I said the goals were basically made because of him, they were important goals. One was a game-tying goal in the third period and the other, like I said, came in overtime.
That night, he rightfully so was named the first star of the game. And he’ll always be the first star in our hearts (and second star for this week).