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Calgary Flames: Three Stars of the Week February 13-19

By Ramina Shlah

Feb 18, 2017; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano (5) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller (not pictured) during the third period at Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks won 2-1 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 18, 2017; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Calgary Flames defenseman Mark Giordano (5) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Vancouver Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller (not pictured) during the third period at Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks won 2-1 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports /
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SECOND STAR

Feb 18, 2017; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Calgary Flames goaltender Brian Elliott (1) makes a save against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 18, 2017; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Calgary Flames goaltender Brian Elliott (1) makes a save against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports /

Brian Elliott

Brian Elliott has had fantastic games ever since before the All-Star break. Since that game right before the break, he is 4-1-1, has a 0.922 sv% and 2.19 GAA. In the game against the Flyers, he’s the reason the Flames didn’t have four goals scored on them. He completely bailed out the team when they needed him.

And with the game against the Vancouver Canucks, he let in a bad goal on the first shot he faced. And it came from center ice. I know, I cried too. But he definitely redeemed himself throughout the rest of the game and stepped up. He didn’t let that bad goal phase him and affect the rest of the game. He had some key saves that came on the powerplay against the Canucks, making them go 0/5 on the PP.

This week, he went 1-0-1, had an sv% of 0.935 and GAA of 1.72.

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Safe to say that we’re starting to see the old Brian Elliott again. He’s really taking this “win-and-start” method to heart because ever since that (the game before the all-star break), he’s been excellent. He’s only had two losses (one against the Canucks which was an OT loss) and one against the New York Rangers where the Calgary Flames still battled hard and played an all around good game. Unfortunately, they couldn’t tie up the score and thus, resulted in a loss.

It’ll be interesting to see who the Flames will go with for goaltending next game. We know about this win-and-start method, however Elliott’s been much better than Chad Johnson and still had a great game against the Canucks. Will the Flames stick to their method and go with Johnson next game, or stick with what’s safe and go with Elliott? I guess we’ll find out shortly.

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