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Calgary Flames three stars of the week: November 5-11

By Ramina Shlah

CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 3: David Rittich #33 of the Calgary Flames in action against the Chicago Blackhawks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Saddledome on November 3, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)
CALGARY, AB - NOVEMBER 3: David Rittich #33 of the Calgary Flames in action against the Chicago Blackhawks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Saddledome on November 3, 2018 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images) /
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Second star

SAN JOSE, CA – NOVEMBER 11 2018: (Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CA – NOVEMBER 11 2018: (Photo by Brandon Magnus/NHLI via Getty Images) /

Travis Hamonic

Travis Hamonic was another player who had one of his best weeks this season. He scored the lone goal in the win against the Kings to earn the first star of the game and had arguably his best game as a member of the Calgary Flames.

While he didn’t have that great of a game against the Sharks (to be fair, he wasn’t the only one), he was incredible against the Ducks and the Kings and he along with Noah Hanifin were the best duo on the ice. And against the Sharks, he played well against their top defencemen like Brent Burns and Erik Karlsson.

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Throughout the season since coming back from his injury, he leads all Flames defencemen with 58.41 CF% and 59.39 SCF% (5v5). To be fair, he has played less games than the rest of the defencemen due to injury and he did return as the Flames became tighter defensively, but that could also be due to him returning to the lineup and Michael Stone being a healthy scratch.

Hamonic isn’t the most offensively gifted defencemen, but the Flames aren’t expecting him to be. So that goal against the Kings was huge for his and the team game. For these reasons, he earned the honour of being our second star of the week.

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