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McLennan signed a one-year contract with Calgary on Thursday to serve as the backup to Vezina Trophy winner Miikka Kiprusoff. The 35-year-old netminder went 2-4-2 with a 3.01 goals-against average last season with Florida and will be making his second stop in Calgary. |
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McLennan went 14-20-7 in 48 games with the Flames from 2002-04 and is 77-104-35 with a 2.64 goals-against average in 245 career games. |
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Tanguay signed a three-year, $15.75 million deal with the Calgary Flames on Wednesday after being acquired by the team in a draft-day deal on June 24. The 26-year-old forward will make $5 million next season, $5.375 million in 2007-08 and $5.375 in 2008-09. He had 29 goals and 49 assists in 71 games for Colorado last season while earning $3.23 million. |
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Tanguay has 137 goals and 263 assists in 450 career games spanning six seasons, all with the Avalanche. He will likely move from the wing to center and play on a line with Calgary captain Jarome Iginla. |
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Friesen signed a one-year, $1.6 million deal with the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. The 29-year-old forward began last season with Washington before being traded to Anaheim in March. He finished with four goals and seven assists in 51 games. "You look at his numbers and he's a good overall-type player," Flames coach and general manager Darryl Sutter said. "He plays both ends of the ice and he's very team oriented and he's won the Stanley Cup." |
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Friesen has 212 goals and 292 assists in 821 career games spanning 11 seasons. He has three 60-plus point seasons. |
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The Avalanche traded Tanguay to the Calgary Flames for defenseman Jordan Leopold and two draft picks Saturday in a draft-day deal between Northwest Division rivals. |
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The 26-year-old Tanguay was Colorado's second-leading scorer last season with 29 goals and 78 points in 71 games. He has totaled 400 points in 450 NHL games and was a key member of the Avs' 2001 Stanley Cup champion team. |
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Kiprusoff won the Vezina Trophy for the NHL's best goaltender on Thursday, the first Vezina of his career. The Calgary netminder also finished third in the MVP voting behind San Jose's Joe Thornton and Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr after a season in which he went 42-20-11 with a 2.07 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. |
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Kiprusoff led the league in goals-against average and shutouts (10), and was third in save percentage. After advancing to the Stanley Cup finals in 2004, the Flames were upset by Anaheim in the first round this season. |
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Huselius re-signed with Calgary on Monday, staying with the team that acquired him from Florida in December. The 27-year-old left wing had 15 goals and 24 assists in 54 games with the Flames and finished the season with 20 goals and 27 assists in 78 games overall. |
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Huselius has three 20-goal seasons in his career and has 73 career goals and 93 assists in 311 career games. |
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The Calgary Flames re-signed Kobasew on Tuesday though terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kobasew set a career-high with 20 goals and 31 points last season and was one of five team members to score 20 or more goals. |
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The Flames right wing and 2001 first round draft pick has 30 goals and 24 assists in 170 games with Calgary. |
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Iginla scored twice in Saturday's 3-2 Western Conference quarterfinal victory over Anaheim. The Flames' captain has four goals in the last two games and a total of five goals and three assists in the series. He has helped Calgary take a 3-2 lead in the playoff series. |
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Iginla had 35 goals and 32 assists during the regular season. |
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Tanguay scored at 1:09 of overtime Wednesday to give the Avalanche a 4-3 win and a 3-0 series lead over the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference first-round playoff series. |
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Tanguay has two goals and an assist in the series following a regular season in which he finished second on the team with 78 points in just 71 games. He missed 10 games late in the season due to a right knee sprain. |
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Kiprusoff won the Jennings Trophy, finishing with a 2.07 goals-against average, lowest in the NHL. The Calgary goaltender led the Flames to the Stanley Cup finals in 2003-04 and got hot again this season, finishing with a league-leading 10 shutouts. |
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Kirpusoff was 42-20-11 with a .923 save percentage to help the Flames win their first division title since 1995. |
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Phaneuf scored his 19th goal of the season and added an assist in the Flames' 5-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday. The Calgary defenseman's first tally broke Gary Suter's club record for goals by a rookie blueliner. Suter had 18 in 1985-86. |
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Phaneuf, whose 47 points this season lead all rookie defensemen, has four goals and four assists in his last 11 games. His 28 assists are tied with leading scorer Jarome Iginla for second on the team behind Daymond Langkow's 31. |
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Iginla scored a short-handed goal in the second period that proved to be the game-winner in the Flames' 2-1 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday. |
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Iginla has 32 goals and 25 assists in 72 games this season. The 28-year-old Calgary winger has registered points in seven of his last nine games, totaling four goals and five assists over that span. |
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Tanguay is reportedly out for 2-4 weeks with a sprained right knee. The Colorado Avalanche leading scorer (74 points, 26 goals) was hurt during the first period of Sunday's loss to the San Jose Sharks. |
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The team said Tuesday tests revealed no further damage to the knee. |
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Boucher's first start for Calgary couldn't have gone much worse. He allowed nine goals on 47 shots in Saturday's 9-4 loss at Nashville. |
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Friesen was traded to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks from the Washington Capitals before the NHL trade deadline on Thursday, in exchange for a 2006 second-round draft pick. |
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Friesen begins his second stint with the Mighty Ducks after joining them in March 2001 prior to that trade deadline and spending the 2001-02 season with them. He had three goals and seven points in 33 games this season for the Capitals. |
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Lundmark was dealt for the second time this season. On Thursday, the 25-year-old center was dealt to the Calgary Flames by the Phoenix Coyotes, in exchange for a 2006 fourth-round draft pick. Lundmark had scored five goals and 18 points in 38 games for the Coyotes. He had tallied one goal in three games for the New York Rangers before being dealt to Phoenix on Oct. 18. |
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Kiprusoff recorded his league-leading seventh shutout of the season Saturday, stopping 26 shots in Calgary's 2-0 victory over San Jose. The Flames have scored a total of just 13 goals in his seven shutouts. |
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Kiprusoff's 31 wins also lead the NHL. He has allowed three goals or fewer in 16 consecutive starts. |
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Iginla scored twice in the Flames' 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. |
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The 28-year-old Calgary captain has a team-best 27 goals and 46 points in 59 games this season, including four goals and three assists in his last eight contests. Iginla's career year came in 2001-02 when he scored 52 goals and added 44 assists to lead the NHL with 96 points. |
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Regehr had a career-high three assists in the Flames' 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Monday. |
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Regehr's trio of assists matched his total over his previous seven games. The 25-year-old Calgary defenseman has four goals and 14 assists in 41 games this season, tying his career-high point total from 2003-04 in 41 fewer contests. |
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Boucher and left wing Mike Leclerc were traded from Phoenix to Calgary on Wednesday in exchange for goalie Philippe Sauve and center Steven Reinprecht. Boucher had been relegated to backup duty with the Coyotes with Curtis Joseph playing well. In 11 games this season, Boucher was 3-6 with a 3.87 goals-against average. |
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The 29-year-old, who has been a starter with Philadelphia and Phoenix, will provide the Flames with a solid backup behind starter Miikka Kiprusoff. |