Calgary Flames Tickets

In a ‘11-‘12 season for which injuries were perhaps the biggest story league-wide, no team felt the strain due to injured players more than the Calgary Flames. Major players such as Alex Tanguay and Rene Borque made up only a part of the overall injuries to the team, who at one point had to call up the entire top line of their AHL affiliate team. The Flames still came extremely close to having a run in the playoffs, and their excessively talented set of players showed what a healthy Flames team can do with a few torrid streaks of wins, including three over major rivals and the season’s President’s Trophy winners the Vancouver Canucks. This team is ready to turn it around, so now is the time to buy Calgary Flames hockey tickets.

That’s not to say that the entire Calgary Flames roster had a bad season; a few players had absolutely outstanding years. Captain Jarome Iginla put up 32 goals and 35 assists for a total of 67 points, and his 30+ goals in 11 consecutive seasons were good enough to give him the honor of being only the seventh player in history to reach that plateau. Fellow forward Olli Jokninen also had a comeback season with 61 points, and despite major injuries, Curtis Glencross and Alex Tanguay pulled out 48 and 49 points respectively. The injury-riddled ‘11-‘12 Calgary Flames schedule ended with the team just out of the playoffs by one spot, losing it to the Los Angeles Kings before they made their run to the Stanley Cup Finals, and leaving the Flames as one of the rising teams to watch in the new season. You can watch them with Calgary Flames tickets from GoTickets.

Over the off-season, the Flames picked up a new coaching staff including the impressive Stanley Cup winning Bob Hartley, who led the ZSC Lions to a victory in the Swiss National League A just this last season. In addition to coaching changes, the Flames have signed skilled forward Jiri Hudler and defenseman Dennis Wideman, who’s fresh off a 46 point season with Washington. Anyone lucky enough to get ‘12-‘13 Calgary Flames tickets will be treated to a team with something to prove, and with the new set-up, this may be the year the Scotiabank Saddledome sees success return to Calgary.