Daymond Langkow and the Calgary Flames jumped into 1st place in the NHL Canadian Championships with a home-and-home sweep of the Vancouver Canucks.
Langkow scored the pivotal first goal in the Flames' 3-1 victory over the Canucks on Saturday night, deflecting Dion Phaneuf's rising snap shot from the blue line past rookie goalie Cory Schneider on a power play late in the second period.
"It was one of those games where both teams really wanted the points," Langkow said. "It was a defensive battle, but we got a few more shots and were fortunate to get some goals and get the win."
Combined with a 4-3 victory Thursday night in Vancouver, Calgary climbed top spot in the Championship.
"We lost a couple to them earlier in the year so it's definitely nice to get those points back," said Langkow, remembering back to October when the Flames began the NHL season by getting swept in a home-and-home series with the Canucks.
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Each team plays 10 games. One home and one away against each of the other Canadian teams.
Teams in the same conference play each other more than twice during the regular season, however only two of the meetings were selected (home and away). The games selected were Nationally Televised on TSN, CBC-Hockey Night in Canada (particularly on Hockey Day in Canada), or Holidays where possible.
The Canadian Championship will use same point structure as the NHL Regular Season (W - 2 pts, OTL - 1 pt, SOL - 1 pt)
The Champion will be the team with the most points.
2009-2010 Standings
|
Team
|
GP
|
W
|
L
|
OTL
|
SOL
|
PTS
|
Calgary Flames |
8
|
8 |
0
|
0
|
0
|
16
|
Vancouver Canucks |
6
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
9
|
Ottawa Senators |
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
6
|
Edmonton Oilers |
5
|
2 |
3
|
0
|
1
|
5
|
Montreal Canadiens |
6
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
Toronto Maple Leafs |
7
|
0
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
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