Toronto - Coach Mike Keenan said he shouldn't have started Miikka Kiprusoff in net. Defenseman Robyn Regehr said he could have provided more leadership. And captain Jarome Iginla said he might have had one more goal in him to force overtime.
It all added up to an 8-6 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Mikhail Grabovski scored two goals, and Jeff Finger, Nikolai Kulemin, Jason Blake, Jeff Hamilton, John Mitchell and Jamal Mayers also scored for Toronto in the Maple Leafs' highest-scoring game of the season.
The Maple Leafs had wrapped up 2nd place in the competition last week, shortly after the Calgary Flames had clinched their first Canadian Championships. The competition will resume next year, as each of the Canadian teams will continue a home and away series.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Calgary Flames are Canadian Champions
OTTAWA - Fresh from scoring his 400th goal, Jarome Iginla got to witness new milestones by a pair of his Calgary Flames teammates.
David Moss got his first career hat trick and Warren Peters added his first NHL goal in Calgary's 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.
The victory clinched the NHL Canadian Championship for the Calgary Flames. The Flames have lost only once in 9 games, and move 5 points ahead of second place Toronto Maple Leafs. The Leafs have only two games left, and can only finish with a maximum of 15 points. The Edmonton Oilers, who visit Toronto on Saturday, can still catch the Leafs for second place.
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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
|