Calgary Flames centre Mikael Backlund is calling on his team to pick up the pace after a 2-3-1 start to the season.
The Flames earned just three of a possible 10 points on their five-game road trip, which concluded Sunday with a 6-2 loss to the
“Six games in and a lot of hockey left to be played, but we’ve got to pick it up,” Backlund said after the defeat. “We don’t want to fall behind here.Backlund, who was named captain after signing a two-year, $9 million contract last month, has two assists in six games to start the season. The Flames, who missed the postseason last year, remain in the thick of the Pacific Division playoff race early, sitting within a point of the
Head coach Ryan Huska, who is in his first season as the Flames bench boss, was not pleased with his team's sloppy play in the Sunday loss. “If you turn over as many pucks as we did, you’re asking for it,” Huska said. “Then it’s just a steady dose of odd-man rushes coming back against.
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