“I guess I can apologize to the fans at home,' veteran Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman said Wednesday. 'It’s not the most exciting hockey, but we’re piecing together wins.'
“I guess I can apologize to the fans at home," he said."It’s not the most exciting hockey, but we’re piecing together wins. It’s the way we’re going to win, is to play tight-checking. Maybe that limits a little bit of the offensive upside, but we’ve been strong defensively and gotten some really good goaltending. It might change as the season goes, but right now that’s our recipe for success.
Through 19 games, Calgary is one point out of first place in the Pacific Division with a 10-6-3 record. Calgary’s goal differential in the final frame is third best in the league , and they’re winning games despite an offence that hasn’t scored more than three goals in a game in more than a month. Blueliner“Third periods have been really big for us all year,” Coleman said. “We’ve just stuck with it.
“To do something like that early is important because it then builds that internal belief that we’re capable of coming back, no matter what the score is,” Lomberg said. The Flames aren’t resting on their laurels and know that, eventually, they need to score more goals. The players, however, have bought into the identity that the Flames will win more games 2-1 than 6-5.said. “I think we’re a hard team to play against and playing defensively. Obviously, there’s going to be some stretches we don’t score a lot of goals, but we still manage to come up on the right side.
“When you’re losing, obviously there’s more urgency in that, but you think a little differently when you’re winning.”
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