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November 6

Calgary Herald

"Lickety-split, Miikka Kiprusoff went from the sick bay to the winner's circle. From feverish . . . to just plain hot. Wednesday in Dallas, he was turning down his start. Thursday in St. Louis, he was shutting down the Blues. With a sensational evening's work, the Calgary Flames' netminder lifted his squad to 2-1 overtime success in National Hockey League action at the Scottrade Center. Jarome Iginla scored first (3:24 into the contest) and Dion Phaneuf scored last (2:50 into overtime), but the story was Kiprusoff. "Oh, I'm all right," croaked the Finn. "Just had a little cold there. It's gone now. I feel good again." Obviously. The day before, the goalkeeper had been too sick to ..."

Trust-win game for backup

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November 6

Calgary Sun

"Miikka Kiprusoff was back between the pipes last night. But a game like the one Curtis McElhinney had in Dallas Wednesday stopping 38 shots in a 3-2 OT win is exactly what the Flames brass and fans needed to see. Confidence in him -- and his own confidence on the ice -- had been sagging. "He responded to the challenge," head coach Brent Sutter said a day after the backup made an unexpected start when Kiprusoff came down with a bug in the morning. "I challenged him as a coach. I wanted his level of play up where it needs to be, and yet the team's level of play where it needs to be playing in front of him.""

Rest easy! Kipper's back

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November 6

Calgary Sun

"Making his first appearance since undergoing an emergency appendectomy late last month, St. Louis Blues centre T.J. Oshie was determined to make an impact. Starting in goal one night after he was too sick to even sit on the bench as a backup, Flames netminder Miikka Kiprusoff was equally set on keeping the sophomore from making a difference. Kiprusoff got the best of that battle, and Dion Phaneuf got a piece of the young Blues star, banking his overtime winner in off Oshie to give the Flames a 2-1 win. "He was great," Flames captain Jarome Iginla, who opened the scoring just a few minutes into the game, said of Kiprusoff's performance. "We didn't know (if he'd play). Yesterday, he had the ..."

Kiprusoff skates this morning, may start tonight

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November 5

Calgary Herald

"For the Flames, it was an optional skate this morning in St. Louis. But both goalies — Curtis McElhinney (last night's starter/winner) and Miikka Kiprusoff (who'd been sick in Dallas) — were on the ice. Meaning what exactly? "I would say that (Kiprusoff) is probably 50-50 (to start tonight)," said coach Brent Sutter. "Till we see this morning how he responds and we see where he's at — I don't know right now myself — then we'll make a decision at that point in time. "Curtis is (operating) under the mindset that he's playing tonight, which is the way I want it to be. If that happens to change, we'll change it." Sutter went on to praise the work of McElhinney, who, stopping 38 of 40 shots, ..."

Never mind Flames stats

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October 23

Calgary Sun

"At the tail end of TSN's highlights of the Calgary Flames-Columbus Blue Jackets clash, a comment was made about Miikka Kiprusoff's performance this season. Kiprusoff "continues to struggle," said broadcaster James Cybulski, reading from a script that noted the Flames netminder has allowed three or more goals in seven of eight starts. Talk about numbers not telling the story. Yes, it's true Kiprusoff has only once surrendered two or fewer goals this season. Curiously, it was in a 2-1 defeat. Yes, he has a goals-against average of 3.23 and a .902 save percentage. Those are facts. But to say he's been struggling is dead wrong. Through the first 10-game segment of the season, which concludes ..."

Comeback kids

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October 13

Chicago Sun-Times

"First it was a shootout victory that went a club-record nine rounds in their first game of the season at the United Center. In their second, it was a comeback from a five-goal deficit. What will those Blackhawks do next? Monday's 6-5 overtime victory over the Calgary Flames was one for more than the franchise record books. The Hawks' biggest comeback in their history that dates back to 1926 was from four goals. They rallied from that deficit to win three times. In coming back from five, however, they tied an NHL record. ''It was awesome,'' said winger Patrick Kane, the rallying point for the comeback with a goal and two assists. ''It was crazy to come back like that, but what a fun game to ..."

Magnificent Miikka preserves win for Flames

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October 2

Calgary Herald

"Don't press the details. Just make the sign of the cross, whisper a couple of Our Fathers under your breath and move on to Edmonton. The width of the paddle of Miikka Kiprusoff's goal stick. That's how far the Calgary Flames were from folding like a piece of cheap oragami; from unravelling like a playful kitty's ball of yarn. A sure thing transformed into a near thing. They almost allowed all their hard work over 35 minutes to go for naught. If not for Kiprusoff, a notoriously slow seasonal starter, this would've ended badly. He saved Calgary blushes. Thursday's 5-3 curtain-raising victory over the late-arriving Vancouver Canucks is down to him. As the Canucks piled on the pressure through ..."

Kipper shines in win

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October 2

Calgary Sun

"Game 1 last season was the difference between the Calgary Flames winning the Northwest Division title. That opening-night 6-0 thrashing at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks added up to the two-point deficit. Looks like the Flames learned the folly of their ways, albeit by the slimmest of margins and thanks in big part to some incredible goaltending by Miikka Kiprusoff in a one-sided third period. The Flames drew first blood against the team expected to be their main competition for the division with last night's 5-3 victory over the Canucks. "It's unbelievable how when it comes down to the end of the year, it's two points that makes the difference," said Flames winger Eric Nystrom. "It's ..."