Saturday October 15th 1 PM,
In the first all Canadian match up of the night the visiting
Calgary Flames (1-2-0) take on the Toronto Maple Leafs (2-0-0) at 7PM ET on
CBC. The Flames corrected a two game losing streak to start the season with a
4-1 win over Montreal Thursday.
With wins over Montreal and Ottawa the Leafs have started strong for a
second straight season but can they keep it up?
Making their season debuts Clarke MacArthur, back from
suspension, and Cody Franson, healthy scratch, will look to add to the winning
start. For Franson this is a huge
game to show why he deserves to be in the lineup on a regular basis. MacArthur
hopes to build on the chemistry that was developed last season with line mates
Mikhail Grabovski and Nikolai Kulemin, all recording career highs in goals and
assists.
Alex Tanguay has started hot with 4 assists so far not to
mention the strong game in Montreal from Rene Bourque and his 3 goals on the
year. Jarome Iginla, who finished
with a strong season last year, will look to lead the Flames in their hopes of
keeping pace in the always-strong Western Conference
Calgary Flames 2003 1st round draft pick Dion
Phaneuf will look to make an impact against his former team who ultimately gave
up on him, which he has clearly used as motivation since he was traded to
Toronto. Matthew Lombardi, also a
former Flame, has returned to action quicker than expected and will expect to
build on the success of his last two games. Matt Stajan, Nikolas Hagman and Lee
Stempniak will be returning to Toronto to face their old team. With so many personal connections to
this game, the compete level will be up there and look to expect an intense
game.
Whatever team you support, these are two teams with a lot of
questions that will make this an interesting Saturday night battle.
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