NHL - Game Notes

Calgary Flames

Head Coach

Mike Keenan
Notes: Mike Keenan was named the 13th head coach in Calgary Flames history on June 14, 2007. During his 19 years behind the bench in the NHL, Keenan has led his teams to the Finals on four occasions capturing the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994. He was named winner of the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year in 1985 after leading the Philadelphia Flyers to the Cup Final during his rookie season. His resume includes three President’s Trophies, six division titles, three All-Star Games, three 50 plus win seasons and five 100 plus point seasons. Keenan led Team Canada to two Canada Cup titles ('87, '91). His international coaching career also includes the 1980 World Junior Championships and the 1993 World Championships. Earned his 650th regular season win on Jan.6/09 vs. SJ 5-2 W Moved into 4th on the all time wins list with 658 regular season wins Feb.12 CGY2 @ L.A. 0 Career Games Coached (Regular Season) - 1384 (4th all time) W - 671 (4th all time), L - 550, T - 163 (includes OTL and L/SO) As Flames Head Coach (Regular Season) 2007-current Games Coached - 163, W - 87, L - 60, OTL - 11, SOL - 5

Mike Keenan

Notes: Mike Keenan was named the 13th head coach in Calgary Flames history on June 14, 2007. During his 19 years behind the bench in the NHL, Keenan has led his teams to the Finals on four occasions capturing the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1994. He was named winner of the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year in 1985 after leading the Philadelphia Flyers to the Cup Final during his rookie season.

His resume includes three President’s Trophies, six division titles, three All-Star Games, three 50 plus win seasons and five 100 plus point seasons. Keenan led Team Canada to two Canada Cup titles ('87, '91). His international coaching career also includes the 1980 World Junior Championships and the 1993 World Championships.

Earned his 650th regular season win on Jan.6/09 vs. SJ 5-2 W
Moved into 4th on the all time wins list with 658 regular season wins Feb.12 CGY2 @ L.A. 0

Career Games Coached (Regular Season) - 1384 (4th all time)
W - 671 (4th all time), L - 550, T - 163 (includes OTL and L/SO)

As Flames Head Coach (Regular Season) 2007-current
Games Coached - 163, W - 87, L - 60, OTL - 11, SOL - 5

Goaltenders

1 Curtis McElhinney G
MAK-IHL-ehn-ee, KUHR-tihs

6'2'', 194 05/23/1983 ( 25 ), London, ON, CAN

2nd NHL / 2nd CGY Season

Last Win:

Last Shutout:

How Acquired: CGY - 6th round, 176th overall, in 2002 Entry Draft

Notes: 2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS:
made his 2008-09 debut making 25 saves on 28 shots on Nov.8 CGY 1 @ CLB 3 ... played the final 40 minutes making 24 saves on 26 shots on Nov.13 CGY 1 @ SJ 6 ... made his second start of the season, making 35 saves on 39 shots on Dec.10 CGY 3 @ DET 4 (OT) ... came in for the 3rd period stopping all seven shots he faced on Jan.4 CGY 2 @ CHI 5 ... started his 3rd game of the season making 33 saves in the loss on Jan.18 CGY 2 @ COL 6 ... started his first career home game making 23 saves on Feb.7 ANA 2 @ CGY 1

	GPI	Min	W	L	T	OT	SO	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %
Season	12	450	0	6	-	1	0	28	3.73	211	0.883
Career	17	600	0	8	0	1	0	33	3.30	257	0.886

34 Miikka Kiprusoff G
KIHP-roo-sawf, MEE-kah

6'1'', 182 10/26/1976 ( 32 ), Turku, FIN

8th NHL / 5th CGY Season

Last Win: APR 6, 2009 vs LOS ANGELES (1)

Last Shutout: FEB 12, 2009 @ LOS ANGELES (24)

How Acquired: Traded from San Jose for a conditional draft choice (2nd or 3rd round) in the 2005 Entry Draft on Nov. 16, 2003
DRAFTED: SJ - 5th round, 116th overall, in 1995 Entry Draft

Notes: 2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS:
Earned his first win of the season with 25 saves on Oct.14 COL 4 @ CGY 5 ... was the winner of the Molson Cup for the month of October - donating $1000 to the Children's Hospital ... extended his winning streak to six games with a 34 save performance on Nov.1 CGY 3 @ LA 2 ... picked up his 28th career shutout (25th with the Flames) with 18 saves on Nov. 20 CGY 1 @ COL 0 - in his 5 seasons with the Flames, Kiprusoff leads all NHL goalies with 10 x 1-0 Wins (Brodeur is 2nd with 8) ... made 27 saves for his 20th victory of the season on Dec.27 OTT 3 @ CGY 6, he has now recorded 20+ wins in each of the past five years ... earned his 23rd win of the season on Jan.3 CGY 3 @ NSH 2, and his 168th as a Flame tying him for 2nd on the the Flames all-time wins list with Dan Bouchard ... made 26 saves on Jan.6 SJ 2 @ CGY 5 for his 169th win as a Flame putting him 2nd overall in wins behind only Mike Vernon ... made 24 saves for his 25th victory of the season on Jan.8 NYI 2 @ CGY 5 ...made 28 saves for his 30th win of the season and his 175th as a Flame on Jan.30 NSH 1 @ CGY 3 - he reached 30 wins in his 48th game of the season. That's the fastest that any goaltender has reached the 30-win mark since Ken Dryden earned his 30th victory in the Canadiens' 46th game in 1975-1976 ... streak of starting 77 straight home games came to and end on Feb.7/09 ... stopped all 36 shots for his 4th shutout of the season (30th career) on Feb.12 CGY 2 @ L.A. 0 ... won his sixth straight start stopping 35 shots on Mar.5 CGY 5 @ PHI 1 ... earned his 40th win of the season on Mar.12 CGY 6 @ DET 5 (SO) ... earned his 200th career victory with 18 saves on Mar.18 DAL 1 @ CGY 2 ... earned his 42nd win of the season on Mar.23 DET 3 @ CGY 5, which ties a career high ... set a new career high with 43 wins in a season set on Mar.28 MIN 2 @ CGY 3

	GPI	Min	W	L	T	OT	SO	GA	GAA	Saves	Sv %
Season	75	4366	45	23	5	5	4	206	2.83	1918	0.903
Career	384	22254	204	124	7	35	30	913	2.46	9510	0.912