| CALGARY - Craig Conroy gave Calgary Flames | | | | added Conroy, who logged 19 minutes 21 second of |
| supporters plenty to cheer about on Fan Appreciation | | | | ice time, just 11 seconds off his season high. "In L.A., I |
| Night. | | | | wasn't killing any penalties, I wasn't really on the power |
| Conroy made a dramatic return to the Flames lineup | | | | play." |
| Tuesday night, scoring twice against his former team | | | | He appeared in all situations Tuesday night, including |
| to lead Calgary to a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles | | | | playing over a minute of a 1:29 Kings two- man |
| Kings. Calgary re-acquired Conroy from Los Angeles | | | | advantage the Flames were able to kill off in the third |
| on Monday in a trade for Jamie Lundmark and two | | | | while protecting a 2-1 lead. |
| draft picks. | | | | "Confidence comes after hard work and for Connie, |
| Conroy, who was with the Flames from 2001 to 2004 | | | | the change was refreshing for him and he was ready |
| before signing with the Kings as a free agent, was | | | | to work hard," said Calgary coach Jim Playfair. |
| warmly greeted with applause from the Pengrowth | | | | "Confidence is a funny thing, you can see it all over his |
| Saddledome sellout of 19,289 as he took to the ice for | | | | face right now." |
| the pre-game warmups. He received a loud cheer | | | | Moss put Calgary ahead 2-0 at 3:50 of the season, |
| when he was shown on the Jumbotron during the | | | | scoring his sixth goal in 18 games after deflecting Dion |
| Canadian national anthem. | | | | Phaneuf's wrist shot from the blue-line past Burke. |
| Conroy then brought the capacity gathering to its feet | | | | Cammalleri deflected Anze Kopitar's slapshot from the |
| when he knocked a rebound past Kings goalie Sean | | | | point on the power play to pull Los Angeles to within |
| Burke just 1:30 into the second period to open the | | | | 2-1 just 1:35 into the third. |
| scoring. | | | | Los Angeles outshot the Flames 16-7 in the third but |
| "It surpassed all expectations," said Conroy, an | | | | couldn't beat Miikka Kiprusoff, who made numerous |
| instrumental part of Calgary's run to the Stanley Cup | | | | great saves. Five of Kiprusoff's stops came during the |
| final in 2004. "It gave me goose bumps being out there | | | | two-man advantage. |
| on the ice. | | | | "The one goal we scored was a screened shot, it's |
| "It was a lot of emotion for me." | | | | pretty tough to beat him otherwise," said Cammalleri. |
| Stephane Yelle and David Moss had the other goals | | | | "To say he's good is an understatement, we all know |
| for Calgary (27-17-6), which began a four- game | | | | that from watching him all year. |
| homestand with its sixth consecutive victory on home | | | | "He definitely did his job." |
| ice. | | | | Yelle restored Calgary's two-goal lead, connecting at |
| Mike Cammalleri scored his 20th goal of the season | | | | 14:04 of the third. |
| for Los Angeles (17-30-6), which has just one win in its | | | | Notes: Conroy came into the contest having gone 12 |
| last 10 games (1-8-1). | | | | games without a goal, a streak dating back to a Dec. |
| "Obviously, we didn't want that to happen," said | | | | 29 game against Calgary . . . If he stays healthy, |
| Cammalleri. "The guys that know him and we have a | | | | Conroy could appear in 85 regular- season games, |
| pretty personal relationship with Connie, we'd be happy | | | | which would be the most in franchise history. Conroy |
| for him if he did it against somebody else, but we don't | | | | already is one of only two Flames to have played in |
| want him doing that against us." | | | | more than 82 games, appearing in 83 in 2000-'01, the |
| Centring Calgary's second line with veteran wingers | | | | season he was acquired from St. Louis. Marcus Nilson |
| Alex Tanguay and Tony Amonte, Conroy showed | | | | appeared in 83 games in 2003-'04 . . . Los Angeles |
| immediate chemistry with Tanguay, who set up both | | | | outshot the Flames 36-33 . . . Calgary has gone 15 |
| of Conroy's goals. The second came at 15:16 of the | | | | games without outshooting the opposition . . . Calgary |
| third and prompted another standing ovation from the | | | | RW Jarome Iginla is aiming for Friday night for his |
| Flames faithful. | | | | return to the lineup. The Flames captain has missed 11 |
| "Just for my own confidence, I needed this," said | | | | games with a sprained knee . . . Forward Chuck |
| Conroy, who entered the night with just six goals in 52 | | | | Kobasew will be sidelined four weeks with a broken |
| games after notching 22 goals the previous year. | | | | elbow. |
| "Tonight was the most I've played in three months," | | | | |