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