North Dakota Ibex beats Calgary Chinook 3-2

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Calgary - Simon Gagne scored twice as the North Dakota Ibex defeats the Calgary Chinook 3-2.

The Chinook put on the pressure early and registered 19 shots on goal but Ryan Miller spectacular goaltending keep them at bay. Alex Tanguay scored to tie the game at two apiece in the third period but that wasn't enough. Simon Gagne scored his 33rd goal of the season which gave the Ibex a 3-2 lead. The two goals scored by Gagne moved him to 3rd place in the goal scoring race. Afinogenov and Huselius has no goal in the past three games despite playing on the first line with Marc Savard. "You will not win many games if your star players aren't scoring. " Said Coach Eugene Yip. "We lost to the special team tonight. We need to have better penalty kill in order to succeed. "

The loss put the North Dakota Ibex ahead of the Calgary Chinook by 4 points.

Second shutouts in a row for both Fleury and Luongo!

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Calgary - Marc-Andre Fleury earned has second SO in a row as the Chinook and the Mooseheads ended the game in a scoreless tie.

The Calgary Chinooks has 23 shots on net and the Stockholm Mooseheads has 20 shots on net but nothing solved Fleury and Luongo. "They are both amazing goalies. " said Chinook coach Eugene Yip after the game. "They are very well be the future of Canadian hockey in net after Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy. We are seeing legends in the making. " All four goalies are from the province of Quebec.

Bondra has game high 6 shots on net. It was the first time playing 20 minutes for the Chinook after his signing this season. "I felt good. I hope I can have the opportunity to play more. "

Meanwhile, Coach Eugene Yip has pointed out that Defenseman Dion Phaneuf has to step up on his game. "He is young but he is among one of the elite defenseman already. He has to play better in order to prove that he is worth the big contracts. "

Chinook win! Chinook win!

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Calgary - Marc-Andre Fleury give the Calgary Chinook first shut out of the season against the Hamilton Predator.

Beauchemin scored just 28 seconds into the second period to give the Calgary Chinook first win in seven games. It was only the first SO for both Fleury and the Chinook which improves the record to 19-19-5. "It was a very disciplie game from our side. " said Coach/GM Yip. "Fleury was incredible tonight, have some key saves. He is our goalie of the future and he will develop into a very good goaltender. "

Mara got hit in the second period and didn't not return for the rest of the game. He will be out a week due to twisted ankle.

Next game: Calgary Chinook will take a visit to Zetterberg and the Stockholm Mooseheads on Friday

GM Yip send Holik and Elias packing

To Dayton:

Bobby Holik Patrick Elias

To Calgary:

Claude Giroux


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Calgary - After the longest winless streak of the season, GM Yip has traded Center Bobby Holik and LW Patrick Elias and Cash to Dayton for prospect Claude Giroux.

"I hate to tell the fans, but the Calgary Chinook has begin their rebuilding period. " said GM Yip on a press conference at the Pengrowth Saddledome. "The team is not performing as expected and changes has to be made. This trade is to ensure we will come back will a better team in the future. I can promise our fans, the Chinook will be a contending team again in within the 3 years time. " Holik and Elias has been with the team for many years and I wish them best in Dayton. Calgary Chinook will be a seller this season and expect more trades to come. "

"I was pretty shocked to get a call from Yip in the middle of the night. " said Elias. "I don't know what to say. "

According to Hockey's Future, Giroux’s greatest talent is his playmaking ability. Boasting excellent hands and great vision, the diminutive winger is able to use his quick skating ability to turn something out of nothing. Giroux, despite his size disadvantage, does not mind getting his nose dirty, and will stand in to take a hit in order to make a play. He does get bodied often, but the shifty winger is agile enough to avoid checks on a regular basis.

He expects to join Kyle Turris, James VanRiemsdyk, Jakub Voracek and Carey Price to be the cornerstone of the Calgary Chinook's future.

The Chinooks can't buy a win. Cheechoo payback to his former team!

The Chinooks lost to the mighty Sandblasters 7-2. "The feeling is great. " said Cheechoo who scored a hat-trick against his former team after trading away this season. "It's not really a big deal, I just played my own game. " After this lost, the Chinooks are winless in five. Marc-Andre Fleury is healthy again and will be back for the next game. Former Chinook Kovalchuk also scored for the Sandblasters. "We need the third and fourth line contribute as well, we are not going to win many games will just the first line scoring. " said Eugene. Talks is that the Chinook are agressively looking for a 1st line scorer, and has make Voracek and JVR available for the right price. "Anyone on the team is available except Phaneuf."

Next game: The Chinooks will visit the Hamilton Predators on Tuesday

The Chinooks couldn't solve Kolzig in OT, winless in 4 games!

The Calgary Chinook come back from a 2-0 deficit to tie the Winnipeg Ferret 3.3. "It really shows the team's character to come back like this. " said Phaneuf, who has 5 hits for the night. "I can see that we can end this winless streak in the next game. " The Chinook has 7 shots in overtime but they are all saved by the Ferrets netminder Kolzig. Kolzig was particularly good at the end, saving Huselius on a breakaway. Despite winless in four games, the Chinook are still hanging on 0.500. "0.500 is not good enough especially with the Ibex chasing at the back. With their recent acquisition of Joe Thornton, we have to play better. " said Coach Eugene Yip.

Next games: The Calgary Chinook plays the Hawaii Sandblasters, should be a exciting game for everyone!