Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Flames news and statistics for Jan 5/93
From: caldwell8102@mtroyal.ab.ca
Date: 5 Jan 93 14:17:10 MST
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta

Hi everybody! I'm back from semester break now and will resume posting my
weekly Flames news reports and statistics. The first one of '93 follows, with
a few changes. I have changed my ordering from increasing on uniform number to
decreasing on points as some people suggested they would like to see it this
way. I have also added a few new statistics to my goaltender stats. I have room
to include a few new stats for the players as well, but I have no idea what
netters want to see, so any suggestions are welcome. The final change is that 
the news will now appear first, followed by the numbers. This is just to 
convenience those who may not care about the statistics, but want to hear any 
news about the team. Please, anybody with suggestions for things I could 
include in my posts, please mail me. I want to hear it, really. Questions 
regarding the Flames are also welcome.

I believe that someone at the U of Calgary has been contributing Flames news to
the net in my abscence. I'm not sure exactly who it was, but I extend a big 
thank-you! I hope he/she reads this. :-)

News:
=====

Gary Leeman has now sat out six straight games. Dave King must really have it
in for this guy. He's not a bad hockey player, so if the Flames aren't going
to use him, perhaps somebody else could.....

Center Joe Nieuwendyk stopped a Dmitri Yushkevich slapshot with his face on
Saturday against the Flyers. He needed 7 stitches in his cheek to close the
cut, and his left eye is now purple and swollen shut. He has had a full face
shield attached to his helmet and will play as soon as his eye opens enough
for him to see properly. 

The Flames have made offers to arbitration-headed goaltender Mike Vernon. 
Vernon has been one of the best goaltenders in the league for years and is
playing especially well this year. It's hard to argue with him being amongst
the highest paid goalies in the league since his numbers stack up against 
anyone in the leagues'. The Flames offer is believed to be around $1 million
Cdn per season for three years, while Vernon is seeking $1 million US. 
 
The Flames released farmhand Kevan Guy to play in Austria. Guy does not fit
into the teams' plans, but was a competent stay-at-home defenceman.

Another farm defenceman, Kevan Melrose, was traded to Minnesota for the old
future considerations and was assigned to Kalamazoo, Minnesota's farm club.

Injuries:
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D  Al MacInnis, indefinite with dislocated left hip (Nov 11)
D  Kevin Dahl, indefinite with damaged left knee ligaments (Dec 13) 
C  Carey Wilson, indefinite with recurring knee injuries (Dec 10)
C  Joe Nieuwendyk, day-to-day with swollen left eye and facial cuts (Jan 2)
C  Joel Otto, day-to-day with strained rib cartilage (Jan 2)
D  Roger Johansson, day-to-day with strained rib cartilage (Jan 2)
D  Chris Dahlquist, day-to-day with concussion (Jan 2)

#   Pos.  Name                  GP     G      A     Pts     +/-    PIM
===============================================================================
10  LW    Gary Roberts          39     25     29     54     +25    109
14  RW    Theoren Fleury        39     15     31     46     +14     28
42  RW    Sergei Makarov        39     13     29     42     +3      12
25  C     Joe Nieuwendyk        38     18     17     35     +9      26
20  D     Gary Suter            39      9     25     34     +2      56
26  C     Robert Reichel        38     13     19     32     +11     22
29  C     Joel Otto             39     10     16     26     +6      48
28  LW    Paul Ranheim          39     11     11     22     +11     20
 2  D     Al MacInnis           18      4     13     17     +9      22
32  LW    Chris Lindberg        36      6      9     15     +3      16
11  RW    Gary Leeman           25      7      4     11     +5       6
33  C     Carey Wilson          22      4      7     11     +10      8
22  RW    Ron Stern             26      3      7     10     +4      71
 4  D     Kevin Dahl            29      2      8     10     +3      28
18  D     Trent Yawney          18      0     10     10     +12     14
34  D     Roger Johansson       34      2      7      9     +6      30
 5  D     Chris Dahlquist       34      3      4      7     +7      42
 3  D     Frank Musil           36      4      2      6     +14     52
16  LW    Craig Berube          38      3      2      5     +1      88
21  D     Alexander Godynyuk    16      2      3      5     +7      17
23  RW    C.J. Young            15      2      2      4     +1      10
 7  D     Michel Petit           6      3      0      3     +3       2
19  RW    Todd Harkins           9      1      2      3      0       6
 6  D     Greg Smyth            19      0      1      1     +2      37
12  LW    Paul Kruse             5      0      0      0     +2       4
??  C     Shawn Heaphy           1      0      0      0      0       2
??  LW    Patrick Lebeau         1      0      0      0      0       0

#   Name             GP   Min.   GAA   W   L  T  EN  SO   GA   SA    Save% 
============================================================================
30  Mike Vernon      30   1775   2.84  20  8  2   2   2   84   824   .898 
35  Jeff Reese       10    531   3.16   5  2  1   0   1   28   263   .894
 1  Andrei Trefilov   1     65   4.62   0  0  1   0   0    5    39   .872
===========================================================================
                     39   2373   3.01  25 10  4   2   3  119  1128   .895