Flames look to turn road trip record around
It's been a roller coaster ride for the Flames this season; one second they're up, the next second they're down. The ride is all to familiar for the Flames, but the team looks to change that this time around.
Sitting once again atop the Northwest Division, the Flames may be facing one of their biggest challenges yet. One long and enduring road trip.
The Flames embark on a lengthy, but all important, seven game road trip beginning Thursday when they'll look to gain a possible 14 points, in what will be the team's longest road trip this season."It's tough to win on the road and this being our longest trip of the year, it's very imperative that we play over 500," commented forward Darren McCarty.But that's something the Flames have struggled to do.
With a 13-13-4 road record so far this season, including losses to Colorado, Chicago and an overtime loss to St. Louis during their last five-game road trip in late January, it's no wonder players like McCarty and defenceman Andrew Ference want to wipe the slate clean and start fresh."I think a big accomplishment for this team would be to improve our road record," said Ference."It's been the low point in the team's successes this year, so to pick that up would be a big accomplishment and a big goal for our club."McCarty agrees, especially since playoffs are just around the corner."Now we're in the heat of things, and we've got to win some road games," added McCarty."We have to go on the road and really find ways to win in tough buildings, and that's what this stretch run is all about, and it's sort of the playoff mentality."While some players look at it in the whole grand scheme of things, others believe you have to simply take it one game at a time, including speedy forward Shean Donovan. "It's all about battling. We just look at Edmonton and it's a big two points there against our divisional rival, so it's going to be an intense, hard battle," commented Donovan."I think it just starts there and you can't look to far ahead; the teams are battling, and it's so tight that you can only look at one game at a time."
Whatever the case, the Flames don't plan on leaving their perch atop the Northwest Division anytime soon. They're there to stay according to McCarty."We were able to get back into first and we don't plan on giving it up again."
Sitting once again atop the Northwest Division, the Flames may be facing one of their biggest challenges yet. One long and enduring road trip.
The Flames embark on a lengthy, but all important, seven game road trip beginning Thursday when they'll look to gain a possible 14 points, in what will be the team's longest road trip this season."It's tough to win on the road and this being our longest trip of the year, it's very imperative that we play over 500," commented forward Darren McCarty.But that's something the Flames have struggled to do.
With a 13-13-4 road record so far this season, including losses to Colorado, Chicago and an overtime loss to St. Louis during their last five-game road trip in late January, it's no wonder players like McCarty and defenceman Andrew Ference want to wipe the slate clean and start fresh."I think a big accomplishment for this team would be to improve our road record," said Ference."It's been the low point in the team's successes this year, so to pick that up would be a big accomplishment and a big goal for our club."McCarty agrees, especially since playoffs are just around the corner."Now we're in the heat of things, and we've got to win some road games," added McCarty."We have to go on the road and really find ways to win in tough buildings, and that's what this stretch run is all about, and it's sort of the playoff mentality."While some players look at it in the whole grand scheme of things, others believe you have to simply take it one game at a time, including speedy forward Shean Donovan. "It's all about battling. We just look at Edmonton and it's a big two points there against our divisional rival, so it's going to be an intense, hard battle," commented Donovan."I think it just starts there and you can't look to far ahead; the teams are battling, and it's so tight that you can only look at one game at a time."
Whatever the case, the Flames don't plan on leaving their perch atop the Northwest Division anytime soon. They're there to stay according to McCarty."We were able to get back into first and we don't plan on giving it up again."
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