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Flames victorious in Saddledome return News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City6c Tomorrow5c Periods of rain Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Flames victorious in Saddledome returnLast Updated Thursday December 10 2009 212 AM ET Comments39Recommend28By Jesse Campigotto CBC Sports Nigel Dawes and Olli Jokinen scored secondperiod goals and Miikka Kiprusoff stayed hot in net as the Calgary Flames celebrated their longawaited return to the Saddledome with a 31 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Wednesday nightDawes started the scoring with a deft deflection of Aaron Johnsons delivery from the point two minutes into the secondJokinen made it 20 with 5 minutes left taking Jarome Iginlas feed off a rush and blasting a rolling puck past goalie Johan Hedberg for his 13th point in as many gamesAtlantas Colby Armstrong made it interesting in the third by adhering to the old axiom that good things happen when you go to the net Rich Peverley ignited the play throwing a backhand at Kiprusoff that the Flames goalie kicked out but right off the skate of Armstrong as he drove to the cageKiprusoff preserved the lead by getting his paddle on Max Afinogenovs try with a minute and a half left allowing Rene Bourque to seal the deal with an emptynetter in the final minuteWhen the team plays like that it always makes a goalies job way easier said Kiprusoff who has allowed just 11 goals in nine games since getting torched for six in a lopsided loss to Chicago on Nov 19 You look at tonight 25 shots against thats nice and makes it much easier for meFlames defenceman Robyn Regehr said the credit should go to the goalieHes probably been playing his best hockey in the last month and a half than maybe Ive ever seen him play Regehr saidIginla assisted on both secondperiod goals for Calgary (1983) playing its first home game in two weeks following a 402 road tripHedbergs 29 saves werent enough to keep Atlanta (15103) from losing for the third time in four games The Thrashers remain winless in five trips to the Saddledome since joining the NHL for the 19992000 seasonWere just one of those teams that likes to make the perfect play and sometimes its not there said coach John Anderson w...