Welcome to the Olympic Canadian Airlines Pengrowth Scotiabank Saddledome, home of the Calgary Flames since 1983. The second picture doesn’t adequately depict the size of this 19,289-seat facility, which has some of the highest nosebleed seats I’ve ever seen at an indoor sporting event. I assume that in theory it is possible to see the puck from the 300 level, though I do not care to test that hypothesis. To walk from the writers’ area of the press box to the Ed Whalen Broadcast Booth is to walk across a terrifying set of catwalks, above the scoreboard, and directly over the center of the ice. The Flames have retired two jerseys, those of Lanny McDonald (9) and Mike Vernon (30).
Beat Alberta….
GKG…
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The Flaming C is upside down.
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:08 pm
@John Paul Kelly, And that dude is stealing the goal. Stop that man!
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I hope you have fall-protection gear on up there! Looks like you’re in the catwalks (or perms as we call ‘em in the biz).
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GO KINGS! Shut them down Bernier, one more win to end the roadtrip.
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In the old Pittsburgh arena..the igloo..
You could go up to the catwalks which were scary….
But also take somme flimsy stairs all the way to the roof…
Truly frightening…
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Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com) Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:10 pm
@SLIM,
It can be scary working up there for sure but nothing compared to this: http://youtu.be/leCAy1v1fnI
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SLIM Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:14 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com),
Yikes…
I like my feet on the ground..
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Real 7 Reply:
February 21st, 2013 at 4:29 am
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), you’ve GOT to be kidding! this guy is not human, eh?
[I had that queasy feeling just watching this]
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With my thoughts of Bob Miller……If you fall…will the Kings be penalized for having too many men on the ice !!!!
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So will 55 points be the cut off point for the 8th place team in the West? Or, could it be far lower? And does anyone even care? It’s basically guess-work but digging into the 1994-95 season does reveal some startling low point totals, even when you consider the Bettman point.
http://kingsnewsdaily.com/55-to-stay-alive/
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bradapiller Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:37 pm
@Paul Armbruster (KingsNewsDaily.com), i dont know if i forget because of the lockout, but there seem to be a ton of 3 point games so far.
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First time there we sat front row of second level…did not know about the flames that fire off when the Flames skate out…that’ll wake ya up
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P.S. Take a picture over center ice !!!! It would be awesome ….
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Wilmonde Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 9:22 pm
@neil, And then do a barrel roll!
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How could names like suter, mcinnis, fleury, niewendyk (sp?) not be in the rafters?
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Belexes Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:23 pm
@tornado12,
Agreed!! add these too, Reinhart, Peplinski, etc, …been some good ones.
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408kingsfan Reply:
February 20th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
@tornado12, They never had a cool mustache
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You should get some video of the walk over the catwalks! I bet we’d all get a kick out of that.
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http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/jackson+browne/song+for+adam_20068551.html…Song For Adam . !!!! Win one for Adam !!!!!
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Sabres fired Lindy Ruff?? wow he coached that team for ages
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Had the pleasure of attending many games several years ago at the Saddledome. Always a fun time!
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Thanks for those great pictures.
Got to tell you what a great job you’re doing with this site Jon.
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Patrick braved the catwalk…awesome!
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