FLAMES VS. OILERS - 7:00 PM MT - CALGARYFLAMES.COM

The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will open up their respective pre-seasons with split-squad games on Monday, Sept. 26. One game will take place at the Scotiabank Saddledome and the other will be played at Rogers Place, both at 7:00 PM MT. Both games will be streamed on CalgaryFlames.com.

FLAMES @ OILERS - 7:00 PM MT - CALGARYFLAMES.COM

The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers will open up their respective pre-seasons with split-squad games on Monday, Sept. 26. One game will take place at the Scotiabank Saddledome and the other will be played at Rogers Place, both at 7:00 PM MT. Both games will be streamed on CalgaryFlames.com.

FLAMES (0-0-0) @ OILERS (0-0-0)
 
TV: 7 PM MT; Streamed on CalgaryFlames.com
 
Season series: The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames are meeting for the first time this pre-season with split-squad games going simultaneously in each city. Calgary will host Edmonton at Scotiabank Saddledome in one split-squad game, while the Oilers will welcome the Flames at Rogers Arena in the other. 

OILERS (0-0-0) @ FLAMES (0-0-0) 
 
TV: 7 PM MT; Streamed on CalgaryFlames.com
 
Season series: The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames are meeting for the first time this pre-season with split-squad games going simultaneously in each city. Calgary will host Edmonton at Scotiabank Saddledome in one split-squad game, while the Oilers will welcome the Flames at Rogers Arena in the other. 

CALGARY, AB -- Like everyone else with an area code on planet earth, Martin Gelinas has watched the Survivor reality TV series.

And yes, actually, he can draw personal parallels to one of those fortunate contestants not voted off the island.

"I like Bob," the immensely popular OT goal-scoring hero of the wildly improbable 2004 run is saying of the deposed Bob Hartley. "We're friends. In this game, there are a lot of good people.

"Bob is one of those good people.

"I really enjoyed working with him. I learned a lot.

"I talked to him only three days ago. He's back home, at the cabin, just staying put.

CALGARY, AB - The Calgary Flames announced today that they have assigned Brayden Burke (Lethbridge/WHL), Aaron Hyman (Calgary/WHL), Matthew Phillips (Victoria/WHL) and Nick Schneider (Medicine Hat/WHL) to their respective junior teams. The Flames also announced that they have released Dennis Kravchenko from Calgary's training camp and he has accepted an invitation to the Stockton Heat's training camp.

The Flames have 60 players remaining at camp (6 goalies, 20 defencemen, 35 forwards).

CALGARY, AB -- Michael Frolik is hoping his World Cup of Hockey 2016 experience can give him the jump on his NHL season.
 
He's hoping that his jump can help his Calgary Flames get off to a faster start, too.
 
"I think it definitely helps right now," said Frolik, participating in his first on-ice session with the Flames this season after representing the Czech Republic at the World Cup.

CALGARY, AB -- Hunter Shinkaruk knows he can get busy watching, or get busy playing. 

He's been caught doing the former before.

In his fourth National Hockey League camp, he's only focused on the latter.

"For me it's just playing my game," said Shinkaruk, in his first September swing with the Calgary Flames after being acquired from the Vancouver Canucks last February. "You can get wrapped up too much in watching what other guys are doing. For me, I just want to worry about myself.

CALGARY, AB -- It's unfamiliar territory for Chris Higgins.

Sure, he's at a National Hockey League training camp for the 14th time in his career.

But breaking in with the Calgary Flames this fall is the first time the Smithtown, NY native is working without a net.

Higgins, an unrestricted free agent, is camping without a contract.

"It is different, but I've never approached a camp as if I'm expecting to make the team," said Higgins. "If you don't play well they'll get rid of you. You've seen that 'x' number of times. It happens. If you don't play well they're going to get rid of you.

"It's the same case for me right now."

CALGARY, AB -- Team Sweden will continue on at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 in Toronto, but they'll do so without Calgary Flames forward Mikael Backlund.  

Backlund will return to Calgary on Saturday after sustaining a concussion in a tournament game against Team Finland on Tuesday.

"He's on his way back," Flames coach Glen Gulutzan said. "We don't expect him to be on the ice tomorrow. He'll be evaluated with our guys and get with our group. I know Sweden announced he's out. He's flying back to Calgary. He'll be here tonight, I believe. We'll get our guys to evaluate him and see where he's at."