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CALGARY -- Calgary Flames forward Johnny Gaudreau arrived for practice at Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday with a huge smile on his face, and a newspaper taped up in his locker.
"Regal Eagles," the headline read.

"Someone put it up there for me, which I like," Gaudreau said.

The headline was celebrating the dramatic Super Bowl LII victory by the Philadelphia Eagles against the defending champion New England Patriots.
Eagles quarterback Nick Foles threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns to help Philadelphia to a 41-33 win at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday, delivering the Eagles their first Super Bowl championship.
A native of Salem, New Jersey, a short drive from Philadelphia, Gaudreau is a lifelong Eagles fan.
"It was probably the most nervous I've been in a sporting event in a while here, probably since the Stanley Cup] Playoffs," Gaudreau said. "It was a long night. It kept going back and forth, and then [New England] finally took the lead there, and then I got really nervous. We found a way to score, [go back ahead], and get the ball back on the fumble there.
"Big fumble there, and they found a way to win."
[Tweet from @johngaudreau03: What a game and what a season!!! @Eagles #FlyEaglesFly

With 2:21 remaining and the Eagles leading 38-33, defensive end Brandon Graham knocked the ball loose from quarterback Tom Brady's hand and Derek Barnett recovered the fumble. The Eagles kIcked a field goal on the ensuing possession to go up 8, and then stopped New England on its final drive.
The Flames gathered together to watch the Super Bowl.
Gaudreau, who leads Calgary and is seventh in NHL scoring with 59 points (16 goals, 43 assists), couldn't hide his nerves from teammates.
"I think he's worse when he has no control over the situation," Flames captain Mark Giordano said. "He was pretty nervous, but then really happy when it was over."
Super Bowl LII featured the most total yards (1,151) of any game in NFL history, regular season or playoffs. Brady threw for 505 yards and became the first quarterback in NFL history to lose a game with 500-plus passing yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions.
Foles, who was named Super Bowl MVP, was the first player in Super Bowl history to throw and catch a touchdown.
His 1-yard reception on a trick play on fourth down for a touchdown late in the first half is Gaudreau's biggest highlight.
"I just keep replaying it in my mind," Gaudreau said. "We got to watch Tom miss (a pass thrown to him) a couple plays before, and then Foles gets to catch one for the touchdown; it was great. MVP. He played a great game. Had some great passes. It was good to see him play really well like that because I know he probably had a lot on his back there."
It is Philadelphia's first major professional sports title since the Phillies won the World Series in 2008.
"It's nuts," Gaudreau said of the reaction in Philadelphia. "I've just been watching the videos. It's a passionate city about their sports, so it was great.
"I'm pretty happy for it."