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Five takeaways from the 2025 Montana's Brier Five takeaways from the 2025 Montana's Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, in Kelowna, B.C.
Jake Bean - Goes quiet on offense again Bean's point drought reached 10 games in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Canadiens.
Impact The Flames have a weak offense, so there's often not a lot of points to go around for a third-pairing defenseman like Bean. He's racked up 18 shots on net and a minus-4 rating during his drought, with his last point being a helper versus the Ducks on Jan. 30. For the season, Bean has seven points, 57 shots on net, 34 blocked shots and a minus-1 rating over 46 appearances. He will need to play at an acceptable level to fend off a challenge from Daniil Miromanov for playing time.
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Joel Farabee - Nets lone goal in win Farabee scored a goal on two shots in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Canadiens.
Impact Farabee's tally at 16:21 of the second period was the difference in this low-scoring contest. The 25-year-old is currently benefiting from the bump many Calgary forwards received when they land on a line with Mikael Backlund and Blake Coleman. Farabee has scored in two straight games, and he's up to 22 points, 119 shots on net, 64 hits, 42 blocked shots and a minus-13 rating over 62 appearances between the Flames and Flyers this season.
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'The next part was me believing in myself': How Joel Hanley became a key piece on the Flames' blue-line Journeyman defenceman Joel Hanley logged a career-high 23:55 in Saturday’s shutout victory. He’s now a Top-4 fixture for the Flames.
MARCH 9 • CALGARYHERALD.COM
'The next part was me believing in myself': How Joel Hanley became a key piece on Flames' blue-line Journeyman defenceman Joel Hanley logged a career-high 23:55 in Saturday’s shutout victory. He’s now a Top-4 fixture for the Flames.
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Dustin Wolf - Records third shutout Wolf stopped all 26 shots he faced in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Canadiens.
Impact Both young goalies dazzled, but Wolf was just a little bit better than Jakub Dobes in the Montreal crease. The shutout was the third of the season for Wolf, and he's gone six straight starts without allowing more than three goals -- a stretch in which he's posted a 3-1-2 record with a 1.97 GAA and .928 save percentage.
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Jakub Dobes - Takes tough loss in Calgary Dobes turned aside 23 shots in Saturday's 1-0 loss to the Flames.
Impact Joel Farabee ripped a shot past the rookie netminder from the faceoff dot late in the second period, and it was all the offense the home side would need. Dobes has just one win in his last six outings dating back to Jan. 25, going 1-3-1 with a 3.39 GAA and .890 save percentage, but Saturday's effort could encourage coach Martin St. Louis to take some of the load off Sam Montembeault's shoulders.
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