September 21 in Hockey is an archive of events that happened on this day in the world of hockey.
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Featured 2009 Moment
Theo Fleury continued his comeback with the Calgary Flames after registering an assist in a shootout loss to the Vancouver Canucks - TSN. Fleury has surprised so much today that George Johnson of the Calgary Herald said.
"Sure, the legs need some stretching out, but here he is, a 41-year-old geriatric away from the NHL game for six years making far more of an impact than a slew of prospects nearly two decades his junior. At some level, that has to burn.
If he continues to improve, to contribute, to make the ticket-buying public stand up and cheer, my word, what on earth are they going to do with him? Can they afford to, for argument’s sake, let him go somewhere else after he’s seduced this city all over again?" - Calgary Herald.
Current Calgary captain Jerome Iginla is 21 points ahead of Theo Fluery as the All-Time high scorer in the 30 year history of the Calgary Flames.
2009 in Hockey
- NYI: New York Islanders rookie, John Tavares scored his first point of the pre-season after assisting on a Matt Moulson power-play goal during a 3-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers in Saskatoon.http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=291997
- MTL: The Montreal Canadians announced training camp cuts of 17 players including top prospect P.K. Subban. On the same day newly-acquired Brian Gionta scored two goals as the Canadians defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in a pre-season game.http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=292089
This Day in History: The 2000s
- 2001: During and pre-season match between the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers a speech from President George W. Bush was aired between the 2nd and 3rd period, the end of the game had to be canceled after Philadelphia fans refused to have the speech turned off.
