The Calgary Flames' push to make the playoffs just got a bit harder. The team announced on Friday that captain Mikael Backlund will be out week-to-week with an upper-body injury. The forward was ...

A fire captain and firefighter were injured while responding to a burning home in El Dorado County last Thursday ... Upon arrival fire crews found the flames had spread to the attic of the home.

Not only did the Calgary Flames lose to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in a shootout, but they lost their captain Mikael Backlund ... highest face-off taker on the team.

The Calgary Flames will be playing some of their biggest games of the season without their best defensive forward and their locker-room leader. “It always tough losing your captain,” fellow ...

Flames captain Mikael Backlund suffered an upper-body injury in Wednesday’s shootout loss to the Canucks, the team confirmed. He’s listed as week-to-week. Backlund left the game midway ...

During the attack, the house became engulfed in flames. The fire captain was taken to the UC Davis Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center, where officials said he was in a stable condition.

CALGARY - Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday. Backlund was hurt in the first period of a 4-3 shootout ...