from George Johnson of the Calgary Herald,

“It was crazy,” said Flames’ coach Bob Hartley, following the 3-1 playoff-cementing victory. “Guys were jumping. Sticks were flying everywhere. We could almost feel fans going through the glass … It’s a great feeling. To pull through in front of our fans was a classy way to do it

“The most important thing about was we did it in front of our fans. That was unbelievable. What a welcome from our fans. Throughout the game, we felt their support.

“Everyone that was coming in the rink this afternoon before the game was commenting that they were on MacLeod or downtown and there were busses that had ‘Go Flames Go.’ Plenty of flags and jerseys. Hey, there’s a fever out there.”

Capping a superb regular season, right winger Jiri Hudler, the silent one, scored twice (Nos. 30 and 31), including the second into an empty L.A. net at 19:10 of the third period with the champs furiously trying to push the game into OT and salvage their season, to book Calgary passage into their first playoff in six years.

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Below, a video montage from last night...