The Flames’ bye week is at its end. Coming off of a 4-1 win over the Hurricanes on Sunday, they return to practice at 4 p.m. today.
But wait, a slight problem: the Flames only have 11 healthy forwards on hand. With that, an easy solution: they’ve recalled Andrew Mangiapane and Marek Hrivik from the Stockton Heat, boosting them up to 13 healthy forwards, and giving them at least someone to healthy scratch.
Up in the NHL, Mangiapane and Hrivik have played very limited roles. Mangiapane has averaged just 8:46 in ice time in his NHL career, while Hrivik played 9:06 in the one Flames game he’s actually dressed for.