Taking Stockton: The Chronicles of Rittich

The Flames' AHL affiliate scraped out a couple of gritty victories over the weekend: Friday night against the Kings' affiliate insanely named the Ontario Reign and the Edmonton Oilers' affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, of Condor escape fame. What do ya know, those plucky little Sparks won both games.

Recent Chad Johnson heroics notwithstanding, it's been a fairly miserable year goalie-wise for the Flames. Perhaps that is one of the most frustrating parts of the Flames season so far, as it seemed as though the organization had done such a good job of bolstering the goaltending depth only to have it start this year like so many Jonas Hiller first periods. However, there was another goalie…