Best wishes to the greatest goalie that ever wore the Flaming C. Some highlights for me include:
-Kipper gets traded for a 2nd rounder. The Herald proceeds to run a story the next day called ''Mikka who?'', where I believe it was Doughboy who slammed Sutter for wasting a 2nd rounder on a nobody. Crow was eaten for the next 10 years.
-Of course the cup run in '04. IMO Kipper should have won the Conn Smyth win or lose.
-Kipper's fantastic season in 05-06. The Flames are the 3rd worst offensive team in the league, yet #1 in GAA. Kipper puts up a season for the ages, winning the Vezina, Jennings, 1st team Allstar, and a Hart nomination.
-Kipper plays lights out in the 06-07 series versus Detroit. One of the most spectacular displays of goaltending I've ever seen. I remember Pierre Mcguire was ice level doing commentary and he said that the Flames team looks scared and absolutely terrified playing the Wings and Kipper was the sole reason we won 2 games.
-I remember a game a couple seasons ago where it was a 5-0 shutout for the Flames at the dome. The crowd chanted his name for what seemed like the entire 3rd period.
It will be incredibly weird watching the Flames without Kipper. But thanks of the memories!
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