Four Flames First-Rounders, One Rink in Texas
Four Calgary first-round picks play each other in Texas on Halloween. A Flames fan's guide to North Dakota vs Michigan State: who they are, why it matters, how to watch.
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Calgary's sixth-overall pick in 2026, a left-shot defenceman from Cypress River, Man., now a freshman at North Dakota.
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Four Calgary first-round picks play each other in Texas on Halloween. A Flames fan's guide to North Dakota vs Michigan State: who they are, why it matters, how to watch.
Brian Williams drives 190 miles round trip for North Dakota hockey, and he has the ink to prove it. From "Unleash the Wiebe" to watching Reschny and Carels on opening night, this is the ultimate view from the Ralph.
Flames prospects Carson Carels and Cole Reschny at North Dakota media day: draft night on the farm, captain at 19, and coach Dane Jackson on both.
Olivia W. is at CN Centre for every home game she can get to. She wrote Carson Carels a farewell, so we asked her about the warm-up routine she knows by heart, the award he kept on his wall, and the jersey she designed.
Calgary's sixth-overall pick sat in a meeting room in Windsor, heard what Canada wants to be this year, and couldn't keep his legs still. Bronze wasn't good enough, and the tournament comes to Alberta on Boxing Day.
The world changed for Carson Carels this summer, except the one thing that made his nickname a demolition charge. Up in Calgary, that number is suddenly empty.
The Flames spent the sixth pick in the 2026 draft on a farm kid from Manitoba who might just be a top-pair defenceman. Here's the scouting notebook on him.
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