It wasn’t necessarily pretty, and it wasn’t particularly exciting. It was, in the words of one of Calgary’s heart-and-soul sorts: “Flames hockey.”

The Flames wrapped this road-trip Sunday by scratching out a 2-1 win over the Flyers in Philadelphia.

Jonathan Huberdeau tallied twice in the City of Brotherly Love, while Dustin Wolf was sharp when needed behind a squad that allowed a season-low 18 shots on net.

The Flames also blocked 18, half of those coming from the defence pairing of MacKenzie Weegar and Joel Hanley.

“That’s Flames hockey right there,” Weegar declared during a post-game interview on Sportsnet. “If we can just buy into that, and consistently, I think we’re going to flip this script around a little bit. It was nice to see guys dedicated to winning the hard way tonight.

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