The old Crown and Anchor bar in Red Deer was famous for its line drawn down the middle when hosting fans during the Battle of Alberta playoff games of the late 1980s. Calgary Flames fans on one side.

For the first two periods Saturday night, the Battle of Alberta was anything but. In the end, however, this was a battle to remember. The Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 7-5, but only after ...

The Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers have one of the NHL's most entertaining and spirited rivalries. The Battle of Alberta has only ramped up in pressure and meaning over the past few years as the ...

A note to the NHL’s schedule makers: Maybe do back-to-back Battle of Albertas around Christmas every year? While Tuesday’s first game against the Oilers in Edmonton didn’t go the way the Flames would ...

The Battle of Alberta is one of the NHL’s most storied and intense rivalries. It pits the Calgary Flames against the Edmonton Oilers in a clash of provincial pride and hockey prowess. In an ...

I know people in Calgary who seem to know more about every move the Edmonton Oilers make, on or off the ice, than some Oilers fans do. Meanwhile, I would have a hard time identifying 10 players on the ...