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The team has started playing well so I simmed daily, but quickly through the whole month of December:

Dec 1
Calgary 5 @ Nashville 2
Monahan 2G,1A; Hudler 3A; Callahan 1G,1A

Reinhart and Baerschti out with day to day injuries, Granlund brought up from Abbotsford. Bennett in.

Dec 3
Vancouver 1 @ Calgary 5
Backlund 3A; Butler 2A; Glencross 2G
Dec 5
St. Louis 4 @ Calgary 4
Russell 2A; Butler 1G,1A

Giordano will be out 2 weeks with sprained ankle. Ramage brought up to roster.

Dec 7
Edmonton 3 @ Calgary 2
Berglund 2G; Jokinen 2A

Jokinen out, D.Jones back in. Jokinen will miss 3 weeks with oblique strain.

Dec 10
NY Rangers 3 @ Calgary 4
Berglund 3G; Poirier 3A; Butler 2A
Dec 12
Montreal 0 @ Calgary 1
Monahan 1G; Butler 1A
Dec 13
Calgary 3 @ Arizona 5
Callahan 1G 2A; Hudler 1G 2A
Dec 15
Calgary 8 @ Anaheim 4
Monahan 1G 3A; Hudler 3G

Baertschi and Reinhart back from injury.

Dec 17
Calgary 3 @ San Jose 2
Glencross 2A; Reinhart 1G; Michalek 1A
Dec 19
Calgary 1 @ St. Louis 0
Callahan 1G; Monahan 1A; Hudler 1A
Dec 21
Colorado 4 @ Calgary 3
All stars from Avalanche
Dec 23
Calgary 1 @ Edmonton 1
Monahan 1G; Hudler 1A
Dec 27
Washington 1 @ Calgary 4
Callahan 2A; Monahan 1G; Reinhart 1A
Dec 28
Calgary 2 @ Vancouver 4
Hudler 1A

So the Flames go 9-3-2 in December, bringing our season record to 15-23-4. We move up to 5th in the Pacific, 12th in the West and 25th in the NHL. Still a long way to a playoff spot, but its within sights now.

Trades:
Minnesota trades LD Brandon Gormley to St Louis for RD Roman Polak, G Niklas Lundstrom, G Janne Juvonen, G Francois Tramblay.
Tampa Bay send RD Radko Gudas to LA Kings for G Martin Jones.

Injuries:
Matt Duchene (COL) out 2 weeks with knee contusion.
Francois Beauchemin (ANA) out 4 weeks with strained hamstring.
Patrick Kane (CHI) out 3 weeks with herniated disc.
Nathan Horton (CBS) will miss the remainder of the season with a ruptured medial collateral ligament. He could miss up to 12 months.
Tomas Hertl (SJS) will miss 4 weeks with a strained hamstring.
Gustov Nyquist (DET) out for rest of the season with broken elbow bone. He'll be back in 7 months.
Anze Kopitar (LAK) out 4 weeks with fractured foot.
Zach Parise will miss the remainder of the season with a ruptured disc injury. He will be out 7 months.
Evander Kane (WPG) will miss 3 weeks with strained hamstring.
Jeff Carter (LAK) will miss 3 weeks with chronic back injury.
Zach Bogosian (WPG) will miss 4 weeks with elbow strain.
Rick Nash (NYR) out 2 weeks with strained back.

Firings:
Jason Smith who replaces Paul Martin as head coach in Ottawa was fired on Dec 17th.
Bob Hartley hired as new Ottawa coach.
Paul Holmgren fired as GM from Philadelphia. Brian Burke will replace him.
Dave King out as head coach in Arizona, Paul MacLean hired as his replacement.