Calgary Flames G Logan Cooley ‘just having a lot of fun’ amid sturdy begin to season

Devin Cooley is benefiting from his first prolonged stint within the NHL with the Calgary Flames.

The 28-year-old had a shutout regulation time and turned apart 16 of the 17 photographs he confronted in a 1-0 extra time loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday, ending his three-game profitable streak. Cooley’s document for the season stands at 3-2-2 with a formidable .930 save share and a 1.88 goals-against common.

“I’m just having a lot of fun, I think that’s what it is,” Cooley mentioned after Sunday’s loss. ”I’m attempting to not assume an excessive amount of about myself in any respect. In earlier years and even in preseason, I used to be simply so targeted internally and stressed and second-guessing myself. And now I’m solely targeted on what the opposite group is doing and attempting to have plenty of enjoyable whereas I play. It makes issues a lot simpler.”

Undrafted to start his skilled profession, Cooley made his NHL debut with the San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, going 2-3-1 with a .870 save share and a 4.98 goals-against common in six video games.

He joined the Flames group in 2024 on a two-year, $1.55 million contract and spent all of final season with the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, posting a 21-17-5 document with a .905 save share and a 2.94 GAA. His exhibiting with the Wranglers was sufficient to persuade normal supervisor Craig Conroy to entrust him with the backup position behind Dustin Wolf this season.

Wolf has taken a step again over the primary two months of this season from his wildly spectacular rookie marketing campaign a 12 months in the past. The 24-year-old netminder has a 6-12-2 document with an .890 save share and a 3.17 GAA.

The Flames stay on the backside of the Pacific Division with 22 factors by way of 27 video games, however are 4-1-1 of their previous six after a dismal begin to the marketing campaign. The group is 5 factors again of the ultimate playoff wild-card spot within the Western Conference.

Flames head coach Ryan Huska believes his group could have left a further level on the desk Sunday.

“There wasn’t a lot of room either way tonight,” Huska mentioned. “I think for our team we didn’t get the result we wanted, but I did like a lot of the way we played. We had some really good opportunities, but we didn’t capitalize on them.”

Calgary will open their December schedule towards the last-place Nashville Predators on Tuesday.