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Sharangovich earns new nickname from Calgary Flames teammates after hilarious unintentional shootout move

Colton Pankiw
Colton Pankiw
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Mar 25 2026, 12:00 pm
Sharangovich earns new nickname from Calgary Flames teammates after hilarious unintentional shootout move
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The Calgary Flames picked up their season-best fourth straight victory on Tuesday night versus the LA Kings.

Though plenty of the fan base would prefer to see this team lose games, there were some positives in this one that point towards what looks to be a bright future.

There was no better example of that than late in the third period, when Zayne Parekh fired home his first of the season to get things tied up on the power play. Picking up assists on the play were two other young and vital pieces of the organization: Matvei Gridin and Matt Coronato.

“I was kind of accepting I wasn’t going to score this year,” Parekh said. “It was nice to find one. I feel like I’ve had better nights, but I was putting pucks to the net, and eventually you hope it’s going to go in.”

Parekh’s goal was enough to bring this game to a shootout, which wound up being the biggest talking point of this outing.

Head coach Ryan Huska elected to go with Yegor Sharangovich as his fourth shooter, and the 27-year-old came through, albeit with a rather unintentional move.

“No questions about the shootout,” said a laughing Sharangovich upon walking into the media scrum.

To no surprise, there was some good ribbing from his teammates.

“Yeah, of course. They love chirping me. Yegor Kucherov,” Sharangovich said.

And, while he denied that it was on purpose when cameras were rolling, that didn’t seem to be the case behind the scenes when talking to his teammates.

“No,” Gridin quickly said when asked if he’d taught Sharangovich that move. “It’s good he scored. He said it was on purpose, but I’m not believing him. He was like Kucherov there, I guess.”

Even Huska, who has been loving what he’s seen from his group post-trade deadline, couldn’t help but smile when asked about the way this one ended.

“After the game, the guys were calling him Kucherov,” Huska said. “I’m sure he fessed up that he didn’t mean to do that. I think he was trying to pull it to his backhand. But hey, we’ll take it, it’s a big goal.”

The good news for those embracing the team tank is that both the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues were also able to pick up wins on Tuesday, meaning that the Flames continue to remain 29th in the NHL standings.

They’ll be looking to make it five in a row on Thursday night in an outing against the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks.

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