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Eric Francis

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Eric Francis

@EricFrancis

Sr columnist/analyst w Sportsnet. Formerly w HNIC, JACK FM & Post Media. Dad, husband, author, KidSport’s OG Ambassador, Pizza Pigout founder.

Calgary

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Born February 1

Joined March 2009

Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Sep 17, 2024
The bowels of the Saddledome literally smell like purple Gatorade as the bottles were emptied yesterday as part of the thoughtful dissemination of items from the Gaudreau memorial. These sticks will be made into benches dedicated to the memory of Johnny and Matthew.
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Sep 5, 2024
“This is what makes me proud to be a Calgarian and is what made Johnny so proud of this city.” - Craig Conroy, on a night in which Calgary did the Gaudreau’s proud.
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Feb 7, 2023
Kadri when asked what he thought of the violent hit by Trouba that knocked off his helmet: "Good hit. I took it like a man, got right back up, dusted myself off and away you go."
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Dec 2, 2024
Emotional unveiling for the Gaudreau family of the first bench made by 27 sticks from the memorial, dedicated to Johnny and Matthew’s memory. Made by a season ticket holder, the bench is at Flames Community Arenas.
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Jan 12, 2020
“If (Kassian) doesn’t want to get hit, then stay off the tracks. I caught him three times there – you think he’d learn after the first one. If he wants to react that way we’ll take the pp, we’ll take the game winner, & we’ll move on to first place” - Matthew Tkachuk bringing gold
Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Dec 3, 2024
Craig Conroy taking care of little Johnny Gaudreau, joking about him being a future first rounder. Telling Guy Gaudreau he better get to work on teaching his grandson, Guy smiled: “Don’t worry, we’ll get started soon enough.”
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Mar 1, 2024
Cool moment for those who watched the Flames’ 2004 playoff run, as this is the kid from the crowd they used to call Mini Kipper. His name is Brendan Peters and he now paints goalie masks for a living. Today he presented his idol w a mask he made for him. “It’s truly an honour.”
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Mar 25, 2019
Drew Doughty just teed off on Matthew Tkachuk, who he'll face tonight: "No respect for him, none. I respect everyone else. I’ll never talk to him off the ice. ... He’s not respected by most of the people in the league, it’s not just me – that’s just a fact." Full story to follow
Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Oct 5, 2023
Oilers open the evening with a tribute and moment of silence to Flames AGM Chris Snow. Classy.
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Sep 5, 2024
Thousands and thousands on hand just before the vigil for the Gaudreaus begins. Calgary sends its ❤️.
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Mar 15, 2022
“If you are a wild card team I sure as hell don’t want to play Colorado in the first round, because it’s going to be a waste of eight days.” - Darryl Sutter. Pure. Effin. Gold.
Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Mar 19, 2022
Sutter was angriest after the game at the fact it took 33 minutes to stitch up Erik Gudbranson. “I could have done it in 5 mins. I sew horses and cows in ten minutes”
Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Sep 9, 2024
Meredith Gaudreau gave a stirring tribute to her husband Johnny at the Gaudreau brothers' funeral, revealing she is pregnant with their third child. "How lucky am I to be the mother of John's three babies, our last one being a blessing and so special despite these difficult
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Eric Francis
@EricFrancis
Nov 5, 2023
The Calgary-based Travelling Jagrs met up with their hero in Kladno today, where none of them could replicate the current lid being sported by the legend. The group is there to play several games, meet up with Jags and honour their founder, Trevor Freeman, who died this week.
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