CALGARY FLAMES ASSIGN THIESSEN, RECALL ORTIO

Calgary, AB – The Calgary Flames announced today that they have recalled goaltender Joni Ortio from the Adirondack Flames of the American Hockey League. Calgary also announced that they have assigned goaltender Brad Thiessen to Adirondack.

Ortio, a native of Turku, Finland, played five games with Calgary earlier this season and posted a 4-1-0 record, his first NHL shutout, a 1.98 GAA, and a .931 SV%. He has featured for Adirondack in 35 games this year, posting a 20-12-1 record with four shutouts, a 2.64 GAA, .914 SV%. The 23-year-old netminder also played in the 2015 AHL All-Star Classic in January.

Brad ThiessenGoalieBorn Mar 19 1986 -- Aldergrove, BC Height 5.11 -- Weight 171 -- Shoots LSeason Team Lge GP Min GA EN SO GAA W L T Svs Pct-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2003-04 Penticton Panthers BCHL 42 2130 122 0 2 3.44 13 17 1 1063 0.8972004-05 Prince George Spruce King BCHL 36 2053 117 0 1 3.42 12 22 1 1107 0.9042005-06 Merritt Centennials BCHL 49 2812 135 0 7 2.88 22 21 4 1596 0.9222006-07 Northeastern University H-E 33 1985 82 0 4 2.48 11 17 5 957 0.9212007-08 Northeastern University H-E 37 2180 96 0 2 2.64 16 17 3 1014 0.9142008-09 Northeastern University H-E 41 2496 88 0 3 2.12 25 12 4 1195 0.9312009-10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 30 1763 72 3 4 2.45 14 14 1 769 0.9142009-10 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 12 674 30 4 1 2.67 8 3 0 340 0.9192010-11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 46 2567 83 1 7 1.94 35 8 1 982 0.9222011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 258 16 0 0 3.72 3 1 0 97 0.8582011-12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 41 2321 109 2 2 2.82 23 15 2 852 0.8872012-13 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 32 1793 80 2 4 2.68 16 12 2 734 0.9022013-14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18 984 37 1 1 2.26 8 6 2 493 0.9302014-15 Adirondack Flames AHL 32 1809 91 6 2 3.02 10 14 7 862 0.9052014-15 Calgary Flames NHL 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.000 --- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2003-04 Penticton Panthers BCHL 42 0 2 2 2 -- -- -- -- --2004-05 Prince George Spruce King BCHL 36 0 3 3 0 -- -- -- -- --2005-06 Merritt Centennials BCHL 49 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 02006-07 Northeastern University H-Eas 33 0 2 2 02007-08 Northeastern University H-Eas 37 0 0 0 02008-09 Northeastern University H-Eas 41 0 3 3 62009-10 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 27 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 02009-10 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 12 0 2 2 0 -- -- -- -- --2010-11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 46 0 0 0 2 12 0 2 2 02011-12 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- --2011-12 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 41 0 1 1 0 12 0 0 0 02012-13 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 32 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 02013-14 HIFK Helsinki SM-li 15 0 0 0 02013-14 Norfolk Admirals AHL 18 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 02014-15 Adirondack Flames* AHL 32 0 1 1 02014-15 Calgary Flames NHL Statistics Unavailable-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 5 0 0 0 2

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