Flames visit Children's Hospital - Shaelyn & Brendan Brown

Flames visit hospital kids

Last Updated: December 14, 2010 3:47pm

Curtis Glencross of the Calgary Flames high-fives brothers Brett (L), 5, and Zach Bushell, 9, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Curtis Glencross of the Calgary Flames signs a craft project for Kheleeq Rehman, 17, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff gives a stuffed toy to Kylie McMaster, 4, next to her brother Connor, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff laughs with a kid at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Calgary Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff (R) tugs the tongue of team mascot Harvey the Hound as he and teammate Craig Conroy (L) mug for a photo with Gavin Scott, 7, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Craig Conroy of the Calgary Flames gives a Flames stuffed toy to Donovan Whalen, 8, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Craig Conroy (L) and Mikael Backlund of the Calgary Flames mug for a photo with Donovan Whalen, 8, at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

Shaelyn Brown smiles as Matt Stajan of the Calgary Flames signs her jersey at the Alberta Children's Hospital in Calgary on Tuesday December 14, 2010. Fresh off a 3-2 win the night before, the Calgary Flames players circulated the hospital and delivered teddy bears and autographs to young patients as part of an ongoing partnership with the hospital. LYLE ASPINALL/CALGARY SUN/QMI AGENCY

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