In an old fashioned throwback evening where the fight count made it to 4, Flames picked up a 7–2 pre-season victory over Coventry Blaze at Spectrum, racing into a two-goal lead through the opening frame to set them on the winning path. 

The home team struck early, with Cole Sanford opening the scoring at 3:31. Nate Kallen kicked off the fight card with both teams ratcheting up the intensity a few minutes following a Jake Willets kneeing minor. Coventry found themselves in penalty trouble late in the frame, down 3 skaters to 5 when Sanford doubled the advantage 3 seconds from the first-period buzzer.

Flames visited another 5 on 3 early in the 2^nd, but were unable to make it count. Willets, Boudrias and Tyler Busch all joined the fight count early in the set, the latter taking place at the same time Andrew Nielsen pulled Blaze within a single 25:25. A reply by Chase Gresock restored the two-goal cushion around the halfway mark before Matt Alvaro added a fourth less than 5 minutes later. Blaze cut the deficit to a pair through Colby MacArthur with just 7 seconds on the period clock, but it would be as close as they could get.

Early in the 3^rd, with Flames back on the powerplay, Jack Jacome put away the club’s 5^th of the evening and inside the final 10 minutes Brett Neumann bagged a pair to close out the final tally.     

Flames ended the night with a 40-32 shot advantage; Justin Fazio in net for the Flames against Evan Fitzpatrick for Blaze.