Calgary Flames right wing Adam Klapka, center, celebrates with defenseman Zayne Parekh, left, after scoring as Seattle Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer, right, looks on during the first period of a preseason NHL hockey game, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. /APPhoto by Jason Redmond

Adam Klapka hoping to muscle into Flames’ fourth-line mix

by · Calgary Herald

From his perch in a sun-soaked grandstand, Adam Klapka screamed his lungs out for three minutes and 24.07 seconds, the exact clocking for his Czech countryman in a golden performance in the 1,000-metre kayak sprint final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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But as Josef Dostal pumped a fist in celebration and then stepped to the top of the medal podium, Klapka wasn’t thinking so much about the race that he’d just witnessed.