ames ▁leading ▁ 4 – 0 , ▁Har vey ▁was ▁ta un ting ▁the ▁O ilers ▁behind ▁their ▁ben ch . ▁The ▁fr ustr ated ▁coach ▁reached ▁up ▁and ▁ri pped ▁Har vey ' s ▁signature ▁red ▁tongue ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁mouth , ▁toss ing ▁it ▁into ▁the ▁crowd . ▁The ▁incident ▁would ▁seem ▁to ▁spark ▁the ▁O ilers , ▁who ▁scored ▁three ▁goals ▁shortly ▁after . ▁The ▁Fl ames ▁would ▁hold ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁ 4 – 3 , ▁however . ▁The ▁incident ▁made ▁head lines ▁throughout ▁North ▁America , ▁and ▁led ▁to ▁many ▁j okes , ▁including ▁having ▁many ▁other ▁N HL ▁team ▁mas c ots ▁arrive ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁All - Star ▁Game ▁with ▁their ▁tong ues ▁h anging ▁out . ▁ ▁Reg ular ▁season ▁ ▁The ▁Fl ames ▁strugg led ▁off ens ively ▁and ▁were ▁shut ▁out ▁a ▁league - high ▁ 1 0 ▁times , ▁tied ▁with ▁the ▁Minnesota ▁Wild , ▁Nash ville ▁Pred ators ▁and ▁Pitts burgh ▁P engu ins . ▁ ▁Sch edule ▁and ▁results ▁ ▁Play offs ▁Cal g ary ▁finished ▁ 1 2 th ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁Conference , ▁ 1 7 ▁points ▁behind ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁place ▁Ed mont on ▁O ilers . ▁The ▁Fl ames ▁missed ▁the ▁play offs ▁for ▁the ▁sevent h ▁consecutive ▁season . ▁ ▁Player ▁statistics ▁ ▁Sk aters ▁Note : ▁GP ▁= ▁Games ▁played ; ▁G ▁= ▁Go als ; ▁A ▁= ▁Ass ists ; ▁P ts ▁= ▁Point s ; ▁P IM