Dave Lowry was on the golf course when Ryan Huska called.

And while Lowry has been a hockey lifer, a longtime NHL player and now a longtime coach, this Calgary resident was admittedly warming to the idea of chasing birdies until the snow started to fly.

At that point, the 60-year-old didn’t have a training camp to attend.

That changed in a hurry, with Lowry returning to the Saddledome for his second stint as an assistant coach with the Flames.

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“Husk called me and it was right out of the blue,” Lowry told Postmedia. “I actually saw him in July in Canmore, at the Hockey Alberta golf tournament, and we had a coffee in the morning and small-talked and all that. At that point, I wasn’t even looking. I was enjoying mountain-biking a

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