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“So he skates up to me after morning skate in Colorado … ” Sigalet continued, hunching over, hands on his knees, lowering his chin to about four feet above ground level for a demonstration. “He gets down like this and he goes, ‘C’mon, two pucks at the head.’ The first four probably hit him in the shoulder and he’s like, ‘Nope, you miss, you miss.’ Finally, I peg him twice in the head and he skates off. He’s ready.

“He did that again in Montreal, so watch for that the next game he’s playing. Just in the middle of the ice, he wants two pucks shot at his head.

“The one day, (Jaromir) Jagr was watching and he goes, ‘What’s wrong with this guy?’ ”

Sigalet should be taking aim Sunday morning, because Rittich is expected to be between the pipes for a showdown between the Flames and Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena (6 p.m. MT, Sportsnet West/Sportsnet 960 The Fan).

This head-scratching, head-hunting ritual seems to be working.

After being dinged twice by an apologetic Zulianello on the morning of Oct. 14, Rittich delivered a 36-save goose-egg for the Heat against the Grand Rapids Griffins.

In his next game, with no chin-music during his prep, he was shelled for five goals.

So a tradition was born — two shots to the head, by request. (“I just want light shots,” he stressed.)

He won his next four outings for the Heat and was recalled to join the Flames, trading places with under-performing Eddie Lack.

In his first career start at the NHL level, Rittich turned aside 24 pucks to backstop the Flames to a 3-2 win over the Avalanche. He was presented the Calgary Police Service cowboy-hat in a jubilant locker-room, then requested for a post-game interview on CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada.