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CALGARY — Sam Bennett reaches a hockey milestone significant to him and the Calgary Flames in Tuesday’s playoff game against the Anaheim Ducks.

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Head coach Bob Hartley confirmed the 18-year-old will play his 10th NHL game in Game 3 of the series, which means the first year of Bennett’s three-year, entry-level contract officially kicks in.

Bennett made his NHL debut — and collected an assist for his first point — in Calgary’s regular-season finale in Winnipeg on April 11.

The speedy, scrappy forward from Holland Landing, Ont., has been a fixture in the Flames lineup since then, so he played all but one of his first nine NHL games in the heat of the post-season.