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Calgary Flames
File:Calgary Flames logo.png
Conference	Western
Division	Northwest
Founded	1972
History	Atlanta Flames 1972–1980 Calgary Flames 1980–present
Home arena	Pengrowth Saddledome
City	Calgary, Alberta
Team colours	Red, Gold, Black, and White
Media	Rogers Sportsnet West Fan 960 (960 AM)
Owner(s)	Murray Edwards (chairman), Harley Hotchkiss (governor), Alvin G. Libin, Allan P. Markin, Jeff McCaig, Clayton H. Riddell, Byron J. Seaman, Daryl Seaman
General manager	Darryl Sutter
Head coach	Mike Keenan
Captain	Jarome Iginla
Minor league affiliates	Quad City Flames (AHL) Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	1988–89
Conference championships	1985–86, 1988–89, 2003–04
Division championships	1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2005–06

The Calgary Flames are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is the third major-professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the Calgary Tigers (1921–26) and Calgary Cowboys (1975–77).

The Flames arrived in the city of Calgary in 1980 after spending their first eight seasons in Atlanta, Georgia, as the Atlanta Flames. The Flames spent their first three seasons playing in the Stampede Corral before moving into their current home arena, the Olympic Saddledome (now Pengrowth Saddledome), in 1983. In 1986, the Flames became the first Calgary team since the Tigers in 1924 to compete for the Stanley Cup. In 1989, the Flames captured the Cup for the first time.

Calgary is one of two NHL franchises in Alberta, with the other being the Edmonton Oilers. The cities' proximity has led to a famous rivalry, known as the Battle of Alberta. Games between the teams are often heated events.

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Community impact

Flames Foundation

The Flames have maintained an active presence in the community since their arrival in Calgary. Through the team's non-profit charity, the Flames Foundation, the team has donated over $29 million to causes throughout southern Alberta. Along with the Rotary Club, the Flames are helping to fund the first children's hospice in Alberta, and one of only six in North America.

The Flames are also close partners with the Alberta Children's Hospital. Among the many activities the Flames participate in, the Wheelchair Hockey Challenge with the Townsend Tigers has remained a highly popular tradition for both the players and the children involved. In 2007, the Tigers defeated the Flames 10–9, to move to a perfect 26–0 record since the challenge was first instituted in 1981.

Red Mile

During the Flames' run to the Stanley Cup Finals of 2004, the city of Calgary essentially became the host of a "non-stop party". The 17th Avenue SW entertainment district, which runs west from the Pengrowth Saddledome, saw as many as 35,000 fans pack the streets during the first three rounds of the playoffs, and over 60,000 in the finals. The Red Mile party received widespread coverage in newspapers across North America, as the parties remained peaceful and incidents were minimal despite the large number of people in a small area.

In April 2006, the Calgary Police Service announced that Red Mile gatherings would not be encouraged, and that measures would be taken to discourage them, including traffic diversions, a zero-tolerance policy on noise and rowdy behaviour, and the presence of plain-clothed officers among the crowd to ticket offenders. After meeting with the Chief of Police, Mayor Dave Bronconnier convinced the Calgary Police Service to relax their ban on the "Red Mile" and encouraged people to make their way to 17th Ave, however the police retained their zero-tolerance policy on public nudity and drunkenness.

The "C of Red"

During the Flames' run to the Stanley Cup Finals of 2004, most of the Flames fans attending the hockey games at the Saddledome wore a red jersey with Calgary's flaming C on it. Sales of the Flames red home jersey, introduced at the start of the 2003–04 campaign, were so strong during the playoffs that the team set a league record for sales of a new jersey design. The tradition of the C of Red dates back to the 1986 Stanley Cup playoffs against the Oilers. Oiler fans were donning hats promoting "Hat Trick Fever" in their quest for three straight Stanley Cups. Flames fans countered by wearing red. In the 1987 playoffs against the Winnipeg Jets, the Jets responded to the C of Red by encouraging fans to wear white, creating the Winnipeg White Out.

Team colours and mascot

Logo

The Flames primary logo is the "Flaming C" design, introduced when the team came to Calgary in 1980. The design of the logo has remained constant since it was created, though the Flames use a different coloured logo for the home and away jerseys. From 1980 until 2000, the home logo was red on a white background, while the road logo was white on a red background. In 2003, the NHL switched to using coloured jerseys for the home team. The home logo became black, with the road logo red on a white background. The original "Flaming A" logo of the Atlanta Flames has been restored for use as a patch denoting the team's alternate captains. The flaming horse logo was retired in 2007 with the introduction of the new Rbk Edge jerseys.

Jerseys

The Flames' original jerseys used red and orange striping. In 1994, the Flames added black to the team's colour scheme, while also adding a diagonal stripe from the base of the jersey to below the logo. In 1998, to celebrate the "Year of the Cowboy", the Flames introduced their third jersey design, the "flaming horse" logo on a black background. Two years later, the jersey became the Flames road jersey, while the home jersey was updated to incorporate the same V-style striping on the arms and waist of the jersey. This jersey was once again relegated to third jersey status in 2003 when the NHL adopted the coloured jerseys for the home team. In 2007, with the introduction of the Rbk Edge jersey, the Flames updated their look once again, replacing the horizontal striping with vertical striping down the sides. To honour the team's heritage, the Flames added the flags of Alberta and Canada as shoulder patches.

Mascot

Harvey the Hound is the Flames' mascot. He was created in 1983 to serve both with the Flames and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. Harvey was the first mascot in the NHL. Harvey is famous for an incident in January 2003 where he had his tongue ripped out by Edmonton Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish as he was harassing their bench. The incident made headlines throughout North America and led to much humour, including having many other NHL team mascots arrive at the 2003 All-Star Game with their tongues hanging out.

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Flames. For the full season-by-season history, see Calgary Flames seasons

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

As of the 2005-06 NHL season, all games will have a winner; the OTL column includes SOL (Shootout losses).

Players

Current roster

As of February 22, 2008

Goaltenders
#		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
31		Curtis Joseph	L	2008	Keswick, Ontario
34		Miikka Kiprusoff	L	2003	Turku, Finland

Defencemen
#		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
3		Dion Phaneuf	L	2003	Edmonton, Alberta
4		Jim Vandermeer	L	2008	Caroline, Alberta
6		Cory Sarich	R	2007	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
8		Anders Eriksson	L	2007	Bollnäs, Sweden
21		David Hale	L	2007	Colorado Springs, Colorado
28		Robyn Regehr – A	L	1999	Recife, Brazil
33		Adrian Aucoin	R	2007	Ottawa, Ontario
44		Rhett Warrener – A	R	2003	Shaunavon, Saskatchewan

Forwards
#		Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
7		Stephane Yelle – A	L	C	2002	Ottawa, Ontario
11		Owen Nolan – A	R	RW	2007	Belfast, United Kingdom
12		Jarome Iginla – C	R	RW	1995	Edmonton, Alberta
16		Mark Smith	L	C	2007	Edmonton, Alberta
17		Eric Godard	R	RW	2006	Vernon, British Columbia
18		Matthew Lombardi	L	C	2002	Montreal, Quebec
19		Wayne Primeau	L	C	2007	Scarborough, Ontario
20		Kristian Huselius	L	LW	2005	Österhaninge, Sweden
22		Daymond Langkow	L	C	2004	Edmonton, Alberta
24		Craig Conroy	R	C	2007	Potsdam, New York
25		David Moss	R	RW	2001	Livonia, Michigan
26		Marcus Nilson	R	LW	2004	Bålsta, Sweden
40		Alex Tanguay	L	LW	2006	Sainte-Justine, Quebec
41		Dustin Boyd	L	C	2005	Winnipeg, Manitoba

Honoured members

Several members of the Flames organization have been honoured by the Hockey Hall of Fame during the team's 27-year history in Calgary. Lanny McDonald was the first Flame player inducted, gaining election in 1992. McDonald recorded 215 goals in 492 games for the Flames, including a team record 66 goals in 1982–83. He was joined in 2000 by a fellow member of the 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, Joe Mullen. Mullen spent five seasons with the Flames, recording 388 points and capturing two Lady Byng Trophies. Grant Fuhr, elected in 2003, became the third former Flames player to enter the Hall. Fuhr played only one season in Calgary; however, he recorded his 400th career win in a Flames uniform, a victory over the Florida Panthers on October 22, 1999. In 2007, Al MacInnis became the fourth former Flame inducted into the Hall. MacInnis was a member of the Flames from 1981 until 1994. He is best remembered for his booming slapshot, as well as for winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1989 as playoff MVP.

Former head coach "Badger" Bob Johnson joined McDonald in the class of 1992, gaining election as a builder. Johnson coached five seasons with the Flames from 1982–87, and his 193 wins remain a team record. Cliff Fletcher was the Flames general manager from the organizations inception in 1972 until 1991 – a span of 19 years. During that time, the Flames qualified for the playoffs sixteen consecutive times between 1976 and 1991. Fletcher was inducted in 2004. In 2006, Harley Hotchkiss became the third Flames builder to gain election. Hotchkiss is an original member of the ownership group that purchased and brought the Flames to Calgary in 1980. He has served many years as the chairman of the NHL Board of Directors, during which he played a significant role in the resolution of the 2004–05 lockout.

Flames radio broadcaster Peter Maher was named the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2006 for his years of service as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Calgary Flames. During his career, Maher has called Flames games since 1981, six All-Star Games, and four Stanley Cup Finals.

The Calgary Flames have retired two numbers, and a third one was retired league-wide. The Flames have retired Lanny McDonald's #9, who played right wing for the Flames from 1981 to 1989, and captaining the Flames in 1989, who won the Stanley Cup. Mike Vernon's #30 is also retired; he was their goaltender for fourteen years, from 1982–94 and 2000–02. Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000.

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Flames (both Atlanta and Calgary). Figures are complete to the end of the 2006-07 NHL season.

Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, P/G = Points Per Game, * = Active Player

See also

• Ice hockey in Calgary
• Calgary Tigers
• Calgary Cowboys

References

• Boer, Peter (2006). The Calgary Flames. Overtime Books. ISBN 1-897277-07-5.
• Sandor, Steven (2005). The Battle of Alberta: A Century of Hockey's Greatest Rivalry. Heritage House. ISBN 1-894974-01-8.
• Zeman, Gary (1985). Alberta on Ice. GMS Ventures. ISBN 0969232004.
• "Calgary Flames season statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
• 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide
• 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide

Footnotes

1. Francis, Eric (2003-09-17). "The uncivil war...Edmonton...April 23, 1988...Oilers 4 Flames 2". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
2. Francis, Eric (2003-09-21). "The uncivil war...Calgary...January 20, 2003...Flames 3 Oilers 2". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2006-11-28.
3. "Community". Calgary Flames Hockey Club. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
4. "Alberta to get first children's hospice". CBC. 2007-05-09. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
5. "Townsend Tigers extend winning streak to 26". Calgary Flames Hockey Club. 2007-11-21. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
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7. "Police brace for another big night on the Red Mile". CTV Sports. 2004-06-04. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
8. James, Brant (2004-05-20). "Flames reach Stanley Cup final". St. Petersberg Times. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
9. ^ Rodriguez, Jose (2006-04-14). "Red Mile reality check". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
10. Seskus, Tony (2006-04-11). "The party's over for the Red Mile". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2007-12-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
11. Fisher, Scott (2004-05-21). "Red-hot jersey breaks record". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
12. Boyer, Lauren (2007-05-09). "NHL wants trademark 'White Out' faded out". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
13. ^ "Flames unveil new look Rbk Edge uniform". Calgary Flames Hockey Club. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
14. Hanlon, Peter and Kelso, Sean (ed.). 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide. Calgary Flames Hockey Club. pp. pg. 4. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
15. Karol, Kristofer. "NHL 'quacked' up with hockey jersey switch". statenews.com. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
16. ^ "Mascot Madness". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2007-02-24. {{cite web}}: Text "date" ignored (help)
17. Pyette, Ryan (2003-01-23). "MacTavish leaves Harvey the Hound speechless". London Free Press. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
18. Francis, Eric (2003-09-21). "The uncivil war". Calgary Sun. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
19. "Calgary Flames roster". Calgary Flames Hockey Club.
20. ^ Hanlon, Peter and Kelso, Sean (ed.). 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide. Calgary Flames Hockey Club. pp. pgs. 20–21. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
21. Burnside, Scott (2007-11-09). "2007 Hockey Hall of Fame—Al MacInnis bio". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
22. "Calgary Flames history". CBS Sportsline. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
23. Hanlon, Peter and Kelso, Sean (ed.). 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide. Calgary Flames Hockey Club. pp. pg. 201. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)

External links

• Calgary Flames official Web Site

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