In the history of the Flames franchise, 606 players have tugged a red sweater over their heads and suited up for a regular season game. Of those, 22 played just a single game for either the Calgary or Atlanta Flames. We call them One Game Wonders.

Let’s talk about another One Game Wonder, Mark Lamb.

A western kid, Lamb bounced around the Dub a bit during his junior years – he played with the Billings Bighorns, Nanaimo Islanders and Medicine Hat Tigers in his day. He was a fourth round pick of the Flames in the 1982 NHL Draft.

Going pro in 1984, Lamb spent two seasons with the Moncton Golden Flames where he put up seasons of 72 and 76 points. He got one game in the NHL. He suited up for Calgary on Jan. 9, 1986 at home in a 5-4 win over Vancouver. He skated a regular shift, didn’t hit the scoresheet, and wasn’t seen in the NHL again.

He left the Flames organization as a free agent in the summer of 1986, signing with Detroit. He bounced around a bit after that, also playing with Edmonton, Ottawa, Philadelphia and Montreal. He was useful depth for a lot of teams (and an excellent minor league player), and became the only Calgary-drafted player to win a Stanley Cup with Edmonton in 1990 – Kent Nilsson also won a Cup with the Oilers, but he was an Atlanta pick.

After retiring from playing, Lamb’s carved out a pretty good coaching career. He was an assistant with Edmonton and Dallas, and a head coach with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners and WHL’s Swift Current Broncos and Prince George Cougars.