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, Patrick Lebeau.

A product of Quebec, Lebeau spent his junior years with the Shawinigan Cataractes, Saint-Jean Castors/Lynx and the Victoriaville Tigres. He was an eighth round selection by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1989 NHL Draft.

Lebeau settled into the Habs farm system and was an excellent minor leaguer, putting up 101 and 71 points apiece in two seasons with their AHL team. (He also captured a silver medal with Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics.) But with no room on the NHL roster for him, he was sent to the Flames in October 1992 for future considerations – it’s unclear what Montreal ended up getting as futures, though.

Lebeau was superb for the Flames’ farm team in Salt Lake – putting up 100 points – but only got into a single game for the club. His one shot was Nov. 14, 1992 in Tampa Bay, stepping in for Gary Leeman. He was even but registered zero points and was sent back to Utah. He left the Flames as a free agent and began bouncing around for the rest of his pro career.

He spent a year in the Panthers organization, getting four games in with the big club. Then he spent time with – deep breath – Zurcher SC (Switzerland), Dusseldorf EG (Germany), HC La Chaux-de-fonds (Switzerland), the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL, eight games), HC Ambri-Piotta (Switzerland), ZSC Lions (Switzerland), GC Kusnacht Lions (Switzerland), Frankfurt Lions (Germany) and Vienna Capitals (Austria). He retired in 2011.

Lebeau was an interesting case. He was great in junior and awesome in the minor pro system, but could never translate that into an NHL gig. He did have a pretty good career in Europe, though, winning a pair of German championships and one in Switzerland.