The 2019-20 regular season has been completed, friends, with the Calgary Flames posting a 36-27-7 record over 70 games. The statistics for the regular season have been locked down, so let’s take a look at the club’s leaders.
Read More →One of the tightest games of the 2004 Stanley Cup finals happened 16 years ago today.
Read More →It was today in 1996 that Al Coates was given the go to continue to operate as the Calgary Flames general manager.
Read More →Back when he was general manager of the Calgary Flames, Cliff Fletcher had a reputation for constantly tinkering and tweaking his hockey clubs. After an initial season in Calgary that impressed many onlookers, “Trader Cliff” kept on doing his thing. He made four trades in November 1981 in a 15 day span. One of them…
Read More →The Saddledome is a thousand years old. (Okay, actually 37 years.) But the city and the Calgary Flames are moving forward with plans for a new arena to house hockey and other events and gatherings.
Read More →As we continue our trip down memory lane, the second-worst trade in Calgary Flames history is really a tale of three men and a tragic miscalculation in asset management that really hamstrung the club going forward. Folks, let’s learn about Marc Savard’s exit from Calgary.
Read More →Don Edwards’ short time as a Calgary Flames goaltender came to an end today in 1985.
Read More →Way, way back in the late 1970s, Calgary had hopes and dreams of getting itself onto the national and international stage. While a group of local business and political leaders talked openly about getting an Olympics, another group had National Hockey League aspirations. All of these hopes and dreams came together in the early 1980s…
Read More →Quite often, the perception of trades is zero sum. Not everybody can get what they want, and one team is out to fleece the other. It’s pretty energizing for everyone involved when everybody gets what they want out of a swap. At the 2018 NHL Draft, the Calgary Flames and the Carolina Hurricanes made one…
Read More →Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday!
Read More →A day after the National Hockey League announced their plans for Return to Play – as long as things in the real world keep progressing positively – Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano, interim head coach Geoff Ward and general manager Brad Treliving held court with local media in a virtual setting to give updates on…
Read More →During his tenure as Calgary Flames general manager, Darryl Sutter did a lot of smart things. He acquired Miikka Kiprusoff. He assembled a pretty decent core and managed to win a few playoff rounds and hang some banners. But later on in his tenure, the Jolly Rancher made some peculiar moves. Most notable among them:…
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