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65 individuals have played for both the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks
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Ryan Pike
Aug 26, 2023, 10:00 EDTUpdated: Aug 24, 2023, 00:17 EDT
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In the lengthy history of the Calgary Flames, there are arguably two franchise-defining regional rivalries. One is obviously the Battle of Alberta with the hated Edmonton Oilers. But the other one is their clash with the Vancouver Canucks
Earlier this month, we looked at players that suited up for both the Flames and Oilers. Now, let’s turn our gaze to the west.
65 players have suited up for both the Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks in regular season games.
Here are the 65 players, ordered by the date in which they joined this club (bolded).
Player
Flames debut
Canucks debut
Brad Smith
Oct. 9, 1980
Nov. 12, 1978
Don Lever
Oct. 9, 1980
Oct. 7, 1972
Randy Holt
Oct. 9, 1980
Oct. 20, 1978
Steve Tambellini
Oct. 5, 1983
Oct. 10, 1985
Robin Bartel
Apr. 6, 1986
Nov. 7, 1986
Craig Coxe
Mar. 7, 1988
Oct. 11, 1984
Brian Bradley
Mar. 1, 1986
Mar. 8, 1988
Paul Reinhart
Oct. 9, 1980
Oct. 6, 1988
Steve Bozek
Oct. 5, 1983
Oct. 6, 1988
Kevan Guy
Jan. 29, 1987
Oct. 12, 1988
Mel Bridgman
Nov. 12, 1981
Feb. 28, 1989
Dan Quinn
Dec. 6, 1983
Jan. 10, 1990
Dana Murzyn
Jan. 3, 1988
Mar. 7, 1991
Ronnie Stern
Mar. 7, 1991
Nov. 27, 1987
Michel Petit
Jan. 4, 1992
Feb. 25, 1983
Brent Ashton
Feb. 2, 1993
Oct. 9, 1979
Tim Hunter
Dec. 28, 1981
Feb. 15, 1993
Brian Glynn
Oct. 8, 1987
Feb. 8, 1994
Gary Leeman
Jan. 4, 1992
Jan. 20, 1995
Neil Eisenhut
Feb. 24, 1995
Nov. 7, 1993
Jim Dowd
Oct. 28, 1997
Dec. 20, 1995
Jamie Huscroft
Oct. 8, 1995
Mar. 28, 1998
Dave Gagner
Oct. 5, 1996
Jan. 18, 1999
Andrew Cassels
Oct. 1, 1997
Oct. 2, 1999
Chris O’Sullivan
Oct. 5, 1996
Dec. 16, 1999
Dave Lowry
Oct. 5, 2000
Oct. 10, 1985
Kay Whitmore
Dec. 12, 2001
Oct. 16, 1992
Martin Gelinas
Oct. 10, 2002
Jan. 19, 1994
Tyler Moss
Oct. 28, 1997
Dec. 23, 2002
Josh Green
Dec. 7, 2003
Nov. 2, 2005
Jeff Cowan
Feb. 25, 2000
Oct. 6, 2006
Dany Sabourin
Oct. 29, 2003
Oct. 17, 2006
Adrian Aucoin
Oct. 4, 2007
May 3, 1995
Byron Ritchie
Oct. 7, 2005
Oct. 5, 2007
Todd Bertuzzi
Oct. 9, 2008
Feb. 7, 1998
Jason Jaffray
Oct. 9, 2009
Dec. 12, 2007
Steve Staios
Mar. 5, 2010
Mar. 22, 1997
Brendan Morrison
Oct. 7, 2010
Mar. 16, 2000
Chris Higgins
Feb. 3, 2010
Mar. 10, 2011
Guillaume Desbiens
Feb. 25, 2012
Oct. 11, 2009
Shane O’Brien
Oct. 3, 2013
Oct. 9, 2008
Mason Raymond
Oct. 8, 2014
Oct. 5, 2007
Raphael Diaz
Oct. 9, 2014
Feb. 4, 2014
Sven Baertschi
Mar. 9, 2012
Apr. 4, 2015
Brandon Prust
Nov. 1, 2006
Oct. 7, 2015
Markus Granlund
Feb. 27, 2014
Feb. 25, 2016
Hunter Shinkaruk
Mar. 28, 2016
Nov. 16, 2015
Linden Vey
Nov. 10, 2016
Oct. 8, 2014
Matt Bartkowski
Feb. 18, 2017
Oct. 7, 2015
Drew Shore
Jan. 15, 2015
Mar. 13, 2017
Tanner Glass
Oct. 4, 2017
Oct. 7, 2009
Eddie Lack
Oct. 13, 2017
Oct. 6, 2013
Micheal Ferland
Oct. 31, 2014
Oct. 2, 2019
Oscar Fantenberg
Feb. 27, 2019
Dec. 1, 2019
Travis Hamonic
Oct. 4, 2017
Jan. 13, 2021
Jacob Markstrom
Jan. 14, 2021
Mar. 6, 2014
Chris Tanev
Jan. 14, 2021
Jan. 18, 2011
Josh Leivo
Jan. 14, 2021
Dec. 4, 2018
Louis Domingue
May 18, 2021
Mar. 1, 2020
Alex Chiasson
Oct. 12, 2016
Oct. 13, 2021
Erik Gudbranson
Oct. 16, 2021
Oct. 15, 2016
Brad Richardson
Nov. 4, 2021
Oct. 3, 2013
Tyler Toffoli
Feb. 15, 2022
Feb. 19, 2020
Curtis Lazar
Mar. 19, 2017
Oct. 12, 2022
Troy Stecher
Mar. 4, 2023
Oct. 25, 2016
Obviously cross-over between Calgary and Vancouver was fairly infrequent early on, aside from three players becoming charter members of the Flames/Canucks club in Calgary’s first game after relocating from Atlanta.
But we see a run of pretty prominent former Flames landing in Vancouver between 1988 and 1993, starting with Paul Reinhart and ending with Tim Hunter. Later on, there’s a couple runs of former Canucks heading east to Calgary from 2004 to 2014, and again starting in 2021.
Generally-speaking, Calgary’s landed more prominent ex-Canucks than the other way around.
Six players managed to play for Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary in the NHL. That sextet is Brian Glynn, Jim Dowd, Josh Green, Martin Gelinas, Michel Petit and Steve Staios. Gelinas is likely to be considered the standout among that group.

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