A history of Flames numbers: #36, Troy Brouwer
By Ari Yanover
7 years agoTroy Brouwer wore #36 in St. Louis. It was actually the first time in his career he wore the number; he’d previously worn mostly #22, but occasionally #29 and #26 with the Blackhawks, and #20 with the Washington Capitals.
The number 22 actually isn’t taken with the Flames – Drew Shore was the last one to have it, and ways have been parted with him – but Brouwer is bringing his Blues number to the Flames.
#36 on the Flames
Brouwer is the 10th player in Flames franchise history to wear #36:
- G Doug Dadswell
- D Len Esau
- G Jason Muzzatti
- LW Yves Sarault
- D Yves Racine
- RW Eric Charron
- RW Ronald Petrovicky
- D Mike Mottau
- G Matt Keetley
- RW Troy Brouwer
Just like with #29, we have a diverse group of players here from all positions – except centres. Brouwer will be the fourth winger, putting them over the top; before him it was three of them, plus three defenders, plus three goalies.
The best #36
Brouwer hasn’t even put on his jersey on the ice yet and he’s already the best Flame with this number, although we should give a shoutout to Racine for coming close in the points per game category as a defenceman, even though he only ever played 46 games with the Flames. (And Keetley DID stop all two shots he faced in the NHL!)
Previous numbers
| #1 – Brian Elliott | #3 – Jyrki Jokipakka |
| #5 – Mark Giordano | #6 – Dennis Wideman |
| #7 – T.J. Brodie | #10 – Linden Vey |
| #11 – Mikael Backlund | #13 – Johnny Gaudreau |
| #15 – Ladislav Smid | #17 – Lance Bouma |
| #18 – Matt Stajan | #19 – Matthew Tkachuk |
| #23 – Sean Monahan | #25 – Freddie Hamilton |
| #26 – Tyler Wotherspoon | #27 – Dougie Hamilton |
| #28 – Emile Poirier | #29 – Deryk Engelland |
| #31 – Chad Johnson |
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