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Honoured members

Several members of the Flames organization have been honoured by the Hockey Hall of Fame during the team's history in Calgary. Lanny McDonald was the first Flame player inducted, gaining election in 1992. McDonald recorded 215 goals in 492 games for the Flames, including a team record 66 goals in 1982–83. He was joined in 2000 by a fellow member of the 1989 Stanley Cup championship team, Joe Mullen. Mullen spent five seasons with the Flames, recording 388 points and capturing two Lady Byng Trophies. Grant Fuhr, elected in 2003, became the third former Flames player to enter the Hall. Fuhr played only one season in Calgary; however, he recorded his 400th career win in a Flames uniform, a victory over the Florida Panthers on October 22, 1999. [91] In 2007, Al MacInnis became the fourth former Flame inducted into the Hall, and the third to earn his Hall of Fame credentials primarily as a Flame. MacInnis was a member of the Flames from 1981 until 1994. He is best remembered for his booming slapshot, as well as for winning the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1989 as playoff MVP. [92]

Former head coach "Badger" Bob Johnson joined McDonald in the class of 1992, gaining election as a builder. Johnson coached five seasons with the Flames from 1982–87, and his 193 wins remain a team record. Cliff Fletcher was the Flames general manager from the organization's inception in 1972 until 1991, a span of 19 years. During that time, the Flames qualified for the playoffs sixteen consecutive times between 1976 and 1991. Fletcher was inducted in 2004. In 2006, Harley Hotchkiss became the third Flames builder to gain election. Hotchkiss is the team's current governor, and is an original member of the ownership group that purchased and brought the Flames to Calgary in 1980. He has served many years as the chairman of the NHL Board of Directors, during which he played a significant role in the resolution of the 2004–05 lockout.

Flames radio broadcaster Peter Maher was named the recipient of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award in 2006 for his years of service as the radio play-by-play announcer for the Calgary Flames. Maher has been the radio voice of the Flames since 1981, the team's second season in Calgary. He has called six All-Star Games and four Stanley Cup Finals. Longtime trainer Bearcat Murray was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009 by the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers. [93]

The Calgary Flames have retired two numbers, and a third was retired league-wide. The Flames retired #9 in honour of Lanny McDonald who played right wing for the Flames from 1981 to 1989, winning the Stanley Cup as the Flames' captain in his final year. Mike Vernon's #30 is also retired; he was a goaltender with the Flames for fourteen years, from 1982-94 and 2000-02. [94] Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000.

Team captains

  • Brad Marsh, 1980–81
  • Phil Russell, 1981–83
  • Doug Risebrough, 1983–87
  • Lanny McDonald, 1983–89
  • Jim Peplinski, 1984–89
  • Brad McCrimmon, 1989–90
  • Rotating captains , 1990–91
  • Joe Nieuwendyk, 1991–95
  • Theoren Fleury, 1995–97
  • Todd Simpson, 1997–99
  • Steve Smith, 1999–2000
  • Dave Lowry, 2000–02
  • Bob Boughner, 2002
  • Craig Conroy, 2002–03
  • Jarome Iginla, 2003–present

''Risebrough and McDonald were co-captains in 1983-84. Risebrough, McDonald and Peplinski were tri-captains 1984-87. McDonald and Peplinski were co-captains from 1987 to 1989.

''Conroy and Boughner were co-captains for the latter half of 2001-02.

Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Flames (both Atlanta and Calgary) as of the end of the 2008–09 NHL season. [95]

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, P/G = Points per game, * = Active player''
Player POS GP G A Pts P/G
Jarome Iginla* RW 942 409 442 851 .90
Theoren Fleury RW 791 364 466 830 1.05
Al MacInnis D 803 213 609 822 1.02
Joe Nieuwendyk C 577 314 302 616 1.07
Gary Suter D 617 128 437 565 .92
Kent Nilsson C 425 229 333 562 1.32
Guy Chouinard C 514 193 336 529 1.03
Gary Roberts LW 585 257 248 505 .86
Eric Vail LW 539 206 246 452 .84
Paul Reinhart D 517 109 336 445 .86


See also

  • Ice hockey in Calgary
  • List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

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