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The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary. The Flames compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference. They are the third major professional ice hockey team to represent the city of Calgary, following the Calgary Tigers (1921–1927) and Calgary Cowboys (1975 ...
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The Flames made the playoffs every year until 2009, but then had their own playoff drought of six consecutive seasons. There have been three regular season sweeps in the history of the rivalry. The Flames swept the six-game series in 2009–10 and the five-game series in 2014–15, while the Oilers swept the four-game series in 2016–17. The ...
Eric Nystrom was the Flames first round draft pick in 2002. Adam Pardy made his NHL debut in 2008. Dion Phaneuf, seen warming up before a game, set a Flames rookie defensive scoring record, recording 20 goals in 2005–06. Cory Sarich joined the Flames in 2007. Chris Simon joined the Flames in time to help Calgary reach the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.
The 2006–07 Calgary Flames season began with a great deal of promise following the acquisition of top forward Alex Tanguay from the Colorado Avalanche. The other major off-season news was that Darryl Sutter promoted his assistant coach, Jim Playfair , to head coach as Sutter stayed with the team as general manager only.
The 2005–06 Calgary Flames season was the team's 26th season in the National Hockey League (NHL) in Calgary while the team celebrated its 25th season of play. During the off-season following the 2004–05 NHL lockout , Flames general manager Darryl Sutter announced that he would not re-sign free agent Martin Gelinas for the 2005–06 season ...
The 2015–16 Calgary Flames season was the 36th season in Calgary and 44th in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Flames franchise.Coming off an unexpected run to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2014–15, and having acquired defenceman Dougie Hamilton and forward Michael Frolik in the off-season, the Flames were expected to again compete for a playoff spot in 2015–16.