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The 1972 NHL expansion draft was held on June 6, 1972. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two then-new expansion teams for the 1972–73 season , the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Flames .
The Flames have since used the Atlanta logo for both its alternate captains, [49] and the team's former affiliate that played in the American Hockey League (AHL), the Adirondack Flames. [50] The last Atlanta Flames player on the Calgary roster was Paul Reinhart, upon being traded to Vancouver Canucks after the 1987–88 season. The last active ...
The Atlanta Flames were one of many expansion teams that brought the NHL from six teams in 1967 to 21 by 1979. The expansion era of the National Hockey League (NHL) began when six new teams were added for the 1967–68 season, ending the Original Six era.
1.2 NHL Expansion Draft. 2 Regular season. Toggle Regular season subsection. ... The 1972–73 Atlanta Flames season was the inaugural season for the Flames' franchise.
All three were first-round draft picks of the Flames. This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Atlanta Flames franchise . It includes every player who was drafted, from 1972 to 1979 , regardless of whether they played for the team.
Nelson Skalbania and his ownership group bought the franchise and moved it to Calgary on June 24, 1980, leaving Atlanta without an NHL franchise. [10] Since the Flames' relocation and rebranding as the Calgary Flames in 1980, ice hockey in Atlanta has been an interest of the NHL. [11] In 1997, the Atlanta Thrashers were founded as an expansion ...
On Sunday, the NHL released the available and protected lists for the 30 other teams ahead of the Seattle Kraken's expansion draft
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1972–73 NHL season.It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable.