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The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flames arrived in Calgary in 1980 after transferring from the city of Atlanta, Georgia, where they were known as the Atlanta Flames from their founding in 1972 until relocation.¹

The Flames have won numerous team and individual awards and honours since moving to Calgary. The team has captured the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl as Western Conference champion in 1986, 1989 and 2004, winning the Stanley Cup in 1989. Jarome Iginla is the team's most decorated player, with two Rocket Richard Trophy wins, an Art Ross Trophy, and a Lester B. Pearson Award along with two selections to the NHL First All-Star Team, one to the Second All-Star Team, and a selection to the All-Rookie Team in 1997. Theoren Fleury and Al MacInnis each played in six National Hockey League All-Star Games, the most Flames history.

Two players have had their numbers retired by the Flames. Lanny McDonald's #9 was removed from circulation in 1989, while Mike Vernon's #30 was retired in 2007. McDonald is also one of several Hockey Hall of Famers who were associated with the Flames. Joe Mullen and Al MacInnis played several seasons in Calgary as part of hall of fame careers, while general manager Cliff Fletcher, coach Bob Johnson and owner Harley Hotchkiss have each been inducted as builders.

The Flames have three internal team awards. The Molson Cup is awarded to the player who earns the most three-star selections throughout the season. The Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award, given for dedication and community service, and J. R. "Bud" McCaig Award, given for respect and courtesy, are presented towards the end of each season.

Contents 1 League awards 1.1 Team trophies 1.2 Individual awards 1.3 All-Star Game selections 2 Career achievements 2.1 Hockey Hall of Fame 2.2 Retired numbers 3 Team awards 3.1 Molson Cup 3.2 Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award 3.3 J. R. "Bud" McCaig Award 4 References

League awards

Team trophies

The Calgary Flames have won the Western (previously the Campbell) Conference three times in franchise history, winning the Stanley Cup once, in 1989.² They have twice won the Presidents' Trophy as the top team in the NHL during the regular season.³

Award	Description	Times won	Seasons
Stanley Cup	NHL championship	1	1988–89
Presidents' Trophy	Regular season championship	2	1987–88, 1988–89
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl	Western Conference playoff championship	3	1985–86, 1988–89, 2003–04

Individual awards

Jarome Iginla is one of the Flames' most decorated players. In 2001–02, Iginla led the NHL with 52-goals and 96-points, earning him the Rocket Richard and Art Ross Trophies. Iginla also was named the most valuable player as selected by his peers, and a first team all-star. Iginla won his second Richard Trophy when he tied for the league lead in goals with 41 in 2003–04.⁴

Lanny McDonald was the first winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy in 1987–88, earning the award in recognition of his charity work in both Toronto and Calgary.⁵ Sergei Makarov was a controversial winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1989–90. He won the rookie of the year award at the age of 31 after spending 13 seasons in the Soviet League. As a result, the NHL changed the rules for the award, restricting it to players aged 26 or younger.⁶

Award	Description	Winner7	Season
Art Ross Trophy	Regular season scoring champion	Jarome Iginla	2001–02
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey	Lanny McDonald	1982–83
		Gary Roberts	1995–96
Calder Memorial Trophy	Rookie of the year	Eric Vail	1974–75†
		Willi Plett	1976–77†
		Gary Suter	1985–86
		Joe Nieuwendyk	1987–88
		Sergei Makarov	1989–90
Conn Smythe Trophy	Most valuable player of the playoffs	Al MacInnis	1988–89
King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Leadership qualities on and off the ice and humanitarian contributions within their community	Lanny McDonald	1987–88
		Joe Nieuwendyk	1994–95
		Jarome Iginla	2003–04
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Gentlemanly conduct	Bob MacMillan	1978–79†
		Joe Mullen	1986–87 1988–89
Lester B. Pearson Award	Most valuable player as chosen by the players	Jarome Iginla	2001–02
NHL Foundation Player Award	Player who applies commitment, perseverance and leadership to enrich the lives of people in his community	Jarome Iginla	2003–04
NHL Plus-Minus Award	Best plus/minus	Brad McCrimmon	1987–88
		Joe Mullen	1988–89
		Theoren Fleury	1990–91
Rocket Richard Trophy	Most goals in the regular season	Jarome Iginla	2001–02 2003–04
Vezina Trophy	Top goaltender	Miikka Kiprusoff	2005–06
William M. Jennings Trophy	Fewest goals given up in the regular season	Miikka Kiprusoff	2005–06
NHL All-Rookie Team	Top rookies at each position	Jamie Macoun (D)	1983–84
		Hakan Loob (F)	1983–84
		Gary Suter (D)	1985–86
		Joe Nieuwendyk (F)	1987–88
		Sergei Makarov (F)	1989–90
		Jarome Iginla (F)	1996–97
		Derek Morris (D)	1998–99
		Dion Phaneuf (D)	2005–06
NHL First All-Star Team	Top performers at each position over the course of the season	Hakan Loob (RW)	1987–88
		Joe Mullen (RW)	1988–89
		Al MacInnis (D)	1989–90 1990–91
		Jarome Iginla (RW)	2001–02 2007–08
		Miikka Kiprusoff (G)	2005–06
		Dion Phaneuf (D)	2007–08
NHL Second All-Star Team	Top performers at each position over the course of the season	Lanny McDonald (RW)	1982–83
		Gary Suter (D)	1987–88
		Brad McCrimmon (D)	1987–88
		Al MacInnis (D)	1986–87 1988–89 1993–94
		Mike Vernon (G)	1988–89
		Theoren Fleury (RW)	1994–95
		Jarome Iginla (RW)	2003–04

† denotes player won the award as a member of the Atlanta Flames

All-Star Game selections

The National Hockey League All-Star Game is a mid-season exhibition game held annually between many of the top players of each season. Twenty-four All-Star Games have been held since the Flames arrived in Calgary, with at least one player representing the Flames in each year but the 2001. The All-Star game has not been held in various years: 1995 and 2005 as a result of labour stoppages, 2006 because of the Winter Olympics, and 1987 due to the Rendez-vous '87 series between the NHL and the Soviet national team. The NHL also holds a Young Stars Game for first- and second-year players.⁸

The Flames hosted the 1985 All-Star Game at the Olympic Saddledome. A sell-out crowd saw the Wales Conference defeat the Campbell Conference 6–4, while Al MacInnis and Paul Reinhart represented the Flames at the game.⁹ Along with Theoren Fleury, MacInnis played a franchise high six All-Star Games as a member of the Flames.

Year	Player(s)
2009	Jarome Iginla
2008	Jarome Iginla, Dion Phaneuf
2007	Miikka Kiprusoff, Dion Phaneuf
2004	Jarome Iginla Matthew Lombardi (Young Stars Game)
2003	Jarome Iginla Jordan Leopold (Young Stars Game)
2002	Jarome Iginla Robyn Regehr (Young Stars Game)
2001	none
2000	Valeri Bure, Phil Housley
1999	Theoren Fleury
1998	Theoren Fleury
1997	Theoren Fleury
1996	Theoren Fleury
1994	Al MacInnis, Joe Nieuwendyk
1993	Gary Roberts, Mike Vernon
1992	Theoren Fleury, Al MacInnis, Gary Roberts
1991	Theoren Fleury, Al MacInnis, Gary Suter, Mike Vernon
1990	Al MacInnis, Joe Mullen, Joe Nieuwendyk, Mike Vernon
1989	Joe Mullen, Joe Nieuwendyk, Gary Suter, Mike Vernon
1988	Al MacInnis, Brad McCrimmon, Joe Nieuwendyk, Gary Suter, Mike Vernon
1986	Gary Suter
1985	Al MacInnis, Paul Reinhart
1984	Lanny McDonald
1983	Lanny McDonald
1982	Pekka Rautakallio
1981	Kent Nilsson

Career achievements

Hockey Hall of Fame

Main article: Calgary Flames#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, 1999.¹⁰ 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 the most valuable player of playoffs.¹¹

Three members of team management have been inducted in the "Builders" category. 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.¹⁰

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.¹⁰ Former athletic trainer Bearcat Murray, who served with the Flames from 1980 until 1996 and remains with the organization as a community ambassador, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and the Society of Professional Hockey Equipment Managers.¹²

Individual	Category	Year	Years with Flames
Al MacInnis	Player	2007	1981–1994
Harley Hotchkiss	Builder	2006	1980–present
Cliff Fletcher	Builder	2004	1972–1991
Grant Fuhr	Player	2003	1999–2000
Joe Mullen	Player	2000	1985–1990
Bob Johnson	Builder	1992	1982–1987
Lanny McDonald	Player	1992	1981–1989

Retired numbers

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 2000-02.¹³ Wayne Gretzky's #99 was retired league-wide in 2000.

Number	Player	Year	Years with Flames
9	Lanny McDonald	1989	1981–1989
30	Mike Vernon	2007	1982–1994 2000–2002
99	Wayne Gretzky	1999	Retired by NHL

Team awards

Molson Cup

The Flames are one of several teams in Canada that award the Molson Cup to the player who is named one of a game's top three players, or "three stars", most often over the course of the regular season. Jarome Iginla has won the Molson Cup five times, the most in team history.¹⁴

2007–08	Jarome Iginla	1997–98	Theoren Fleury	1988–89	Joe Mullen
2006–07	Miikka Kiprusoff	1996–97	Trevor Kidd	1987–88	Hakan Loob
2005–06	Miikka Kiprusoff	1995–96	Theoren Fleury	1986–87	Joe Mullen
2003–04	Jarome Iginla	1994–95	Trevor Kidd	1985–86	Hakan Loob
2002–03	Jarome Iginla	1993–94	Joe Nieuwendyk	1984–85	Rejean Lemelin
2001–02	Jarome Iginla	1992–93	Theoren Fleury	1983–84	Rejean Lemelin
2000–01	Jarome Iginla	1991–92	Mike Vernon	1982–83	Lanny McDonald
1999–00	Fred Brathwaite	1990–91	Theoren Fleury	1981–82	Pat Riggin
1998–99	Fred Brathwaite	1989–90	Joe Nieuwendyk	1980–81	Kent Nilsson

Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award

The Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award is a Flames team award given each year to the player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, determination and leadership on the ice, combined with dedication to community service." It was first awarded in 1987, and is named in honour of one of the Flames original owners, Ralph Thomas Scurfield.¹⁵

2007–08	Dion Phaneuf	1999–00	Robyn Regehr	1992–93	Joel Otto
2006–07	Rhett Warrener	1998–99	Ed Ward	1991–92	Bob Johnson
2005–06	Rhett Warrener	1997–98	Ed Ward	1990–91	Jamie Macoun
2003–04	Martin Gelinas	1996–97	Mike Sullivan	1989–90	Tim Hunter
2002–03	Denis Gauthier	1995–96	Gary Roberts	1988–89	Lanny McDonald
2001–02	Jarome Iginla	1994–95	Not awarded	1987–88	Jim Peplinski
2000–01	Jarome Iginla	1993–94	Al MacInnis	1986–87	Lanny McDonald

J. R. "Bud" McCaig Award

The J. R. "Bud" McCaig Award is a team award given annually to two people, a player and a Flames' staff member, who "best exemplify Mr. McCaig’s enduring virtues of respect, courtesy and compassion for all individuals he encountered both in his professional and everyday life." The award is named in honour of Bud McCaig, a long time owner of the Flames who died in 2005.¹⁶

2007–08

Jarome Iginla

2006–07

Stephane Yelle

2005–06

Robyn Regehr

References

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