Calgary Flames Trivia

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CALGARY FLAMES TRIVIA

1) What year were the Calgary Flames founded?

1952 1972 1982 1962

The team was founded in 1972 as the Atlanta Flames before relocating to Calgary in 1980.

2) During their eight seasons in Atlanta, how many times did the Flames qualify for the playoffs?

2 6 4 0

The Flames were relatively successful early on. Under head coaches Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, Fred Creighton and Al MacNeil, the Flames made the playoffs in six of eight seasons in Atlanta.

3) Which Flames goaltender had three assists in one game?

JEFF REESE TREVOR KIDD RICK WAMSLEY MIKKA KIPRUSOFF

Jeff Reese played 26 games for the Flames in 1992-93, posting an impressive 14-4-1 record. The highlight of his time in Calgary came on February 10, 1993, when he entered the NHL record book by posting three assists in a 13-1 Flames victory over the San Jose Sharks.

4) What was the first jersey number retired by the Flames?

#30 #9 #18 #12

Right winger Lanny McDonald played over 1,100 games during a 16-year career in which he scored 500 goals and over 1,000 points. His total of 66 goals in 1982-83 remains the Flames' franchise record for a single season. The Flames retired his #9 jersey in 1990, and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.

5) Who holds the franchise single-season record for penalty minutes?

GARY ROBERTS RON STERN TIM HUNTER WILLI PLETT

During his playing days, Tim Hunter was known for his fierce style of play, ranking him among hockey's elite enforcers during the 1980s and 1990s. In 1988-89, he set a Flames franchise record with 375 penalty minutes.

6) What is the name of the Calgary Flames mascot?

SPARKY SMOKY CODY HARVEY

The first mascot in NHL history, Harvey the Hound made his debut on February 16, 1984, strutting in a homemade costume for a stipend of $50 in a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

7) Who did the Flames defeat to win their first Stanley Cup championship?

BOSTON BRUINS MONTREAL CANADIENS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

The Flames defeated the Canadiens in six games to win their first Stanley Cup in 1989.

8) Who was the first Flames player to lead the league in goals and points?

LANNY MCDONALD GARY ROBERTS JAROME IGINLA JOE NIEUWENDYK

Nicknamed "Iggy", Jarome Iginla led the NHL in goals and points in 2001-02, and won the Lester B. Pearson Award as its most valuable player as voted by the players. In 2003-04, Iginla led the league in goals for the second time and captained the Flames to the Stanley Cup Finals, leading the playoffs in goals.

9) Which player was nicknamed "Killer"?

HAKAN LOOB JOE NIEUWENDYK JOE MULLEN DOUG GILMOUR

Nicknamed "Killer" due to his physical style of play and an apparent likeness in appearance to serial killer Charles Manson, Doug Gilmour spent three and a half seasons with Calgary and scored the championship-winning goal in the 1989 Stanley Cup Finals.

10) Which Flames player won NHL Rookie of the Year at age 31?

GARY SUTER JOE NIEUWENDYK ERIC VAIL SERGEI MAKAROV

Sergei Makarov was on the gold-winning Soviet national ice hockey team in the World Championships in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989 and 1990. In 1989, he was allowed by the Soviet Union to join the National Hockey League and the Calgary Flames, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as "rookie" of the year at the age of 31. As a result, a new rule was introduced (the Makarov Rule) so that only players under 26 qualify for the award.