Calgary Flames Logo — Calgary Flames are a professional team of ice hockey Canada which sits in the city of Calgary (Alberta). Founded in 1972 as the Atlanta Flames in Atlanta, the team moved in 1980 to its current city. The team plays in the National Hockey League framed in the Northwest Division. The history of the franchise began in 1968, when businessman Tom Cousins and the Governor of the State of Georgia, Carl Sanders, bought the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA and moved the franchise to the city of Atlanta. The construction of the Omni Coliseum, multipurpose pavilion to house the basketball team, led to the possibility of an ice hockey team will settle in the city.
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This was confirmed in November 1971 when the National Hockey League expansion franchise secured a group of Cousins for the 1972-73 season, which meant further expansion to the south of the championship. The team hired Cliff Fletcher as general manager and former Canadian star Bernie Geoffrion as a coach. During the first season the team gave a good image, but failed to qualify in his debut season if he did a year later, falling in the quarterfinals against Philadelphia Flyers. In 1974-75 again left out. More