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Calgary Flames

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The Resume

    (1972- )
    Located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
    Formerly located in Atlanta, Georgia (1972-80)
    Formerly known as the Atlanta Flames (1972-80)
    Play in the Scotiabank Saddlehome
    One Stanley Cup Championship (1989)
    Four retired numbers: Lanny McDonald's #9, Jarome Iginla‘s #12, Mike Vernon's #30 and Mikka Kiprusoff‘s #34
    Made the Stanley Cup Finals (2004)

Why they might be annoying:

    They were founded by Ted Turner and other Atlanta-area businessmen (1972).
    They are named the Flames even though they are a hockey team.
    They were named the Flames because the Union troops burned down Atlanta during the Civil War.
    They were sold for $16 million dollars and moved from Atlanta to Calgary (1980).
    Over the past 10 years, they lost or traded away Theo Fleury, Gary Roberts, Valeri Bure and Trevor Kidd.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They changed their old logo, 'A' (for Atlanta) to 'C' (for Calgary), after moving.
    They were committed to win a Stanley Cup throughout the mid 80's, which eventually paid off in 1989 when the core they had been putting together won the Cup.
    They are a small market team that surprisingly does well for themselves in attendance.
    The website FlamesGirls.com was started by female fans who posed topless while wearing Flames attire (2004).
    They are the first NHL team to feature a black Team Captain, Jarome Iginla.
    They upset the 1st, 2nd and 3rd seed Western teams in order appeared in the Stanley Cup Finals (2004).

Credit: His Name is Robert


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 27 Votes: 62.96% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 50 Votes: 62.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 46 Votes: 71.74% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 52 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 147 Votes: 60.54% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 122 Votes: 59.84% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 260 Votes: 58.46% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1680 Votes: 66.01% Annoying