They used to be the Atlanta Flames and wanted the name to be similar to Atlanta Braves
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Because C for Calgary and flames for flames
The Calgary flames were founded in 1972 as the ATlanta Flames and then Moved to Calgary in 1980
1972 but they were called the Atlanta Flames then in 1980 they moved to Calgary
Craig Conroy was captain of the Calgary Flames from 2002-2003.
Calgary Flames. Sergei Priakhin was the first Russian to play in the NHL with the permission of the Soviet Government and also the first to get his name on the Stanley Cup (with the 1989 Calgary Flames).