The Atlanta team is called Thrashers. The Flames is the Calgary team.
"Boom-Boom" Geoffrion, Dan Bouchard, Phil Myre, Randy Manery, Pat Quinn, Rey Comeau, Keith McCreary, Larry Romanchych and Bob Leiter are a few of the known original players for the Atlanta Flames.
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1972 but they were called the Atlanta Flames then in 1980 they moved to Calgary
They used to be the Atlanta Flames and wanted the name to be similar to Atlanta Braves
He went on to play professionally in the NHL for the Atlanta Flames, Boston Bruins, and Minnesota North Stars between 1980 and 1983.
The Calgary flames were founded in 1972 as the ATlanta Flames and then Moved to Calgary in 1980
Alberta has two NHL teams: The Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames.