Atlanta a obtenu une franchise d’expansion en 1971. Un concours a abouti à "Flammes" étant sur 198 des 10 000 bulletins de vote. Tom Cousins, le premier propriétaire de la franchise, a choisi ce nom pour honorer l’incendie d’Atlanta par les soldats de l’Union pendant la guerre civile.
Lorsque les Flames ont déménagé à Calgary en 1980, les nouveaux propriétaires ont organisé un concours et ont finalement décidé de conserver le nom des Flames, en changeant le logo d’un flamboyant "UN" à une flamme "C."
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Should have kept the WHA name like other franchises and been the Cowboys, but whatever. Go Flames.
At the time, Calgarians were tired of Western themed names…Stampeders….Cowboys….Wranglers. So a non-cowboy name had instant appeal.
Also though, and I’m an American who has been a Flames fan since the late 80s… at the time the Flames moved to Calgary, there was a natural symbiosis with the idea of the Olympic flame and preparations for the 1988 Winter Games and the idea of the oil industry and the flames that burn out of oil wells. Then they won the Cup in 1989 right after the 88 games… the nickname just seemed to still work from Atlanta to Calgary.
But also, I always found the Civil War reference a little weird for an Atlanta team… I mean Sherman burned the city to the ground. Granted it eventually rose again but wouldn’t the imagery of a phoenix or something rising from the ashes have been better than the weird/insulting image of the city and state of Georgia burning to the ground?
https://youtu.be/gvjOG5gboFU?si=FBS532CW3acTM-h_
Love the Flames name. No pretentions about being classy, just an obviously threatening and sort of ironically cool name, the way a hockey team should be (seriously, maple leafs? What even is an oiler?). I respect the Devils, Lightning, Predators, and Sharks names for the same reason
Didn’t realize Pierre Page was around that long.. And today I learned David Poile was around in thr NHL for a damn long time