# 1995–96 Calgary Flames season

The 1995–96 Calgary Flames season was the 16th National Hockey League season in Calgary. The Flames entered the season with their fifth coach in five seasons, hiring Pierre Page to replace Dave King. Page, who had previously been an assistant coach with the Flames in the 1980s, left his head coaching position with the Quebec Nordiques to move west.
The Flames began the season with a disastrous start, posting a 4–15–5 record through the end of November. The team's poor start was exacerbated by the holdout of Joe Nieuwendyk, who was unable to reach a contract agreement with the Flames. Also, the Flames began the season on a long, seven game road trip while renovations to the Olympic Saddledome were completed. The Flames reached a low point on October 27, 1995, when they set a franchise record for futility, recording just eight shots in a 3–0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on home ice.
The Nieuwendyk saga finally came to a close when the Flames dealt him to the Dallas Stars for Corey Millen, and Western Hockey League star Jarome Iginla on December 19. Nieuwendyk immediately ended his holdout, signing a five-year, $11 million contract with Dallas.
The Flames began to turn the season around, led by Gary Roberts' comeback from neck injuries that had kept him out most of the 1994–95 season. Roberts' comeback lasted only 35 games before he was again sidelined with bone spurs and nerve damage in his neck. Roberts would score an incredible 22 goals and 42 points during that time, earning him the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for perseverance and dedication to hockey.
The Flames recovered from their woeful start to finish second in the Pacific Division, and as the sixth seed in the Western Conference. The Flames were swept, however, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the playoffs, as the team once again failed to win a playoff series since they won the Stanley Cup in 1989. One notable player made his debut during the playoffs: Jarome Iginla, who would become a star for the Flames for years to come. The Flames would not qualify for the playoffs again until 2004, missing the post season for the next seven years.
Theoren Fleury represented the Flames at the 46th National Hockey League All-Star Game. It was the first since 1986 that the Flames had only one representative.

## Regular season
### Season standings

Pacific Division :
| No. | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
| 2 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
| 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
| 4 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
| 5 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | p – Detroit Red Wings | CEN | 82 | 62 | 13 | 7 | 325 | 181 | 131 |
| 2 | Colorado Avalanche | PAC | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 326 | 240 | 104 |
| 3 | Chicago Blackhawks | CEN | 82 | 40 | 28 | 14 | 273 | 220 | 94 |
| 4 | Toronto Maple Leafs | CEN | 82 | 34 | 36 | 12 | 247 | 252 | 80 |
| 5 | St. Louis Blues | CEN | 82 | 32 | 34 | 16 | 219 | 248 | 80 |
| 6 | Calgary Flames | PAC | 82 | 34 | 37 | 11 | 241 | 240 | 79 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | PAC | 82 | 32 | 35 | 15 | 278 | 278 | 79 |
| 8 | Winnipeg Jets | CEN | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 275 | 291 | 78 |
| 9 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | PAC | 82 | 35 | 39 | 8 | 234 | 247 | 78 |
| 10 | Edmonton Oilers | PAC | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 240 | 304 | 68 |
| 11 | Dallas Stars | CEN | 82 | 26 | 42 | 14 | 227 | 280 | 66 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Kings | PAC | 82 | 24 | 40 | 18 | 256 | 302 | 66 |
| 13 | San Jose Sharks | PAC | 82 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 252 | 357 | 47 |
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy

## Playoffs

Despite finishing 2nd in the Pacific Division, the Flames were only the 6th seed in the playoffs. They met the 2nd-place finisher in the Central Division, the Chicago Blackhawks. It was the third time Calgary and Chicago had met in the playoffs, as the Flames had previously defeated the Blackhawks in 1981, and 1989. This time around, Chicago had the better of the Flames, sweeping Calgary out in four straight, and continuing the Flames playoff futility.
Looking for a spark, the Flames signed junior star Jarome Iginla to a contract before the third game, allowing him to make his NHL debut at home. Iginla scored a goal and an assist in his first two games.
This series was the Flames last playoff appearance for eight years, as Calgary did not return to the post season until 2004.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

1995–96 regular season :
October: 1–7–3 (home: 0–2–0; road: 1–5–3)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1October 7Calgary3 – 3Tampa BayOTKidd22,7350–0–11Recap
2October 8Calgary3 – 4FloridaTabaracciN/A0–1–11Recap
3October 10Calgary3 – 7DallasKidd15,7020–2–11Recap
4October 15Calgary1 – 1ChicagoOTKidd17,3090–2–22Recap
5October 17Calgary3 – 3DetroitOTKidd19,6380–2–33Recap
6October 19Calgary2 – 4OttawaKidd8,4240–3–33Recap
7October 20Calgary3 – 4TorontoOTTabaracci15,7460–4–33Recap
8October 25Colorado3 – 2CalgaryKidd19,1520–5–33Recap
9October 27Detroit3 – 0CalgaryKiddN/A0–6–33Recap
10October 29Calgary2 – 7AnaheimKidd17,0600–7–33Recap
11October 31Calgary2 – 1Los AngelesTabaracci11,2411–7–35Recap :
November: 3–8–2 (home: 1–4–2; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
12November 1Calgary1 – 6ColoradoTabaracci15,3901–8–35Recap
13November 4Vancouver4 – 4CalgaryOTKidd18,7171–8–46Recap
14November 6Calgary2 – 4NY RangersTabaracci18,2001–9–46Recap
15November 8Calgary2 – 1New JerseyKidd15,6112–9–48Recap
16November 9Calgary1 – 3PhiladelphiaKidd17,2552–10–48Recap
17November 11Montreal4 – 0CalgaryKidd19,6462–11–48Recap
18November 14Edmonton2 – 4CalgaryKidd17,5703–11–410Recap
19November 17Colorado5 – 3CalgaryKidd17,9283–12–410Recap
20November 18Calgary2 – 5ColoradoTabaracci16,0613–13–410Recap
21November 21Anaheim3 – 2CalgaryKidd17,5843–14–410Recap
22November 24Edmonton5 – 2CalgaryKidd18,4363–15–410Recap
23November 26Chicago2 – 2CalgaryTabaracci17,3643–15–511Recap
24November 29Calgary5 – 3San JoseTabaracci17,1904–15–513Recap :
December: 7–6–2 (home: 3–3–1; road: 4–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
25December 1Calgary8 – 2EdmontonTabaracci14,1895–15–515Recap
26December 3Calgary2 – 5WinnipegTabaracci8,7215–16–515Recap
27December 5St. Louis1 – 1CalgaryOTKidd16,2845–16–616Recap
28December 9Vancouver4 – 3CalgaryKidd17,1475–17–616Recap
29December 11Los Angeles2 – 6CalgaryTabaracci17,3496–17–618Recap
30December 13Calgary8 – 4DallasTabaracci15,1847–17–620Recap
31December 14Calgary3 – 3St. LouisOTTabaracci17,1977–17–721Recap
32December 16Calgary3 – 6BostonKidd17,3927–18–721Recap
33December 19Calgary1 – 7PittsburghKidd7,1707–19–721Recap
34December 20Calgary3 – 2HartfordTabaracci6,5638–19–723Recap
35December 22Detroit5 – 1CalgaryTabaracci17,3028–20–723Recap
36December 26Calgary4 – 2VancouverKidd18,4229–20–725Recap
37December 27Toronto0 – 4CalgaryKidd19,81010–20–727Recap
38December 29Philadelphia3 – 2CalgaryKidd19,98910–21–727Recap
39December 31NY Rangers1 – 3CalgaryKidd19,28411–21–729Recap :
January: 7–2–2 (home: 6–2–0; road: 1–0–2)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
40January 2Tampa Bay0 – 10CalgaryKidd16,89312–21–731Recap
41January 5Anaheim3 – 1CalgaryKidd16,82112–22–731Recap
42January 6Florida0 – 2CalgaryTabaracci16,79213–22–733Recap
43January 10Hartford2 – 3CalgaryOTTabaracci16,46914–22–735Recap
44January 12Buffalo1 – 3CalgaryTabaracci17,43215–22–737Recap
45January 14Calgary4 – 4ColoradoOTKidd16,06115–22–838Recap
46January 16Calgary5 – 5Los AngelesOTTabaracci12,23515–22–939Recap
47January 17Calgary4 – 1AnaheimKidd17,17416–22–941Recap
48January 24NY Islanders1 – 4CalgaryKidd17,34817–22–943Recap
49January 26Dallas4 – 2CalgaryTabaracci18,29217–23–943Recap
50January 30Edmonton2 – 3CalgaryOTKidd17,72418–23–945Recap :
February: 6–5–2 (home: 5–2–2; road: 1–3–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
51February 1New Jersey1 – 1CalgaryOTKidd16,86218–23–1046Recap
52February 3Los Angeles1 – 2CalgaryKidd18,92319–23–1048Recap
53February 6Ottawa1 – 3CalgaryKidd16,44220–23–1050Recap
54February 8Washington4 – 4CalgaryOTKidd16,51620–23–1151Recap
55February 10Winnipeg3 – 2CalgaryKiddN/A20–24–1151Recap
56February 11Calgary2 – 4EdmontonTabaracciN/A20–25–1151Recap
57February 13Calgary2 – 3WashingtonKidd9,27220–26–1151Recap
58February 15Calgary6 – 3NY IslandersTabaracci7,79221–26–1153Recap
59February 17Calgary1 – 5MontrealKidd17,95921–27–1153Recap
60February 20San Jose3 – 5CalgaryTabaracci16,46522–27–1155Recap
61February 23Anaheim2 – 3CalgaryTabaracci17,51623–27–1157Recap
62February 24Boston2 – 1CalgaryTabaracci19,98923–28–1157Recap
63February 29Pittsburgh3 – 7CalgaryTabaracci19,98924–28–1159Recap :
March: 7–6–0 (home: 2–4–0; road: 5–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
64March 3Calgary5 – 1San JoseTabaracciN/A25–28–1161Recap
65March 7Calgary4 – 2St. LouisTabaracci20,59026–28–1163Recap
66March 9Calgary3 – 4TorontoTabaracci15,70626–29–1163Recap
67March 12St. Louis2 – 4CalgaryKidd19,98927–29–1165Recap
68March 15Calgary3 – 1BuffaloTabaracci15,58728–29–1167Recap
69March 17Calgary2 – 4DetroitTabaracci19,98328–30–1167Recap
70March 20Calgary3 – 2ChicagoKidd20,36729–30–1169Recap
71March 22San Jose2 – 1CalgaryOTTabaracci18,26729–31–1169Recap
72March 23Calgary4 – 0VancouverKidd18,42230–31–1171Recap
73March 25Toronto4 – 2CalgaryKidd19,98930–32–1171Recap
74March 27Chicago0 – 1CalgaryTabaracci16,66831–32–1173Recap
75March 29Los Angeles4 – 3CalgaryTabaracci18,28031–33–1173Recap
76March 31Winnipeg4 – 1CalgaryKidd18,15531–34–1173Recap :
April: 3–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 2–2–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
77April 3Vancouver3 – 4CalgaryTabaracci18,30032–34–1175Recap
78April 6Calgary3 – 4WinnipegTabaracci15,55732–35–1175Recap
79April 8Calgary3 – 2EdmontonKidd15,86933–35–1177Recap
80April 9Dallas4 – 3CalgaryOTKidd17,75633–36–1177Recap
81April 12Calgary6 – 0San JoseTabaracci17,19034–36–1179Recap
82April 13Calgary0 – 5VancouverTabaracci18,42234–37–1179Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point) :

### Playoffs

1996 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. Chicago Blackhawks (3) – Chicago wins 4–0
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 17Calgary1 – 4ChicagoKidd17,455Chicago leads 1–0Recap
2April 19Calgary0 – 3ChicagoTabaracci19,972Chicago leads 2–0Recap
3April 21Chicago7 – 5CalgaryTabaracci15,229Chicago leads 3–0Recap
4April 23Chicago2 – 1Calgary3OTTabaracci16,629Chicago wins 4–0Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 14 | Theoren Fleury | RW | 80 | 46 | 50 | 96 | 17 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | German Titov | LW | 82 | 28 | 39 | 67 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Michael Nylander | C | 73 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 |
| 6 | Phil Housley‡ | D | 59 | 16 | 36 | 52 | −2 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Gary Roberts | LW | 35 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 15 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16 | Cory Stillman | LW | 74 | 16 | 19 | 35 | −5 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 0 |
| 3 | James Patrick | D | 80 | 3 | 32 | 35 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| 21 | Steve Chiasson | D | 76 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Zarley Zalapski | D | 80 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 32 | Mike Sullivan | LW | 81 | 9 | 12 | 21 | −6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 15 | Sandy McCarthy | RW | 75 | 9 | 7 | 16 | −8 | 173 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 10 |
| 18 | Pavel Torgayev | LW | 41 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Ronnie Stern | RW | 52 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Paul Kruse | LW | 75 | 3 | 12 | 15 | −5 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 |
| 20 | Dean Evason | C | 67 | 7 | 7 | 14 | −6 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| 34 | Corey Millen† | C | 31 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Jamie Huscroft | D | 70 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 |
| 23 | Sheldon Kennedy | RW | 41 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| 47 | Claude Lapointe† | C | 32 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 45 | Jocelyn Lemieux† | RW | 20 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | Ed Ward | RW | 41 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −2 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 28 | Marty Murray | C | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Yves Sarault† | LW | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Trent Yawney | D | 69 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| 4 | Kevin Dahl | D | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Bob Sweeney† | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | G | 47 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 31 | Rick Tabaracci | G | 43 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 4 |
| 46 | Ladislav Kohn | RW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | Tommy Albelin† | D | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 5 | Joel Bouchard | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Pat Conacher†‡ | C | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Craig Ferguson†‡ | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Todd Hlushko | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Cale Hulse† | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| 39 | Dan Keczmer‡ | D | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Todd Simpson | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Jarrod Skalde† | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Niklas Sundblad | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Vesa Viitakoski‡ | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Jarome Iginla† | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Rick Tabaracci | 43 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1087 | 117 | 2.94 | .892 | 3 | 2391 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 7 | 2.06 | .917 | 0 | 204 |
| 37 | Trevor Kidd | 47 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 1130 | 119 | 2.78 | .895 | 3 | 2570 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 9 | 6.48 | .775 | 0 | 83 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | Gary Roberts |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Theoren Fleury |
| Team | Molson Cup | Theoren Fleury |
| Team | Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award | Gary Roberts |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Marty Murray | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Todd Simpson | October 7, 1995 |
| First game | Ladislav Kohn | October 25, 1995 |
| First game | Pavel Torgayev | October 25, 1995 |
| First game | Niklas Sundblad | November 26, 1995 |
| First game | Jarome Iginla | April 21, 1996 |

## Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1995–96 season.

### Trades

| November 1, 1995 | To Calgary Flames Claude Lapointe | To Colorado Avalanche 7th round pick in 1997 |
| November 26, 1995 | To Calgary Flames Yves Sarault Craig Ferguson | To Montreal Canadiens 8th round pick in 1997 |
| December 19, 1995 | To Calgary Flames Jarome Iginla Corey Millen | To Dallas Stars Joe Nieuwendyk |
| February 26, 1996 | To Calgary Flames Tommy Albelin Cale Hulse Jocelyn Lemieux | To New Jersey Devils Phil Housley Dan Keczmer |
| March 20, 1996 | To Calgary Flames Bob Sweeney | To New York Islanders Pat Conacher 6th round pick in 1997 |

### Free agents

| Player | Former team |
| Player | New team |

## Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1995 NHL entry draft, held in Edmonton, Alberta.
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics | NHL statistics |
| Rnd | Pick | Player | Nationality | Position | Team (league) | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1 | 20 | Denis Gauthier | Canada | D | Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL) | 554 | 17 | 60 | 77 | 748 |
| 2 | 46 | Pavel Smirnov | Russia | F | Samara CSK VVS (RSL) | | | | | |
| 3 | 72 | Rocky Thompson | Canada | RW | Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| 4 | 98 | Jan Labraaten | Sweden | RW | Färjestads BK (SEL) | | | | | |
| 6 | 150 | Clarke Wilm | Canada | C | Saskatoon Blades (WHL) | 455 | 37 | 60 | 97 | 336 |
| 7 | 176 | Ryan Gillis | Canada | D | North Bay Centennials (OHL) | | | | | |
| 9 | 233 | Steve Shirreffs | United States | D | N/A | | | | | |

## Farm teams
### Saint John Flames

The Baby Flames finished the 1995–96 American Hockey League season in second place in the Canadian Division with a 35–30–11–4 record. The tied the Prince Edward Island Senators in points, but lost out on the division title by virtue of having three fewer wins. The Flames defeated the St. John's Maple Leafs three games to one, then knocked off the Fredericton Canadiens four games to one before falling to the Portland Pirates in seven games. Ladislav Kohn led the Flames with 28 goals and 73 points. Dwayne Roloson was the starting goaltender, posting a 33–22–11 record with a 2.83 GAA in 67 games.