Quad City Flames

The Quad City Flames were an minor professional team that played between 2007 and 2009. They were owned by QC Sports Ventures Inc., an ownership group based out of the Quad Cities. The Flames played at the I wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. They were the American Hockey League farm team of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. The move to the Quad Cities was confirmed on May 24, 2007. As a result, the arena's previous hockey tenant, the Quad City Mallards of the United Hockey League ceased operations. .
The team will relocate to Abbotsford, British Columbia after the 2008-09 season.
==History==
The Flames AHL franchise relocated from Omaha, Nebraska, where the team spent two seasons as the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. Following two disappointing seasons at the gate in which the Flames and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben lost over $4 million, the Flames chose to relocate the franchise. The new franchise joined former UHL rival, the Rockford IceHogs in moving up to the AHL.
The Flames were the third team to attempt to place an AHL team in the Quad Cities. Both the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers were unable to reach an agreement with the owners of the Mallards, and of the arena. While the NHL franchise had signed an affiliation agreement to the end of the 2011–12 season, the Flames and Quad City Sports Ventures agreed to end the agreement after just two seasons as the Flames will place their affiliate in Abbotsford, British Columbia for the 2009–10 AHL season.
This market was previously served by:
*Quad City Mallards (1995–2007) UHL
==Season-by-season results==
===Regular Season===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	SOL	Points	GoalsFor	GoalsAgainst	Standing
2007–08	80 	38 	32 	3 	7 	86 	203 	214 	6th, West Division
2008–09	80 	36 	31 	6 	7 	85 	212 	216 	5th, West Division
===Playoffs===
Season 	1st round 	2nd round 	3rd round 	Finals
2007–08	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
2008–09	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.	Out of playoffs.
==Final Squad==
As of March 10, 2009
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
Number 	 	Player 	Catches 	Age 	Place of Birth
35 	 	Leland Irving	L 	20 	Barrhead, Alberta
36 	 	Matt Keetley 	R 	22 	Medicine Hat, Alberta
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Age 	Place of Birth 	
3 	 	Anders Eriksson	L 	34 	Bollnäs, Sweden 	
4 	 	Brad Cole 	L 	21 	Miniota, Manitoba 	
5 	 	Brad Brown 	R 	33 	Baie Verte, Newfoundland 	
7 	 	Brett Palin - A	R 	24 	Nanaimo, British Columbia	
11 	 	Gord Baldwin 	L 	21 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	
14 	 	Brandon Roach 	L 	21 	Bay Roberts, Newfoundland	
17 	 	Matt Pelech 	R 	21 	Toronto, Ontario 	
20 	 	Brad Farynuk 	L 	27 	Enderby, British Columbia	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Position	Age 	Place of Birth
8 	 	Cam Cunning 	L 	LW 	21 	Powell River, British Columbia
12 	 	Kyle Greentree 	L 	LW 	25 	Victoria, British Columbia
15 	 	Aki Seitsonen 	R 	C 	22 	Riihimäki, Finland
16 	 	John Vigilante 	L 	LW 	23 	Dearborn, Michigan
18 	 	Carsen Germyn - A 	R 	C 	26 	Campbell River, British Columbia
19 	 	J.D. Watt 	R 	RW 	21 	Cremona, Alberta
22 	 	John Armstrong 	R 	C 	20 	Unionville, Ontario
24 	 	David van der Gulik	L 	RW 	25 	Abbotsford, British Columbia
26 	 	Adam Cracknell 	R 	RW 	23 	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
27 	 	Brett Sutter 	L 	C 	21 	Viking, Alberta
28 	 	Hugo Carpentier 	L 	C 	21 	Hull, Quebec
41 	 	Justin Bowers 	R 	C 	23 	Halifax, Nova Scotia
75 	 	Peter Vandermeer 	L 	LW 	33 	Caroline, Alberta
==Team records==
===Single season===
:Goals: 39 Kyle Greentree (2008-09)
:Assists: 43 Grant Stevenson (2007-08)
:Points: 76 Kyle Greentree (2008-09)
:Penalty Minutes: 248 Brandon Prust (2007-08)
:GAA: 2.23 Leland Irving (2008-09)
:SV%: .912 Matt Keetley (2007-08), Leland Irving (2008-09)
:Wins: 24 Leland Irving (2008-09)
:Shutouts: 3 Curtis McElhinney (2007-08)
*Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender
===Career===
:Career Goals: 43 Kris Chucko
:Career Assists: 76 Carsen Germyn
:Career Points: 108 Carsen Germyn
:Career Penalty Minutes: 271 Matt Pelech
:Career Goaltending Wins: 24 Leland Irving
:Career Shutouts: 3 Curtis McElhinney Matt Keetley
:Career Games: 154 Kris Chucko
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:American Hockey League team
Category:Established in 2007
Category:Disestablished in 2009
Category:American Hockey League teams