| The Calgary Flames are a National Hockey
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| | Calgary businessmen, headed by Nelson
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| League (NHL) team. Founded in 1972, they
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| | Skalbania, purchased the Atlanta
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| were earlier known as the Atlanta Flames
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| | franchise and moved the team to Calgary.
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| until their 1980 move to Calgary.The
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| | After several overhauls in the
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| Flames began when a group of Georgia
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| | management, the club now has eight local
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| businessmen got an NHL franchise on June
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| | owners overseeing the Pengrowth
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| 6, 1972. In the first game at the Omni,
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| | Saddledome, the Flames and the WHLs
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| the Flames and Buffalo Sabres played a
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| | Calgary Hitmen Hockey Clubs.
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| 1-1 tie. On May 21, 1980 a group of
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