Atlanta Flames

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defunct National Hockey League team ice hockey team

The Atlanta Flames were a former National Hockey League franchise based in Atlanta, Georgia, that played from 1972 until relocating to become the Calgary Flames in 1980.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct National Hockey League team ⓘ
ice hockey team ⓘ
abbreviation ATL ⓘ
city Atlanta ⓘ
conference Campbell Conference ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division Patrick Division ⓘ
divisionRival New York Islanders ⓘ
New York Rangers ⓘ
Philadelphia Flyers ⓘ
Washington Capitals ⓘ
expansionTeam true ⓘ
firstSeason 1972–73 NHL season ⓘ
founded 1972 ⓘ
franchiseMovedTo Calgary ⓘ
surface form: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
generalManager Cliff Fletcher ⓘ
headCoach Al MacNeil ⓘ
Bernie Geoffrion ⓘ
Fred Creighton ⓘ
homeArena The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
surface form: Omni Coliseum
homeArenaOpened 1972 ⓘ
lastSeason 1979–80 NHL season ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
location Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
madePlayoffsSeasons 6 ⓘ
market Sun Belt ⓘ
NHLExpansionClass 1972 expansion ⓘ
notablePlayer Dan Bouchard ⓘ
Eric Vail ⓘ
Guy Chouinard ⓘ
Tom Lysiak ⓘ
originalLogoColors red and yellow ⓘ
originalLogoFeature stylized flaming "A" ⓘ
owner Tom Cousins ⓘ
playedHomeGamesAt The Omni Coliseum ⓘ
surface form: Omni Coliseum
predecessorInCity none (first major-league hockey team in Atlanta) ⓘ
reasonForRelocation financial difficulties ⓘ
relocated 1980 ⓘ
relocatedTo Calgary Flames ⓘ
retiredNumbers none ⓘ
sharedCityWith Atlanta Hawks ⓘ
sport ice hockey ⓘ
StanleyCupTitles 0 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
successorTeam Calgary Flames ⓘ
teamColors red ⓘ
white ⓘ
yellow ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlanta Thrashers → cityNHLPredecessor → Atlanta Flames ⓘ
Pat Quinn → playedFor → Atlanta Flames ⓘ
Bill Clement → team → Atlanta Flames ⓘ