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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

players who played for the Atlanta Flames in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

(NHL). It includes players that have played at least one regular season or playoff game for the Atlanta Flames

Atlanta Flames

The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA from 1972 to 1980. The team, a member of the National Hockey League , was relocated to Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the start of the 1980–81 NHL season and were re-named the Calgary Flames. The NHL returned to the...

from their founding in 1972 until their relocation to Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

in 1980. A total of 93 players wore the "Flaming A" — six goaltenders and 87 skaters. Three players captured individual awards during their time in Atlanta: Eric Vail

Eric Vail

Eric "Freight Train" Vail is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League, mostly with the Atlanta Flames/Calgary Flames organization, and then later in his last season he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings.Vail was drafted 21st overall...

(1975) and Willi Plett

Willi Plett

Willi Plett is a retired professional ice hockey right winger.Plett was born in Asunción, Paraguay to Russian-German émigré parents; the family moved to Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada when Willi was a boy. He didn't start playing organized hockey until age 12 although once he caught on, he fell in...

(1977) won the Calder Memorial Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." The Rookie of the Year trophy has been awarded 79 times since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season...

as rookie of the year, while Bob MacMillan

Bob MacMillan

Robert Lea MacMillan is a former professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL for 11 seasons from 1974–75 until 1984–85.MacMillan was drafted 15th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft....

won the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemanly player in the NHL in 1979.

The Atlanta Flames all-time leading scorer was Tom Lysiak

Tom Lysiak

Thomas James Lysiak is a former professional ice hockey player. He was selected as the second overall pick in round 1 of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft by the Atlanta Flames, and was selected by the Houston Aeros in round 2 of the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft .In each of his last two seasons at Medicine...

, who recorded 431 points in six seasons in Atlanta. Vail led the team in goals

Goal (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...

with 174. Goaltender Dan Bouchard

Dan Bouchard

Daniel Hector "Bouch" Bouchard is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League with the Atlanta Flames, Calgary Flames, Quebec Nordiques, and Winnipeg Jets.-Career:...

was the team's top goaltender. A Flame for all eight seasons the team called Atlanta home, Bouchard won 164 games, while posting a team best 3.00 career goals against average

Goals against average

Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....

in Atlanta.

Key

**Abbreviations**
Pos	Position
GP	Games Played

Goaltenders
W	Wins	SO	Shutout Shutout In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball.... s
L	Losses	GAA	Goals against average Goals against average Goals Against Average is a statistic used in ice hockey, water polo, lacrosse, and soccer that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender....
T	Ties	SV%	Save percentage Save percentage Save percentage is an ice hockey and lacrosse statistic that represents the percentage of shots on goal a goaltender stops...

Skaters
F	Forward Forward (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...	RW	Right Wing Winger (ice hockey) Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...	A	Assists Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...
D	Defenseman Defenceman (ice hockey) Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...	C	Centre Centre (ice hockey) The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...	P	Points Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...
LW	Left Wing Winger (ice hockey) Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...	G	Goals Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	PIM	Penalty minutes Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...

Goaltenders

Name	Nationality	Seasons	GP	GP
Name	Nationality	Seasons	Regular-season	Playoffs
	Canada	1977–1979
	Canada	1972–1980
	United States	1979–1980
	Canada	1978–1980
	Canada	1972–1978
	Canada	1979–1980

Skaters

Name	Nationality	Pos	Seasons	GP	GP	Notes
Name	Nationality	Pos	Seasons	Regular season	Playoffs	Notes
	Canada	C	1979–1980
	Canada	RW	1973–1974
	Canada	D	1979–1980
	Canada	C	1972–1978 1979–1980
	Canada	D	1973–1975
	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	C	1978–1980
	Canada	RW	1975–1976
	Canada	RW	1975–1977
	Canada	D	1972–1974
	Canada	F	1974–1975
	Canada	C	1979–1980
	Canada	D	1975–1977
	Canada	C	1974–1980
	Canada	C	1975–1980
	Canada	C	1972–1978
	Canada	LW	1972–1974
	Canada	RW	1974–1978
	Canada	RW	1975–1977
	Canada	D	1977–1979
	Canada	D	1974–1978
	Canada	RW	1979–1980
	Canada	F	1979–1980
	Canada	LW	1976–1979
	Canada	RW	1972–1973
	Canada	RW	1974–1977
	Canada	D	1972–1973
	Canada	RW	1974–1976
	Canada	LW	1979–1980
	Canada	F	1973–1975
	Canada	LW	1972–1973
	Canada	C	1972–1973
	Canada	D	1975–1980
	United States	C	1979–1980
	Netherlands	D	1973–1979
	Canada	D	1972–1973
	Canada	F	1975–1976
	Canada	C	1977–1980
	Canada	C	1978–1979
	Canada	C	1972–1976
	Canada	D	1973–1976
	Canada	C	1975–1976
	Canada	F	1979–1980
	Canada	F	1973–1979			Captain — 1977–1979
	Canada	C	1972–1973
	Canada	RW	1977–1980			Lady Byng Trophy — 1979
	Canada	D	1972–1977
	Canada	D	1978–1980
	Canada	RW	1973–1974
	Canada	LW	1972–1975			Captain — 1972–1975
	Canada	RW	1973–1974
	Canada	LW	1974–1976
	Canada	LW	1974–1975
	Canada	D	1973–1974
	Canada	RW	1972–1974
	Canada	D	1975–1979
	Canada	D	1978–1980
	Canada	D	1973–1975
	Sweden	F	1979–1980
	United States	RW	1978–1979
	United States	D	1972–1974
	Canada	F	1977–1979
	Canada	D	1972–1973
	Canada	D	1972–1973
	Paraguay	RW	1976–1980			Calder Trophy Calder Memorial Trophy The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." The Rookie of the Year trophy has been awarded 79 times since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season... — 1977
	Canada	D	1972–1976
	Canada	RW	1978–1980			Captain — 1979–1980
	Canada	D	1972–1977			Captain — 1975–1977
	Finland	D	1979–1980
	Canada	D	1977–1978
	Canada	D	1979–1980
	Canada	D	1976–1979
	Canada	C	1972–1975
	Canada	F	1972–1974
	Canada	C	1972–1975 1976–1977
	Canada	LW	1978–1980
	Canada	D	1978–1980
	Canada	D	1978–1979
	Canada	D	1976–1980
	Canada	LW	1976–1978
	Canada	F	1979–1980
	Canada	C	1975–1976
	Canada	C	1972–1973
	Canada	LW	1972–1974
	United States	F	1974–1975
	Canada	C	1979–1980
	Canada	LW	1973–1980			Calder Trophy Calder Memorial Trophy The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League." The Rookie of the Year trophy has been awarded 79 times since its creation for the 1936–37 NHL season... — 1975
	Canada	D	1979–1980
	Canada	D	1977–1978

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