Most Famous Calgary Flames Players

A deck by Bryn Iyer · 20 cards

The most renowned players ever to play for the Calgary Flames, ranked by Wikipedia reach.

Ville Nieminen

Ville Nieminen is a Finnish ice hockey player (born 1977).

Curtis Joseph

Curtis Joseph is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Grant Fuhr

Grant Fuhr is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Matthew Tkachuk

Matthew Brendan Tkachuk is an American professional ice hockey player who is a winger and alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames. The Flames selected him in the first round, sixth overall, in the 2016 NHL entry draft.

Niklas Hagman

Niklas Hagman is a Finnish ice hockey player.

Jaromír Jágr

Jaromír Jágr is a Czech ice hockey winger.

Brett Hull

Brett Andrew Hull is a Canadian–American former ice hockey player and general manager, and currently an executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Phoenix Coyotes between 1986 and 2005. His career total of 741 goals is fifth highest in NHL history, and he is one of five players to score 50 goals in 50 games. He was a member of two Stanley Cup winning teams — 1999 with the Dallas Stars and 2002 with the Detroit Red Wings. In 2017, Hull was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history.

Jarome Iginla

Jarome Iginla is a Canadian ice hockey player.

Chris Drury

Chris Drury is a American ice hockey player.

Sergei Makarov

Sergei Makarov is a Russian ice hockey player (born 1958).

Fredrik Modin

Fredrik Modin is a Swedish ice hockey player.

Igor Kravchuk

Igor Kravchuk is a Russian ice hockey player.

Theoren Fleury

Theoren Fleury is a Canadian ice hockey player (born 1968).

Olli Jokinen

Olli Jokinen is a Finnish ice hockey player and coach (born 1978).

Håkan Loob

Håkan Loob is a Swedish ice hockey player (born 1960).

Martin St. Louis

Martin St. Louis is a Canadian ice hockey player and coach.

Miikka Kiprusoff

Miikka Kiprusoff is a Finnish ice hockey player (born 1976).

Johnny Gaudreau

John Michael Gaudreau was an American professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles in NCAA Division I for three seasons beginning in 2011 and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. Nicknamed "Johnny Hockey", he was named the 2014 recipient of the Hobey Baker Award as the best player in the NCAA and, during his first full NHL season in 2014–15, was selected to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, as well as being named to the annual NHL All-Rookie team. Gaudreau was a Calder Memorial Trophy finalist for the NHL's best rookie and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player for the 2016–17 season. In 2022, Gaudreau signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets, where he spent his last two seasons. Gaudreau was noted as helping to grow opportunities for smaller hockey players; despite measuring in at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m), he was a seven-time NHL All-Star and finished fourth in Hart Memorial Trophy voting twice.

Valeri Bure

Valeri Bure is a Russian ice hockey player.

Roman Červenka

Roman Červenka is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a centre for HC Dynamo Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He formerly played for Piráti Chomutov and Slavia Praha of the Czech Extraliga, Avangard Omsk, Lev Praha and SKA Saint Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was the leading goal scorer in the KHL in 2010–11 and was named to the All-Star team in 2011–12 before moving to North America after signing a contract with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Calgary Flames. He played 39 games in the NHL during the 2012–13 season before returning to Europe.