Moncton Golden Flames

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| team = Moncton Golden Flames

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| city = Moncton, New Brunswick

| league = American Hockey League

| operated = 1984–1987

| arena = Moncton Coliseum

| colors = Red, white
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| affiliates = Calgary Flames
Boston Bruins

| name1 = Moncton Alpines

| dates1 = 1982–1984

| name2 = Moncton Golden Flames

| dates2 = 1984–1987

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The Moncton Golden Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Moncton, New Brunswick, playing home games at the Moncton Coliseum. The team operated in the American Hockey League between 1984 and 1987. The new franchise was purchased by a group of 6 local business men after the previous franchise known as the Moncton Alpines moved to Halifax to become the Nova Scotia Oilers (The Alpines were a minor league affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers). The Golden Flames were the minor league affiliate of the Calgary Flames, and for their final two seasons, had an additional affiliation with the Boston Bruins. The team boasted a number of future NHL stars including Brett Hull, Joel Otto, Mike Vernon, Bill Ranford, Bob Sweeney, Gary Roberts, Lyndon Byers, Dave Reid, Brian Bradley and others. In 1987, team marketing executive Larry Haley was awarded the Ken McKenzie Award for outstanding work.

History

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| team = Moncton Alpines

| logo = Moncton Alpines AHL.png

| logosize = 200px

| city = Moncton, New Brunswick

| league = American Hockey League

| operated = 1982–1984

| arena = Moncton Coliseum

| colors = Blue, orange
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| affiliates = Edmonton Oilers

| name2 = Moncton Alpines

| dates2 = 1982–1984 AHL

| name3 = Moncton Golden Flames

| dates3 = 1984–1987 AHL

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The New Brunswick Hawks of the American Hockey League (AHL) had been established in Moncton in 1978, and were jointly owned and operated by the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks as their farm team.{{cite news|date=June 24, 1978|title=Sports roundup|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|date=June 20, 1978|title=Leafs, Hawks to Moncton|work=Toronto Star|publisher=}}{{cite news|last=Houston|first=William|date=March 31, 1982|title='Everything has price,' Ballard says; it's $50 million for Leafs. Gardens|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|date=March 21, 1980|title=Ballard wants Leafs to have own farm club|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|date=November 9, 1978|title=Across Canada: No liquor licence for Leafs-Hawks farm club|work=The Globe and Mail}} In the summer of 1982, with Chicago having already pulled out of New Brunswick in favour of affiliating with the Springfield Indians on their own,{{cite news|date=June 2, 1982|title=Leaf team to leave Moncton|work=Toronto Star|publisher=}}{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=May 28, 1982|title=It's musical chairs on ice as CHL franchises switch|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=July 6, 1982|title=AHL rejects shift of Leaf farm club|work=The Globe and Mail}} the Maple Leafs announced that they would not operate the team in Moncton the following year after they couldn't come to terms with the city on a new arena lease,{{cite news|date=June 2, 1982|title=Leafs to move AHL franchise|work=The Globe and Mail}} even though the team had the fifth-highest attendance in the league.{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=June 3, 1982|title=Fans fail to save Hawks|work=The Globe and Mail}} At the same AHL Board of Governors meeting that the franchise's relocation to become the St. Catharines Saints was approved,{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Mike|date=July 24, 1982|title=Red Wings return to North as AHL swells to 13 teams|work=Schenectady Gazette|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zmhGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1166%2C2190660}}{{cite news|date=July 24, 1982|title=AHL adds three teams in expansion|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|date=June 22, 1982|title=Leafs place AHL team in St. Kitts|work=The Globe and Mail}}{{cite news|last=McMillan|first=Tom|date=July 24, 1982|title=Sports briefing|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19820724&id=ykENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6300,5226875}} the Edmonton Oilers received approval to purchase a new AHL franchise to replace the departed Hawks in Moncton, leading to establishment of the Moncton Alpines as their affiliate that fall.{{cite news|last=Leger|first=Normand|date=July 26, 1982|title=Oilers a Moncton - Les details connus cette semaine|work=L'Évangéline|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q09TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5205%2C2944443}}{{cite news|date=August 3, 1982|title="Les Alpines": club ferme des Oilers|work=L'Évangéline|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SE9TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1967%2C3782492}} The team played for two seasons until 1984, coached by Doug Messier both seasons. Following 1984, the team was bought by the Calgary Flames and renamed the Moncton Golden Flames. The franchise folded in 1987, and was replaced by the Winnipeg Jets' affiliate, the Moncton Hawks.

Coaches

1984–85 – Pierre Page
1985–86 – Terry Crisp
1986–87 – Terry Crisp

Training staff

1984–87 - Brian Patafie, Mike Baiani, David Lorette, Jamie Druet, Andrew Trites

Players

During the 1986–87 season, Brett Hull won the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL's rookie of the year. Sixty-three Moncton Golden Flames players including Hull, have gone on to play in the NHL.{{cite web|title=NHL Player Search: Moncton Golden Flames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908091831/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Moncton+Golden+Flames|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Moncton+Golden+Flames|archive-date=September 8, 2015|access-date=March 16, 2020|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame}} Five players from the Golden Flames also went on to win the Stanley Cup with the 1988–89 Calgary Flames. They are, Joel Otto, Dave Reierson, Gary Roberts, Ken Sabourin and goaltender Mike Vernon.

Season-by-season results

=Regular season=

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	OTL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
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1982–83	80	34	39	7	—	75	304	315	5th, North
1983–84	80	32	40	8	—	72	251	278	5th, North
1984–85	80	32	40	8	—	72	291	300	6th, North
1985–86	80	34	34	12	—	80	294	307	3rd, North
1986–87	80	43	31	—	6	92	338	315	3rd, North

=Playoffs=

Season	1st round	2nd round	Finals
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1982–83	colspan="4"\| Out of Playoffs
1983-84	colspan="4"\|Out of Playoffs
1984–85	colspan="4"\|Out of Playoffs
1985–86	W, 4-1, Maine	L, 1-4, Adirondack	—
1986–87	L, 2-4, Adirondack	—	—