NHL Nugget: How The NHL's Flames Got Their Name

Calgary's NHL team kept the Flames nickname after relocating from Atlanta, but how did the name come to be?

Here's today's NHL Nugget – this Weekend's Way Back When looks at the history of the Flames nickname, starting with the Atlanta Flames that relocated to Calgary.

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