As we wait for the 2019-20 Calgary Flames season to resume – please let it resume – we’ll be spending time looking at the past and future of the Flames franchise. As part of that, we’ll be profiling some lesser known Flames alumni.
First up? The first player in Flames history to ever win an award, forward Eric Vail.
A product of Ontario, Vail split his draft year between the then-OHA’s Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds and Sudbury Wolves. He was the Flames second round selection, 21st overall, in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft. He went pro immediately, splitting the 1973-74 season between the Central League’s Omaha Knights and Atlanta.