Today marks a big day in Calgary Flames history. It was November 16, 2003 that the Flames made a deal with the San Jose Sharks to bring Miikka Kiprusoff to Calgary.
At the time, Kipper was competing with Vesa Toskala for the back-up role in San Jose behind starter Evgeni Nabakov. Toskala would take the back-up spot which did not sit well with Kiprusoff. Miikka didn’t play a single game the whole first quarter of the season.
The Flames would make a deal with the Sharks to acquire Kipper in exchange for a 2nd Round draft pick.