Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday!
This week in 1980 (June 24), the Atlanta Flames officially moved to Calgary.
The move was made official just over a month after the sale was made official. Led by Nelson Skalbania, the team was purchased for USD$16-million and moved to Calgary.
The sale was a record at the time.
Sale of the National Hockey League Atlanta Flames to Calgary business interests is in the negotiation stage, The Globe and Mail says. The newspaper says Thomas Cousins, owner of the Flames, is negotiating the $14-million sale of the financially-plagued Atlanta team with Darryl, Donald and Byron Seaman, three Calgary businessmen who are major shareholders in Bow Valley Industries, an oil and gas company worth an estimated $170 million.