In every National Hockey League market, there are a few figures that are crucially important to individual franchises that folks outside the market might not grasp. In the history of the Calgary Flames, Doug Risebrough is one of the more important figures that sometimes doesn’t get his due.
He’s #21 on our countdown.
Player, 1982-87; Assistant Coach, 1987-89; Assistant GM, 1989-90; Head Coach, 1990-92; General Manager, 1991-95 A product of Guelph, Risebrough worked his way up through Ontario minor hockey, eventually reaching the Kitchener Rangers of the then-OHA. He was a first-round selection of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft and immediately went pro.