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1987–88 Calgary Flames season

NHL team season

Field	Value
League	NHL
Season	1987–88
year	1987
Team	Calgary Flames
Conference	Campbell
ConferenceRank	1st
Division	Smythe
DivisionRank	1st
Record	48–23–9
HomeRecord	26–11–3
RoadRecord	22–12–6
GoalsFor	397
GoalsAgainst	305
GeneralManager	Cliff Fletcher
Coach	Terry Crisp
Captain	Lanny McDonald and
Jim Peplinski
AltCaptain	Tim Hunter
Arena	Olympic Saddledome
Attendance	18,881
GoalsLeader	Joe Nieuwendyk (51 goals)
AssistsLeader	Gary Suter (70 assists)
PointsLeader	Hakan Loob (106) points
PIMLeader	Tim Hunter (337)
WinsLeader	Mike Vernon (39)
GAALeader	Mike Vernon (3.53)
PresidentsTrophy	Yes
DivisionWin	Yes

Jim Peplinski The 1987–88 Calgary Flames season was the eighth National Hockey League season in Calgary and the 16th season in the NHL for the Flames franchise. The Flames finished atop the Smythe Division standings for the first time in team history, en route to winning their first ever Presidents' Trophy as the top club in the NHL.

The Flames spent almost the entire month of February playing away games as the 1988 Winter Olympics were being held in Calgary at that time.

In the playoffs, the Flames easily defeated the Los Angeles Kings four games to one, setting a franchise record that still stands by scoring 30 goals in a five-game series. The Flames season was ended by their provincial archrivals, again as the Edmonton Oilers swept Calgary out of the Smythe Division Finals en route to their fourth Stanley Cup in five years.

The Flames set numerous franchise records this season, including most wins (48), most home wins (26), most road wins (22), and most points (105), all of which that were tied or broken in 1988–89. The Flames 397 goals remains a franchise record, and one of the highest totals in league history. The Flames also finished first in scoring during the regular season. Furthermore, the Flames led the league in short-handed goals scored (23) and power-play percentage (28.46%).

Freshman sniper Joe Nieuwendyk became the second rookie in NHL history to score 50 goals, as his 51 fell just two shy of Mike Bossy's record of 53 set in 1977–78. Nieuwendyk captured the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie-of-the-Year for his effort.

Lanny McDonald became the first player to win the King Clancy Memorial Trophy, awarded to players who best exemplify leadership qualities and make notable humanitarian contributions to their community. In addition, Brad McCrimmon won the Emery Edge Award for leading the league in Plus/Minus at +48.

The Flames sent five players to the 1988 All-Star Game: Al MacInnis, Gary Suter, Brad McCrimmon, Joe Nieuwendyk and Mike Vernon. Nieuwendyk was also named to the NHL All-Rookie team.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

|- | 1 || October 8 || Detroit || 1 – 5 || Calgary || || 1–0–0 || 2 |- | 2 || October 10 || Winnipeg || 5 – 1 || Calgary || || 1–1–0 || 2 |- | 3 || October 12 || Calgary || 2 – 3 || Winnipeg || || 1–2–0 || 2 |- | 4 || October 14 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || Edmonton || || 2–2–0 || 4 |- | 5 || October 16 || Edmonton || 5 – 2 || Calgary || || 2–3–0 || 4 |- | 6 || October 18 || Boston || 6 – 5 || Calgary || OT || 2–4–0 || 4 |- | 7 || October 20 || Calgary || 4 – 5 || NY Islanders || || 2–5–0 || 4 |- | 8 || October 21 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || NY Rangers || || 3–5–0 || 6 |- | 9 || October 24 || Calgary || 7 – 5 || Quebec || || 4–5–0 || 8 |- | 10 || October 26 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Montreal || || 5–5–0 || 10 |- | 11 || October 30 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Vancouver || OT || 5–5–1 || 11 |- | 12 || November 3 || NY Rangers || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 6–5–1 || 13 |- | 13 || November 5 || Edmonton || 4 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 6–5–2 || 14 |- | 14 || November 8 || Buffalo || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 6–6–2 || 14 |- | 15 || November 10 || Calgary || 3 – 4 || Winnipeg || || 6–7–2 || 14 |- | 16 || November 11 || Calgary || 4 – 3 || Minnesota || || 7–7–2 || 16 |- | 17 || November 13 || Los Angeles || 7 – 10 || Calgary || || 8–7–2 || 18 |- | 18 || November 15 || Vancouver || 4 – 8 || Calgary || || 9–7–2 || 20 |- | 19 || November 17 || Boston || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 9–8–2 || 20 |- | 20 || November 19 || Quebec || 1 – 9 || Calgary || || 10–8–2 || 22 |- | 21 || November 21 || Pittsburgh || 4 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 10–8–3 || 23 |- | 22 || November 23 || New Jersey || 2 – 9 || Calgary || || 11–8–3 || 25 |- | 23 || November 25 || Calgary || 4 – 2 || Vancouver || || 12–8–3 || 27 |- | 24 || November 28 || Calgary || 8 – 4 || Los Angeles || || 13–8–3 || 29 |- | 25 || November 30 || Chicago || 0 – 4 || Calgary || || 14–8–3 || 31 |- | 26 || December 3 || Toronto || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 15–8–3 || 33 |- | 27 || December 5 || Minnesota || 4 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 15–8–4 || 34 |- | 28 || December 8 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || Washington || || 16–8–4 || 36 |- | 29 || December 9 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Pittsburgh || || 16–9–4 || 36 |- | 30 || December 11 || Calgary || 5 – 1 || New Jersey || || 17–9–4 || 38 |- | 31 || December 13 || Calgary || 7 – 1 || Buffalo || || 18–9–4 || 40 |- | 32 || December 16 || Winnipeg || 4 – 5 || Calgary || || 19–9–4 || 42 |- | 33 || December 19 || Calgary || 4 – 1 || Los Angeles || || 20–9–4 || 44 |- | 34 || December 20 || Los Angeles || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 20–10–4 || 44 |- | 35 || December 22 || Hartford || 5 – 6 || Calgary || OT || 21–10–4 || 46 |- | 36 || December 26 || Edmonton || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 21–11–4 || 46 |- | 37 || December 28 || Montreal || 3 – 9 || Calgary || || 22–11–4 || 48 |- | 38 || December 31 || Philadelphia || 4 – 5 || Calgary || || 23–11–4 || 50 |- | 39 || January 2 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || St. Louis || || 23–12–4 || 50 |- | 40 || January 3 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Chicago || || 24–12–4 || 52 |- | 41 || January 6 || Winnipeg || 1 – 6 || Calgary || || 25–12–4 || 54 |- | 42 || January 8 || NY Islanders || 4 – 7 || Calgary || || 26–12–4 || 56 |- | 43 || January 10 || Washington || 2 – 8 || Calgary || || 27–12–4 || 58 |- | 44 || January 13 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || Edmonton || || 27–13–4 || 58 |- | 45 || January 15 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Vancouver || OT || 27–13–5 || 59 |- | 46 || January 19 || Vancouver || 5 – 7 || Calgary || || 28–13–5 || 61 |- | 47 || January 21 || Los Angeles || 5 – 4 || Calgary || OT || 28–14–5 || 61 |- | 48 || January 23 || Calgary || 4 – 4 || Detroit || OT || 28–14–6 || 62 |- | 49 || January 25 || Calgary || 11 – 3 || Toronto || || 29–14–6 || 64 |- | 50 || January 27 || Hartford || 1 – 5 || Calgary || || 30–14–6 || 66 |- | 51 || January 29 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || Edmonton || || 31–14–6 || 68 |- | 52 || January 30 || Vancouver || 3 – 4 || Calgary || || 32–14–6 || 70 |- | 53 || February 1 || New Jersey || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 32–15–6 || 70 |- | 54 || February 3 || Calgary || 0 – 9 || Winnipeg || || 32–16–6 || 70 |- | 55 || February 5 || Calgary || 1 – 5 || Detroit || || 32–17–6 || 70 |- | 56 || February 7 || Calgary || 5 – 2 || Los Angeles || || 33–17–6 || 72 |- | 57 || February 12 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Philadelphia || || 34–17–6 || 74 |- | 58 || February 14 || Calgary || 4 – 5 || Washington || OT || 34–18–6 || 74 |- | 59 || February 16 || Calgary || 3 – 9 || NY Islanders || || 34–19–6 || 74 |- | 60 || February 17 || Calgary || 3 – 5 || NY Rangers || || 34–20–6 || 74 |- | 61 || February 20 || Calgary || 6 – 3 || St. Louis || || 35–20–6 || 76 |- | 62 || February 21 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Chicago || OT || 35–20–7 || 77 |- | 63 || February 26 || Calgary || 5 – 3 || Vancouver || || 36–20–7 || 79 |- | 64 || February 28 || Calgary || 3 – 2 || Edmonton || || 37–20–7 || 81 |- | 65 || March 3 || Philadelphia || 3 – 6 || Calgary || || 38–20–7 || 83 |- | 66 || March 5 || Edmonton || 4 – 7 || Calgary || || 39–20–7 || 85 |- | 67 || March 7 || Pittsburgh || 5 – 4 || Calgary || || 39–21–7 || 85 |- | 68 || March 9 || Calgary || 6 – 6 || Winnipeg || OT || 39–21–8 || 86 |- | 69 || March 10 || Winnipeg || 3 – 5 || Calgary || || 40–21–8 || 88 |- | 70 || March 12 || Buffalo || 4 – 10 || Calgary || || 41–21–8 || 90 |- | 71 || March 15 || Calgary || 8 – 6 || Hartford || || 42–21–8 || 92 |- | 72 || March 17 || Calgary || 7 – 5 || Boston || || 43–21–8 || 94 |- | 73 || March 19 || Calgary || 5 – 4 || Quebec || OT || 44–21–8 || 96 |- | 74 || March 21 || Calgary || 3 – 3 || Montreal || OT || 44–21–9 || 97 |- | 75 || March 24 || Toronto || 1 – 7 || Calgary || || 45–21–9 || 99 |- | 76 || March 26 || Vancouver || 1 – 6 || Calgary || || 46–21–9 || 101 |- | 77 || March 28 || St. Louis || 2 – 7 || Calgary || || 47–21–9 || 103 |- | 78 || March 30 || Calgary || 7 – 9 || Los Angeles || || 47–22–9 || 103 |- | 79 || April 1 || Los Angeles || 6 – 3 || Calgary || || 47–23–9 || 103 |- | 80 || April 3 || Minnesota || 1 – 4 || Calgary || || 48–23–9 || 105

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Playoffs

|- | 1 || April 6 || Los Angeles || 2 – 9 || Calgary || || Calgary leads 1–0 |- | 2 || April 7 || Los Angeles || 4 – 6 || Calgary || || Calgary leads 2–0 |- | 3 || April 9 || Calgary || 2 – 5 || Los Angeles || || Calgary leads 2–1 |- | 4 || April 10 || Calgary || 7 – 3 || Los Angeles || || Calgary leads 3–1 |- | 5 || April 12 || Los Angeles || 4 – 6 || Calgary || || Calgary wins 4–1 |- | 1 || April 19 || Edmonton || 3 – 1 || Calgary || || Edmonton leads 1–0 |- | 2 || April 21 || Edmonton || 5 – 4 || Calgary || OT || Edmonton leads 2–0 |- | 3 || April 23 || Calgary || 2 – 4 || Edmonton || || Edmonton leads 3–0 |- | 4 || April 25 || Calgary || 4 – 6 || Edmonton || || Edmonton wins 4–0

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Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hakan Loob	12	80	50	56	106	47	9	1	9	10	6
Mike Bullard	22	79	48	55	103	68	6	0	2	2	6
Joe Nieuwendyk	25	75	51	41	92	23	8	3	4	7	2
Gary Suter	20	75	21	70	91	124	9	1	9	10	6
Joe Mullen	7	80	40	44	84	30	7	2	4	6	10
Al MacInnis	2	80	25	58	83	114	7	3	6	9	18
John Tonelli	27	74	17	41	58	84	6	2	5	7	8
Joel Otto	29	62	13	39	52	194	9	3	2	5	24
Jim Peplinski	24	75	20	31	51	234	9	0	5	5	45
Brett Hull‡	16	52	26	24	50	12	–	–	–	–	-
Brad McCrimmon	4	80	7	35	42	98	9	2	3	5	22
Carey Wilson‡	33	34	9	11	20	18	–	–	–	–	-
Gary Roberts	10	74	13	15	28	282	9	2	3	5	29
Lanny McDonald	9	60	10	13	23	57	9	3	1	4	6
Perry Berezan	21	29	7	12	19	66	8	0	2	2	13
Brian Glynn	32	67	5	14	19	87	1	0	0	0	0
Colin Patterson	11	39	7	11	18	28	9	1	0	1	8
Ric Nattress	6	63	2	13	15	37	6	1	3	4	0
Tim Hunter	19	68	8	5	13	337	9	4	0	4	32
Dana Murzyn†	5	41	6	5	11	94	5	2	0	2	13
Steve Bozek‡	26	26	3	7	10	12	–	–	–	–	-
Neil Sheehy‡	5	36	2	6	8	73	–	–	–	–	-
Jiri Hrdina	17	9	2	5	7	2	1	0	0	0	0
Rob Ramage†	55	12	1	6	7	37	9	1	3	4	21
Mike Vernon	30	64	0	7	7	47	9	0	2	2	2
Shane Churla†	15	29	1	5	6	132	7	0	1	1	17
Craig Coxe†	18	7	2	3	5	32	2	1	0	1	16
Paul Reinhart	23	14	0	4	4	10	8	2	7	9	6
Kevan Guy	3	11	0	3	3	8	–	–	–	–	-
Doug Dadswell	36	25	0	2	2	2	–	–	–	–	-
Rich Chernomaz	33	2	1	0	1	0	–	–	–	–	-
Randy Bucyk	18	2	0	0	0	0	–	–	–	–	-
Rick Wamsley	31	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Bodak	28	3	0	0	0	22	–	–	–	–	-

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

‡Traded mid-season.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

		Regular season		Playoffs	Player	#	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA	GP	TOI
Mike Vernon	30	64	3565	39	16	7	210	1	3.53	9	515	4	4	34	0	3.96
Rick Wamsley†	31	2	73	1	0	0	5	0	4.11	1	33	0	1	2	0	3.64
Doug Dadswell	36	25	1221	8	7	2	89	0	4.37	–	–	–	–	–	–	-

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1988–89 season.

Trades

March 7, 1988	To Calgary Flames Rob Ramage
Rick Wamsley	To St. Louis Blues Steve Bozek
Brett Hull

Free agents

RW Rich Chernomaz	New Jersey Devils

F Nick Fotiu	Philadelphia Flyers

Draft picks

Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1987 NHL entry draft, held in Detroit, Michigan.

Rnd	Pick	Player	Nationality	Position	Team (league)	NHL statistics	GP	G	A	Pts
1	19	Bryan Deasley	Canada	LW	University of Michigan (CCHA)
2	25	Stéphane Matteau	Canada	LW	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)	848	144	172	316	742
2	40	Kevin Grant	Canada	D	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
3	61	Scott Mahoney	Canada	RW	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
4	70	Tim Harris	Canada	RW	LSSU (CCHA)
5	103	Tim Corkery	Canada	D	Ferris State University (CCHA)
6	124	Joe Aloi	Canada		D	Hull Olympiques (QMJHL)
7	145	Peter Ciavaglia	United States	C	N/A	5	0	0	0	0
8	166	Theoren Fleury	Canada	RW	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)	1084	455	633	1088	1840
9	187	Mark Osiecki	United States	D	N/A	93	3	11	14	43
10	208	Bill Sedergren	United States	D	N/A
11	229	Peter Hasselblad	Sweden	D	N/A
12	250	Magnus Svensson	Sweden	D	N/A	46	4	14	18	31
[S2](1987-nhl-supplemental-draft)	20	Peter Lappin	United States	RW	St. Lawrence University	7	0	0	0	2

References

Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 124.
Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 139.
Team standings: 1987–88 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com

References

1987–88 season, ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 124.
Playoff Records, ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 224.
Year-by-year Results, ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 106.
"1987-88 NHL Summary".
"1987-88 NHL Summary".
[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11194 Joe Nieuwendyk profile], [http://www.legendsofhockey.net legendsofhockey.net], accessed August 20, 2007.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080723231437/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/clancy.html King Clancy Memorial Trophy] at nhl.com, accessed August 20, 2007.
Award Winners, ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 23.
All-Star Selections, ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 22.
"1987-88 Calgary Flames Schedule".
[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/teams/dr000043.html Calgary Flames draft history], hockeydb.com, accessed August 19, 2007.

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