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Quad City Flames
Quad City Flames
City	Moline, Illinois
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	West Division
Founded	2007
Home arena	I wireless Center
Colors	Red, black, gold, white
Owner(s)	Dennis Voss, Kerry and Lisa Panozzo, Kevin Murphy, Dave Arnold, Robert Byrd
Head coach	Ryan McGill
Affiliates	Calgary Flames (NHL); Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
Franchise history
1987 to 1993	Utica Devils
1993 to 2003	Saint John Flames
2005 to 2007	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
2007 to 2009	Quad City Flames
2009 to present	Abbotsford Heat

The Quad City Flames were an ice hockey team that played between 2007 and 2009. They were owned by QC Sports Ventures Inc., an ownership group based out of the Quad Cities. The Flames played at the I wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. They were the American Hockey League farm team of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. The move to the Quad Cities was confirmed on May 24, 2007. As a result, the arena's previous hockey tenant, the Quad City Mallards of the United Hockey League ceased operations.^[1]

The team will begin play in Abbotsford, British Columbia as the Abbotsford Heat in the 2009-10 season.

[edit] History

The Flames AHL franchise relocated from Omaha, Nebraska, where the team spent two seasons as the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights. Following two disappointing seasons at the gate in which the Flames and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben lost over $4 million, the Flames chose to relocate the franchise.^[2] The new franchise joined former UHL rival, the Rockford IceHogs in moving up to the AHL. The Flames made their AHL regular-season debut in Moline on October 6, 2007 with a 5–1 victory over Rockford.

The Flames were the third team to attempt to place an AHL team in the Quad Cities. Both the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers were unable to reach an agreement with the owners of the Mallards, and of the arena.^[3] While the NHL franchise had signed an affiliation agreement to the end of the 2011–12 season, the Flames and Quad City Sports Ventures agreed to end the agreement after just two seasons as the Flames will place their affiliate in Abbotsford, British Columbia for the 2009–10 AHL season.^[4] Local ownership in Quad Cities estimated the team's losses for 2008–09 at $1.3 million.^[5]

This market was previously served by:

Quad City Mallards (1995–2007) UHL

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
2007–08	80	38	32	3	7	86	203	214	6th, West Division
2008–09	80	36	31	6	7	85	212	216	5th, West Division

[edit] Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2007–08	Out of playoffs.
2008–09	Out of playoffs.

[edit] Team records

[edit] Single season

Goals: 39

Kyle Greentree (2008-09)

Assists: 43

Grant Stevenson (2007-08)

Points: 76

Kyle Greentree (2008-09)

Penalty Minutes: 248

Brandon Prust (2007-08)

GAA: 2.23

Leland Irving (2008-09)

SV%: .912

Matt Keetley (2007-08), Leland Irving (2008-09)

Wins: 24

Leland Irving (2008-09)

Shutouts: 3

Curtis McElhinney (2007-08)

Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

[edit] Career

Career Goals: 43

Kris Chucko

Career Assists: 76

Carsen Germyn

Career Points: 108

Carsen Germyn

Career Penalty Minutes: 271

Matt Pelech

Career Goaltending Wins: 24

Leland Irving

Career Shutouts: 3

Curtis McElhinney

Matt Keetley

Career Games: 154