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2011–12 Calgary Flames Season
The 2011–12 Calgary Flames season was the list of Calgary Flames seasons, 32nd season in Calgary and 40th for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Flames finished with a 37–29–16 record, finishing second in the Northwest Division (NHL), Northwest Division and ninth in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. The team failed to qualify for the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, the third consecutive year the team did not make the postseason. Three players reach major individual milestones during the season: Olli Jokinen appeared in his List of NHL players with 1,000 games played, 1,000th game, goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff won his List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins, 300th game and captain Jarome Iginla became the 42nd player in NHL history to score List of NHL players with 500 goals, 500 goals. Iginla was also named the Flames' lone representative at the 59th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Questions surrounded the future direction of the org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Conference (NHL)
The Western Conference () is one of two conferences in the National Hockey League (NHL) used to divide teams. Its counterpart is the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. History Originally named the Clarence Campbell Conference (or Campbell Conference for short), it was created in 1974–75 NHL season, 1974 when the NHL realigned its teams into two conferences and four divisions. Because the new conferences and divisions had little to do with North American geography, geographical references were removed. The conferences and divisions were re-aligned in 1981–82 NHL season, 1981 to better reflect the geographical locations of the teams, but the existing names were retained with the Campbell Conference becoming the conference for the NHL's westernmost teams. The names of conferences and divisions were changed in 1993–94 NHL season, 1993 to reflect their geographic locations. Then-new NHL commissioner Gary Bettman made the change to help non-hockey fans better understa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
