The 1984–85 Calgary Flames season was the fifth

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and 13th for the Flames franchise in the

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. It was a breakout season for the Flames, as they tied a franchise record for wins with 41, and set new team marks for points, 95, and goals for, 363. Despite the improvement, the Flames managed only a third-place finish in the

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. In the playoffs, the Flames met the second place

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, where they fell three games to one. Following the playoff disappointment, General Manager

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began a series of moves to remake the team that included shipping out top scorer

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in a deal for a pair of second round draft picks that would eventually become

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and Stephane Matteau. Calgary hosted the 1985 All-Star Game at the

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, a 6–4 victory by the

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over the

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. The Flames were represented at the game by

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and Paul Reinhart.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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Playoffs

, - , 1 , , April 10 , , Calgary , , 4 – 5 , , Winnipeg , , OT , , Winnipeg leads 1–0 , - , 2 , , April 11 , , Calgary , , 2 – 5 , , Winnipeg , , , , Winnipeg leads 2–0 , - , 3 , , April 13 , , Winnipeg , , 0 – 4 , , Calgary , , , , Winnipeg leads 2–1 , - , 4 , , April 14 , , Winnipeg , , 5 – 3 , , Calgary , , , , Winnipeg wins 3–1 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Player statistics

Skaters

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

Transactions

The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1984–85 season.

Trades

Free agents

Draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1984 NHL entry draft, held in

.Calgary Flames draft history
hockeydb.com, accessed October 13, 2007.

References

*Player stats: ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 127. *Game log: ''2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide'', p. 140. *Team standings:
1984–85 NHL standings
@hockeydb.com *Trades: Individual player pages a
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