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| affiliates = [[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Boston Bruins]]
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1 = [[NewMoncton Brunswick Hawks]]Alpines
| dates1 = 1978–19821982–1984
| name3name2 = Moncton Golden Flames
| dates3dates2 = 1984–1987 AHL
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The '''Moncton Golden Flames''' were a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]], playing home games at the [[Moncton Coliseum]]. The team operated in the [[American Hockey League]] between [[1984–85 AHL season|1984]] and [[1986–87 AHL season|1987]],. The new franchise was purchased by a group of 6 local business men after the previous franchise known as the Moncton Alpines moved to Halifax to become the [[Nova Scotia Oilers]] (The Alpines were a minor league affiliate of the [[Edmonton Oilers]]). The Golden Flames were the minor league affiliate of the [[Calgary Flames]], and for their final two seasons, had an additional affiliation with the [[Boston Bruins]]. The team boasted a number of future NHL stars including [[Brett Hull]], [[Joel Otto]], [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]], [[Bill Ranford]], [[Bob Sweeney (ice hockey)|Bob Sweeney]], [[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]], [[Lyndon Byers]], [[Dave Reid (ice hockey, born 1964)|Dave Reid]], [[Brian Bradley (ice hockey, born 1965)|Brian Bradley]] and others. In 1987, team marketing executive Larry Haley was awarded the [[Ken McKenzie Award]] for outstanding work.
 
==History==
{{Pro hockey team | CAN_eng = 1|
| text_color =
| bg_color =
| team = Moncton Alpines
| logo = Moncton Alpines AHL.png
| logosize = 200px
| city = [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]
| league = [[American Hockey League]]
| operated = [[1982–83 AHL season|1982]]–[[1983–84 AHL season|1984]]
| arena = [[Moncton Coliseum]]
| colors =
| affiliates = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
<!-- Franchise history -->
| name2 = Moncton Alpines
| dates2 = 1982–1984 AHL
| name3 = Moncton Golden Flames
| dates3 = 1984–1987 AHL
}}
The [[New Brunswick Hawks]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) had been established in Moncton in 1978, and were jointly owned and operated by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Chicago Black Hawks]] as their [[farm team]].<ref>{{cite news|date=June 24, 1978|title=Sports roundup|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name=leave/><ref>{{cite news|date=June 20, 1978|title=Leafs, Hawks to Moncton|work=[[Toronto Star]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="price">{{cite news|last=Houston|first=William|date=March 31, 1982|title='Everything has price,' Ballard says; it's $50 million for Leafs. Gardens|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=March 21, 1980|title=Ballard wants Leafs to have own farm club|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=November 9, 1978|title=Across Canada: No liquor licence for Leafs-Hawks farm club|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> In the summer of 1982, with Chicago having already pulled out of New Brunswick in favour of affiliating with the [[Springfield Indians]] on their own,<ref name="leave">{{cite news|date=June 2, 1982|title=Leaf team to leave Moncton|work=[[Toronto Star]]|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=May 28, 1982|title=It's musical chairs on ice as CHL franchises switch|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name=moveAHL/><ref name="AHLrejects">{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=July 6, 1982|title=AHL rejects shift of Leaf farm club|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> the Maple Leafs announced that they would not operate the team in Moncton the following year after they couldn't come to terms with the city on a new arena lease,<ref name=leave/><ref name="moveAHL">{{cite news|date=June 2, 1982|title=Leafs to move AHL franchise|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name=AHLrejects/> even though the team had the fifth-highest attendance in the league.<ref>{{cite news|last=Campbell|first=Neil|date=June 3, 1982|title=Fans fail to save Hawks|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> At the same AHL Board of Governors meeting that the franchise's relocation to become the [[St. Catharines Saints]] was approved,<ref name="swells">{{cite news|last=Kane|first=Mike|date=July 24, 1982|title=Red Wings return to North as AHL swells to 13 teams|work=[[Schenectady Gazette]]|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zmhGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K-kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1166%2C2190660}}</ref><ref name="AHLadd">{{cite news|date=July 24, 1982|title=AHL adds three teams in expansion|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name="kitts">{{cite news|date=June 22, 1982|title=Leafs place AHL team in St. Kitts|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref><ref name="brief">{{cite news|last=McMillan|first=Tom|date=July 24, 1982|title=Sports briefing|work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19820724&id=ykENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6300,5226875}}</ref><ref name=semaine/> the Edmonton Oilers received approval to purchase a new AHL franchise to replace the departed Hawks in Moncton,<ref name=swells/><ref name=AHLadd/><ref name=brief/><ref name=semaine/> leading to establishment of the Moncton Alpines as their affiliate that fall.<ref name="semaine">{{cite news|last=Leger|first=Normand|date=July 26, 1982|title=Oilers a Moncton - Les details connus cette semaine|work=L'Évangéline|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q09TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5205%2C2944443}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=August 3, 1982|title="Les Alpines": club ferme des Oilers|work=L'Évangéline|publisher=|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SE9TAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yocDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1967%2C3782492}}</ref> The team played for two seasons until [[1983–84 AHL season|1984]], coached by [[Doug Messier]] both seasons. Following 1984, the team was bought by the [[Calgary Flames]] and renamed the Moncton Golden Flames. The franchise folded in 1987, and was replaced by the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]' affiliate, the [[Moncton Hawks]].
The '''Moncton Golden Flames''' were a professional [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]], playing home games at the [[Moncton Coliseum]]. The team operated in the [[American Hockey League]] between [[1984–85 AHL season|1984]] and [[1986–87 AHL season|1987]], as a minor league affiliate of the [[Calgary Flames]] and the [[Boston Bruins]]. In 1987, team marketing executive Larry Haley was awarded the [[Ken McKenzie Award]] for outstanding work.
 
==History==
In 1982, the [[New Brunswick Hawks]] were bought by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] and were renamed the Moncton Alpines, operating as the Oilers' minor league affiliate. The team played for two seasons until [[1983–84 AHL season|1984]], coached by [[Doug Messier]] both seasons. Following 1984 the team was bought by the [[Calgary Flames]] and renamed the Moncton Golden Flames. The franchise folded in 1987, and replaced by the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]' affiliate, the [[Moncton Hawks]].
 
==Coaches==
* 1984–85 – [[Pierre Pagé|Pierre Page]]
* 1985–86 – [[Terry Crisp]]
* 1986–87 – Terry Crisp
 
==Training staff==
* 1984-871984–87 - Brian Patafie, Mike BianiBaiani, David Lorette, Jamie Druet, Andrew Trites
 
==Players==
During the 1986–87 season, former [[National Hockey League|NHL]] player [[Brett Hull]] won the [[Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award]] as the AHL's [[Rookie of the Year (award)|rookie of the year]]. Sixty-three [[:Category:Moncton Golden Flames players|Moncton Golden Flames players]] including Hull, wenthave gone on to play in the NHL.<ref>{{cite [web|title=NHL Player Search: Moncton Golden Flames|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908091831/http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Moncton+Golden+Flames|url=http:8080//www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Moncton+Golden+Flames|archive-date=September 8, 2015|access-date=March 16, 2020|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]}}</ref> Five players from the Golden Flames also went on to win the [[Stanley Cup]] with the [[1988–89 Calgary Flames season|1988–89 Calgary Flames]]. They are, [[Joel Otto]], [[Dave Reierson]], [[Gary Roberts (ice hockey)|Gary Roberts]], [[Ken Sabourin]] and goaltender [[Mike Vernon (ice hockey)|Mike Vernon]].
 
==Season-by-season results==
 
===Regular season===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
![[Season (sports)|Season]]!! Games !!Won!!Lost!!Tied!!OTL!!Points!! Goals<br />for !! Goals<br />against !!Standing
|-
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]] ||80||34||39|| 7||—|| 75||304||315||5th, North||Out of [[playoffs]]
|-
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983–84]] ||80||32||40|| 8||—|| 72||251||278||5th, North||Out of playoffs
|-
| [[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]] ||80||32||40|| 8||—|| 72||291||300||6th, North
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|-
!Season!!1st round!!2nd round!!Finals
|-
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]] ||colspan="4"| Out of Playoffs
 
|}-
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983-84]] ||colspan="4"|Out of Playoffs
|-
| [[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]] ||colspan="4"|Out of Playoffs
|-
| [[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]] ||W, 4-1, [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine]] ||L, 1-4, [[Adirondack Red Wings|Adirondack]] ||—
|-
| [[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]] ||L, 2-4, [[Adirondack Red Wings|Adirondack]] ||—||—
|}
 
{{Pro hockey team | CAN_eng = 1|
| text_color =
| bg_color =
| team = Moncton Alpines
| logo = Moncton Alpines AHL.png
| logosize = 200px
| city = [[Moncton]], [[New Brunswick]]
| league = [[American Hockey League]]
| operated = [[1982–83 AHL season|1982]]–[[1983–84 AHL season|1984]]
| arena = [[Moncton Coliseum]]
| colors =
| affiliates = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
<!-- Franchise history -->
| name1 = [[New Brunswick Hawks]]
| dates1 = 1978–1982 AHL
| name2 = Moncton Alpines
| dates2 = 1982–1984 AHL
| name3 = Moncton Golden Flames
| dates3 = 1984–1987 AHL
}}
 
==Alpines==
The most famous former NHL player from the two Alpines seasons is [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] goaltender [[Grant Fuhr]]. Other notable former NHL players include, [[Bob Attwell]], [[Reid Bailey]], [[Todd Bidner]], [[Rick Blight]], [[John Blum]], [[Serge Boisvert]], [[Pat Conacher]], [[Ray Cote]], [[Peter Dineen]], [[Tom Gorence]], [[Marc Habscheid]], [[Al Hill (ice hockey)|Al Hill]], [[Reg Kerr]], [[Ron Low]], [[Joe McDonnell (hockey)|Joe McDonnell]], [[Jim McTaggart]], [[Larry Melnyk]], [[Paul Edmond Messier|Paul Messier]], [[Lindsay Middlebrook]], [[Paul Mulvey]], [[Bill Riley]], [[Tom Rowe (ice hockey)|Tom Rowe]], [[James Stephen Smith|Steve Smith]], [[Dennis Sobchuk]], [[Garry Unger]], [[Yvon Vautour]] and [[Mike Zanier]].
 
===Results===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
![[Season (sports)|Season]]!! Games !!Won!!Lost!!Tied!!Points!! Goals<br />for !! Goals<br />against !!Standing!!Playoffs
|-
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]] ||80||34||39|| 7|| 75||304||315||5th, North||Out of [[playoffs]]
|-
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983–84]] ||80||32||40|| 8|| 72||251||278||5th, North||Out of playoffs
|}
 
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==References==
{{reflist|2}}
 
==External links==
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/teamseasons.php?tid=187 AHL stats]
* [http://www.funwhileitlasted.net/2012/08/22/october-24-1982-moncton-alpines-vs-sherbrooke-jets/ Moncton Alpines on FunWhileItLasted.net]
 
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