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1986–87 Calgary Flames season

The 1986–87 Calgary Flames season was the seventh National Hockey League season in Calgary and 15th for the Flames franchise. The Flames posted their best record in franchise history to that time, as Calgary's 95 points was the third best total in the league. The Flames' defence of their 1986 Campbell Conference championship was quickly snuffed out by the Winnipeg Jets, as the Flames were upset in the first round of the playoffs in six games by their Manitoba rivals.

1986–87 Calgary Flames
Division2nd Smythe
ConferenceCampbell
1986–87 record46–31–3
Home record25–13–2
Road record21–18–1
Goals for318 (T-2nd)
Goals against289 (11th)
Team information
General managerCliff Fletcher
CoachBob Johnson
CaptainLanny McDonald, Jim Peplinski and Doug Risebrough
Alternate captainsVacant
ArenaOlympic Saddledome
Average attendance16,798
Team leaders
GoalsJoe Mullen (47)
AssistsAl MacInnis (56)
PointsJoe Mullen (87)
Penalty minutesTim Hunter (361)
WinsMike Vernon (30)
Goals against averageRejean Lemelin (3.25)

Joe Mullen captured his first Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for gentlemanly conduct, while Al MacInnis was named a Second Team All-star.[1] The Flames had no player representatives at Rendez-vous '87, which replaced the All-Star Game for this season, though head coach Bob Johnson served as an assistant coach for the NHL all-stars.

Tragedy struck the Flames in the summer of 1986, as their first round draft pick, George Pelawa, died in an automobile crash over the Labour Day weekend.[2] Pelawa's death is commonly rumoured to be an inspiration for the 1988 Tom Cochrane song "Big League", but has never been confirmed as true.

Following the season, the Flames released a music video to benefit charity. The "Red Hot" video featured many players, including Lanny McDonald, Gary Roberts, Mike Vernon, Al MacInnis and Joel Otto, among others, lipsynching and pretending to play instruments. It was released on VHS and on vinyl. It enjoyed popularity then but was forgotten until the video surfaced on the internet in 2005.

Regular season

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Season standings

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Smythe Division[3]
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Edmonton Oilers 80 50 24 6 372 284 106
Calgary Flames 80 46 31 3 318 289 95
Winnipeg Jets 80 40 32 8 279 271 88
Los Angeles Kings 80 31 41 8 318 341 70
Vancouver Canucks 80 29 43 8 282 314 66

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

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Smythe Division record vs. opponents

Vs. Campbell Conference

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Vs. Wales Conference


Schedule and results

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1986–87 Schedule
October: 3–7–0 (home: 1–3–0; road: 2–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
1 October 9 Calgary 5 – 3 Boston 1–0–0 2
2 October 11 Calgary 5 – 6 Hartford 1–1–0 2
3 October 12 Calgary 4 – 2 Buffalo 2–1–0 4
4 October 16 Quebec 4 – 2 Calgary 2–2–0 4
5 October 18 Detroit 5 – 3 Calgary 2–3–0 4
6 October 22 Edmonton 3 – 6 Calgary 3–3–0 6
7 October 24 Calgary 2 – 5 Winnipeg 3–4–0 6
8 October 26 Boston 6 – 0 Calgary 3–5–0 6
9 October 28 Calgary 4 – 7 Minnesota 3–6–0 6
10 October 29 Calgary 2 – 6 Winnipeg 3–7–0 6
November: 10–3–0 (home: 9–2–0; road: 1–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
11 November 1 Washington 1 – 4 Calgary 4–7–0 8
12 November 3 Los Angeles 2 – 4 Calgary 5–7–0 10
13 November 5 Calgary 3 – 1 Edmonton 6–7–0 12
14 November 7 Edmonton 4 – 6 Calgary 7–7–0 14
15 November 9 Montreal 0 – 3 Calgary 8–7–0 16
16 November 11 Vancouver 3 – 5 Calgary 9–7–0 18
17 November 13 Hartford 3 – 4 Calgary 10–7–0 20
18 November 15 Calgary 1 – 4 Los Angeles 10–8–0 20
19 November 18 Calgary 0 – 5 Vancouver 10–9–0 20
20 November 20 Pittsburgh 5 – 2 Calgary 10–10–0 20
21 November 22 NY Rangers 5 – 8 Calgary 11–10–0 22
22 November 24 Edmonton 5 – 6 Calgary 12–10–0 24
23 November 27 Winnipeg 4 – 3 Calgary 12–11–0 24
24 November 29 Chicago 4 – 5 Calgary 13–11–0 26
December: 9–4–1 (home: 3–1–1; road: 6–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
25 December 2 NY Islanders 3 – 3 Calgary 13–11–1 27
26 December 4 Chicago 1 – 4 Calgary 14–11–1 29
27 December 6 Calgary 3 – 2 Quebec 15–11–1 31
28 December 8 Calgary 3 – 5 Montreal 15–12–1 31
29 December 10 Calgary 6 – 4 Pittsburgh 16–12–1 33
30 December 11 Calgary 3 – 5 Philadelphia 16–13–1 33
31 December 13 Calgary 6 – 3 Los Angeles 17–13–1 35
32 December 16 Detroit 3 – 8 Calgary 18–13–1 37
33 December 18 Quebec 2 – 6 Calgary 19–13–1 39
34 December 20 Calgary 5 – 3 Vancouver 20–13–1 41
35 December 22 Los Angeles 5 – 3 Calgary 20–14–1 41
36 December 28 Calgary 4 – 1 Buffalo 21–14–1 43
37 December 30 Calgary 4 – 3 New Jersey 22–14–1 45
38 December 31 Calgary 4 – 6 Detroit 22–15–1 45
January:6–7–1 (home: 3–2–1; road: 3–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
39 January 3 Calgary 4 – 7 St. Louis 22–16–1 45
40 January 4 Calgary 4 – 1 Chicago 23–16–1 47
41 January 8 Los Angeles 4 – 5 Calgary 24–16–1 49
42 January 10 St. Louis 2 – 5 Calgary 25–16–1 51
43 January 11 Calgary 3 – 5 Edmonton 25–17–1 51
44 January 14 NY Rangers 8 – 5 Calgary 25–18–1 51
45 January 16 Calgary 5 – 9 Vancouver 25–19–1 51
46 January 17 Vancouver 4 – 3 Calgary 25–20–1 51
47 January 20 Calgary 3 – 1 NY Islanders 26–20–1 53
48 January 22 Calgary 5 – 7 New Jersey 26–21–1 53
49 January 24 Calgary 3 – 5 Boston 26–22–1 53
50 January 26 Calgary 6 – 5 Toronto OT 27–22–1 55
51 January 29 Minnesota 3 – 3 Calgary OT 27–22–2 56
52 January 31 New Jersey 3 – 5 Calgary 28–22–2 58
February: 9–3–0 (home: 5–3–0; road: 4–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
53 February 3 Vancouver 4 – 2 Calgary 28–23–2 58
54 February 5 St. Louis 2 – 1 Calgary 28–24–2 58
55 February 7 NY Islanders 1 – 4 Calgary 29–24–2 60
56 February 8 Calgary 3 – 2 Vancouver 30–24–2 62
57 February 14 Calgary 3 – 2 Minnesota 31–24–2 64
58 February 16 Calgary 5 – 0 Philadelphia 32–24–2 66
59 February 17 Calgary 3 – 1 Pittsburgh 33–24–2 68
60 February 20 Toronto 2 – 7 Calgary 34–24–2 70
61 February 22 Washington 5 – 2 Calgary 34–25–2 70
62 February 24 Vancouver 0 – 2 Calgary 35–25–2 72
63 February 26 Philadelphia 3 – 4 Calgary 36–25–2 74
64 February 28 Winnipeg 3 – 5 Calgary 37–25–2 76
March: 9–5–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
65 March 1 Calgary 3 – 6 Winnipeg 37–26–2 76
66 March 3 Montreal 4 – 2 Calgary 37–27–2 76
67 March 5 Los Angeles 2 – 7 Calgary 38–27–2 78
68 March 8 Calgary 7 – 4 NY Rangers 39–27–2 80
69 March 10 Calgary 6 – 3 Washington 40–27–2 82
70 March 11 Calgary 6 – 1 Hartford 41–27–2 84
71 March 14 Calgary 4 – 6 Toronto 41–28–2 84
72 March 17 Buffalo 2 – 6 Calgary 42–28–2 86
73 March 19 Edmonton 4 – 5 Calgary 43–28–2 88
74 March 20 Calgary 6 – 3 Edmonton 44–28–2 90
75 March 25 Calgary 1 – 10 Winnipeg 44–29–2 90
76 March 26 Winnipeg 1 – 3 Calgary 45–29–2 92
77 March 28 Calgary 4 – 3 Los Angeles 46–29–2 94
78 March 30 Calgary 4 – 5 Los Angeles 46–30–2 94
April: 0–1–1 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Record Points
79 April 2 Calgary 4 – 4 Edmonton OT 46–30–3 95
80 April 5 Winnipeg 3 – 1 Calgary 46–31–3 95

Playoffs

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1987 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Smythe Division Semi-final vs. Winnipeg – Jets win 4–2
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Series
1 April 8 Winnipeg 4 – 2 Calgary Winnipeg leads 1–0
2 April 9 Winnipeg 3 – 2 Calgary Winnipeg leads 2–0
3 April 11 Calgary 3 – 2 Winnipeg OT Winnipeg leads 2–1
4 April 12 Calgary 3 – 4 Winnipeg Winnipeg leads 3–1
5 April 14 Winnipeg 3 – 4 Calgary Winnipeg leads 3–2
6 April 16 Calgary 1 – 6 Winnipeg Winnipeg wins 4–2

Player statistics

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Skaters

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

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player # GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
Joe Mullen 7 79 47 40 87 14 6 2 1 3 0
Al MacInnis 2 79 20 56 76 97 4 1 0 1 0
Paul Reinhart 26 76 15 53 68 22 4 0 1 1 6
Carey Wilson 33 80 20 36 56 42 6 1 1 2 6
Mike Bullard† 25 57 28 26 54 34 6 4 3 7 2
John Tonelli 27 78 20 31 51 72 3 0 0 0 2
Joel Otto 29 68 19 31 50 185 2 0 2 2 6
Jim Peplinski 24 80 18 32 50 181 6 1 0 1 24
Gary Suter 20 68 9 40 49 70 6 0 3 3 10
Håkan Loob 12 68 18 26 44 26 5 1 2 3 0
Jamie Macoun 6 79 7 33 40 111 3 0 1 1 8
Steve Bozek 26 71 17 18 35 22 4 1 0 1 2
Brian Bradley 14 40 10 18 28 16 – – – – –
Lanny McDonald 9 58 14 12 26 54 5 0 0 0 2
Colin Patterson 11 68 13 13 26 54 6 0 2 2 2
Tim Hunter 19 73 6 15 21 361 – – – – –
Gary Roberts 32/10 32 5 10 15 85 2 0 0 0 4
Dale DeGray 28 27 6 7 13 29 – – – – –
Neil Sheehy 5 54 4 6 10 151 6 0 0 0 21
Dan Quinn‡ 10 16 3 6 9 14 – – – – –
Perry Berezan 21 24 5 3 8 24 2 0 2 2 7
Nick Fotiu 22 42 5 3 8 145 – – – – –
Kari Eloranta 32 13 1 6 7 9 6 0 2 2 0
Joe Nieuwendyk 18 9 5 1 6 0 6 0 2 2 0
Doug Risebrough 8 22 2 3 5 66 4 0 1 1 23
Kevan Guy 3 24 0 4 4 19 4 0 1 1 23
Brian Engblom 6 32 0 4 4 28 – – – – –
Paul Baxter 4 18 0 2 2 66 2 0 0 0 10
Mike Vernon 30 54 0 2 2 14 5 0 0 0 0
Brett Hull 16 5 1 0 1 0 4 2 1 3 0
Doug Dadswell 36 2 0 0 0 0 – – – – –
Rejean Lemelin 1 34 0 0 0 20 2 0 1 1 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Calgary. Stats reflect time with the Flames only.
‡Traded mid-season.

Goaltenders

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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 W L GA SO GAA
Rejean Lemelin 31 34 1735 16 9 1 94 1 3.15 2 101 0 1 6 0 3.56
Mike Vernon 30 54 2957 30 21 1 178 1 3.61 5 263 2 3 16 0 3.65
Doug Dadswell 36 2 125 0 1 1 10 0 4.80

Transactions

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The Flames were involved in the following transactions during the 1986–87 season.

Trades

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October 3, 1986 To Calgary Flames
Jim Korn 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Johnson
October 3, 1986 To Calgary Flames
Brian Engblom 		To Buffalo Sabres
Jim Korn
October 7, 1986 To Calgary Flames
Mark Paterson 		To Hartford Whalers
Yves Courteau
November 12, 1986 To Calgary Flames
Mike Bullard 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Dan Quinn

Free agents

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Player Former team
G Doug Dadswell Cornell University (NCAA)
C Marc Bureau Longueuil Chevaliers (QMJHL)
Player New team
D Robin Bartell Vancouver Canucks
C Mark Lamb Detroit Red Wings

Draft picks

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Main article: List of Calgary Flames draft picks

Calgary's picks at the 1986 NHL Entry Draft, held in Montreal.[5]

Rnd Pick Player Nationality Position Team (league) NHL statistics
GP G A Pts PIM
1 16 George Pelawa   United States F Bemidji (USHS)
2 37 Brian Glynn   Canada D Saskatoon Blades (WHL) 431 25 79 104 410
4 79 Tom Quinlan   United States RW N/A
5 100 Scott Bloom   United States LW N/A
6 121 John Parker   United States C N/A
7 142 Rick Lessard   Canada D Ottawa 67's (OHL) 15 0 4 4 18
8 163 Mark Olsen   United States D N/A
9 184 Scott Sharples   Canada G Penticton Knights (BCJHL) 1 0–0–1, 3.69GAA
10 205 Doug Pickel   Canada LW Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
11 226 Anders Lindstrom   Sweden C N/A
12 247 Antonin Stavjana   Czechoslovakia D N/A
S2 19 Steve MacSwain   United States RW N/A

See also

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References

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  • Player stats: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 125
  • Game log: 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, pg 141
  • Team standings: 1986–87 NHL standings @hockeydb.com
  • Trades: Individual player pages at hockeydb.com
  1. ^ Award Winners, 2006–07 Calgary Flames Media Guide, p. 23.
  2. ^ Ulmer, Mike, Heat is on, canoe.ca, October 8, 2003.
  3. ^ Dinger, Ralph, ed. (2011). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. p. 153. ISBN 9781894801225.
  4. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Calgary Flames draft history, hockeydb.com, accessed October 10, 2007.
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