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Goaltenders

29 Jamie McLennan
34 Miikka Kiprusoff

Defensemen

3 Dion Phaneuf
4 Roman Hamrlik
5 Mark Giordano
7 Andrei Zyuzin
21 Andrew Ference
28 Robyn Regehr
44 Rhett Warrener




Forwards

10 Tony Amonte
11 Stephane Yelle
12 Jarome Iginla
15 Byron Ritchie
16 Jeff Friesen
18 Matthew Lombardi
19 Chuck Kobasew
20 Kristian Huselius
22 Daymond Langkow
24 Jamie Lundmark
25 Darren McCarty
26 Marcus Nilson
37 Brandon Prust
40 Alex Tanguay

After seven consecutive seasons out of the playoffs, the Flames returned to glory in 2004, surprising the hockey world by defeating all three Western Conference division champions to become the first Canadian team in a decade to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals. The Flames' first victim was the Northwest Division winners, the 1994 finalist Vancouver Canucks, in seven games. It was the Flames' first playoff series win since they won the 1989 Final..



Then, they shocked the Detroit Red Wings, who had garnered the league's best record that season, in six games. After eliminating the Pacific Division champs, the San Jose Sharks, in six games in the Western Conference finals, the Flames earned a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals to face the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. flew the Flames flag beside the Maple Leaf, as did San Jose's city hall (after the Sharks lost the series, the Mayor of San Jose [as the losing side in a personal bet with Calgary's mayor] declared his city hall the world headquarters of Flames fans).

The final series went to seven games, with the Flames suffering a controversial non-goal in game six at home. After winning game 6 by a fluke in double overtime, Tampa Bay went on to hold the Flames to only 7 shots in the first two periods in game 7. Interestingly enough, all of Calgary's series-winning goals during the playoffs were scored by Martin Gelinas. He also "scored" what many Flames fans believed was the go-ahead goal late in game 6, although the officials did not signal it a goal, and the play was not reviewed. In subsequent replays, however, it was never conclusively proven a goal. Prior to 2005-06, Gelinas left the Flames for the Florida Panthers as a free agent, and Craig Conroy to the Los Angeles Kings.

2006 Playoffs- The Calgary Flames were defeated by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the full seven games during the first round of the playoffs, despite a Vezina- and William M. Jennings Trophy-winning performance by goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff (acquired from San Jose in 2003).