The Calgary Wranglers were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Hockey League from 1977 until 1987. The Wranglers played their home games in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at the Stampede Corral.
History The previous Calgary WHL (at that time called the Western Canada Hockey League, or WCHL) franchise, the Calgary Centennials, had moved south to become the Billings Bighorns shortly after the end of the 1976–77 WCHL season. A new investor group bought the existing Winnipeg Monarchs franchise and relocated them to Calgary before the start of the 1977–78 WCHL season. They would last 10 years in Calgary before relocating again to Lethbridge, Alberta, becoming the Hurricanes. After 35 years, the Wranglers name was revived when the Calgary Flames re-located their American Hockey League affiliate to the Scotiabank Saddledome and re-named them after the old team.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season GP W L T GF GA Points Finish Playoffs 1977–78 72 18 40 14 303 404 50 4th Central Out of playoffs 1978–79 72 28 38 6 349 392 62 3rd Central Lost Central division final 1979–80 72 43 27 2 376 319 88 2nd East Lost in first round 1980–81 72 46 24 2 368 295 94 2nd East Lost WHL final 1981–82 72 41 29 2 334 266 84 4th East Lost East division semi-final 1982–83 72 44 26 2 353 258 90 3rd East Lost East division final 1983–84 72 36 36 0 353 345 72 6th East Lost in first round 1984–85 72 39 31 2 382 351 80 4th East Lost East division semi-final 1985–86 72 23 47 2 288 378 48 8th East Out of playoffs 1986–87 72 23 46 3 304 390 49 7th East Out of playoffs
NHL alumni
Darrell Anholt Murray Brumwell Len Barrie Dan Bourbonnais Colin Chisholm Ray Cote Mark Greig Mike Heidt Doug Houda Trent Kaese Darin Kimble Kelly Kisio Ross McKay Dana Murzyn Jim Playfair Ken Quinney Warren Skorodenski Randy Smith Mark Tinordi Brian Tutt Mike Vernon Leigh Verstraete Bob Wilkie Carey Wilson Mike Zanier
See also List of ice hockey teams in Alberta Ice hockey in Calgary
References
External links Western Hockey League website