The Calgary Flames are a professional hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and play out of the Pengrowth Saddledome. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).

The Flames arrived in the city of Calgary in 1980 after spending their first eight seasons in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Flames. The Flames are the only NHL club to relocate from the United States to Canada, and are also the only NHL club to retain its nickname after a relocation. (The Dallas Stars shortened their name after moving from Minneapolis as the North Stars.) The Flames spent their first three seasons playing in the Stampede Corral, during which they lost only 32 games, before moving into the Olympic Saddledome in 1983.

Calgary's top rival are their Alberta cousins, the Edmonton Oilers. The two teams have often feuded in what is known as the Battle of Alberta, an always feisty event