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HOCKEY HALL OF FAMEBCE Place , 30 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1X8Phone: 416-360-7765 Website: www.hhof.comCliff Fletcher - General Manager 1972-1991, Inducted – 2004After an outstanding forty-eight year career that continues in the NHL, Cliff Fletcher was elected to the Hockey Hallof Fame as a Builder in 2004. Fletcher began his hockey career in 1956 with the Montreal Canadiens organization,starting as a scout under Sam Pollock. He joined the St. Louis Blues, eventually earining the role of Assistant GeneralManager, and helped manoeuvre the Blues into the Stanley Cup final during the first three years of the franchise'sexistence. Cliff Fletcher was hired as the inaugural General Manager of the Atlanta Flames. He helped orchestrate thefranchise's subsequent move from Atlanta to Calgary in time for the 1980-81 season. During Cliff's regime with theFlames, his teams made the playoffs sixteen straight seasons and finished first in their division in 1987-88, 1988-89and 1989-90. In 1988-89, the Calgary Flames won the Stanley Cup. Lured to Toronto in 1991, Fletcher spent sixseasons as Chief Operating Officer, President and General Manager of the Maple Leafs. He was named the 1993Executive of the Year by The Hockey News. As a team, Toronto improved by an incredible 32 points from 67 points in1991-92 to a franchise-high 99 points in 1992-93. Following two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning as SeniorAdvisor to the General Manager, Fletcher was hired by the Phoenix Coyotes as Executive Vice-President and GeneralManager. He is currently the Senior Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations of the Coyotes.GRANT FuHR - Player, 1999-00, Goaltending Consultant , 2000-2002,Inducted – 2003Following a career that saw him attain over 400 NHL wins and amass five Stanley Cup championships, fittingly, GrantFuhr was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Although all five Cups (‘84, ‘85, ‘87, ‘88, ‘90)were collected while backstopping the Edmonton Oilers, Fuhr completed his career as a member of the Calgary Flames.On October 22, 1999 the Flames defeated the Florida Panthers and Fuhr attained his 400th career win and becameonly the sixth goaltender in NHL history to reach that milestone. Fuhr’s accomplishments include six All-Star Gameappearances, Vezina Trophy (’87), Jennings Trophy (’94) and two Canada Cup titles (’84 and ’87).Joe Mullen - Player, 1985-86 - 1989-90, Inducted – 2000In 345 career games with Calgary (1985-86 - 1989-90), Mullen recorded 388 points (190g, 198a). In 17 NHL seasons(1979-80 - 1996-97) with St. Louis, Calgary, Pittsburgh and Boston, the three-time Stanley Cup winner recorded 1063points (502g, 561) in 1,062 games. Played in NHL All-Star Game (1989, 1990 & 1994). Won the Lady Byng Trophy(1987, 1989), NHL First All-Star Team (1989), NHL +/- Leader (1989), won the Lester Patrick Trophy (1995).GuY LAPOiNTE - Assistant Coach & Scout, 1990-91 - 1998-99, Inducted – 1993Lapointe played 16 seasons in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins. One of thegreat players in the history of the game, Lapointe captured six Stanley Cup Championships with the Canadiens (‘71,‘73’ 76, ‘77, ‘78 and ‘79). Along with teammates Serge Savard and Larry Robinson, formed one of the top defencecorps in the NHL. In 884 career games Lapointe recorded 622 points (171g, 451a).LANNY MCDONALD - Player, 1981-82 - 1988-89 - Management, 89 - 00, 01 - 03,Inducted - 1992On September 21, 1992, Lanny McDonald became the first Calgary Flame player to be inducted into the HockeyHall of Fame. McDonald finished his NHL career with 500 goals, 506 assists and 1,006 points in 1,111 games—allmilestone achievements. Played 492 career games with the Flames recording 406 points (215g, 191a) Lanny won theBill Masterton Trophy (1982-83), the King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1987-88) and was named NHL Man-of-the-Year in1988-89. He still holds the Flames record for most goals in a season (66, 1982-83) and scored the go-ahead goal inCalgary’s Stanley Cup clinching win at Montreal in 1989.Bob Johnson - Head Coach, 1982-83 - 1986-87, Inducted – 1992“Badger” Bob Johnson was one of hockey’s greatest boosters both in Calgary and throughout North America. LedCalgary to franchises first 40 win season in 1984-85 and posted a Flames’ coaching record of 193-155-52 in 400games. Posted a career coaching record of 234-188-58 with Calgary (1982-83 - 1986-87) and Pittsburgh (1990-91).Led the Penguins to a Stanley Cup Championship in 1991. “It’s a great day for hockey” is a remark hockey fans willalways remember.GLENN HALL - Goaltending Consultant, 1988 - 2000, Inducted – 1975During his 18 seasons in the NHL, Glenn “Mr. Goalie” Hall, posted a 2.51 GAA and was consistently recognized as atop goaltender, being selected to the All-Star team 11 times. Hall led the NHL in shutouts for six seasons, includinghis rookie campaign when he won the Calder Trophy, and had 84 regular season career shutouts. He still holds therecord for most consecutive games by a goaltender, with 502, and appeared in 906 league games. Captured threeVezina Trophies, the Conn Smythe Trophy, one Stanley Cup and 13 All-Star Game appearances. In 1988 the ChicagoBlackhawks retired Hall’s jersey.23 CALGARY FLAMES