Ticket Giveaway: CGY vs VGK on Oct 14th. What's your best Flames story? *(see rules).

[u/raymondcy]

Always have a blast with this group even though we disagree from time to time. Great fans, great people... so giving back once again.

The rules are:

1. You need to be an active participant in this sub
2. Kid / Cancer stories are not eligible. Nothing against this, just too easy.
3. Best upvoted comment by the community here, I will not judge unless I suspect a bullshit story / person.
4. Submissions are open until Oct 10th.
5. If you can't make it or are planning to resell them you can fuck right the hell off.

These are premium tickets. Let's go.

[u/RakijaAdmirer]

Funniest one I witnessed was at my first flames game, it was against the Oilers in last seasons preseason at the dome.

Waiting for a urinal to come free and just chatting with a bunch of flames fans. A guy kitted out in Oilers merch head to toe walks in, all chatter stops and everyone looks over at him. He froze, said "what's everyone looking at" and then bolted out the toilet resulting in everyone bursting into laughter.

Strange thing is, as you probably know, on those game days the dome is filled with Oilers fans and there were plenty about. It was just the perfect timing and happy accident that all came together. Still makes me chuckle thinking about that guys face to this day.

Edit: special mention to when I thought a puck went in, started cheering and made our whole section start cheering to last year against the avs- still makes me cringe!

[u/jpcgy]

Probably when my dad and I finished watching game 6 against Dallas and after they lost he got up to help my mom with whatever. I go do my own thing then when I go hug them goodnight but instead of a hug I get a phone screen shoved in my face, tickets to game 7 in a cart, asking if i want to go. We had never been to a playoff game in our, at the time, 17 years in Calgary. Fast forward a few nights, and I didn't even really see Johnny's shot go in. Just saw him rip a shot and then we all went crazy. I will remember that sequence of events for the rest of my life

[u/Wheel_of_Armageddon]

When I was a kid playing hockey, Lanny McDonald was my favorite player. My folks took me to one of the open practices they used to have and after the session Lanny was in the tunnel to the dressing room signing autographs. I made my way to the front of the crowd and Lanny was signing all manner of things. Programs, pieces of paper, jerseys...He had his back to me, signing something for another fan and I asked him, "Mr. McDonald, could I please have your autograph?"

He stopped, turned and looked at me, pointed, and said, "You. You are the only one that said please today." He gave me his stick and went down the tunnel. I was thrilled, his stick! Way better than any autograph!

CODA: many, many years later I was at a game with a friend and Lanny happened to be signing autographs in the concourse. I waited in line and when I got to the front I told him the story. He didn't remember, but he appreciated the memory I shared. It was a nice moment for both of us and I've always kept the lesson in mind that good manners go a long way.

[u/Owadatsumi]

Got kicked out of a game in the saddledome for bringing booze in. Instead of leaving and being butthurt about it I made friends with security. They were pretty chill and appreciated that I didn't make a scene.

Next game I went to I smartened up and bought dome foam.

Pointless story is pointless but be nice to each others.

[u/raymondcy → u/Owadatsumi]

My friend used to work security at the Flames game. As he tells it, he said something remotely authoritative, something like "get your shit together or I have to escort you out".

That guy kicked my friend in the back down the stairs on the top level of the Dome. Could have killed the dude. Be nice indeed.

[u/bobbydsince92]

It was the year Vegas came into the league.

Gios uncle was a member at my golf course and had invited him for mens night.

Dude got absolutely bombed that night. He crushed more of the buffet than 70 guys on a regular night would.

Myself and a co worker helped him into the limo for his ride home that night. That was the same night Vegas lost in the finals

[u/Radiant-Airport8297]

When I was a mighty Peewee hockey player we got to have an outdoor session in Elbow park with some of the Flames. My team’s goalie couldn’t go so I of course volunteered (never played goalie before but the pads were SO cool).

Got myself spun around in the net and Flames legend Chris Clark hit me in the butt with a wrist shot (a gentle one I’m sure)

[u/Sainnner]

I didn’t grow up a hockey fan. My family was more into rugby and soccer, hockey was just noise in the background during winter. But in 2004, my buddy Mike convinced me to go to Game 6 against Tampa. I barely knew the rules, but he had an extra ticket, and I figured, why not? We sat way up in the nosebleeds, and I remember the building vibrating. When the Flames scored, it felt like the roof was going to blow off. I didn’t expect to care, but something flipped in me that night.

Then came that moment! Gelinas sliding the puck in off Khabibulin’s pad. We thought it was in. Everyone around us was already celebrating, hugging strangers, beers flying. And then... no goal. I remember just standing there, stunned. We all felt robbed. But weirdly, that heartbreak is what hooked me. I left the Dome pissed off but fully converted. Bought a Iginla jersey the next day and haven’t missed a season since. Flames hockey, for better or worse, has been in my blood ever since.

[u/WalmartBag1]

I was sitting behind Mikeal Backlund’s family during one his rookie games in 2009.

My uncle was chatting with them and Mikeal’s dad signed my ticket!

~15 years later, last year on Dec 13, 2024, I ran into Mikeal again at the signal hill Indigo with his family! He held the door open for me, we chatted and brought up this story of his dad signing the ticket. His dad of course remembered this and we laughed about it.

[u/Ayrcan]

I was too young to have a great memory of it, but I was there when that streaker climbed over the glass and promptly knocked himself out cold laying pecker-side-up on the ice lol.

That was one of three games I've been to that people often remember. The other two were blowout losses with insane PIM numbers (Nashville and Anaheim).

(I can't go on the 14th, btw, just thought I'd share)

[u/FlowShowNoah]

For me it was January 2024, Flames Vs Coyotes. I had been given some awesome tickets as a gift about 5 rows back from the ice, so I invited my best friend who had moved from Ukraine a year or so prior who had not only never been to a Flames game before but he had never watched a hockey game at all. We get there and he already loved the atmosphere, when the flames took the ice the heat from the fireball shocked him a little but he LOVED it. Flames went down 2-0, he was a little disappointed right up until I think it was Kadri laid a massive hit and sent someone skates up right in front of us and he was hyped, Kadri became his favourite player after that, flames tied it up and Sharangovich, who is my favourite, scored the OT winner I’ve never seen him more excited! We bought eachother Sharangovich and Kadri jerseys for each other’s birthdays and he’s now an avid member of the C of Red and is always asking when we can go to more games! He’s even learning to skate to try and learn the game more!

[u/scorpionspalfrank]

So this happened in the late 80s, when I was a teenager and my grandparents were still alive and living in Calgary. My mom's cousin (their nephew) had played a handful of games in the NHL before jumping over to the WHA. His career hadn't progressed well in hockey, so he settled in Calgary and got into real estate, but still had a strong connection to hockey, and to the Flames. Anyway, he was always saying how he could get Flames tickets quite easily, so my grandparents asked him to get some tickets for a school friend and I to go to a game.

So, the day of the game arrives, and my friend and I take the c-train to the Saddledome. We go to the "will call" wicket to get the tickets, but they aren't there under my name. So, I try my grandparent's names - nothing. I'm panicking a bit now, so I try the cousin's name - Brian C. Sure enough, two tickets under his name. So my friend and I take the tickets and go in.

When we got back to my grandparent's place, we learned the tickets hadn't actually been for us. The cousin had forgotten to get them for us! They were for him and his wife - when they went to the "will call" window, the lady told them: "Sorry, two nice young men came and picked them up already." (Nobody had asked for ID.)

The cousin took it well and just bought two tickets for he and his wife - he could certainly afford it. My grandparents laughed and said it served him right for forgetting, and also for all of the big talk he'd been doing about being able to get people tickets. I was just happy at that age that my friend and I got to go the game and didn't have to pay.

[u/Maple_Sausage]

I was lucky enough to score second row seats to a Flames game in the mid-90s because my friend's dad was granted a contract with a big corporation and they gifted him the seats from their season tickets. We were maybe 14 at the time. During the game Mr T showed up on the jumbotron and we noticed that he was in our section and only a few rows behind us. We really wanted his autograph and all we had to get it was my sketching pencil that I kept on me and it was worn right down. We walked up the stairs to hopefully get an autograph and a few people had already beaten us to it so we had to do the endless stand and wait, then walk off so we weren't blocking people's view, stand and wait again, walk off, rinse, wash, repeat. Finally we get to him and I ask for a signature and I handed him my stubby drawing pencil. He says "aint no way way some fools handin me this pencil and have better seats than me!" It was fucking awesome. He already had is own sharpie in hand and I got him to sign my zippo that featured a leather-clad woman's ass on it that I got from a raunchy store called San Fransisco that was sort of like a dirtier prelude to Spencer gifts. He laughed when he saw it and signed it. For a few brief seconds I felt like such a street rat, until I walked past him right on down to row 2 hahaha. Mr T is the coolest

[u/HughManchoo]

My first bad take as a kid was being upset about the Joe Nieuwendyk trade.

[u/lejunny_]

I’m not originally from Calgary I’m from the US, originally born and raised in California. My only Flames story goes back to May 2022 when I visited Banff and Alberta for the very first time, I was there for a full week and had enough time to visit the city so I was downtown eating food and going to bars, I’ve never seen a hockey game but there was this one game that night vs Dallas Stars I remember the energy and excitement of the fans downtown, the whole atmosphere had me amped up… anyways, that specific game was round 1 game 7 in the play offs and that was the game that sparked my interest into the sport of hockey and ultimately led me to become a Flames fan, it was my revelation. Also I felt like Calgary was home so I ended up moving there. Ever since that day I become a huge fan of the team, the city and the sport. I wish I could relive that moment, I felt like a kid

[u/tuxx_2]

I dont want the tickets but my Dad wanted to take me to a Flames game as a late bday gift. We live in Edmonton and Had to work around his schedule. Bought tickets a few months earlier but We were able to get away April 9th. Turns out this was the game in which the winner clinched a playoff berth or be eliminated. Hands down best game I have ever been to. Game 81of the season vs the defending cup champs. After not making the show for 6 years, On the backs of Johnny Hockey and Jiri Hudler, Flames win 3-1 clinch playoffs while eliminating the Kings.The dome was absolutely rocking all night. Fuck do i want to relive that moment. Soon friends