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Top Five U.S. Born Players in Calgary Flames History

By Ramina Shlah

COLOGNE, GERMANY - MAY 08: Johnny Gaudreau of USA celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game between USA and Sweden at Lanxess Arena on May 8, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)
COLOGNE, GERMANY - MAY 08: Johnny Gaudreau of USA celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the 2017 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game between USA and Sweden at Lanxess Arena on May 8, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images) /
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NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 05: Phil Housley of the Nashville Predators reacts against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the third period in Game Four of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TN – JUNE 05: Phil Housley of the Nashville Predators reacts against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the third period in Game Four of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Final at the Bridgestone Arena on June 5, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

4. Phil Housley

Phil Housley, another name who isn’t later on this list, but only because he didn’t spend a whole lot of time with Calgary either. Actually, funnily enough, Housley is now the head coach for the Buffalo Sabres. The team he was drafted at 6th overall for in 1982 and whom he spent the most of his NHL career with.

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Housley has played 1495 career games with 338 goals and 1232 points. He’s fourth all-time in points among defencemen (right behind another former Flame, Al MacInnis). Actually, funnily enough, he was traded to Calgary from the St. Louis Blues for Al MacInnis. He is second in points in NHL history among U.S. born players – right behind Mike Modano.

He represented team USA at the Olympics in 2002 where they won silver and at the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, where they won Gold.

Housley spent close to five years with the Calgary Flames where he got 50 goals and 238 points.

While Housley never won a Stanley Cup, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015. He did come close to a Cup though, in 1998 with the Washington Capitals, but they were swept in the finals.

Flames fans know what getting swept in the playoffs is like, hey?

A weird stat, but he has played more NHL games without winning the Stanley Cup than any player in NHL history. Not exactly a record you’d want to break, but congrats to Housley for this! I mean… if fan-favourite Jarome Iginla never wins a Cup in his career, he’ll break this record…

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