The Calgary Flames are wearing their Hometown Remix jersey tonight against the New York Rangers, a red and gold sweater built as a goodbye to the Scotiabank Saddledome in its final season. It is also tonight's Jersey of the Day and part of the club's Remembrance Day game, one of six NHL Veterans Day and Remembrance Day games tonight.
It is the newest chapter in a closet that started in Atlanta in 1972. Here is every era: the Atlanta red and gold, the Flaming C that came north in 1980, the sweater Calgary won its only Stanley Cup in, the black years and Blasty the flaming horse, the 2004 red, the outdoor games, Reverse Retro and the Saddledome farewell.
The short version: the Flames have worn one basic design, red with yellow and white stripes, for most of their 54 seasons. They left it for black in the 1990s and 2000s, and came all the way back to it in 2020.
Calgary Flames Jersey Timeline
| Years | What changed |
|---|---|
| 1972-1980 | Atlanta Flames. Red, gold and white, with the Flaming A on the chest. |
| 1980 | The team moves to Calgary. Same design, but the Flaming A becomes the Flaming C. |
| 1989 | Stanley Cup in the original design, won at the Montreal Forum. |
| Mid-1990s-2000 | First redesign. Black joins the palette, with new diagonal striping. |
| 1998-2007 | Blasty, the black flaming-horse sweater. Third jersey, then the road jersey from 2000-01, then a third again. |
| 2003-2007 | Red home sweater with a black Flaming C. Worn on the 2004 run to Game 7 of the Final. |
| 2007-2020 | Reebok Edge era. Alberta and Canada flags on the shoulders, vertical side striping. 1980s throwback thirds come and go. |
| 2011, 2019, 2023 | Heritage Classic outdoor sweaters. |
| 2020-present | Full retro. The 1980s red at home and white on the road. Blasty back as a third from 2022-23. |
| 2026-27 | Saddledome farewell season: the 2004 black-C red returns for four games, and the Hometown Remix for nine. |
The Atlanta Flames: Red And Gold (1972-1980)
The franchise was born in Atlanta in 1972. Its name came out of a public name-the-team contest and recalls the burning of Atlanta in 1864. We told that story in how every NHL team got its name.
The look was simple and it lasted. A red sweater with stripes of gold and white at the sleeves and hem, a white sweater with red shoulders, and a flaming letter A on the chest. That is Eric Vail below in 1978, in the red against the Colorado Rockies.
Photo: Rick Dikeman / Public domain
1980: The Move To Calgary And The Flaming C
In 1980 a group of Calgary businessmen led by Nelson Skalbania bought the team and moved it to Alberta. They kept the name, kept the colors and kept the sweater. The only real change was on the chest: the Flaming A became the Flaming C. It has been the primary logo ever since.
The A did not disappear. Calgary later used a small Flaming A as the letter for its alternate captains, a nod to the Atlanta years. One history dates that run from 1996 to 2021. We could not confirm the exact start date from the club, so treat those years as approximate.
1989: The Cup Sweater
Calgary won its only Stanley Cup in the original design. The Flames beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 in Game 6 on May 25, 1989, at the Montreal Forum. Calgary is the only visiting team ever to win the Cup against the Canadiens at the Forum. In that era NHL home teams wore white, so Calgary won it on the road in red.
Theoren Fleury was a rookie on that team. The sweater below is the one he wore through the 1990-91 season, now in the Hockey Hall of Fame. It is the same design as the Cup sweater: red, with yellow and white stripes at the sleeves and hem.
Photo: Djuradj Vujcic / CC BY 2.0
The Mid-1990s Redesign: Black Joins The Palette
After about 15 seasons in the Atlanta design, Calgary redesigned in the mid-1990s. Black was added to both the home and road sweaters, and diagonal striping replaced the old horizontal bands. Sources split on the year: Daily Hive dates the change to 1994, while Wikipedia lists the second design from 1995. Either way it was gone by 2000. This is also the design the 2022-23 Reverse Retro brought back on a black base (more on that below).
Blasty, The Flaming Horse (1998-2007)
For the 1998-99 season Calgary added its first third jersey: black, with a flaming horse head on the chest, quickly nicknamed Blasty. About two years later, in 2000-01, it became the full-time road sweater, and the home white got new V-style striping.
Blasty stayed on the road until 2003, then moved back to third-jersey status. It was retired in 2007 when the NHL moved every team to the Reebok Edge template. Many fans called it the worst logo in team history. Plenty of others called it a cult classic, and it came back twice, which tells you how that argument went.
2003-2007: The Red And The 2004 Run
In 2003-04 the NHL flipped its rule, and home teams went back to wearing their dark sweaters. Calgary's new home sweater was red with a black Flaming C outlined in white and yellow, a black chevron at the waist, and Blasty as a shoulder patch.
That season the Flames went to the Stanley Cup Final and lost Game 7 2-1 at Tampa Bay on June 7, 2004. Calgary filled with fans in red, the "C of Red." Sales of the red home sweater set a league record for a new uniform design, and Wikipedia reports that demand was so heavy CCM stopped making other teams' jerseys to keep up.
Below is the sweater Jarome Iginla wore in the first period of Game 6 of that Final, with the Cup Final patch, now in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Photo: Djuradj Vujcic / CC BY 2.0
That exact sweater is back this season. Calgary wears the 2004 retro four times in 2026-27, once against each team it played in the 2004 playoffs. The full story is in our piece on the black C jersey.
2007-2020: The Reebok Edge Years
When the NHL moved to Reebok's Edge sweaters in 2007-08, Calgary kept the red with the black C but rebuilt everything around it. Flags of Alberta and Canada replaced the horse on the shoulders, and vertical piping ran down the sides. Here is Iginla in it in December 2008.
Photo: Resolute / CC BY-SA 3.0
Daily Hive called the Edge-era home and away the team's highest-selling sweater. The thirds kept changing around it:
- The 1980s red came back as a throwback third in the early 2010s and was last worn in 2012-13.
- A "Calgary" script third ran from 2013 to 2016: red, with CALGARY in a Western-style script across the chest and the Flaming C underneath. Sven Bärtschi and Michael Cammalleri wear it below in November 2013.
- The 1980s red returned in 2016-17 as an alternate for 12 games, starting with the October 14 home opener against Edmonton.
Photo: Resolute / CC BY-SA 3.0
The Heritage Classics: 2011, 2019 And 2023
Calgary has played three outdoor Heritage Classics, and each one got its own sweater.
2011, vs. Montreal at McMahon Stadium, Calgary (February 20). Maroon and burnt yellow, inspired by the Calgary Tigers, the city's 1920s team, worn with cream pants and the Flaming C.
Photo: Resolute / CC BY-SA 3.0
2019, vs. Winnipeg at Mosaic Stadium, Regina (October 26). Calgary wore the original 1980s white in a modern cut. It worked so well that it became the full-time road sweater the next season.
Photo: Classenc / CC BY-SA 4.0
2023, vs. Edmonton at Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton (October 29). A tribute to the Calgary Stampeders senior hockey team, in red and a light base with a round crest, felt details and "CALGARY FLAMES" in gold. Sources disagree on the base color: some call it cream, others "vintage white." The league dates the Stampeders inspiration to the 1950s and 1960s.
2020: Full Retro
On October 5, 2020, the Flames went all the way back. The 1980s red became the full-time home sweater (white Flaming C trimmed in gold, yellow and white stripes), and the 2019 Heritage Classic white became the road sweater. The black-C red stayed one more season as an alternate and was retired after 2020-21. That ended about 25 years of black in Calgary's primary uniforms.
It is still the setup in 2026-27. Here are the current home and road sweaters.
Reverse Retro And Blasty's Return (2020-2023)
The Flames got two Reverse Retro sweaters in the NHL's program with Adidas, and both went black.
- 2020-21: Unveiled November 16, 2020. A black sweater built on the 1998 Blasty design, with the horse back on the chest, "CGY" in the collar and "98" stitched in. The club called it "'98 with a modern-day remix."
- 2022-23: The mid-1990s design, the first one with black in it, rebuilt on a black base.
Blasty also came back as a full-time black third in 2022-23, now with subtle black flames sublimated into the sleeves. Reports at the time said it would be worn 12 or 13 times that season, all at home; the club's own post and one fan site disagreed on the number. Blasty is not on the announced 2026-27 home schedule.
2026-27: The Saddledome Farewell Season
The Scotiabank Saddledome opened in 1983. This is the Flames' last season in it; Scotia Place is due to open in the fall of 2027. Two sweaters mark the farewell.
The 2004 retro (four games). The red with the black C, lace-up collar and Blasty on the shoulders, with 1983 and 2027 stitched inside the collar. Full story here.
The Hometown Remix (nine games, all at home). Fanatics' league-wide special edition, revealed November 2. Calgary's version is a goodbye to the building:
- The Flaming C in "88 Gold," with a texture taken from the Saddledome's ceiling.
- A gold hem stripe that traces the arena's curved roofline.
- 1983 and 2027 inside the hem, for the building's first and last years.
It debuted November 6 in a 5-3 loss to Anaheim, won 4-3 in overtime against Philadelphia on November 8, and is on tonight against the Rangers. We ranked it third of all 32 Remix jerseys and gave it an A-.
Every date for every sweater is in the Flames 2026-27 uniform schedule, and every other team's Remix is in our Hometown Remix guide and ranking.
Frequently Asked Questions
What were the Atlanta Flames' colors?
Red, gold and white. The Atlanta Flames (1972-1980) wore a red sweater with gold and white stripes and a white sweater with red shoulders, with a flaming A on the chest. Calgary kept the colors and the design when the team moved in 1980.
Why do the Calgary Flames have a C on their jersey?
When the team moved from Atlanta to Calgary in 1980, the Flaming A logo was redrawn as a Flaming C. It has been the primary logo ever since.
What jersey did the Flames win the Stanley Cup in?
The original red design with yellow and white stripes, the same look the team brought from Atlanta. Calgary clinched the 1989 Cup on the road in Game 6 at the Montreal Forum on May 25, 1989, and home teams wore white in that era, so the Flames won it in red.
What is Blasty?
Blasty is the nickname for the Flames' flaming horse logo, which first appeared on a black third jersey in 1998-99. It was the road jersey from 2000-01, a third again from 2003, and retired in 2007. It came back for Reverse Retro in 2020-21 and as the black third jersey in 2022-23.
When did the Flames add black?
In the mid-1990s redesign; sources split between 1994 and 1995. Black stayed in the primary uniforms for about 25 years, until the 2020 switch back to the 1980s red and white.
What jersey did the Flames wear in the 2004 Stanley Cup Final?
The red home sweater with a black Flaming C outlined in white and yellow, a black chevron at the waist and Blasty on the shoulders. Calgary lost Game 7 2-1 at Tampa Bay on June 7, 2004. That sweater is back for four games in 2026-27.
What are the Flames' current jerseys?
Red at home and white on the road, both based on the 1980s design and worn full-time since 2020-21. For 2026-27 they add the 2004 retro and the Hometown Remix. The full list is in the Flames uniform schedule.
What is the Flames' Hometown Remix jersey?
A red and gold farewell to the Saddledome: the Flaming C in 88 Gold with a ceiling texture, a hem stripe that traces the arena's roofline and 1983 and 2027 inside the hem. Calgary wears it nine times in 2026-27, all at home.
What did the Flames wear at the Heritage Classics?
In 2011, maroon and burnt yellow inspired by the Calgary Tigers. In 2019, the 1980s white in a modern cut. In 2023, a red and light sweater honoring the Calgary Stampeders senior hockey team.
When is the Flames' last game at the Saddledome?
The 2026-27 regular season is the last at the Saddledome. Reports put the final regular-season home game on April 10 against Vancouver. The new arena, Scotia Place, is due to open in the fall of 2027.
Are the Flames wearing anything special on Remembrance Day?
Yes. Tonight, November 11, Calgary wears the Hometown Remix against the Rangers for its Remembrance Day game. See every team's look in our Veterans Day uniforms story.
Sources
Team and league details come from the Calgary Flames and NHL.com, the club's posts on X, Wikipedia's Calgary Flames article, Daily Hive's Flames jersey history, The Win Column and The Hockey Writers. Where sources disagree (the year black was added, the 2022-23 Blasty game count and the 2023 Heritage Classic base color), we say so above.
