In the 102-year history of the National Hockey League, 348 individuals have played 1,000 or more regular season games. 44 of them, or 12.6%, have played some part of their career with the Atlanta or Calgary Flames. We call these players Long-Timers.
Let’s take a look at Adrian Aucoin.
Originally from scenic Ottawa, Aucoin played junior-A hockey and then headed to Boston University… for one season. Selected in the fifth round by Vancouver in the 1992 NHL Draft, he left the Terriers and spent the next two seasons with the Canadian National Team, culminating in a silver medal at the 1994 Olympics before finishing the season with the Canucks farm team.