Welcome back to another edition of Throwback Thursday!
This week in 1990, the Calgary Flames hired Doug Risebrough in a shakeup that saw the fourth coach in team history as he took over for Terry Crisp.
Hired in 1987, Crisp had helped bring the first and only Stanley Cup to the city of Calgary in 1989 only one year before he was fired. Not only that, but he remains the winningest head coach in club history when you account for points percentage.
Crisp’s firing was largely due to the fact that only one year after winning the cup, the Flames were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.