This coming May is the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta Flames moving to Calgary. To commemorate this occasion, we’re counting down the Top 40 Calgary Flames in history.
Coming in at #19 is Jim Peplinski.
Peplinski doesn’t get a lot of love for how long he played for the Flames and how productive he was during his tenure. But all-told he’s seventh in games played, 12th in goals, 12th in points and fourth in penalty minutes in Calgary history. He’s pretty significant to the franchise’s history.
Breaking into the league as a 20-year-old in 1980-81, Peplinski established himself as a hard-nosed, hard-working, reliable player.