Flames make it official, move their AHL affiliate back home

The Calgary Flames made things official today but announcing the arrival of their AHL affiliate Calgary Wrangers, having moved the team from Stockton, California to the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary.

Check it out:

From the Flames' official website:

The Wranglers become the second team to don the name in Calgary following the Calgary Wranglers of the Western Canadian Junior Hockey League (WCHL) who came to Calgary in 1977. The WCHL Wranglers played in Calgary for 10 seasons, graduating such Flames alumni as Kelly Kisio, Dana Muryzyn, and Mike Vernon to the National Hockey League.

The return of the Calgary Wranglers, this time as the Flames American Hockey League affiliate brings a fresh, new look to the original Wranglers logo that had a significant era in Calgary hockey history.

Additional exciting team announcements including the Wranglers home and away uniforms, as well as a secondary logo design will be unveiled in the near future.

The original Calgary Wranglers of the WCHL had some absolutely SICK uniforms back in the day, so I'm hoping that the new version carries on that tradition.

The WHL's Calgary Hitmen played homage to the Wranglers this past season and... I mean just check these out:

Replace the blue with gold and I think these would be absolutely PERFECT.