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Originally Posted by sureLoss
From Haynes
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To go back to the Flames inception, the all-time Flames "1st Star of the Month" or "Player of the Month" (as it used to be) list is pretty short:
Reggie Lemelin - November, 1985
Mike Vernon - January, 1989
Theoren Fleury - January, 1996
Jarome Iginla - February, 2000
Jarome Iginla - November, 2001
Miikka Kiprusoff - December, 2003 (Defensive Player of the Month) *
In the Player of the Month era, two, three of even four runners-up were often named but only the single award was given.
Runners-up:
Mike Vernon - November, 1986
Al MacInnis - December, 1986
Gary Suter - December, 1987
Mike Vernon - November, 1988
Joe Nieuwendyk - October, 1989
Theoren Fleury - February, 1991
Theoren Fleury - March, 1991
Mike Vernon - December, 1992
Gary Roberts - March, 1994
Jarome Iginla - October, 2001
Roman Turek - October, 2001
Miikka Kiprusoff - December, 2005 (Defensive Player of the Month) *
* In 2003-04 & 2005-06 they split the award into Offensive & Defensive Player of the Month