CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames have hired Brad Treliving to be their general manager.
Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke officially announced the hiring at an afternoon news conference on Monday.
Treliving, 44, served as assistant GM of the Phoenix Coyotes for the past seven seasons and was in charge of their AHL affiliate in Portland.
Burke served as interim GM after firing Jay Feaster in December.
Treliving, a native of Penticton, B.C., is also assistant GM for Team Canada at the IIHF world championship. He previously served as president of the Central Hockey League and president and director of hockey operations for the Western Professional Hockey League, which he founded.
The Flames missed the playoffs for the fifth straight season after finishing with a 35-40-7 record for 77 points. Calgary was 13th in the Western Conference standings.
As the Coyotes' vice-president of hockey operations, Treliving worked closely with GM Don Maloney on personnel matters and helping build a team despite the financial limitations of being run by the NHL for four seasons.
The team made the playoffs in each of their four seasons without an owner before failing to reach the post-season the past two seasons. Treliving's duties also included managing the professional and amateur scouting staffs and making player personnel assignments to the team's minor-league affiliates.
Treliving, who played in the International Hockey League, AHL and ECHL, is the son of Boston Pizza co-owner Jim Treliving.
