The Flames roster has expanded with the addition of American Defenceman Charlie Curti.  The 6’0”, 190lb skater spent last season at Belfast Giants where he iced in 56 Elite League, Champions League, Challenge Cup and Playoff games, scoring 2 goals and 23 points.  The 29 year old spent the season prior with ECHL Toledo Walleye where he had 25 points from 8 goals and 17 assists in 39 starts while earning a 3 game call up to AHL Grand Rapids Griffins. 

After 110 games through 4 seasons at NCAA Yale University from 2015 to 2019 where he collected 9 goals and 37 points, the native of Mound, Minnesota, made his pro debut with 31 points in 2019-2020 at ECHL Adirondack Thunder, following up with a move to Rapid City Rush the very next term.  In 150 ECHL appearances, he had 24 goals and 72 points.

Curti made his EU debut in 2021-2022 at Aalborg Pirates where a 23 point showing in 35 games helped with the Danish Championship haul. 

Prior to college, Curti spent a pair of Junior seasons in the USHL with Cedar Rapid RoughRiders.  He made 113 appearances, registering 9 goals and 38 assists and was an All-Rookie team selection in 2013-2014. 

“Charlie was with Travis (Brown) last season at Belfast and we thought highly of both of them when we were head to head so adding a guy of this calibre now makes us better in overall ability and in terms of depth,” explained Head Coach Paul Dixon.

“We did not come out of the gate as we had hoped, and when that happens you have to start to look at every item that may help including looking at the available player market.”

“Charlie was an available player that we knew could come in and make a difference, so we are excited to have him and happy he was interested in joining us.”

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