Bob Hartley has been hired as the new head coach of the Flames, the team announced on Thursday. "Bob Hartley is a winner. Bob has won at every level he has coached, from the QMJHL to the AHL to the NHL to Switzerland, and we are confident he is going to continue his winning ways in Calgary," Flames GM Jay Feaster said in a statement. The former Thrashers and Avalanche bench boss coached in Switzerland with Zurich this past season.