CALGARY -- The Calgary Flames shook up their front office Thursday after a disappointing start to the season, firing general manager Jay Feaster and assistant general manager John Weisbrod.
The Flames have just 26 points this season, good for 13th place in the 14-team Western Conference.
Brian Burke, the team's president of hockey operations, will serve as acting general manager. He said the search for Feaster's replacement is underway.
Burke felt the moves needed to be made to get the franchise back on track as it tries to pursue a championship.
"I wouldn't have come here if that wasn't the ultimate goal," he said. "I have to look at the steps that have been taken and figure out what's the best way for us to get on that path.
"And I reached the conclusion that we needed to make this change."
Burke was hired by the Flames in early September. Calgary took an 11-15-4 record into Thursday night's home game against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Calgary did not make the playoffs in the two full seasons Feaster served as GM. He took over in an acting role midway through the 2010-11 season, and Calgary did not qualify that year either.
Previously, Feaster served as GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning, who he guided to a Stanley Cup win in 2004.
Burke has had a long career as a hockey executive. He has previously served as GM of the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hartford Whalers and Anaheim Ducks, who won the Stanley Cup under his watch in 2007.
