The Crawford County Youth Hockey Association was founded in 1997 and joined the PAHL that same year.  The Flames play out of the Meadville Area Recreational Center in Meadville, PA.

The organization changed its team colors from orange and yellow to black and red for the 2019 season, then modernized its "burning C" logo in 2021.  It had been using the Calgary Flames logo since the 1970s with written permission from the NHL team.  A copy of the written letter was lost, prompting the team to update its logo in order to use it across all jerseys and apparel without being bound to restrictions required by the NHL franchise.