Stockton Heat
Stockton Heat | |
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2021–22 AHL season | |
City | Stockton, California |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Western |
Division | Pacific |
Founded | 1977 |
Home arena | Stockton Arena |
Colors | |
Owner(s) | Calgary Sports and Entertainment (N. Murray Edwards, chairman) |
General manager | Brad Pascall |
Head coach | Mitch Love[1] |
Media | The Record 1280 AM KWSX AHL.TV (Internet) |
Affiliates | Calgary Flames (NHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1977–1987 | Maine Mariners |
1987–1993 | Utica Devils |
1993–2003 | Saint John Flames |
2005–2007 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights |
2007–2009 | Quad City Flames |
2009–2014 | Abbotsford Heat |
2014–2015 | Adirondack Flames |
2015–present | Stockton Heat |
The Stockton Heat are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) that began play in the 2015–16 season. The team is based in Stockton, California, and is affiliated with the National Hockey League (NHL) Calgary Flames. The Heat plays its home games at Stockton Arena. It is a relocation of the Adirondack Flames, joining four other relocated AHL franchises in California that formed the basis for a Pacific Division.
The Heat replaced the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, which played from 2005 until 2015, after which they moved to Glens Falls, New York, where the franchise became the Adirondack Thunder.
History[]
On January 29, 2015, the Calgary Flames announced that they would be moving their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Flames, to Stockton as one of five charter members of the AHL's new Pacific Division. The team held a name-the-team contest[2] and announced the five finalists as the Blaze, Fire, Heat, Inferno and Scorch on February 24, 2015.[3] The winning name was announced by the Calgary Flames on March 11.
In support of the new division's first season, the AHL played an outdoor game hosted by the Heat. The game, called the Golden State Hockey Rush, was the first AHL outdoor game to be held in California at Raley Field in West Sacramento on December 18, 2015. The Heat defeated the Bakersfield Condors 3–2 in front of 9,357 fans.[4]
The 2019–20 AHL season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic while Stockton was in third place in the Pacific Division and no playoffs were held. The Heat's initial five-year lease with the city to use Stockton Arena expired, but a one-season extension was signed in February 2020.[5] The start of the 2020–21 AHL season was then postponed and eventually led to the creation of temporary Canadian Division due to border crossing restrictions amidst the ongoing pandemic. Due to the Heat being separated from its parent team by the border, the team was relocated for the shortened season to Calgary and shared the Flames' home arena, the Scotiabank Saddledome and played only against other Canadian-based AHL teams.[6]
Season-by-season results[]
Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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Season | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
2015–16 | 68 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 68 | .500 | 194 | 224 | 6th, Pacific | 2016 | Did not qualify | |||
2016–17 | 68 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 77 | .566 | 212 | 192 | 4th, Pacific | 2017 | L, 2–3, SJ | — | — | — |
2017–18 | 68 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 74 | .544 | 211 | 204 | 6th, Pacific | 2018 | Did not qualify | |||
2018–19 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 68 | .500 | 235 | 252 | 6th, Pacific | 2019 | Did not qualify | |||
2019–20 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 68 | .618 | 194 | 170 | 3rd, Pacific | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2020–21 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .400 | 79 | 95 | 5th, Canadian | 2021 | No playoffs were held |
Players[]
Current roster[]
Updated December 10, 2021.[7]
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace | Contract |
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7 | D | R | 27 | 2021 | East Amherst, New York | Flames | ||
34 | Walker Duehr | RW | R | 24 | 2021 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | Flames | |
20 | LW | L | 29 | 2019 | Summerside, Prince Edward Island | Heat | ||
21 | Glenn Gawdin | C | L | 24 | 2018 | Richmond, British Columbia | Flames | |
4 | Kevin Gravel | D | L | 29 | 2021 | Kingsford, Michigan | Flames | |
95 | Johannes Kinnvall | D | R | 24 | 2021 | Gävle, Sweden | Flames | |
23 | Justin Kirkland | LW | L | 25 | 2019 | Camrose, Alberta | Flames | |
2 | Connor Mackey | D | L | 25 | 2021 | Tower Lakes, Illinois | Flames | |
3 | D | R | 26 | 2020 | Edmonton, Alberta | Heat | ||
9 | C | R | 27 | 2021 | Delta, British Columbia | Heat | ||
49 | Jakob Pelletier | LW | L | 20 | 2021 | Quebec, Quebec | Flames | |
46 | Emilio Pettersen | C | L | 21 | 2021 | Manglerud, Norway | Flames | |
11 | Matthew Phillips | RW | R | 23 | 2018 | Calgary, Alberta | Flames | |
39 | C | R | 26 | 2019 | Canmore, Alberta | Flames | ||
5 | D | L | 26 | 2021 | East Grand Forks, Minnesota | Flames | ||
24 | C | L | 22 | 2019 | Zvolen, Slovakia | Flames | ||
10 | D | L | 26 | 2021 | Bismarck, North Dakota | Heat | ||
31 | G | L | 26 | 2020 | Anchorage, Alaska | Heat | ||
16 | C | L | 26 | 2020 | Rothesay, New Brunswick | Heat | ||
6 | Ilya Solovyov | D | L | 21 | 2021 | Mogilev, Belarus | Flames | |
25 | Eetu Tuulola | RW | R | 23 | 2019 | Hämeenlinna, Finland | Flames | |
8 | Juuso Valimaki | D | L | 23 | 2018 | Tampere, Finland | Flames | |
45 | Andy Welinski | D | R | 28 | 2021 | Duluth, Minnesota | Flames | |
35 | Adam Werner | G | L | 24 | 2021 | Mariestad, Sweden | Flames | |
32 | Dustin Wolf | G | L | 20 | 2021 | Gilroy, California | Flames | |
47 | Connor Zary | C | L | 20 | 2021 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Flames |
Team captains[]
- Aaron Johnson, 2015–16
- Mike Angelidis, 2016–17
- Rod Pelley, 2017–18
- Byron Froese, 2019–present
Team records and leaders[]
Scoring leaders[]
These are the top-ten point-scorers for the Stockton Heat in the AHL. Figures are updated after each completed season.[8]
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = current Heat player
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
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Ryan Lomberg | LW | 219 | 49 | 60 | 109 | .50 |
Andrew Mangiapane | LW | 120 | 50 | 54 | 104 | .87 |
Morgan Klimchuk | LW | 200 | 44 | 56 | 100 | .50 |
Alan Quine | C | 79 | 33 | 65 | 98 | 1.24 |
Glenn Gawdin | C | 139 | 31 | 67 | 98 | .71 |
Matthew Phillips | RW | 134 | 36 | 57 | 93 | .69 |
Oliver Kylington | D | 190 | 28 | 63 | 91 | .48 |
Hunter Shinkaruk | LW | 132 | 38 | 41 | 79 | .60 |
Spencer Foo | RW | 129 | 37 | 40 | 77 | .60 |
Emile Poirier | RW | 168 | 25 | 52 | 77 | .46 |
References[]
- ^ "Flames Name Mitch Love as Stockton Heat Head Coach". Stockton Heat. July 12, 2021.
- ^ "Flames Unveil Plans for Future". Stockton Thunder. January 30, 2015. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ "Finalist Names Revealed for Stockton". Stockton Thunder. February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015.
- ^ "Grant, Kylington and Shore Lead Heat to 3–2 Win at Raley Field". Stockton Heat. December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ "Heat, city of Stockton agree to 1-year contract extension". Recordnet.com. February 19, 2020.
- ^ "Heat to Play in Calgary for 2020-21 Season". Stockton Heat. January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Stockton Heat Roster 2019-20 Regular Season". American Hockey League. 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
- ^ "Stockton Heat - All Time AHL leaders". hockeydb.com. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
External links[]
- Calgary Sports and Entertainment
- Stockton Heat
- Calgary Flames minor league affiliates
- Ice hockey teams in California
- Sports in Stockton, California
- Ice hockey clubs established in 2015
- 2015 establishments in California