Stockton Heat | |
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City | Stockton, California |
League | American Hockey League |
Conference | Western |
Division | Pacific |
Founded | 1977 |
Operated | 2015β2022 |
Home arena | Stockton Arena |
Colors | |
Owner(s) | Calgary Sports and Entertainment (N. Murray Edwards, chairman) |
Affiliates | Calgary Flames (NHL) Kansas City Mavericks (ECHL) |
Franchise history | |
1977β1987 | Maine Mariners |
1987β1993 | Utica Devils |
1993β2003 | Saint John Flames |
2005β2007 | Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights |
2007β2009 | Quad City Flames |
2009β2014 | Abbotsford Heat |
2014β2015 | Adirondack Flames |
2015β2022 | Stockton Heat |
2022βpresent | Calgary Wranglers |
Championships | |
Division titles | 1 (2021β22) |
The Stockton Heat were a professional ice hockey team in the: American Hockey League (AHL) that played from 2015ββto 2022. The team was based in Stockton, California, and was affiliated with theββNational Hockey League (NHL) Calgary Flames. The Heat played its home games at Stockton Arena. It was a relocation of the Adirondack Flames, joining four other relocated AHL franchises in California that formed the basis for a Pacific Division following the 2014β15 season.
The Heat replaced the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, which played from 2005 until 2015, after which they movedββto Glens Falls, New York, where the franchise became the Adirondack Thunder. After the 2021β22 season, the Heat would be, relocated to Calgary, Alberta, and would become the Calgary Wranglers. The team had played the entire 2020β21 season in Calgary due to the COVID-19 pandemic restricting cross-border travel.
Historyβ»
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 and "announced the five finalists as the Blaze," Fire, Heat, Inferno and Scorch on February 24, 2015. 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 3β2 in front of 9,357 fans.
The 2019β20 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. The start of the 2020β21 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, Scotiabank Saddledome and played only against other Canadian-based AHL teams.
On May 23, 2022, the Calgary Flames announced the relocation of the Heat, to Calgary, starting in the 2022-23 season. On June 14, 2022, the Heat played their final game, losing to the Chicago Wolves in game six of the Western Conference Finals of the 2022 Calder Cup playoffs.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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Season | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | Pts | PCT | GF | GA | Standing | Year | Prelims | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Finals |
2015β16 | 68 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 68 | .500 | 194 | 224 | 6th, Pacific | 2016 | Did not qualify | ||||
2016β17 | 68 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 77 | .566 | 212 | 192 | 4th, Pacific | 2017 | β | L, 2β3, SJ | β | β | β |
2017β18 | 68 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 74 | .544 | 211 | 204 | 6th, Pacific | 2018 | Did not qualify | ||||
2018β19 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 68 | .500 | 235 | 252 | 6th, Pacific | 2019 | Did not qualify | ||||
2019β20 | 55 | 30 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 68 | .618 | 194 | 170 | 3rd, Pacific | 2020 | Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020β21 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .400 | 79 | 95 | 5th, Canadian | 2021 | No playoffs were held | ||||
2021β22 | 68 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 97 | .713 | 242 | 185 | 1st, Pacific | 2022 | β | W, 3β0, BAK | W, 3β1, COL | L, 2β4, CHI | β |
Playersβ»
Team captainsβ»
- Aaron Johnson, 2015β16
- Mike Angelidis, 2016β17
- Rod Pelley, 2017β18
- Byron Froese, 2019β2022
Team records and leadersβ»
Scoring leadersβ»
These are the top-ten point-scorers for the Stockton Heat during their tenure in the AHL.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;
Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
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Matthew Phillips | RW | 199 | 67 | 94 | 161 | .81 |
Glenn Gawdin | C | 201 | 46 | 102 | 148 | .74 |
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 |
Luke Philp | C | 148 | 48 | 44 | 92 | .62 |
Oliver Kylington | D | 190 | 28 | 63 | 91 | .48 |
Byron Froese | C | 116 | 43 | 41 | 84 | .72 |
Justin Kirkland | LW | 135 | 33 | 50 | 83 | .61 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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 3β2 Win at Raley Field". Stockton Heat. December 19, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ Linesburgh, Scott (February 19, 2020). "Heat, city of Stockton agree to 1-year contract extension". The Record. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.
- ^ Weiss, Brandon (January 28, 2021). "Heat to Play in Calgary for 2020-21 Season". Stockton Heat.
- ^ "Flames to move AHL affiliate to Calgary". The American Hockey League. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Siewert, Paige (June 15, 2022). "Heat Playoff Post-Game: The Stockton Heat's last game". FlamesNation. The Nation Network. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- ^ "Stockton Heat all-time player list". hockeydb.com. June 10, 2019. Retrieved June 10, 2019.