Stockton Heat

Stockton Heat
City	Stockton, California
League	American Hockey League (AHL)
Conference	Western Conference
Division	Pacific Division
Founded	1977
Operated	2015–present
Home arena	Stockton Arena
Colors	Black, red, gold, and white
Owner(s)	Calgary Sports and Entertainment (N. Murray Edwards, chairman)
Head coach	Ryan Huska
Affiliates	Calgary Flames (NHL) Adirondack Thunder (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 is a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which 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 several other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division in California.

The Heat replaced the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, which played from 2005 until 2015, after which they moved to Glens Falls, New York, where they 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 member's of the AHL's new Pacific Division.

The team held a name-the-team contest^[1] and announced the five finalists as the Blaze, Fire, Heat, Inferno and Scorch on February 24, 2015.^[2] The winning name was announced by the Calgary Flames on March 11.

Season-by-season results

Players

Current roster

Updated April 16, 2016.^[3]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
15		Agostino, KennyKenny Agostino	LW	L	24	2015	Flanders, New Jersey	Flames
46		Arnold, BillBill Arnold	C	R	23	2015	Needham, Massachusetts	Flames
20		Carroll, AustinAustin Carroll	RW	R	22	2015	Scottsdale, Arizona	Flames
3		Culkin, RyanRyan Culkin	D	L	22	2015	Montreal, Quebec	Flames
13		Elson, TurnerTurner Elson (A)	LW	L	23	2015	St. Albert, Alberta	Flames
36		Gillies, JonJon Gillies	G	L	22	2015	Concord, New Hampshire	Flames
11		Hamilton, FreddieFreddie Hamilton (A)	C	R	24	2015	Toronto, Ontario	Flames
9		Hathaway, GarnetGarnet Hathaway (A)	RW	R	24	2015	Naples, Florida	Flames
17		Jankowski, MarkMark Jankowski	C	L	21	2016	Hamilton, Ontario	Flames
45		Johnson, AaronAaron Johnson (C)	D	L	33	2015	Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia	Heat
8		Kanzig, KeeganKeegan Kanzig	D	L	21	2015	Athabasca, Alberta	Flames
36		Killeen, PatrickPatrick Killeen	G	L	26	2016	Almonte, Ontario	Heat
18		Klimchuk, MorganMorgan Klimchuk	LW	L	21	2015	Regina, Saskatchewan	Flames
2		Kulak, BrettBrett Kulak	D	L	22	2015	Stony Plain, Alberta	Flames
4		Kylington, OliverOliver Kylington	D	L	18	2015	Stockholm, Sweden	Flames
7		Morrison, KenneyKenney Morrison	D	R	24	2015	Lloydminster, Alberta	Flames
21		Poirier, EmileEmile Poirier	RW	L	21	2015	Montreal, Quebec	Flames
14		Pollock, BrettBrett Pollock	LW	L	20	2016	Regina, Saskatchewan	Flames
39		Poulin, KevinKevin Poulin	G	L	26	2015	Montreal, Quebec	Flames
12		Raymond, MasonMason Raymond	LW	L	30	2016	Cochrane, Alberta	Flames
25		Riley, BlairBlair Riley	RW	R	30	2015	Kamloops, British Columbia	Heat
31		Schneider, NickNick Schneider	G	L	18	2016	Drayton Valley, Alberta	Flames
16		Shinkaruk, HunterHunter Shinkaruk	LW	L	21	2016	Calgary, Alberta	Flames
23		Shore, DrewDrew Shore	C	R	27	2015	Denver, Colorado	Flames
10		Sieloff, PatrickPatrick Sieloff	D	L	21	2015	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Flames
30		Simpson, KentKent Simpson	G	L	24	2015	Edmonton, Alberta	Heat
34		Smith, HunterHunter Smith	RW	R	20	2015	Windsor, Ontario	Flames
6		Stevenson, DustinDustin Stevenson	D	L	26	2015	Gull Lake, Saskatchewan	Heat
48		Van Brabant, BryceBryce Van Brabant	C	L	24	2015	Edmonton, Alberta	Flames
5		Wotherspoon, TylerTyler Wotherspoon	D	L	23	2015	Surrey, British Columbia	Flames

References

1. "Flames Unveil Plans for Future". Stockton Thunder. January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
2. "Finalist Names Revealed for Stockton". Stockton Thunder. February 24, 2015.
3. "Stockton Heat roster". Stockton Heat. 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-16.

External links

• Stockton Heat Official Website