| Stockton Heat | |
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| City: | Stockton, California |
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| League: | American Hockey League (AHL) |
| Conference: | Western Conference |
| Division: | Pacific Division |
| Founded: | 1977 |
| Operated: | 2015– |
| Home Arena: | Stockton Arena |
| Colors: | |
| 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 will be a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which will begin play for the 2015-16 season. Based in Stockton, California and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, the team will play its home games at Stockton Arena. It is a relocation of the existing Adirondack Flames AHL franchise, joining several other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division in California.
The Heat will replace the ECHL's Stockton Thunder, which began play in 2005 and will continue to do so until the end of the 2014–15 season, after which they will move to Glens Falls, New York to play as 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, 2015.
Season-by-season results[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | G | W | L | OL | SL | 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 | Out of playoffs | |||
| 2016-17 | 68 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 83 | .610 | 212 | 182 | 4th Pacific | 2017 | L 2-3 SJB | - | - | - |
| 2017–18 | 68 | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 74 | .544 | 211 | 204 | 6th, Pacific | 2018 | Out of playoffs | |||
| 2018–19 | 68 | 31 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 68 | .500 | 235 | 252 | 6th, Pacific | 2019 | Out of playoffs | |||
| 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 | |||
References[]
- ↑ Flames Unveil Plans for Future. Stockton Thunder (January 30, 2015). Retrieved on January 31, 2015.
- ↑ Finalist Names Revealed for Stockton. Stockton Thunder (February 24, 2015).
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