Stockton Heat

Stockton Heat
founding	2015
history	Maine Mariners 1977 - 1987 Utica Devils 1987 - 1993 Saint John Flames 1993 - 2003 Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 2005 - 2007 Quad City Flames 2007 - 2009 Abbotsford Heat 2009 - 2014 Adirondack Flames 2014 -2015 Stockton Heat since 2015
Stadion	Stockton Arena
Location	Stockton , California
Team colors	Red, white, black, yellow
league	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
division	Pacific
Head coach	Cail MacLean
owner	Calgary Sports and Entertainment
Cooperations	Calgary Flames ( NHL ) Kansas City Mavericks ( ECHL )
Calder cups	no

The Stockton Heat are an American ice hockey franchise based in Stockton , California . The team has played in the American Hockey League (AHL) since the 2015/16 season and acts as the farm team for the Calgary Flames .

history

In January 2015, the American Hockey League announced an extensive restructuring for the 2015/16 season , as part of which a new Pacific Division was established and five teams relocated to California . One of these five teams was the Adirondack Flames , who had only completed one season under this name. The Calgary Flames , the team's NHL collaborative partner, announced that the team would be moving to Stockton ; In addition, the team should swap places with the existing ECHL team Stockton Thunder so that the Adirondack Thunder will play in the ECHL from the start of the 2015/16 season. When choosing a name for the new AHL team, they relied on suggestions from the fans, in which the names Blaze , Inferno , Heat , Flames and Scorch were the final choices. In March 2015 it was announced that the team would operate under the name Stockton Heat .

Ryan Huska , who was previously behind the gang for the Adirondack Flames, has been named the Heat's first head coach. The Adirondack Thunder, with whom the team swapped places, acts as the new ECHL cooperation team.

Web links

• Official website
• Profile on eliteprospects.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ryan Pike: Stockton Narrows Name Candidates Down To Five. flamesnation.ca, February 26, 2015, accessed on July 7, 2015 .