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Heat Playoff Game Day: Kicking things off against Bakersfield
It’s time to get fired up once again for the Stockton Heat!
Game 1 of Stockton’s best-of-five semifinal series against the Bakersfield Condors is scheduled to take place this evening at Stockton Arena (7:30 p.m. MT, AHL TV).
With a Battle of Alberta matchup looking like a legitimate possibility for the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, perhaps it’s only fitting that the AHL affiliates of the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers would meet up in the semifinals.
Stockton Heat sets sights on Calder Cup playoffs after Pacific Division title
The Stockton Heat seeks to continue a historic season as it prepares for the American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs.
The Pacific Division champions received a first-round bye and will face Bakersfield in the second round of the playoffs beginning Tuesday, May 10.
Two of the Heat’s rookies ━ goalie Dustin Wolf and forward Jakob Pelletier ━ proved to be an important part of the team throughout the season and were both named to this year’s AHL All-Rookie Team.
MORNING SKATE: HEAT vs. CONDORS, MAY 10
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP: Stockton Heat vs. Bakersfield Condors
SERIES: Game 1; Tied 0-0
LOCATION: Stockton Arena | Stockton, Calif.
TIME: 6:30 p.m. PDT
TUNE IN: Today’s game can be streamed on AHLTV, and the radio call is available on Fox Sports Radio 1280 or online via Spreaker.
BACK FOR SECONDS
Tuesday begins the Heat’s second-ever playoff appearance and first since the 2016-17 season. In the team’s first trip to the Calder Cup Playoffs, the Heat, seeded fourth, pushed top-seeded San Jose to overtime of a decisive fifth game. Matthew Phillips is the only member of this year’s Heat squad to have also played for Stockton in that postseason, appearing in two games on an ATO.
CHAMPIONSHIP PEDIGREE
Defenseman Kevin Gravel is the only member of the Heat to have lifted the Calder Cup previously in his career, winning the championship with the Manchester Monarchs in the 2014-15 season. Gravel appeared in 19 games during Manchester’s playoff run, notching five assists and a plus-2 rating. Three Heat skaters – Glenn Gawdin, Justin Kirkland and Tyrell Goulbourne – won WHL titles during their junior careers and three – Walker Duehr, Andy Welinski and Jack McNeely – were crowned in the USHL. Additionally, Dustin Wolf and Team USA won the World Junior Championship in 2021 and Eetu Tuulola was a member of Finland’s Liiga champion, HPK, in 2018-19.