The Stockton Heat begin their Calder Cup Playoffs run with a best-of-five matchup against the Bakersfield Condors, starting Tuesday at Stockton Arena. The Heat won six of 10 meetings in the regular season against their Golden State competitors but the Condors were able to take four of the last five clashes, a trend Stockton will look to end as the Heat break out of a 10-day period between games.
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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.
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.
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Is Kinnvall still a prospect at this point? It seemed like once he shook the injury bug he was playing well, then sort of disappeared. Is he hurt again? or just fallen out of the rotation?
Is Kinnvall still a prospect at this point? It seemed like once he shook the injury bug he was playing well, then sort of disappeared. Is he hurt again? or just fallen out of the rotation?
He's healthy, but he's their #8 defenceman.
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Behind a two-point night from Emilio Pettersen, scores from rookies Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr and 27 saves from Dustin Wolf, the Stockton Heat dispatched the Bakersfield Condors by a 3-1 final score Tuesday to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series. The Heat will now look to grab a stranglehold on the Pacific Division semifinal set on Wednesday, another win bringing Stockton to the brink of a series clinch.
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