The Stockton Heat are on the brink of elimination for the first time in the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs.
Down 3–0 to the Chicago Wolves in the Western Conference Final, the Heat will return to action on Friday night in what could be their last game at the Stockton Arena.
The Flames’ American Hockey League affiliate is set to relocate to Calgary for the 2022–23 season, leaving Stockton without a professional hockey team for the first time in more than 15 years.
The Heat have given their California fans plenty of reasons to cheer in their last go-round, posting a 45–16–7 record in the regular season before dispatching the Bakersfield Condors and Colorado Eagles from the playoffs with relative ease.