Did you happen to catch the Stockton Heat’s “injury update” tweet in advance of their game against the Tucson Roadrunners on Saturday?
It was a doozy.
Players out today for Stockton:
Justin Kirkland, Jakob Pelletier, Colton Poolman, Luke Philp and Martin Pospisil remain in AHL COVID protocol.
Juuso Valimaki, day-to-day (lower body)
Connor Zary, day-to-day (upper body)
Andy Welinski, week-to-week (upper body) pic.twitter.com/FH3lgkGthM— Stockton Heat (@AHLHeat) January 16, 2022
That’s right: Stockton went without five of its top-nine forwards and three top-six defencemen against Tucson.