In advance of their season beginning in just over a week, the Stockton Heat have added a quartet of players – and assigned one to the ECHL.
The club has signed goaltender Garret Sparks and forward Giorgio Estephan to AHL deals, and signed goaltender Hayden Lavigne and forward Taylor Beck to try-out agreements. Estephan has been assigned to the ECHL’s Kansas City Mavericks.
Sparks, 27, attended Flames camp on a PTO back in January and so it’s not shocking to see him in camp. Much like the NHL club, the Heat will likely carry three goalies, and it seems that Sparks will be the third wheel to Artyom Zagidulin and Dustin Wolf – until Wolf is sent to Everett for WHL camp.