Heat Announce Season-Opening Roster
Published on October 15, 2021 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
STOCKTON, Calif. - The Stockton Heat announce today the team's opening day roster, comprised of five goalies, nine defensemen and 16 forwards.
The full roster is below:
GOALIES
31 - Andrew Shortridge
32 - Dustin Wolf
35 - Adam Werner
40 - Matt Greenfield
50 - Daniil Chechelev
DEFENSEMEN
2 - Connor Mackey
3 - Greg Moro
4 - Kevin Gravel
5 - Colton Poolman
6 - Ilya Solovyov
7 - Nick DeSimone
10 - Alec McRea
37 - Yan Kuznetsov
45 - Andy Welinski
FORWARDS
9 - Ryan Olsen
11 - Matthew Phillips
16 - Mark Simpson
17 - Dmitry Zavgorodniy
18 - Byron Froese
20 - Alex Gallant
23 - Justin Kirkland
24 - Martin Pospisil
25 - Eetu Tuulola
26 - Reid Perepeluk
27 - Ryan Francis
29 - Adam Ruzicka
34 - Walker Duehr
39 - Luke Philp
46 - Emilio Pettersen
49 - Jakob Pelletier
The Heat have signed center Ryan Francis and defensemen Alec McCrea to PTOs.
Francis, 19, was the Calgary Flames' fifth-round pick (143rd overall) in the 2020 NHL Draft. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native is coming off the strongest scoring-per-game season of his junior career, in which he totalled 50 points in 32 games split between the Cape Breton Eagles and Saint John Sea Dogs.
RYAN FRANCIS - CENTER
BORN: Halifax, Nova Scotia DATE: December 2, 2001
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 170 lbs.
SHOOTS: Right
McCrea, 26, joined the Heat on a tryout for preseason camp after splitting the 2020-21 season between the Rochester Americans and Indy Fuel. In 42 career AHL games, the San Diego, California native has six assists, 19 penalty minutes and a plus-1 rating.
ALEC McCREA - DEFENSEMAN
BORN: San Diego, California DATE: January 12, 1995
HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 207 lbs.
SHOOTS: Right
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