Stockton Heat defenceman and Calgary Flames prospect Juuso Valimaki made his return to game action against the Ontario Reign on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Finn missed Stockton’s previous five games with a lower-body injury he suffered on Jan. 9 (also against Ontario). While he didn’t record a point in his first game back, Valimaki did manage to make an impression in a different way.
Valimaki suffered his injury three weeks ago after being on the receiving end of a high hit by Reign captain Brett Sutter. Early in the third period on Saturday, Valimaki got tangled up once again with Sutter during a post-whistle scrum but was quickly restrained by referee Alec Rounds (No.