Calder Cup: Firebirds Fans welcome the Firebirds home from Hershey

The Coachella Valley Firebirds are Back in the valley after a three game losing streak to the Hersey Bears. The goalie of the Coachella Valley Firebirds, Joey Daccord, says Hersey had their fans out there, and he is excited to be back to a full rink supporting them again.

Firebirds fans are fired up as they cheered on the Coachella Valley Firebirds as they landed in Palm Springs, and they booed the Hersey Bears as they arrived in the desert.

"We gotta intimidate him," says Palm Desert resident Luke Austin. We gotta let them know. They're in the valley. They're in our valley now. You know, they're not safe. They're not safe. Metaphorically!

Luke Austin says he was hooked on the Firebirds after going to his first game early in the season.

"They breathed life into this valley has brought us all together," says Austin. "We're all so proud of him. And you know, every time we're in that arena, it just gets electrified. So whenever we can be there for him, we're going to be."

Austin was supposed to be on his way to college in Wales but decided to stay back for the Firebirds. "We beat the wranglers, and we figured, you know, we can't leave now," says Austin. His family postponed moving to Wales with hopes of witnessing the Firebirds win the Calder Cup. "We were like, we can't leave now this team's gonna go all the way," says Luke Austin's mother, Kay Austin. "So we canceled everything other than the moving company."

The Austin family says even though they are lying on the floor in their empty home, they are among what they call the best fans in the American Hockey League.

We are just excited to be part of it," says Palm Springs resident Malcolm Riggle. "We're excited that their uh, they're winning, they're on top. They're gonna do it."

"We gotta show our boys support," says La Quinta resident Penny Mccreary; "we gotta welcome them home."

Rylee Bawdon says win or lose in her heart, "I know they will be the champions every single day," says Indio Resident Rylee Bawdon.

"We're definitely excited to be back and have a full rink supporting us again," says Coachella Valley Firebirds goalie Joey Daccord.

They landed Sunday afternoon in Palm Springs and were met with fans cheering them on.

Fans were chanting "Go Firebirds" and "They believe," anticipating Game 6, Monday, June 19th at 7 pm.