Grant Pushes Point Streak to Five Games as Heat Fall in San Jose
December 27, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
San Jose, Calif. - Derek Grant scores the lone goal for the Stockton Heat, as the centerman extends his impressive point streak to five games; however, the San Jose Barracuda proved too much for the Heat, defeating Stockton by a score of 5-1 at the SAP Center Sunday night. Grant's streak is the longest such streak this season by a Heat player and he has amassed a total of 8 points (4-4-8) during this stretch. Unfortunately, Barclay Goodrow, Troy Grosenick and the rest of the Barracuda held strong and earned the victory on their home ice. The Stockton Heat will have just one day for practice before hitting the ice back home at Stockton Arena Tuesday night for a clash with the Ontario Reign.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
San Jose goal: F Trevor Parkes (5) centering pass at the top of the crease is deflected in behind the goaltender (Langlois, Goldobin assists), 7:49
San Jose goal: F Petter Emanuelsson (4) shot from the point is deflect off the goaltender's pad and the rebound is batted into the net (Young, Carpenter assists), 9:57
Shots: STK - 10 | SJ - 14
2nd Period
San Jose goal: F Bryan Lerg (7) scramble in front leads to the puck being poked underneath the goaltender as he stretched to make the save (Stollery, Carpenter assists), 5:41 (PP)
San Jose goal: F Barclay Goodrow (10) 2-on-1 rush leads to a shot from the nearside faceoff circle going through the five-hole and into the net (Emanuelsson, Ryan assists), 11:48
HEAT GOAL: F Derek Grant (11) shot from the high slot rebounds off the back wall and is buried past the goaltender's outstretched blocker (Nakladal, Klimchuk assists), 16:33 (PP)
Shots: STK - 10 | SJ - 15
3rd Period
San Jose goal: F Barclay Goodrow (11) rebound is pulled from under the goaltender and tucked in over the outstretched pad (Bergman, Hanson assists), 3:11
Shots: STK - 12 | SJ - 6
GOALIES
W: Troy Grosenick (32 shots, 31 saves)
L: Joni Ortio (25 shots, 20 saves)
Kent Simpson (10 shots, 9 saves) replaced Ortio in the second period.
NOTABLE STATISTICS
Three Stars: 1- Barclay Goodrow (2 goals) 2- Troy Grosenick (32 shots, 31 saves) 3- Petter Emanuelsson (1 goal, 1 assist)
Final Shots: STK - 32 | SJ - 35
Power Plays: STK - 1/6 | SJ - 1/5
Derek Grant (1 goal) extends his point streak to five games (4 goals, 4 assists)
Head Coach Ryan Huska manned the bench for his 100th AHL game
Jakub Nakladal (1 assist) now has at least one point in back-to-back games
QUOTES
"[Jakub Nakladal] got a good shot off from the point that went a little wide, but I was able to find it coming off the back wall and get it up over the goalie." - Derek Grant on his goal tonight.
"It's a good thing for me, I guess, but when you're not winning games it's not something you think too much about. You can't be too happy with it really. As a team we need to find ways to win." - Grant on his five-game point streak.
"Our schedule gives us a good opportunity to pick it up. We have four games in six days coming up here, so we have to take it upon ourselves because no one can fix it but us. We're going to have to go to work tomorrow and hopefully collect some wins." - Grant on trying to string together some wins with a crowded week of games on the horizon.
"Not very good - we're not playing very well right now and the last couple games in particular. We're a much better hockey team than what we've shown these last couple games. We just haven't had the intensity that we need. We've lost a lot of 1-on-1 puck battles and we weren't nearly good enough tonight to compete in a game like this." - Head Coach Ryan Huska on his overall view of his team's performance tonight.
"When you're winning it helps having so many games in a short stretch, but right now we need the practice time. During this stretch, we need to look to a lot of the guys in our room to contribute and be better. When you're not playing well guys have a tendency to stand around and watch the game or overthink the game - that's where we are in these last couple games. We have to make sure to get back to moving our feet and being a hard-working team." - Coach Huska on the upcoming stretch of games and whether it will help the team get into a groove.
NEXT HOME GAME
STOCKTON HEAT vs. Ontario Reign
December 29 @ Stockton Arena
Kids Take Over - first 500 children age 12 & under receive a free Heat t-shirt
Doors @ 6:00 p.m., Puck drop @ 7:00 p.m.
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