Grant Scores Again But Heat Stumble against San Jose
October 16, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
Stockton, Calif. - Derek Grant scores his third goal of the season, extending his team lead, but the Stockton Heat cannot generate any other goals as they fall to the San Jose Barracuda by a final score of 4-1 Thursday night at Stockton Arena. As a team, the Heat put forth a furious effort in the third to try and comeback, but fell short at the hands of San Jose forward Nikita Jevpalovs and his first-star earning 2-goal performance. The Heat will look to put this loss behind them, as they hit the road for a four-game road swing, beginning Wednesday, October 21 against the Texas Stars.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
No goals
Shots: STK - 5 | SJ - 4
2nd Period
San Jose goal: F Ryan Carpenter (1) shot on a partial breakaway goes high blocker side past the goaltender (Haley assist), 0:28
San Jose goal: F Micheal Haley (2) puck is chipped over the goaltender's shoulder on the short side (Emanuelsson, Mueller assists), 8:01
San Jose goal: F Nikita Jevpalovs (1) rebound off a shot from the high slot is put past the outstretched goaltender (Stollery, Timmins assists), 15:44
Shots: STK - 7 | SJ - 11
3rd Period
HEAT GOAL: F Derek Grant (3) backhand shot gets past the goaltender after splitting the defense in the slot (Nakladal assist), 6:31
San Jose goal: F Nikita Jevpalovs (2) shot from the side of the night is buried off a broken play in the slot (Helewka, Ryan assists), 8:07
Shots: STK - 14 | SJ - 10
GOALIES
W: Aaron Dell (26 shots, 25 saves)
L: Jon Gillies (25 shots, 21 saves)
NOTABLE STATISTICS
Three Stars: 1- Nikita Jevpalovs (2-0-2) 2- Micheal Haley (1-1-2) 3- Derek Grant (1-0-1)
Final Shots: STK - 26 | SJ - 25
Power Plays: STK - 0/4 | SJ - 0/5
Derek Grant now has goals and points in back-to-back efforts
Jakub Nakladal now has assists and points in back-to-back games
Grant, Nakladal and Agostino are tied for the team lead in points with three after two games.
QUOTES
"I don't really think we showed up until the third period. You obviously don't want to play too many games like that." - Forward Derek Grant on the Heat's performance tonight.
"I think anytime you get a goal, then the other team scores quickly afterwards it takes a little out of your sails, but I think we kept playing well in the third and that's something we'll have to build off of moving forward. We have to learn from our mistakes and play a full 60 [minutes]." - Grant on San Jose's fourth goal that came quickly after his lone goal for the Heat.
"I just don't think we had the energy we had in the first game. I think it's a good learning point for our group. Last game we got a lot of the bounces and unfortunately we didn't get those same bounces tonight." - Captain Aaron Johnson on his team's play tonight.
"They were better than us in the second period. We weren't sharp with the details. We gave up two goals off of faceoffs and that's not something that should happen. I thought we started to play much better in the third but you need to play 60 minutes in order to win games and we didn't do that tonight." - Head Coach Ryan Huska on the Heat's breakdown in the second period.
"We weren't moving. It makes a difference losing even just one player. Markus [Granlund] is a good player that wasn't on that top unit tonight. We were just standing still all night. The shots that were there we weren't taking to start with, but we changed that in the third. We just didn't have the same hunger on the power play that we did in the first game." - Coach Huska on the power play's struggles Thursday night.
"It's early in the season and we want to make sure that the mistakes we made tonight don't repeat themselves again. We have to all make sure we're committed and we have to be sharp." - Coach Huska on heading on the team's first road trip to Texas next week.
NEXT HOME GAME
STOCKTON HEAT vs. Bakersfield Condors
November 6 @ Stockton Arena
Hot Pink I - First 500 women 18 & over receive a pink Heat cap
Doors @ 6:30 p.m., Puck drop @ 7:30 p.m.
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