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Heat Bring Momentum Home After Historic Roadtrip

April 3, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release


Records Last Week's Record: 3-0-0-0, 6 points Overall Record: 31-25-4-2, 0.548 Points Percentage, 5th in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results Mar. 28 - Stockton Heat 4 at Texas 1 Mar. 31 - Stockton Heat 3 at San Antonio 2 Apr. 1 - Stockton Heat 5 at San Antonio 3

This Week's Schedule Wed. Apr. 5 - Stockton Heat vs. San Diego Gulls - Stockton Arena (7:00 p.m.) Sat. Apr. 8 - Stockton Heat vs. San Jose Barracuda - Stockton Arena (7:30 p.m.) Sun. Apr. 9 - Stockton Heat at San Jose Barracuda - SAP Center (3:00 p.m.)

Playoff Push Stockton ranks fifth in the Pacific Division with a .548 points-percentage, in a virtual tie with the Condors. Bakersfield currently holds the second tie breaker with a better record against the Heat this season.

Rank Team GP GR W L OTL SOL ROW Current Pts Current PCT PCT with W PCT with OT/SOL PCT with L 1 x- San Jose 62 6 41 14 2 5 40 89 0.718 0.722 0.714 0.706 2 x- San Diego 62 6 40 17 3 2 37 85 0.685 0.690 0.683 0.675 3 Ontario 62 6 33 19 10 0 31 76 0.613 0.619 0.611 0.603 4 Bakersfield 62 6 31 25 5 1 30 68 0.548 0.556 0.548 0.540 5 Stockton 62 6 31 25 4 2 30 68 0.548 0.556 0.548 0.540 6 Texas 70 6 31 34 1 4 28 67 0.479 0.486 0.479 0.472 7 Tucson 63 5 26 30 7 0 23 59 0.468 0.477 0.469 0.461 8 San Antonio 69 7 25 37 5 2 23 57 0.413 0.421 0.414 0.407 Stockton and Bakersfield both play three games this week as the Heat host the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday while the Condors will find themselves in Texas to play the Stars. Bakersfield's road trip continues on Friday and Sunday in San Antonio while the Heat will open a home-and-home series with San Jose on Saturday in Stockton and in San Jose on Sunday.

The two teams will meet at Stockton Arena for the final time this season on Friday, April 14 for a 7:30 p.m. start.

Josh Healey went from the classroom to the dressing room as he joined the Heat on an Amateur Tryout once his season with the Ohio State Buckeyes ended. Healey made his pro debut on Saturday in San Antonio and is signed with the Flames to an NHL contract beginning next season (PHOTO BY LESTER ROSEBROCK). Recent Transactions 3/28 - Josh Healey added to roster on Amateur Tryout 3/27 - Brett Pollock assigned to Adirondack from Stockton by Calgary 3/25 - Cam Braes added to roster on Amateur Tryout 3/24 - Garnet Hathaway reassigned to Stockton from Calgary

Team Leaders Goals: Mark Jankowski with 26 Assists: Linden Vey with 33 Points: Mark Jankowski with 51 PIMs: Brandon Bollig with 122 PIMS Wins: Jon Gillies with 17 Losses: Jon Gillies with 14 GAA: David Rittich with 2.28 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 1260 minutes or more) SV%: David Rittich with 0.923 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 1260 minutes or more)

Team Stats Goals For: Week: 12 | Overall: 192 Goals Against: Week: 6 | Overall: 175 Power Play: 41-257 (16%), T-21st in AHL Penalty Kill: 232-284 (81.7%), T-16th in AHL

Records vs. Opponents Pacific Division Bakersfield (4-6-1-0) Ontario (3-3-1-0) San Antonio (3-1-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED San Diego (6-2-0-1) San Jose (4-5-1-0) Texas (5-0-0-1) - SERIES COMPLETED Tucson (2-4-1-0) TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (27-21-4-2)

Shinkaruk finished his week off strong and finally scored his first game winner of the season on the March finale against the San Antonio Rampage (PHOTO BY ANDY NIETUPSKI). Central Division: Charlotte (2-2-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED Grand Rapids (1-1-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED Milwaukee (1-1-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (4-4-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED

Calgary Flames (NHL) Record Last Week: 2-2-0, 4 points Record Overall: 44-31-4, 92 points, 4th in Pacific Division This Week's Schedule: Tue. Apr. 4 - Flames at Anaheim (7:00 p.m. PST) Thr. Apr. 6 - Flames at Los Angeles (7:30 p.m. PST) Sat. Apr. 8 - Flames at San Jose (7:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) Record Last Week: 3-0-0, 6 points Record Overall: 38-20-11, 87 points, 1st in East Division This Week's Schedule: Tue. Apr. 4 - Thunder vs. Manchester (4:00 p.m. PST) Fri. Apr. 7 - Thunder at Elmira (4:05 p.m. PST) Sat. Apr. 8 - Thunder at Elmira (4:05 p.m. PST)

Jankowski was named the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month for his 16 point performance through 13 games during the month of March (PHOTO BY JACK LIMA). News and Notes

They've also established a new record with 13 road wins this season with one more road game remaining They've also matched a record with a three-game road win streak and matched a record for five-straight games earning at least a point The Heat have gone 7-2-0-1 all-time against the San Antonio Rampage and 8-1-1-1 against the Texas Stars. Stockton has posted a 6-2-0-2 record in the state of Texas. Stockton also scored power-play goals in each game of the five-game road trip, going 5 for 23 (21.7%) Mark Jankowski (26-25-51) leads all rookies with 26 goals and is second in the AHL rookie scoring race with 51 points Due to his 16 points and plus-12 rating during the 13 games played in the month of March, Mark Jankowski was named the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month, marking the first time a Heat player has captured the monthly award He joins Derek Grant as the only Heat players to capture an AHL monthly award who captured the CCM/AHL Player of the Month award in January 2016 Jankowski is the fifth rookie player to reach the 20-goal mark for the Calgary Flames AHL affiliate since 2005-06 and has scored the third most goals for the Flames AHL affiliate since 05-06 Dustin Boyd - Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (2006-07) had 27 goals in 66 games MARK JANKOWSKI - STOCKTON HEAT (2016-17) HAS 26 GOALS IN 59 GAMES Markus Granlund - Abbotsford Heat (2013-14) had 25 goals in 52 games David Moss - Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights (2005-06) had 21 goals in 63 games David Wolf - Adirondack Flames (2014-15) had 20 goals in 59 games Jankowski is currently on a Heat record long nine-game point streak (4-6-10) having surpassed the old record of seven games, breaking a tie for the longest in Heat history with Linden Vey, Derek Grant and himself Jankowski is one goal away from tying Derek Grant for the most goals scored in a Heat sweater (27) and is six points from tying Kenny Agostino for the most points for the Heat in a single season (57) Morgan Klimchuk is on a five-game point streak (5-3-8) and has goals in three-straight games (4) Jon Gillies has won four-straight decisions dating back to March 12 After going goalless in 15 games, Hunter Shinkaruk exploded for a three-point night on March 28 in the Stars finale and added points in each game in San Antonio and finished the week in Texas with 6 points (3-3-6) David Rittich ranks eighth among goalies who've played 1320 minutes or more in the AHL with a 2.28 goals-against average He's tied for second in the league in shutouts with 5 (most all-time in Heat team history and in one season) and eighth in the league with a 0.923 save-percentage Andrew Mangiapane is tied second in the AHL among rookies with 9 power-play goals, which also leads the Heat Ryan Lomberg is second in penalty minutes among rookie skaters with 119 PIMS Lomberg also has points in four-straight games (2-2-4) His nine major penalties (all for fighting) are the most among rookies Lomberg also signed his first NHL contract on Sunday, March 19 as he inked a two-year deal with the Calgary Flames, which begins in the 2017-18 season Tyler Wotherspoon is third in the AHL and third among all defenseman with a plus-31 rating Stockton averages the second most penalty minutes per game with 17.81 minutes in the box The Heat average 3.10 goals for (ninth-best in the AHL) and 2.82 goals against per game (16th-best in the AHL) Stockton has six games remaining on the schedule, five of which are home games 1 game remaining against Bakersfield (@ STK) 1 game remaining against Ontario (@ STK) 1 game remaining against San Diego (@ STK) 2 games remaining against San Jose (@ STK, @ SJ) 1 game remaining against Tucson (@ STK) Both the Calgary Flames and Adirondack Thunder clinched a playoff berth last week

Morgan Klimchuk scored two game winners during the five-game road trip to tie both Mark Jankowski and Ryan Lomberg with the most game winning goals this season (PHOTO BY ANDY NIETUPSKI) Approaching Milestones

David Rittich is 2 games shy of playing in his 100th professional game (AHL + Czech 1) Head Coach Ryan Huska is 2 wins away from 100 in his AHL career Matt Frattin is 3 goals shy of his 100th professional goal (AHL + NHL) He's 9 assists shy of his 100th pro assist and 12 points shy of 200 pro points (AHL + NHL) Mike Kostka is 3 games away from playing in his 600th pro game (AHL + NHL) Hunter Shinkaruk is 3 games away from playing in his 200th pro game (AHL + NHL) Emile Poirier is 8 points away from 100 in his AHL career Brett Kulak is 9 points away from 50 in his AHL career Recently Accomplished Milestones

With his second point of his three-point night on April 1, Morgan Klimchuk scored his 50th AHL point Brandon Bollig played his 200th AHL game on April 1 in San Antonio Josh Healey made his pro debut on April 1 in San Antonio

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