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Heat Grab Back-To-Back Wins on Home Ice against Texas

February 27, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release


Records Last Week's Record: 2-1-0-0, 4 points Overall Record: 21-22-4-1, 0.490 Points Percentage, 7th in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results Feb. 22 - Stockton Heat 5 vs. Texas 1 Feb. 25 - Stockton Heat 1 vs. Bakersfield 3 Feb. 26 - Stockton Heat 4 vs. Texas 1

This Week's Schedule Wed. Mar. 1 - Stockton Heat vs. Ontario Reign - Stockton Arena (7:00 p.m. PST) Fri. Mar. 3 - Stockton Heat at Ontario Reign - Citizens Business Bank Arena (7:00 p.m. PST) Sat. Mar. 4 - Stockton Heat vs. San Jose Barracuda - Stockton Arena (7:30 p.m. PST)

Recent Transactions 2/23 - Tom McCollum loaned to Adirondack from Stockton by Calgary 2/21 - Garnet Hathaway assigned to Stockton from Calgary

Team Leaders Goals: Mark Jankowski with 17 Assists: Linden Vey with 22 Points: Mark Jankowski with 34 PIMs: Ryan Lomberg with 100 PIMS Wins: Jon Gillies with 12 Losses: Jon Gillies with 13 GAA: David Rittich with 2.22 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 1020 minutes or more) SV%: David Rittich with 0.924 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 1020 minutes or more)

Team Stats Goals For: Week: 10 | Overall: 138 Goals Against: Week: 5 | Overall: 138 Power Play: 28-194 (14.4%), 28th in AHL Penalty Kill: 177-214 (82.7%), 10th in AHL

Records vs. Opponents Pacific Division Bakersfield (2-6-1-0) Ontario (2-2-1-0) San Antonio (1-1-0-0) San Diego (6-1-0-1) San Jose (2-4-1-0) Texas (3-0-0-0) Tucson (2-4-1-0) TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (18-18-4-1)

Central Division: Charlotte (2-2-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED Grand Rapids (0-1-0-0) Milwaukee (1-1-0-0) - SERIES COMPLETED TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (3-4-0-0)

Hunter Smith scored on his bobblehead night, marking the first time a player recorded a goal on his bobblehead night to make Sunday even more special (PHOTO BY JACK LIMA). Calgary Flames (NHL) Record Last Week: 4-0-0, 8 points Record Overall: 33-26-4, 70 points, 4th in Pacific Division This Week's Schedule: Tue. Feb. 28 - Flames vs. Los Angeles (6:00 p.m. PST) Fri. Mar. 3 - Flames vs. Detroit (6:00 p.m. PST) Sat. Mar. 4 - Flames vs. New York Islanders (1:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) Record Last Week: 2-0-0, 4 points Record Overall: 29-14-10, 68 points, 3rd in East Division This Week's Schedule: Tue. Feb. 28 - Thunder at Brampton (8:00 a.m. PST) Thur. Mar. 2 - Thunder at Cincinnati (4:35 p.m. PST) Sat. Mar. 4 - Thunder at Cincinnati (4:35 p.m. PST) Sun. Mar. 5 - Thunder at Kalamazoo (Noon PST)

News and Notes

Stockton got two wins against Texas this week, sweeping the home portion of the season series against the Stars The Heat are 7-1-1-0 all-time against the Stars and have never lost in regulation to Texas on home ice, posting a 5-0-1-0 record at Stockton Arena against the Stars Stockton has outscored Texas 14 to 3 in the season Stockton prepares for their tied-busiest month of March with 13 games including five home games and eight road contests Stockton snapped a 10-game winless streak on Wednesday with their win over the Texas Stars It's the longest such stretch without a win for the Heat in team history and is the longest this season in the AHL David Rittich ranks sixth among goalies who've played 1020 minutes or more in the AHL with a 2.22 goals-against average He's tied for fifth among qualified goalies with a 0.924 save-percentage He also is tied for second in the league in shutouts with 4 (most all-time in Heat team history and in one season) Rittich leads all qualified rookie goaltenders in goals-against-average and save-percentage

Daniel Pribyl scored his first goal since November 30 on Sunday to open the game. Pribyl, who missed time due to injury twice since his last goal, had gone 12 games without one. He also played his 200th professional game earlier in the week on Wednesday's tilt against Texas (PHOTO BY JACK LIMA). Mark Jankowski is tied for 12th in the AHL among rookie scorers with 34 points

Jankowski leads the Heat with three game winning goals this season Andrew Mangiapane is tied third in the AHL among rookies with 6 power-play goals Ryan Lomberg has the lead in penalty minutes among rookie skaters with 100 PIMS His eight major penalties (all for fighting) are tied for the most among rookies and tied for second most among all skaters league wide Stockton averages the fifth most penalty minutes per game with 16.17 minutes in the box The Heat scored shorthanded goals in back-to-back games from Saturday to Wednesday against the Condors and Stars to bring their total to 5 shorthanded goals for this season Matt Frattin's shorthanded goal on Wednesday was his first shorthanded goal of the season The Heat average 2.88 goals for and against per game Stockton outscores teams by 11 in the first and 19 through the first two periods but are outscored by 16 in third periods The team has killed off their last 21 penalties dating back to February 17 Stockton has gone four-straight without allowing a power-play goal to the opposition The Heat have scored two power-play goals in their last 20 opportunities Stockton has gone 3 for 70 in 2017 Vey recorded his 11th power play point on Garnet Hathaway's power-play goal on Sunday Stockton is winless in their last 12 games on the road, tying a season high (Charlotte from 11/12/16 to 12/22/16) With multi-point games in his last three of four, Linden Vey has the team lead with six multi-point efforts this season Garnet Hathaway had his first goal and multi-point game in the AHL (1-1-2) since October 28 at Tucson on Sunday against the Texas Stars Brett Kulak has three points (1-2-3) in the four games played since being assigned from the Calgary Flames He's also a plus-5 in his last four games . Approaching Milestones

Tyler Wotherspoon is a game away from playing in his 200th career AHL game Wotherspoon is 3 assists shy of 50 in his AHL career Linden Vey is 3 games away from playing his 400th professional game (AHL + NHL) Kenney Morrison is 4 games away from 100 in his AHL career Coach Huska is 4 games away from coaching in his 700th game (Kelowna Rockets of the WHL included) Coach Ryan Huska is 12 wins away from 100 in his AHL career He's also 8 games away from coaching his 200th AHL game Matt Frattin is 7 goals shy of his 100th professional goal (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 David Rittich is 10-games shy of playing in his 100th professional game (AHL + Czech 1) Oliver Kylington is 11 games away from playing in his 100th AHL game Hunter Smith is 13 games away from playing in his 100th AHL game Brandon Bollig is 14 games away from playing in his 200th AHL game Mike Angelidis is 15 games away from playing in his 700th professional game (AHL + NHL) Recently Accomplished Milestones

Daniel Pribyl played his 200th professional game (AHL + Czech 1) on Wednesday against the Texas Stars

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