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Heat Hot Sheet - Edition Four

October 18, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Abbotsford Heat News Release


ABBOTSFORD BC - After a weekend that saw the Abbotsford Heat open at home with a loss followed by a shootout loss, the Heat will now hit the road for three games this week in the Mid-West, taking on the Chicago Wolves (Wednesday), the Rockford Ice Hogs (Friday), and the Milwaukee Admirals (Saturday).

Last season, the Heat was 2-2 against the Wolves, who they will face for the first time this season. Abbotsford has played Rockford and Milwaukee recently and will look to avenge their losses to both clubs. In fact, so far this season the Heat (2-2-0-1) have had their losses occur against the Ice Hogs (0-1-0-1) and the Admirals (0-1).

HEAT HOT SHOT OF THE WEEK

Keith Seabrook - Delta BC's Seabrook broke out of an early season drought with a goal and an assist in a span of 30 seconds in this past Saturday's 4-3 shootout loss to the Ice Hogs. Seabrook's point blast midway thru the second period was tipped home deftly by Heat forward Matt Keith to give the Heat a 2-1 lead. Moment later on a Heat power play, Heat rookie Mitch Wahl teed up a puck that Seabrook ripped past Hogs goalie Alec Richards.

Seabrook, 22, leads the Heat with a +3 rating thus far on the season. Last year, Seabrook led all Heat defenders with 10 goals.

HOT SCORERS

Rookie Carter Bancks from Marysville BC remains the team leader in both assists (5) and points with six. Aldergrove BC's Matt Keith leads the team in goals with three, while Cam Cunning from Powell River BC and Greg Nemisz has potted a pair of goals apiece. JD Watt has 26 penalty minutes thru the first five games of the season, with Watt having played the past three of those games.

Thrown to the Wolves

The Atlanta Thrashers affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, will be the Heat's opponent on Wednesday night in the Windy City. Last year, Abbotsford was 1-1 in Chicago. Veteran defenseman Chris Chelios played for this club last year, but has now retired and taken on a role of Team Ambassador with the Detroit Red Wings.

This season, the Wolves have players with BC ties on their roster:

Jason Krog - Fernie BC. Krog is a perennial scoring threat in the AHL. This one time Canucks prospect enters his 5th full AHL season. In his four previous years in the American Hockey League, Krog has scored no less than 75 points. This past year, Krog scored 26 goals and added 54 assists for 80 points.

Andrew Kozek - Sicamous BC. Kozek begins his second season in the AHL after posting 12 goals and 22 points last year.

Spencer Machacek. While Machacek is a Lethbridge product, his ties to junior hockey in Vancouver are what land him on this list. Machacek captained the 2008 Vancouver Giants and was a member of the 2007 Memorial Cup Winning team that also had Heat forward JD Watt on the team.

Broadcast schedule (all times Pacific):

Wednesday, October 20 - Heat @ Wolves. 4:45 PM Pre game show. 5 PM puck drop.

Friday, October 22 - Heat @ Ice Hogs. 4:50 PM Pre game show. 5:05 PM puck drop.

Saturday, October 23 - Heat @ Admirals. 4:45 PM Pre game show. 5 PM puck drop.

You can hear all Heat games home and away on Country 107.1 FM. Dave Sheldon will have the call of the game. For road games, the Prospect Equipment and Diamond Bar Equipment Pre Game Show starts 15 minutes prior to faceoff. For home games, it is 30 minutes.



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