Heat Index: The Weekly News and Notes of the Stockton Heat
December 7, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
News and Notes
- The Stockton Heat have gone five games in a row scoring a power play goal
- In the last five games, the Heat power play unit has gone 6/24 (25%)
- Saturday's win over the Gulls was the first time the Heat have killed off 100% of penalties taken since the last win against San Diego on 11/18
- Kenny Agostino had back-to-back multi-point games this past week. He leads the team with 5 multi-point games this season
- The Stockton Heat lead the AHL in shots per game, averaging 35.94 shots per game
- However in their last five games, the Heat are averaging 38.2 shots
- At the same time the Heat are allowing 25 shots on average for their last five games, three full shots and some change lower than their season average of 28.24 shots allowed
- This season, the Heat have outshot opponents in 12 of 17 games and have averaged 7.71 shots more than their opposition
- In their last five games the Heat are outshooting opponents by an average of 13.2 shots
- Stockton has played the fewest amount of games in the AHL with 17, two games fewer than the next lowest (Ontario and Grand Rapids)
- In Saturday's game, the Heat recorded a season high of 34 penalty minutes in a game due to 10 infractions. The Heat are averaging the 14th most penalty minutes per game in the league with 14.53 in the sin bin
- Dustin Stevenson's 12 minutes on Saturday were the most by a Heat player in a single game this season. He also leads the Heat with 29 minutes
- Stockton is 7-1-0-1 when scoring first in a game this season
Approaching Milestones
- Brett Kulak is 1 game shy of 50 career AHL games
- Colton Orr is 2 PIMS away from 600 in his AHL career. The forward has 1186 PIMS in the NHL
- Blair Riley is 2 games away from playing in 300 AHL games
- Garnet Hathaway is 4 games away from 100 career AHL games
- He is also 5 points away from 50 in his AHL career
Bill Arnold is just 5 points shy of 50 career AHL points
- Heat captain Aaron Johnson is just 7 points away from 200 career AHL points
- Head Coach Ryan Huska is 7 games away from coaching in his 100th AHL game. He's just 3 games away from coaching in his 600th game as a head coach (504 games with the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL)
- Turner Elson is 8 points away from 50 career AHL points
- Joni Ortio is 12 games away from playing in his 100th career AHL contest
The Shooting Gallery
The Stockton Heat have really peppered opposing netminders with pucks this year as they lead the AHL with nearly 36 shots per game.
In total the Heat have outshot opponents 12 of 17 games this season. The most shots the Heat have taken in a game was 53 back on November 21 against San Jose at home, however the Heat have launched 40 or more shots on five occasions including both games last week to kick off December.
The Heat have shot 35 or more times during 8 games this season.
Freddie Hamilton leads the Heat with 51 shots on goal followed closely by Drew Shore (49) and Kenny Agostino (48). The best shooting percentage belongs to rookie defenseman Oliver Kylington who has scored on 17.6% of his 17 shots. Right behind him though is Turner Elson who's scored on 17.5% of his 40 shots.
Agostino Breaks Out Big
Kenny Agostino is back on track offensively after a big week against the San Jose Barracuda and the San Diego Gulls.
After going scoreless in three games, the playmaking winger got back on the board with two goals against the Barracuda on the road and added a goal and an assist against the Gulls at home on Saturday bringing his weekly total to 3 goals and an assist.
The Yale grad now leads the Stockton Heat with five multi-point efforts on the season. Due to his big week Agostino now is second on the team in points with 12, two points behind Freddie Hamilton's team leading 14.
Hamilton, Hathaway and Agostino Leading the Offense
Since Markus Granlund's recall to the Calgary Flames on November 26, the Heat have played four games with the top line as Freddie Hamilton centering Garnet Hathaway and Kenny Agostino.
From the above blurb, you could probably summarize that this line has done a pretty good job recently, but in the four games the trio has been paired together, they have combined for 16 points in four games.
Both Hamilton and Hathaway have scored 2 goals and have added 4 assists for 6 points in their last four games while Agostino has contributed 3 goals and an assist during that time span.
The trio will look to continue their momentum into San Antonio and Texas this week. Against San Antonio Hamilton leads the trio with 3 points (2GP 1-2-3) followed by Agostino with 2 points (2GP 0-2-2) and Hathaway with one (2GP 1-0-1) while all three have a point against the Stars this season (Hamilton and Hathaway with goals, Agostino with an assist).
However this will be the first time that the trio should play on a line together against the Texas-based rivals.
Last Trip to the Lone Star State
It's crazy to think that three months into the season the Heat are facing their final trip to play the San Antonio Rampage and Texas Stars, but that is exactly what will happen this week.
While the California-based Pacific Division teams will play each other 12 times, the Texas-based teams play the California-based teams just six times, three in Texas and three in California.
So far this season the Heat have a 0-1-0-1 record against the San Antonio Rampage in two games at the AT&T Center this season while the team has gone a perfect 2-0-0 (including a Jon Gillies shutout) at the Cedar Park Center this season.
Heat Heading Outdoors in just over a Week
In just under two weeks, the Stockton Heat and Bakersfield Condors will head outdoors to play a regular season game worth 2 points in the standings at the home of the Sacramento River Cats, Raley Field, in West Sacramento, California.
Tickets are still available for this once in a lifetime event happening in your backyard! Visit Ticketmaster.com to purchase your seats now or visit GSHockeyRush.com for more information about the game.
Check out a few outdoor game veterans in Hunter Smith, Derek Grant and Kenney Morrison talk about the experience of playing outdoors and the challenges the players will face when they play in the elements. Stay tuned for more videos featuring the Heat players on StocktonHeat.com!
Records:
Last Week's Record: 1-1-0-0, 2 points
Overall Record: 7-8-0-2, 0.471 Win Percentage, 7th in the Pacific Division
Last Week's Results:
Dec. 4 - Stockton Heat 3 at San Jose 5
Dec. 5 - Stockton Heat 4 vs. San Diego 2
This Week's Schedule:
Thr. Dec. 10- Stockton Heat at San Antonio Rampage - AT&T Center (5:00 p.m. PST)
Sat. Dec. 12- Stockton Heat at Texas Stars - Cedar Park Center (5:00 p.m. PST)
Recent Transactions
No Transactions during the last week
Team Leaders
Goals: Derek Grant with 7
Assists: Drew Shore, Freddie Hamilton and Kenny Agostino with 8
Points: Freddie Hamilton with 14
PIMs: Dustin Stevenson with 29
Wins: Jon Gillies, Kevin Poulin and Joni Ortio with 2
Losses: Kent Simpson with 4
GAA (Played at least 5 games): Jon Gillies with 2.31
SV% (Played at least 5 games): Jon Gillies with 0.920
Team Stats
Goals For: Week: 7 | Overall: 48
Goals Against: Week: 7 | Overall: 49
Power Play: 15-86 (17.4%), 13th in AHL
Penalty Kill: 56-69 (81.2%), 20th in AHL
Records vs. Opponents
Pacific Division:
Bakersfield Condors (1-2-0-0)
Ontario (0-2-0-0)
San Antonio (0-1-0-1)
San Diego (2-1-0-1)
San Jose (1-2-0-0)
Texas (2-0-0-0)
TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (6-8-0-2)
Central Division:
Rockford (1-0-0-0)
TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (1-0-0-0)
Calgary Flames (NHL)
Record Last Week: 2-0-0, 4 points
Record Overall: 10-14-2, .423 Win Percentage, 7th in Pacific Division
This Week's Schedule:
Tue. Dec. 8 - Flames vs. San Jose (6:00 p.m. PST)
Thr. Dec. 10 - Flames vs. Buffalo (6:00 p.m. PST)
Sat. Dec. 12 - Flames vs. NY Rangers (7:00 p.m. PST)
Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)
Record Last Week: 2-0-0, 4 points
Record Overall: 14-2-0, .853 Win Percentage, 1st in East Division
This Week's Schedule:
Fri. Dec. 11 - Thunder vs. Norfolk (4:00 p.m. PST)
Sat. Dec. 12 - Thunder vs. Manchester (4:00 p.m. PST)
Sun. Dec. 13 - Thunder at Manchester (Noon. PST)
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