Heat Open up Weekend Series at Home against San Jose Starting Tonight
Published on February 16, 2018 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
Friday, February 16, 2018
Arena: Stockton Arena
Date: February 16, 2018
Time: 7:00 p.m. (Doors 6:00 p.m.)
Broadcast: AHL Live, Spreaker and iHeartRadio at 6:45 p.m. PST
LEADING SCORER: STOCKTON: LW Andrew Mangiapane (33GP 18-20-38)
SAN JOSE: LW Adam Helewka (42GP 6-19-25)
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TONIGHT
The Heat look to bounceback after a tough, controversial loss to the Milwaukee Admirals in tonight's rivalry matchup, the eighth meeting of the season, against the San Jose Barracuda. The Heat are 3-3-1-0 and have won two of the last meetings between the teams, but the lone loss was an Antonie Bibeau shutout on February 2.
While there are five meetings (counting tonight) against San Jose remaining on the schedule, all but one of those meetings will come at Stockton Arena.
Happy Fry Day presented by the Golden State Restaurant Group McDonalds. Take your McDonalds receipt purchase yesterday or today and bring it to the ticket office for a buy one, get one free ticket deal. To find a participating McDonald's location nearest you click here!
The Heat will be recognizing teachers in the local community for all of their continued efforts during Teacher Appreciation Night. Teachers can receive free tickets at the Stockton Arena Ticket Office today by bringing your school ID or by securing yours in advance through this link by 3:00 p.m. this afternoon.
The Stockton Heat are also partnered with the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Libraries to collect new books during our Book Drive, during the entire month of February and if you donate a new book, you receive a free ticket to the Heat game on Sunday, February 25 vs. San Diego.
Plus, during every Friday home game during 2018, fans can bring an empty can or bottle of any Coca-Cola product to the Stockton Arena Ticket Office to receive $5 off any regular priced ticket. One can or bottle required per ticket discount. Subject to availability. Stockton Arena retains the right to select seating locations.
LAST TIME VS. SAN JOSE
After being shutout by San Jose at Stockton Arena, the teams flipped over to the SAP Center in a home-and-home series. Stockton got on the board first with Austin Carroll walking a defenseman and finishing in tight with the deke.
While San Jose would respond, it'd be Heat forwards Emile Poirier and Morgan Klimchuk to get the advantage back and Marek Hrivik sealed the win with the empty netter. John McCarthy got one back in the final minute by Tyler Parsons earned his first AHL win stopping 32 in the 4-2 doubling up of San Jose.
WHO TO WATCH
Hard pressed to find anyone better on the Heat when it comes to the offense than number 26!
Andrew Mangiapane has been lights out all season, this is not a spoiler alert. He's been in the team lead of points since day one, and despite spending most of January in Calgary, he still managed to maintain his team lead in points. Last weekend, he was held pointless in Grand Rapids but exploded against Milwaukee to record his fourth, three-point night of the season and third multi-goal game with a pair of tallies and an assist.
In five games against San Jose this season, Mangiapane leads the Heat with 6 goals and 6 assists, a five-point cushion on the next most prolific scorer against San Jose in Rasmus Andersson.
After the performance he put on in Milwaukee, and knowing how prolific the forward has been scoring against San Jose (last two games vs. SJ he's had 4 goals and an assist), we like Andrew "Eat Bread" to gobble up the points and help the Heat get back in the win column tonight.
HEY NEW GUY
Stockton completed their second ever AHL trade, acquiring C Colin Smith on a Valentine's Day trade that sent Joseph Cramarossa to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Smith had 5 goals and 18 points for the Pens before the trade, and has played 314 AHL games with Lake Erie, San Antonio, Toronto, and WBS.
The Edmonton, AB native has played 7 of his games against Stockton and totalled 5 goals and 7 points. Against San Jose, Smith has played 5 games and has recorded 2 assists, but hasn't played the Barracuda since Feb. 13, 2016.
MASE ON THE CASE
With Mike Smith injured in Calgary, Jon Gillies joined the Flames, and so Mason McDonald earned the call-up to Stockton looking to get into his first AHL game of the season. McDonald has played 53 games in the ECHL with the Heat's ECHL affiliates the last two years, compiling a 23-21-6 record and has played in only one AHL game in his career, last season against Tucson in the season finale, where the Heat would fall in overtime.
In Kansas City this year, McDonald has a 10-12-1 record and had featured in two goalie fights this season, one back on December 1 vs. Joel Martin of the Kalamazoo Wings and one last Friday night against Toledo's Matej Machovsky. He's totaled 28 PIMS this season.
KICKSTART MY POWER PLAY
After a rough go for the power-play unit in the month of January going 3 for 38 (7.9%), the Heat are now 4 for 17 in February (23.5%) having scored two power-play goals in back-to-back games last weekend against Grand Rapids and Milwaukee.
OLYMPIC CHECK UP
Cody Goloubef and Team Canada beat Switzerland 5-1 to open the 2018 games with Goloubef recording a slashing minor. Next up for Team Canada is a game against former Heat defenseman Jakub Nakladal and Team Czech Republic, who also won their first game against Team South Korea 2-1.
INTERESTING FACT
Stockton is currently trying to snap out of a three-game home losing skid, the longest such skid in Heat history. However, last season from January 21 through February 19 saw the Heat go 0-4-1 on home ice.
This season, Stockton is 10-9-0-1 on home ice but are 12-8-2-2 away from home this season. Counting tonight, the Heat have 14 home games remaining and 10 road games on the schedule.
American Hockey League Stories from February 16, 2018
- Christopher Gibson records career-best third shutout of the season in Friday's shootout loss at Providence - Bridgeport Islanders
- Penguins Lose in Lone Visit to Rochester - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Eight Is Great: Record-Setting Night Extends Win Streak to Five - Lehigh Valley Phantoms
- Boyd Scores Four Goals as Bears Beat Laval, 6-3 - Hershey Bears
- P-Bruins Win Defensive Battle with Bridgeport 1-0 in Shootout - Providence Bruins
- Second Period Dooms Devils in 3-1 Loss at Utica - Binghamton Devils
- T-Birds Strong Start Unable to Sustain Itself in Loss to Phantoms - Springfield Thunderbirds
- Sens Beat Marlies for First Time at Yardmen Arena - Belleville Senators
- Comets Top Devils to Extend Point Streak to 14 - Utica Comets
- Flames Sign Backlund to a Six Year Contract - Stockton Heat
- Hogs to Host Brian Campbell on Wednesday, February 28 - Rockford IceHogs
- Rangers Recall Brandon Halverson from Hartford - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Join the Senators at the Yardmen Arena on Family Day - Belleville Senators
- Senators to Welcome Mick Foley as Part of Team's Tribute to Wrestling Night - Belleville Senators
- Heat Open up Weekend Series at Home against San Jose Starting Tonight - Stockton Heat
- Spencer Watson Reassigned from Manchester (ECHL) to Ontario - Ontario Reign
- White Reassigned to Belleville While McCormick Recalled - Belleville Senators
- Bring Your Dog Game, Toy Night and Winning Wednesday Upcoming - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Game Preview: Bears Clash with Rocket in First Ever Meeting - Hershey Bears
- Blue Jackets Assign Left Wing Sonny Milano to Monsters - Cleveland Monsters
- Rangers Assign Vinni Lettieri to Hartford - Hartford Wolf Pack
- Condors Host Alumni and Blackout Cancer Next Week - Bakersfield Condors
- Dallas Stars Recall Jason Dickinson - Texas Stars
- Game Day Build-Up: Senators vs. Marlies - February 16 - Belleville Senators
- Marlies Face Senators on Friday Night - Toronto Marlies
- Sound Tigers Head up I-95 to Face Bruins Tonight - Bridgeport Islanders
- Coreau Earns 12th Career Shutout - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Coreau, Grand Rapids Tops Manitoba 1-0 - Manitoba Moose
- Special Teams Power Wolves to Franchise-Record 13th Consecutive Home Win - Chicago Wolves
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