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Jankowski & Rittich Help Heat with Two Wins to Start 2017

January 9, 2017 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release


Jankowski's overtime winner on Friday and Rittich's 35-save shutout on Saturday helped the Heat start 2017 with two wins

Records Last Week's Record: 2-0-0-0, 4 points Overall Record: 18-9-3-1, 0.645 Points Percentage, 3rd in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results Jan. 6 - Stockton Heat 3 at Tucson 2 (OT) Jan. 7 - Stockton Heat 4 vs. Milwaukee 0

Stockton takes on San Diego this Wednesday in the eighth of 10 meetings with Stockton going 6-0-0-1 against the Gulls this season (PHOTO BY (PHOTO BY ASVITT PHOTOGRAPHY). This Week's Schedule Wed. Jan. 11 - Stockton Heat at San Diego Gulls - Valley View Casino Center (7:00 p.m.) Fri. Jan. 13 - Stockton Heat at Bakersfield Condors - Rabobank Arena (7:00 p.m.) Sat. Jan. 14 - Stockton Heat at San Jose Barracuda - SAP Center (1:30 p.m.)

Recent Transactions 1/9 - Brett Kulak recalled from the Stockton Heat to the Calgary Flames 1/9 - Tyler Wotherspoon assigned to the Stockton Heat from the Calgary Flames 1/6 - Oliver Kylington assigned to the Stockton Heat by the Calgary Flames after his loan to Team Sweden

Team Leaders Goals: Morgan Klimchuk with 10 Assists: Linden Vey & Rasmus Andersson with 16 Points: Linden Vey and Mark Jankowski with 24 PIMs: Ryan Lomberg with 82 PIMS Wins: Jon Gillies with 10 Losses: Jon Gillies with 5 GAA: David Rittich with 1.81 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 660 minutes or more) SV%: David Rittich with 0.936 (Among Heat Goalies who've played 660 minutes or more)

Team Stats Goals For: Week: 7 | Overall: 104 Goals Against: Week: 2 | Overall: 83 Power Play: 25-128 (19.5%), T-10th in AHL Penalty Kill: 122-146 (83.6%), 11th in AHL

Records vs. Opponents

Pacific Division Bakersfield (1-1-0-0) Ontario (2-2-1-0) San Antonio (1-1-0-0) San Diego (6-0-0-1) San Jose (2-1-1-0) Texas (1-0-0-0) Tucson (2-4-1-0) TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (15-9-3-1)

Stockton has had great success against the Central Division this season, and in the first meeting between the Flames and Predators affiliate since December 12, 2014, the Heat shut the then Central Division leading team out (PHOTO BY ASVITT PHOTOGRAPHY) Central Division: Charlotte (2-0-0-0) Grand Rapids (0-0-0-0) Milwaukee (1-0-0-0) TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (3-0-0-0)

Calgary Flames (NHL) Record Last Week: 2-1-0, 4 points Record Overall: 22-18-2, 46 points, 4th in Pacific Division This Week's Schedule: Mon. Jan. 9 - Flames at Winnipeg (5:00 p.m. PST) Wed. Jan. 11 - Flames vs. San Jose (6:30 p.m. PST) Fri. Jan. 13 - Flames vs. New Jersey (6:00 p.m. PST) Sat. Jan. 14 - Flames at Edmonton (7:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL) Record Last Week: 1-2-0, 2 points Record Overall: 16-10-5, 37 points, 4th in East Division This Week's Schedule: Tue. Jan. 10 - Thunder vs. Elmira (4:00 p.m. PST) Fri. Jan. 13 - Thunder vs. Manchester (4:00 p.m. PST) Sat. Jan. 14 - Thunder at Manchester (3:00 p.m. PST)

Jamie Devane has tied his career long point streak (3-games) for the second time this season, having a goal and 2 assists since New Year's Eve. In his last 8 games, Devane has 2 goals and 4 assists for 6 points (PHOTO BY ASVITT PHOTOGRAPHY). News and Notes

Mark Jankowski is tied sixth in the AHL among rookies with 24 points Jankowski also has goals in three-straight road games dating back to December 20 in San Jose Andrew Mangiapane is tied 11th in the AHL among rookies with 22 points He's tied for the rookie lead with 6 power-play goals Ryan Lomberg ranks third in the AHL with 82 PIMS The 82 PIMS leads among rookies He's also tied for the most major penalties in the AHL with 6 (all fighting majors) Rasmus Andersson is fifth in the AHL with a plus-18 rating It ranks second among AHL rookies and among AHL defenseman Tyler Wotherspoon ranks third among AHL defenseman with a plus-16 rating David Rittich is third in the AHL with a 1.81 goals-against-average and a 0.936 save-percentage He ranks second in the AHL with 4 shutouts, one behind tying Troy Grosenick (SJ) with five His fourth shutout of the season also breaks a tie with Jon Gillies for the most shutouts all-time for the Stockton Heat Austin Carrol has had his season cut slightly short due to injury, but in 12 games for the Heat this season he is averaging a goal every third game (4 goals total) and has an incredible 33.3% shooting percentage on his 12 shots Emile Poirier's two-goal night on Saturday was the eighth two-goal night of the season and 28th all-time by Heat players 2 goals in a game is the most scored in a single game by a Heat player The Heat average 16.90 penalty minutes per game, fifth highest in the AHL Stockton's overtime win over the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday was just the team's second win past 60 minutes Stockton has a .333 win-percentage when games go to overtime or the shootout in 6 games played It was also the Heat's second come-from-behind win when trailing after two periods (2-7-1-0) The Heat are eighth in the AHL averaging 3.35 goals per game and seventh averaging 2.68 goals against per game Stockton's win on Saturday pushes the team to a 5-0-0-0 record at home on Saturday nights and 8-1-1-0 in the 10 Saturday games this season Stockton is 3-0-0-0 this season vs. the Central Division and 8-3-0-0 all-time Saturday's game against Milwaukee was the first time all season that both the Heat and their opponent was tied in shots (35) Jankowski's game winner on Friday night was his second game winner of the year, tying him with Oliver Kylington, Linden Vey, Morgan Klimchuk, Austin Carroll and Andrew Mangiapane for the most on the team with two

Wotherspoon returns to the Stockton Heat and is just a point away from 50 in his AHL career (PHOTO BY JACK LIMA). Approaching Milestones

Tyler Wotherspoon is a point away from 50 in his AHL career He's also 7 assists shy of 50 in his AHL career Jamie Devane is 3 games away from 200 in his AHL career Linden Vey is 3 points away from 200 in his AHL career Brandon Bollig is 4 PIMS away from 500 in his AHL career Hunter Shinkaruk is 5 assists from 50 in his AHL career Shinkaruk is also 5 points away from 100 in his AHL career Keith Aulie is 6 PIMS away from 200 in his AHL career Emile Poirier is 8 points away from 100 in his AHL career Morgan Klimchuk is 11 games away from 100 in his AHL career Kenney Morrison is 15 games away from 100 in his AHL career Coach Ryan Huska is 15 wins away from 100 in his AHL career

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