Poulin Leads Heat in Shootout Thriller over San Diego
Published on February 25, 2016 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
Stockton, Calif. - The Stockton Heat were led by their goaltender Kevin Poulin Wednesday night an what became a shootout thriller in which they beat the San Diego Gulls 4-3 at Stockton Arena. Poulin stopped 47 of the 50 shots that he faced, as the Gulls peppered the goaltender with shots, but Poulin answered the call at every key moment. He also made five saves in overtime and slammed the door on all three shootout attempts from San Diego. Kenny Agostino earned a pair of assists and netter the shootout winner, while Freddie Hamilton and Aaron Johnson each added two points of their own. The Stockton Heat will return to Stockton Arena for the final game of their four-game homestand when the San Antonio Rampage come to town for the third and final time Sunday evening.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
HEAT GOAL: F Freddie Hamilton (15) catch-and-shoot opportunity off a cross-ice pass through the slot goes glove side past the goaltender (Agostino, Johnson assists), 0:21
HEAT GOAL: F Turner Elson (9) shot from the point is redirected past the goaltender and into the net (Johnson assist), 1:54
San Diego goal: F Kyle MacKinnon (2) rebound sneaks out to the far post and is tipped into the net past the outstretched goaltender (S. O'Brien, McGratton assists), 15:04
HEAT GOAL: F Garnet Hathaway (6) shot from the point is redirected through the goaltender's five-hole and into the net (Agostino, Hamilton assists), 19:01
San Diego goal: F Brian McGratton (6) shot from the slot trickles into the net through the goaltender between his arm and kicker (unassisted), 19:38
Shots: STK - 15 | SD - 12
2nd Period
San Diego goal: F Stefan Noesen (6) breakout pass goes off the glass and springs a breakaway chance that is shot through the five-hole (Holzer, MacKinnon assists), 17:00 (SH)
Shots: STK - 8 | SD - 17
3rd Period
No goals
Shots: STK - 8 | SD - 16
Overtime
No goals
Shots: STK - 2 | SD - 5
Shootout
Kenny Agostino - scored
Ondrej Kase - missed
Freddie Hamilton - missed
Mike Sgarbossa - missed
Hunter Shinkaruk - missed
Stefan Noesen - missed
GOALIES
W: Kevin Poulin (50 shots, 47 saves)
L: Anton Khudobin (33 shots, 30 saves)
NOTABLE STATISTICS
Three Stars: 1- Kenny Agostino (2 assists, SOW) 2- Kyle MacKinnon (1 goal, 1 assist) 3- Freddie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist)
Final Shots: STK - 34 | SD - 50
Power Plays: STK - 0/5 | SD - 0/2
Freddie Hamilton (1 goal, 1 assist) is now on a three-game point streak (3 goals, 3 assists)
Hamilton's goal 21 seconds into the game is the fastest goal to start a game in Heat team history
Kenny Agostino (2 assists) is now on a three-game point streak (2 goals, 3 assists)
Garnet Hathaway (1 goal) is now on a three-game point streak (1 goal, 2 assists)
Aaron Johnson (2 assists) earns his fifth multi-point game of the season
Hunter Shinkaruk (2 shots) made his Stockton Heat debut
Kevin Poulin (47 saves) ties his third-most saves in a single regular season game of his AHL career. His high came on January 27th, 2012 in a 6-2 win over the Adirondack Phantoms when he was with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers
The Stockton Heat have now won 11 of their last 12 games at Stockton Arena
QUOTES
"It was good to get on the ice and get used to the guys after a day of travel. I felt better as the game wore on. Obviously it's a different feeling with a new system and new guys around me, but I felt pretty good." - Hunter Shinkaruk on his debut with the Heat.
"[The San Diego Gulls] scored two in the first, but I just tried to stay focused because you never know what can happen. They put a lot of shots on, but I just had to stick with it." - Kevin Poulin on his facing 50 shots and staying focused.
"I felt comfortable all night, despite [San Diego] getting a couple solid opportunities early on. I was there most of the night and I felt like our guys did a good job of getting chances at the other end." - Poulin on how he felt in net after a rapid first period.
"We bent, but we didn't break - we battled all night. [San Diego] out battled us in that second period and we have to be better than that. We came back in the third and I thought played them to an even period. You need a good goaltender if you want to win hockey games and Poulin was huge for us tonight. He made some unbelievable saves tonight." - Turner Elson on his thoughts of tonight's game.
"[Aaron Johnson] put a nice shot on net and I just tried to sprawl out and get my stick on it with one hand. Fortunately I got a piece and was able to tip it in. Those goals are big to get the confidence back up and hopefully get a few more here." - Elson on his goal that put the Heat up 2-0.
"We had a good first period tonight, but I thought the rest of the game [San Diego] was the better team with the exception of our goaltender. There are some nights where you're not on your very best, but you're able to win those games. Tonight Kevin [Poulin] did a remarkable job allowing us to get this win. He was terrific in the second, the third and on through the shootout. He was the main reason we were able to get the two points tonight." - Head Coach Ryan Huska on the play of Kevin Poulin.
"I thought he looked ok. His line wasn't our best line tonight, but it's tough for a guy coming from the east coast with the time change and all the different things that have gone on in the last day and a half for him. I thought he looked fine tonight for his first game and I see him getting better and better every game he plays here." - coach Huska on what he saw out of Hunter Shinkaruk tonight.
NEXT HOME GAME
STOCKTON HEAT vs. San Antonio Rampage
February 28 @ Stockton Arena
First 500 fans age 12 & under receive a black replica Heat jersey
Doors @ 3:00 p.m., Puck drop @ 4:00 p.m.
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