Stockton Drops Wild Contest at Iowa
December 22, 2018 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release
DES MOINES, Iowa - There were goals aplenty Friday in Des Moines, ultimately Iowa winning a wild affair by an 8-7 final score in overtime over the Stockton Heat. The back-and-forth contest started out all Wild, the home team jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead until Curtis Lazar deposited a pair of goals before the first intermission to even the score into the locker rooms. The teams traded jabs again in the second, each team lighting the lamp twice with Stockton's strikes coming from Mike McMurtry, his first of the season, and Matthew Phillips. The third period was when the scoring boiled over, the teams combining for a remarkable six goals over the first 6:16 of the final frame to produce a 7-7 score that lasted through the final horn of regulation. Iowa scored the first two of the final frame until Stockton rattled off three unanswered, Tyler Graovac, Kerby Rychel and Buddy Robinson all finding twine to grab a 7-6 edge that ultimately lasted just 19 seconds until Justin Kloos tied the game with his third goal and sixth point of the contest. A tripping penalty in overtime proved costly as Iowa deposited its fourth power play tally of the contest 3:18 into the added time, Louis Belpedio claiming the game-winner.
GOALIES
W: Kaapo Kahkonen (38 shots, 31 saves)
OTL: Jon Gillies (45 shots, 37 saves)
NOTABLE STATISTICS
Three Stars: 1 - Justin Kloos (3g,3a), 2 - Brennen Menell (4a), 3 - Kyle Rau (1g,2a)
Final Shots: STK - 38, IA - 45
Power Plays: STK - 1-6, IA - 4-10
- The 15 combined goals were the most in a Heat game this season. Stockton's seven goals represented the second-best offensive effort of the season for the Heat, trailing only November 20's eight-goal outburst.
- Five different players from Stockton registered multi-point efforts, while a total of 13 of 18 Heat skaters registered at least one point in the contest. Nine Wild skaters registered a point, while Justin Kloos led all skaters with six.
- Curtis Lazar netted his 10th and 11th goals of the season with a pair in the first period in tonight's game. The contest was his seventh multi-point game and third multi-goal effort on the year.
- Tyler Graovac scored his seventh goal of the season, coming during the third period of his first game back at Wells Fargo Arena against his former team.
- Mike McMurtry's goal in the second period was his first of the season.
- Kerby Rychel scored in his first game back from Calgary. Rychel returned to the Heat as the team's leading scorer. Buddy Robinson also lit the lamp in the contest in his return to Stockton from a call-up to Calgary.
- Dillon Dube registered an assist on McMurtry's and Rychel's goals, giving him three points in two games this week.
- The game was Stockton's fifth-straight one-goal game. The Heat are now 1-2-2-0 in that span.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Heat will hit the road for four-consecutive games, this weekend a pair at Iowa and next weekend heading to Tucson for a Pacific Division matchup against the Roadrunners. Stockton will then return home for a New Year's Eve tilt against the San Jose Barracuda, a 5 p.m. puck drop on Monday the 31st. The game will feature a Bam Bam Stix giveaway as well as a post-game fireworks show on the ice as part of the festivities.
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