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The Weekly News and Notes of the Stockton Heat

December 28, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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News and Notes

- Derek Grant pushes his point streak to five-straight games. Grant scored 2 goals on December 16, added a goal on December 19, added two assists on December 20 and again on December 26 and scored a goal on December 27. That brings his total to 4 goals and 4 assists (8 points) in five games. The current long in the AHL as of posting Chris Bourque of the Hershey Bears with 11 points in 8 games. The longest of the season belongs to Viktor Arvidsson of Milwaukee with 17 points in 13 games

- Morgan Klimchuk may have been held off the scoresheet on Saturday but returned to the site of his first pro points and added an assist. Klimchuk now has three points in his last three games

- When scoring first in games, the Stockton Heat are 7-2-0-1 however the team has only scored first twice this month and are 1-1-0 in those two games

- Stockton leads the AHL averaging 35.71 shots-per-game. The Stockton Heat have outshot opponents 15 times this season but haven't during the three-game losing skid

- Bryce Van Brabant recorded his first ever three point night as a pro on Saturday, December 26 at Bakersfield scoring twice and adding an assist

- Jakub Nakladal has a two-game point/assist streak. He has 2 assists in his last 2 games and has 3 points in his last 2 games.

Approaching Milestones

- Colton Orr is 2 PIMS away from 600 in his AHL career. The forward has 1186 PIMS in the NHL

- Garnet Hathaway is 2 games away from 100 career AHL games

- Bill Arnold is just 2 points shy of 50 career AHL points

- Turner Elson is 5 points away from 50 career AHL points

- Joni Ortio is 5 games away from playing in his 100th career AHL contest

- Heat captain Aaron Johnson is just 6 points away from 200 career AHL points

- Kenny Agostino is 10 games away from playing in his 100th AHL game

Recently Accomplished Milestones

- Head Coach Ryan Huska coached his 100th AHL game on December 27 in San Jose

Grant Establishes New Team Record

Previously, the longest point streak for the Stockton Heat was three games that was accomplished by Drew Shore twice and Bill Arnold once, however, Derek Grant has now surpassed that streak and hopes to extend it as his point streak has hit five-straight games.

Grant has now taken the team lead in points with 16 thanks in part to 8 points he's had in his last five games. Not only that, but Grant also spent 9 games with the Calgary Flames this season, making it that much more impressive that the forward from Abbotsford, British Columbia has managed to score 16 points in just 16 games for the Heat.

Besides the 11 goals and 16 points, the other things that Grant leads the team on include:

- Shooting percentage (15.5%)

- Plus/Minus (+5)

- Game Winning Goals (3)

- First Goals (Tied with 2)

- Multi-point games (6)

- Multi-goal games (4)

He also owns the Heat's team record of 11-shots in a single game (December 16) and shares the team record of most goals in a game with two along with Garnet Hathaway, Turner Elson, Kenny Agostino, Emile Poirier, Markus Granlund and Bryce Van Brabant.

Heat Face Busy Stretch of the Season

The Heat have played the fewest games (along with the Ontario Reign) with 24-games to this point in the season, however all that began to change in December and it carries through January. The Heat had a busy December playing 11 games and sees that same number of games on the other side of the calendar year with the Heat playing 11 games in January as well before the team plays 10 games in February, 13 in March and eight in just 17 days of April.

The Heat find themselves in the midst of their busiest portion of the schedule thus far playing six games in nine nights. Tuesday's game in Ontario will be the third game of that stretch in just the fourth night.

During the upcoming month, the Heat will also play two brand new opponents in a road game in the midwest against the Iowa Wild and a pair of home games against the Manitoba Moose. More on one of those games....right....now!

Teddy Bear Toss Coming Up on January 23

One of those games pitting the Heat against the Manitoba Moose this month, specifically the one on January 23, will feature one of our favorite promotions as Teddy Bear Toss returns for the 11th season in Stockton.

The Heat host the event for the first time, where you, the fans, are encouraged to bring stuffed animals to the game and once the Heat score (make sure it's a good goal too because San Diego had this problem this season), fans chuck their teddy bears and stuffed animals onto the ice which will then be collected, counted and distributed to local charities courtesy of the United Way.

This year, the Heat's ownership group has already seen one team they own, the Calgary Hitmen of the WHL, break world records for the amount of bears collected 28,815 bears and stuffed animals.

While the Heat might not be able to keep up with the Hitmen, one team should certainly help motivate Stockton fans to bring a bunch of bears to the game as the Heat's big rival, the Bakersfield Condors, collected 7,908 and we want to beat that number right here at Stockton Arena.

For tickets to the game, visit StocktonHeat.com or call the Front Office at 209-373-1500.

Records:

Last Week's Record: 0-2-0-0, 0 points

Overall Record: 9-13-0-2, 0.417 Win Percentage, 7th in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results:

Dec. 26- Stockton Heat 3 at Bakersfield 5

Dec. 27 - Stockton Heat 1 at San Jose 5

This Week's Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 29- Stockton Heat vs. Ontario Reign - Stockton Arena (7:00 p.m.)

Thr. Dec. 31 - Stockton Heat at Ontario Reign - Citizens Business Bank Arena (7:00 p.m.)

Sat. Jan. 2 - Stockton Heat vs. Texas Stars - Stockton Arena (4:00 p.m.)

Sun. Jan. 3 - Stockton Heat vs. Bakersfield Condors - Stockton Arena (4:00 p.m.)

Recent Transactions

12/23 - Aaron Johnson loaned to Team Canada (Spengler Cup)

12/27 - Mitchell Heard recalled to Stockton by the Heat from the Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)

Team Leaders

Goals: Derek Grant with 11

Assists: Drew Shore with 12

Points: Derek Grant with 16

PIMs: Austin Carroll with 35

Wins: Joni Ortio with 4

Losses: Joni Ortio with 6

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: 4 | Overall: 66

Goals Against: Week: 10 | Overall: 76

Power Play: 19-123 (15.4%), 18th in AHL

Penalty Kill: 78-97 (80.4%), 25th in AHL

Records vs. Opponents

Pacific Division:

Bakersfield Condors (2-4-0-0)

Ontario (0-2-0-0)

San Antonio (1-1-0-1)

San Diego (2-1-0-1)

San Jose (1-4-0-0)

Texas (2-1-0-0)

TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (9-13-0-2)

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: 17-16-2, .514 Win Percentage, 5th in Pacific Division

This Week's Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 29 - Flames vs. Anaheim (6:00 p.m. PST)

Thr. Dec. 31 - Flames vs. Los Angeles (6:00 p.m. PST)

Sat. Jan. 2 - Flames at Colorado (7:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)

Record Last Week: 1-1-0, 2 points

Record Overall: 17-6-2, .720 Win Percentage, 2nd in East Division

This Week's Schedule:

Tue. Dec. 29- Thunder vs. Greenville (4:00 p.m. PST)

Thr. Dec. 31- Thunder vs. Reading (2:30 p.m. PST)

Sat. Jan. 2 - Thunder at Reading (4:00 p.m. PST)

Sun. Jan. 3 - Thunder at Reading (1:00 p.m. PST)

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