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Weekly News and Notes of the Stockton Heat

Published on March 14, 2016 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release


News and Notes

Stockton completed the season series with Texas going 4-1-1-0, marking the second team that the Heat have completed their season series with in the Division (San Antonio)

Stockton goes a combined 8-2-1-1 against Texas and San Antonio with both regulation losses coming on the road

Stockton has the second highest points percentage on home ice in the Pacific Division (.685) behind only the Ontario Reign (.724)

However every team in the Pacific except for the San Antonio Rampage are .556 or better at home

Stockton is 13-2-1-0 at home since January 2

The Heat have outscored teams 86-66 (20 goal diff.)

Derek Grant and Hunter Shinkaruk are tied for fifth in the AHL with 23 goals

Grant has been out with a fractured jaw since February 8. He was leading the league in goals at that point in time

Shinkaruk scored 21 goals with the Utica Comets before being acquired by the Calgary Flames in an NHL trade

Shinkaruk is also tied for third in the league with 11 power-play goals

Only one of those came with the Stockton Heat. The other 10 were for Utica

Stockton lost in overtime for just the second time this season and first time at home

The last (and only other) overtime loss occurred on January 6 in San Jose

Stockton has a .667 win-percentage in overtime, having won 8 games (four in OT, four in SO) while losing just four (two in OT, two in SO)

Stockton continues to lead the league in average shots for per game with 34.96

Stockton's 43 shots on Saturday were the most for the team since the Heat fired 55 on San Antonio's Spencer Martin back on February 14

The Heat have 40+ shots in a game 18 times this season and have compiled a 11-6-1-0 record when they reach the 40-shot plateau

Stockton has the following matchup's remaining this season

Four against Ontario (two at Stockton Arena and two on the road)

Four against San Diego (three at Stockton Arena and one on the road)

Two against San Jose (two at Stockton Arena and one on the road)

Two against Bakersfield (both on the road)

Two against Manitoba (both on the road)

One against Iowa (at Stockton Arena)

TOTALS: 15 games remaining (seven at Stockton Arena, eight on the road)

In 14 games with the Stockton Heat, Mason Raymond has compiled 6 goals and 8 assists to go a point-per-game

He's been lights-out on the Heat power-play too as he's scored two of his 6 goals on the power play and recorded six of his 8 assists on the man advantage

That's a total of eight of his 14 points coming on the Heat power play

He has goals in back-to-back games (2 goals) and points in three-straight (2-2-4)

Mitchell Heard scored his first goal of the season for the Heat on Wednesday against San Jose and scored his second goal with the Heat in the next game, Friday, against Texas

He had a three-game point streak from March 5 at San Diego to March 11 vs. Texas (2-1-3)

Kevin Poulin has started 19 of the Heat's last 25 games

Approaching Milestones

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

Yann Sauve is 5 points away from 50 career AHL points

He's also 11 PIMS away from 200 in his AHL career

Drew Shore is 5 assists from his 100th career AHL assist

Shore is also 7 games away from playing his 200th career AHL game

Pat Sieloff is 11 games away from playing his 100th AHL game

Recently Reached Milestones

Bryce Van Brabant played in his 100th AHL game on Friday, March 11

Bill Arnold celebrated his 100th AHL game on Saturday, March 12 by scoring a goal for the Heat

Freddie Hamilton played his 250th AHL game on Saturday against Texas

Turner Elson played his 150th AHL game on Saturday against Texas

Agostino Gets the Call, Plays Ninth NHL Game

After receiving the call to the Flames on March 11, the (then) Heat leading point getter, Kenny Agostino, suited up in Friday's Flames game as the team played the Arizona Coyotes at home.

While Agostino is up on emergency recall right now it was a well-deserved call-up after the Yale graduate record 9 goals and 21 points, just one back of tying his career high established last season, in his last 20 games for the Stockton Heat. That's the same amount of points Agostino had in his first 37 games for the AHL side.

He played in his 9th NHL game, all with the Calgary Flames. He skated 14:20 with Mikael Backlund and Michael Frolik, had 1:55 of power-play time, and finished the game with one shot, three hits and -1.

Heat Finish up Homestand and Start Longest Road trip this Week

The homestand wraps up this Friday, March 18 when the Heat host the Iowa Wild for the first and only time this season during Relay for Life Night! In addition, the Heat will be handing out bobbleheads to the first 500 kids 12-years-old and younger featuring Heat captain Aaron Johnson in .

After this four-game stand, the Heat head off for a season-long five-game road trip taking the team from Bakersfield, to Winnipeg and then to Ontario before coming home for the majority of the rest of the season. Stockton finishes out the last 19 days of the season playing six home games and three road games with hopes of playing past April 17!

Players Nearing Career Highs

Below is a look of players who've eclipsed their career high, met their career high or are nearing their career high in points

Players Who've Established a New Career High in Points

Kenney Morrison (New Career High: 31GP 2-7-9 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 10GP 2-4-6)

Pat Sieloff (New Career High: 39GP 1-7-8 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 48GP 2-3-5)

Hunter Shinkaruk (New Career High: 53GP 23-20-43 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 74GP 16-15-31)

Players Who've Tied their Career High in Points

Derek Grant (This Season's Stats: 30GP 23-15-38 | Career High: 2014-15 - 73GP 21-17-38)

Players Nearing their Career High in Points

Kenny Agostino (This Season's Stats: 49GP 17-25-42| Career High: 2014-15 - 67GP 15-28-43) - 1 point away

Brett Kulak (This Season's Stats: 47GP 2-9-11| Career High: 2014-15 - 26GP 4-9-13) - 2 points away

Bryce Van Brabant (This Season's Stats: 49GP 7-6-13| Career High: 2014-15 - 52GP 8-7-15) - 2 points away

Turner Elson (This Season's Stats: 51GP 11-15-26| Career High: 2014-15 - 59GP 17-13-30) - 4 points away

Freddie Hamilton (This Season's Stats: 53GP 16-19-35| Career High: 2013-14 - 64GP 22-21-43) - 8 points away

Drew Shore (This Season's Stats: 47GP 6-22-28| Career High: 2014-15 - 47GP 12-25-37) - 9 points away

Records:

Last Week's Record: 1-1-1-0, 3 points

Overall Record: 25-24-2-2, 0.509 Points Percentage, 6th in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results:

Mar. 9 - Stockton Heat 1 vs. San Jose Barracuda 4

Mar. 11 - Stockton Heat 2 vs. Texas Stars 1

Mar. 12 - Stockton Heat 2 vs. Texas Stars 3 (OT)

This Week's Schedule:

Fri. Mar. 18 - Stockton Heat vs. Iowa Wild - Stockton Arena (7:30 p.m.)

Sat. Mar. 19 - Stockton Heat at Bakersfield Condors - Rabobank Arena (7:00 p.m.)

Recent Transactions

3/12 - Tyler Wotherspoon reassigned to Stockton by Calgary

3/11 - Kenny Agostino recalled by Calgary from Stockton on Emergency Basis

3/7 - Yann Sauve acquired by Stockton in trade with the Portland Pirates

3/7 - Tyler Wotherspoon recalled by Calgary from Stockton on Emergency Basis

Team Leaders

Goals: Derek Grant and Hunter Shinkaruk with 23

Assists: Kenny Agostino with 25

Points: Hunter Shinkaruk with 43

PIMs: Hunter Smith with 62

Wins: Kevin Poulin with 10

Losses: Joni Ortio with 9

GAA (Played at least 10 games): Kevin Poulin with 2.81

SV% (Played at least 10 games): Kevin Poulin with 0.913

Team Stats

Goals For: Week: 5 | Overall: 152

Goals Against: Week: 8 | Overall: 169

Power Play: 42-241 (17.4%), T-13th in AHL

Penalty Kill: 160-198 (80.8%), 23rd in AHL

Records vs. Opponents

Pacific Division:

Bakersfield Condors (4-6-0-0)

Ontario (3-5-0-0)

San Antonio (4-1-0-1) - SEASON SERIES COMPLETED

San Diego (4-3-0-1)

San Jose (2-7-1-0)

Texas (4-1-1-0) - SEASON SERIES COMPLETED

TOTALS vs. PACIFIC: (21-23-2-2)

Central Division:

Iowa (1-0-0-0)

Rockford (1-1-0-0) - SEASON SERIES COMPLETED

Manitoba (2-0-0-0)

TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (4-1-0-0)

Calgary Flames (NHL)

Record Last Week: 1-1-1, 3 points

Record Overall: 28-35-5, .449 Points Percentage, 6th in Pacific Division

This Week's Schedule:

Mon. Mar. 14 - Flames vs. St. Louis (6:00 p.m. PST)

Wed. Mar. 16 - Flames vs. Winnipeg (7:00 p.m. PST)

Fri. Mar. 18 - Flames vs. Colorado (6:00 p.m. PST)

Sun. Mar. 19 - Flames at Montreal (4:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)

Record Last Week: 1-3-0, 1 point

Record Overall: 34-21-6, .607 Win Percentage, 2nd in East Division

This Week's Schedule:

Thr. Mar. 17 - Thunder at Orlando (4:00 PST)

Sat. Mar. 19 - Thunder at Orlando (4:00 PST)

Sun. Mar. 20 - Thunder at Orlando (3:00 PST)

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