AHL Stockton Heat

Weekly News and Notes of the Stockton Heat

Published on March 22, 2016 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Stockton Heat News Release


Records:

Last Week's Record: 2-0-0-0, 4 points

Overall Record: 27-25-2-2, 518 Points Percentage, 6th in the Pacific Division

Last Week's Results:

Mar. 18 - Stockton Heat 5 vs. Iowa Wild 1

Mar. 19 - Stockton Heat 6 at Bakersfield Condors 5 (OT)

This Week's Schedule:

Mon. Mar. 21 - Stockton Heat at Manitoba Moose - MTS Centre (5:00 p.m. PST - 0-3 L)

Wed. Mar. 23 - Stockton Heat at Manitoba Moose - MTS Centre (5:00 p.m. PST)

Fri. Mar 25 - Stockton Heat at Ontario Reign - Citizens Business Bank Arena (7:00 p.m.)

Sat. Mar 26 - Stockton Heat at Ontario Reign - Citizens Business Bank Arena (6:00 p.m.)

Recent Transactions

3/20 - Tyler Wotherspoon reassigned to Calgary on emergency basis

3/18 - Mark Owuya signs pro tryout with Stockton

3/17 - Kenny Agostino reassigned to Stockton from Calgary

3/16 - Freddie Hamilton reassigned to Calgary on emergency basis

3/15 - Mike Vernace released from his pro tryout

3/12 - Tyler Wotherspoon reassigned to Stockton by Calgary

Team Leaders

Goals: Derek Grant with 26

Assists: Kenny Agostino with 28

Points: Hunter Shinkaruk with 47

PIMs: Hunter Smith with 86

Wins: Kevin Poulin with 13

Losses: Joni Ortio and Kevin Poulin with 9

GAA (Played at least 10 games): Kevin Poulin with 2.83

SV% (Played at least 10 games): Kevin Poulin with 0.910

Team Stats*

Goals For: Week: 11 | Overall: 163

Goals Against: Week: 6 | Overall: 175

Power Play: 46-251 (18.3%), 10th in AHL

Penalty Kill: 170-210 (81%), T-21st in AHL

*information doesn't include Monday's loss to Manitoba

Records vs. Opponents

Pacific Division:

Bakersfield Condors (5-6-0-0)

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: (22-23-2-2)

Central Division:

Iowa (2-0-0-0) - SEASON SERIES COMPLETED

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

Manitoba (2-1-0-0)

TOTALS vs. CENTRAL: (5-2-0-0)

Calgary Flames (NHL)

Record Last Week: 3-0-1, 7 points

Record Overall: 31-36-6, .432 Points Percentage, 5th in Pacific Division

This Week's Schedule:

Mon. Mar. 21 - Flames at Toronto (2-5 L)

Thr. Mar. 24 - Flames at Minnesota (5:00 p.m. PST)

Sat. Mar. 26 - Flames vs. Chicago (7:00 p.m. PST)

Adirondack Thunder (ECHL)

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

Record Overall: 35-23-6, .594 Points Percentage, 2nd in East Division

This Week's Schedule:

Tue. Mar. 22 - Thunder vs. Kalamazoo (4:00 PST)

Sat. Mar. 19 - Thunder vs. Manchester(4:00 PST)

News and Notes

Stockton is 14-2-1-0 at home since January 2

The Heat have outscored teams 91-67 (24 goal diff.)

Stockton continues to lead the league in average shots for per game with 34.73

Saturday's come-from-behind win was the first win for Stockton when trailing after 40 minutes on the road and just the second time all season long that the Heat staged a third period comeback to win the game

It was also Stockton's eighth win on the road which puts them in a three-way tie with Springfield and Manitoba for the fewest wins away from home this season

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)

One against Bakersfield (on the road)

One against Manitoba (on the road)

TOTALS: 12 games remaining (six at Stockton Arena, six on the road)

Kevin Poulin has started 22 of the Heat's last 28 games

The Heat got a little healthier last week as:

Derek Grant returned after missing 14 games with a fractured jaw

Dustin Stevenson returned after missing 12 games with a lower body injury

Oliver Kylington returned after missing 16 games with an upper body injury

Derek Grant set new career highs with

Six Game Goal Streak (9 goals)

tied second longest in the AHL

Seven Game Point Streak (9-6-15), three points more than his previous career high set this season in the same amount of games

Points in 10-straight road games dating back to 12/20/15 and saw it end on Monday in Manitoba

tied third longest such streak in the AHL this season, one game away from tying Toronto's William Nylander however Grant matched Nylander's point output

Stockton's 59 minutes of penalties against Bakersfield on Saturday was a team high this season. The 45 minutes collected in the second alone would have beaten the previous high of 39 against the Ontario Reign back in December.

Stockton was shutout for the third time this season on Monday against the Manitoba Moose. All three goaltenders to do it have played time in the NHL with Peter Buday shutting the Heat out in November, Michael Leighton doing the job in January and now Conner Hellebuyck in March.

Approaching Milestones

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 4 assists from his 100th career AHL assist

Shore is also 4 games away from playing his 200th career AHL game

Pat Sieloff is 9 games away from playing his 100th AHL game

Kenny Agostino is 11 points away from 100 in his AHL career

Dustin Stevenson is 12 games away from playing his 100th AHL game

Recently Reached Milestones

Colton Orr's 10 minute misconduct penalty on Monday pushed the forward over the 600 AHL PIMS plateau, giving him 608 to go along with his 1186 PIMS in his NHL career

Frequent Flyer

Tyler Wotherspoon has become quite the frequent flyer for the Stockton Heat and Calgary Flames.

He's been recalled on emergency four times this season, most recently on Sunday as he headed to help the Flames take down the Montreal Canadiens, flying from Los Angeles to Montreal and playing that same day.

Wotherspoon's March has been crazy busy, playing March 4 and 5 with Stockton, then March 7 and 9 with Calgary. Back then to Stockton for three on the 12th, 18th, and 19th before going up for two games for the Flames this past Sunday and Monday.

Racking up the miles in the air for the third year defenseman!

Start Longest Road Trip

After the Heat completed their four-game stand on Friday, the Heat went right to Bakersfield where they won their eighth game on the road on Saturday. Then it was a trip to Winnipeg where Stockton fell in their first game against the Manitoba Moose as the team has now gone 1-1-0 in their first two games of this long five-game roadie.

Stockton has games against the Moose on Wednesday and a pair of games against the Ontario Reign on Friday and Saturday before returning home in a midweek clash at Stockton Arena on March 30.

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: 34GP 3-8-11 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 10GP 2-4-6)

Pat Sieloff (New Career High: 41GP 1-8-9 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 48GP 2-3-5)

Hunter Shinkaruk (New Career High: 56GP 25-22-47 | Previous High: 2014-15 - 74GP 16-15-31)

Kenny Agostino (This Season's Stats: 53GP 18-28-46| Career High: 2014-15 - 67GP 15-28-43)

Derek Grant (This Season's Stats: 31GP 26-17-43 | Career High: 2014-15 - 73GP 21-17-38)

Players Nearing their Career High in Points

Brett Kulak (This Season's Stats: 50GP 2-9-11| Career High: 2014-15 - 26GP 4-9-13) - 2 points away

Bryce Van Brabant (This Season's Stats: 51GP 7-6-13| Career High: 2014-15 - 52GP 8-7-15) - 2 points away

Turner Elson (This Season's Stats: 52GP 11-15-26| Career High: 2014-15 - 59GP 17-13-30) - 4 points away

Drew Shore (This Season's Stats: 50GP 8-23-31| Career High: 2014-15 - 47GP 12-25-37) - 6 points away

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

Check out the Stockton Heat Statistics

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