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April 2, 2015 - ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


Last Week's Results:

Mar. 25 - STOCKTON THUNDER 3 at Ontario Reign 7

Mar. 27 - Alaska Aces 10 at STOCKTON THUNDER 2

Mar. 28 - Alaska Aces 5 at STOCKTON THUNDER 4 (SOL)

Mar. 29 - Alaska Aces 4 at STOCKTON THUNDER 2

This Week's Schedule:

April 4 - STOCKTON THUNDER at Ontario Reign - 6:00 p.m. puck drop

Recent Transactions:

3/31 - ADD Kyle Brodie (Signed Contract)

3/31 - ADD Garrett Ladd (Signed Contract)

3/30 - DEL Bryon Paulazzo (Returned to Mississippi of the SPHL)

3/27 - ADD Lucas Gore (Returns from Bereavement Leave)

3/25 - ADD Kent Simpson (Reassigned by NYI from BRG)

3/23 - ADD Andrew Walsh (Signed ATO)

3/23 - DEL Lucas Gore (Placed on Bereavement Leave)

Team Leaders

Goals: Tyler Maxwell with 24

Assists: Tyler Shattock with 35

Points: Tyler Shattock with 56

PIMs: Garet Hunt with 265

Wins: Cody Reichard with 8*

Losses: Cody Reichard & Kent Simpson with 18*

GAA: Kent Simpson with 3.41*

SV%: Kent Simpson with .899*

*includes stats accumulated with the Thunder and additional teams

Shattock is on Fire

Tyler Shattock has been one of the best players in the ECHL over the last two months.

Shattock has scored 12 goals and added 15 assists in 24 games thus far since February began. Of the 24 games, Shattock has points in 19 of them, missing out on just 5 games.

His 56 points this season has obliterated his previous pro high of 20 points that he picked up while playing for the Chicago Wolves of the AHL last season. After his five-game point streak ended on Wednesday, Shattock has picked up points in his last three games scoring a goal on Friday and adding an assist on both Saturday (while actually playing the majority of the game on defense) and Sunday.

All-Time Greatest

Garet Hunt has done it, the longtime Thunder forward playing in his seventh season became the team's all-time leading scorer after a goal last night against Troy Redmann .

With the goal Garet breaks a two-way tie at the top with former Thunder forward Mike Lalonde and sets a new team record of 157 points.

Garet does have one more record to try and chase down as Lalonde still holds the all-time Thunder goals record of 72. Hunt's season goal total is now up to 12 meaning he is just 9 goals away from tying Lalonde's mark.

Hunt is now the franchise leader in games played (439), points (157), penalty minutes (1653) and ranks third all-time in assists (94) behind Ryan Constant (110) and Nathan Martz (97).

Making their Debut

The Thunder added two players for the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point this week in defenseman Kyle Brodie and forward Garrett Ladd. Both players played in the NCAA Division III Championship this past weekend, falling 5-2 to Trinity (Conn.) and are now set to make their pro debuts this Saturday against the Ontario Reign.

The UW-Stevens Point Pointers had four players ink ECHL deals this week. Defenseman Kevin Gibson signed with the Tulsa Oilers while goalie Brandon Jaeger signed with the Missouri Mavericks. The four seniors were instrumental in the Pointers back-to-back appearances in the NCAA DIII National Title Game.

News and Notes

The Thunder have drawn over 150,000 fans in each of the 10 years the team has played in Stockton. Heading into April 11th's Thunder finale, the team has drawn 2,122,658 fans in 10 seasons. Garet Hunt leads the league with 25 major penalties while J.P. Chabot is fifth in the league with 20 major penalties. Klarc Wilson and Lukas Sutter are two and three respectively among rookies with 160 and 156 penalty minutes. Wilson is tied second among rookies with 14 major penalties. The Thunder are the second most penalized team in the league, averaging 22.04 PIMS. Stockton has played the fewest number of games needing extra time (4). The team has won 14 of 30 games that they've registered the first goal. The Thunder have the second best power play in the league converting 21.2% of their 274 chances. Stockton scores more goals in the second (63) and third (64 for a total of 127) but give up the most goals in the first (96) and second (105 for a total of 201). The Thunder are 13-1-0-0 when leading after two periods. Garet Hunt's goal 22 seconds into the game on 3/28 was the fastest of the season by 8 seconds (previously held by Peter Sivak 30 seconds into the first).

Approaching Milestones

Cody Reichard is 2 games away from playing in his 100th professional game. Tyler Maxwell is 4 games away from playing in his 100th ECHL game. He is one point away from putting together his first pro season with 50 points. J.T. Barnett is 5 games away from playing in his 100th ECHL game. Alex Mallet is 6 games away from playing his 100th career ECHL game.

Recently Accomplished Milestones

Garet Hunt became the Thunder's all-time leading point scorer on 3/28/15 with a goal just 22 seconds into the game.. Lucas Gore won his first pro start when he came into the game on 3/17/15 in relief of an injured Cody Reichard . Garet Hunt tied Mike Lalonde for first all-time on the Thunder points leaderboard 3/14/15.



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