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Published on February 10, 2015 under ECHL (ECHL)
Stockton Thunder News Release


Last Week's Results:

Feb. 6 - STOCKTON THUNDER 2 at Alaska Aces 7

Feb. 7 - STOCKTON THUNDER 1 at Alaska Aces 6

Feb. 8 - STOCKTON THUNDER 5 at Alaska Aces 8

Recent Transactions

2/9 - DEL Mike Ullrich (Suspended by Team)

2/6 - ADD Bryon Paulazzo (Signed to SPC)

2/4 - ADD J.P. Chabot (Acquired in Trade with RPD)

2/4 - ADD Mike Ullrich (Acquired in Trade with ORL)

2/4 - DEL Jack MacLellan (Loaned to Bridgeport)

2/4 - DEL Sivak (Reassigned to Bridgeport)

Team Leaders

Goals: Tyler Maxwell with 17

Assists: Jack MacLellan with 25

Points: Jack MacLellan with 35

PIMs: Garet Hunt with 158

Wins: Shane Owen with 6

Losses: Shane Owen with 11

GAA: Kent Simpson with 3.34

SV%: Kent Simpson with .905

All-Time Watch

We're monitoring the situation between Garet Hunt, Ryan Constant and Mike Lalonde as Lalonde's all-time lead in points could be in danger of falling to one of the Thunder's star players soon.

Lalonde's 156 career points is in jeopardy as Constant pulled ahead with 151 points with the Thunder while Hunt is right behind them both with 150.

That means Constant is just 5 points back of tying the record while Hunt is 6 points back of tying the record. Both players have missed time due to injuries this season as Hunt missed 11 games while Constant was placed on Injured Reserve on December 14.

Hunt is the only one close to Lalonde's all-time record of 72 goals with his 57 markers, putting the Thunder captain 15 shy of tying the record.

Duby Duby Doo!

Thunder alum and current NHL goaltender Devan Dubnyk has had an amazing run with his newest team, the Minnesota Wild.

Dubnyk, who turns 29 in May, began this season with his third NHL team, the Arizona Coyotes, but was traded on January 15 to the Minnesota Wild who've had goalie problems this season. Instantly Dubnyk made a giant impact for the Wild.

After posting a winning record of 9-5-2 with the Coyotes, Dubnyk has been on fire for the Wild, helping the team turn their season around and pull within six points of the fourth placed Winnipeg Jets. The former Thunder netminder has posted a 8-1-0 record with four of those games resulting in Dubnyk shutouts! He's posted a 1.49 goals-against-average to go along with a .940 save-percentage. The Wild also find themselves on a current NHL-long, six-game winning streak.

Dubnyk played for the Thunder in 2006-07 and appeared in 43 games that season, posting a 24-11-7 record with two shutouts. The current Thunder "alum of the month" has played 202 NHL games and has posted a 78-83-24 record with the Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators, Coyotes and Wild.

Keep up the great work Devan!

News and Notes

The Thunder are at home for the next seven games. This homestand is tied for the season longest as the Thunder were home for seven games from 11-22-14 to 12-6-14. Garet Hunt is tied for the league lead in major penalties with 18. Lukas Sutter leads rookies with 156 penalty minutes. He is now second on the team behind Garet Hunt who has 158 PIMS. The Thunder are the second most penalized team in the league with 1015 PIMS. Elmira is the only team penalized more with 1062. Stockton averages the third most penalty minutes per game at 22.07. Stockton and Evansville have the fewest road wins in the ECHL with just four. The Thunder are 9-12-0 in 21 games that they've scored the first goal of the contest. Stockton has winning records in games played against Bakersfield and Utah. The Thunder have the fifth best power play in the league converting at 19.4%. The Thunder's penalty kill unit is now at the bottom of the league, only killing off 77.4% of penalties. Stockton and Utah have allowed the second most shorthanded goals in the league with 11. Wheeling has allowed the most at 13. The Thunder score 69% of their goals in the final two periods. The team scored a season high 5 goals in Sunday's third period in Alaska. Opponents of the Thunder shoot 69% of their shots in the first and second periods. The Thunder allow the second most shots per game at 34.76. The Thunder are 10-1-0-0 when leading after two periods. Tyler Shattock and James Henry each have nine multi-point games for the Thunder, leading the team. Tyler Maxwell is right behind them with eight multi-point games. Tyler Maxwell's 5 point night back on 11/22/14 is still the league high output in a single game. It has since been tied by Brendan Connolly of Alaska, Jason Bast of Idaho and Jesse Schultz of Rapid City.

Streaks

Tyler Shattock has points in three-straight games (1-3-4). Jack MacLellan has points, and goals in back-to-back games (2-3-5). Vinny Scarsella has assists in back-to-back games (0-3-3).

Approaching Milestones

J.P. Chabot is 7 games away from playing 300 in his pro career in the ECHL and former Central Hockey League. Tyler Maxwell is 9 points away from 50 career ECHL points. Coach Kromm is 10 games away from coaching in his 200th ECHL game. Cody Reichard is 10 games away from playing in his 100th professional game. Keith Seabrook is 11 points away from 100 in his pro career. Garet Hunt is 7 points away from becoming the Thunder's all-time points leader. Austin Levi is 14 away from 100 career ECHL games.

Recently Accomplished Milestones

Bryon Paulazzo made his ECHL debut on February 6 in Alaska. The rookie has spent the first half of this season in the Southern Professional Hockey League. Tyler Shattock picked up in 100th professional point, a power-play goal, on February 8, just one game after he played his 300th professional game (February 7). Garet Hunt scored his 150th point, an assist, on February 8. He is one of only three players to have 150 points with the Thunder (Mike Lalonde & Ryan Constant). Austin Levi played in his 100th pro game on February 8. Keith Seabrook played in his 50th career ECHL game on February 8. He has played a total of 236 professional games plus 18 games in Italy in his career.

Fun Fact

Garet Hunt is 10th all-time on the ECHL penalty minute record book with 1,546, putting him 10th just above Dave Stewart who played five seasons in the league and amassed 1,521 PIM. Kam White is next on the list as Garet is 108 PIMs away from tying the veteran White's 1,654 minutes in the sin-bin. White played 10 seasons in the ECHL.

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