[Official] Adirondack Flames Thread (Also some ECHL talk)

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

ROSTER & STATISTICS

GOALTENDERS

# | Name | Height | Weight | Catches | Birthplace | Games | Wins | Losses | OT/SO Loss | GAA | SV% | Shutouts | Contract Status
31 | Ortio, Joni | 6'1 | 183 | Left | Turku, FIN | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3.85 | 0.883 | 0 | NHL Contract
39 | Thiessen, Brad | 6'1 | 194 | Left | Hanover, MA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.98 | 0.912 | 0 | NHL Contract

DEFENSEMEN

# | Name | Height | Weight | Shoots | Birthplace | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM | Development Status | Contract Status
2 | Kulak, Brett | 6'1 | 185 | Left | Stony Plain, AB | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 19 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
3 | Culkin, Ryan | 6'1 | 174 | Left | Montreal, QC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
4 | Acolatse, Sena | 6'0 | 201 | Right | Hayward, CA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 21 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
5 | Wotherspoon, Tyler | 6'1 | 203 | Left | Burnaby, BC | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 0 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
6 | Stevenson, Dustin | 6'5 | 220 | Left | Gull Lake, SK | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 26 | Developmental Player | Professional Tryout
7 | Ramage, John | 6'0 | 201 | Right | Chesterfield, MO | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
14 | Cundari, Mark | 5'9 | 179 | Left | Toronto, ON | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 14 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
32 | Sieloff, Patrick | 6'1 | 201 | Left | Ann Arbor, MI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 4 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
38 | Yonkman, Nolan | 6'6 | 251 | Right | Pinnichy, SK | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | Veteran Player | AHL Contract
?? | Potter, Corey | 6'3 | 209 | Right | Lansing, MI | - | - | - | - | - | - | Veteran Player | NHL Contract

FORWARDS

# | Name | Height | Weight | Shoots | Birthplace | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- | PIM | Development Status | Contract Status
9 | Hathaway, Garnet | 6'2 | 212 | Right | Naples, FLA | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 12 | Developmental Player | AHL Contract
11 | Knight, Corban | 6'2 | 201 | Right | Oliver, BC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 6 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
13 | Elson, Turner | 6'0 | 185 | Left | New Westminster, BC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 5 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
15 | Agostino, Ken | 6'1 | 201 | Left | Flanders, NJ | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | E | 17 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
16 | Tousignant, Mathieu | 5'11 | 185 | Left | St-Ã‰tienne-de-Lauzon, QC | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 18 | Developmental Player | AHL Contract
17 | Jooris, Josh | 6'1 | 190 | Right | Burlington, ON | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
19 | Ferland, Michael | 6'0 | 209 | Left | Brandon, MB | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +6 | 9 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
21 | Poirier, Emile | 6'1 | 183 | Left | Montreal, QC | - | - | - | - | - | - | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
24 | Gillies, Trevor | 6'3 | 236 | Left | Mississauga, ON | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 27 | Veteran Player | Professional Tryout
25 | Reinhart, Max | 6'1 | 181 | Left | Vancouver, BC | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
26 | Granlund, Markus | 5'11 | 185 | Left | Oulu, Finland | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | E | 10 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
27 | Baertschi, Sven | 5'11 | 190 | Left | Langenthal, SUI | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -9 | 4 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
28 | Hanowski, Ben | 6'2 | 194 | Left | Little Falls, MN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | E | 0 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
45 | Wolf, David | 6'3 | 216 | Left | Dusseldorf, GER | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 4 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
46 | Arnold, Bill | 6'0 | 203 | Right | Hneedham, MA | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 2 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract
48 | Van Brabant, Bryce | 6'3 | 205 | Left | Edmonton, AB | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 6 | Developmental Player | NHL Contract

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

2014-15 SCHEDULE
Listen Live: Hits 95.9 Glens Falls
Watch Live: AHL Live

October 2014

OCTOBER RECORD: 3-5-1

November 2014

December 2014

January 2015

February 2015

March 2015

April 2015

Link to full AHL schedule: http://theahl.com/stats/schedule.php?view=season&team_id=-1&season_id=48&home_away=&division_id=
Link to Colorado Eagles Schedule: http://coloradoeagles.com/schedule/

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

2014-15 STANDINGS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

North Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF

| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

Midwest Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF

| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

West Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF

| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF
Manchester Monarchs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Portland Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Providence Bruins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
St. John's IceCaps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Worcester Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

Northeast Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF
Albany Devils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Bridgeport Sound Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Hartford Wolf Pack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Springfield Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Syracuse Crunch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

East Division

Team | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | PCT | GF | GA | DIFF
Binghamton Senators | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Hershey Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Lehigh Valley Phantoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Norfolk Admirals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0
Wilkes-Barrie/Scranton Penguins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0

LAST 5 SEASONS [as the Abbotsford Heat]

Season | Games | Wins | Losses | OT/SO Losses | Winning % | Goals For | Goals Against | Division Rank | Conference Rank | Season Result
2013-14 | 76 | 43 | 25 | 8 | 61.842% | 237 | 215 | 2nd in West Division | 5th in Western Conference | Eliminated in 1st Round
2012-13 | 76 | 34 | 32 | 10 | 51.316% | 171 | 198 | 4th in North Division | 12th in Western Conference | Missed Playoffs
2011-12 | 76 | 42 | 26 | 8 | 60.526% | 200 | 201 | 2nd in West Division | 4th in Western Conference | Eliminated in 2nd Round
2010-11 | 80 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 53.750% | 186 | 212 | 4th in North Division | 11th in Western Conference | Missed Playoffs
2009-10 | 80 | 39 | 29 | 12 | 56.250% | 217 | 231 | 3rd in North Division | 7th in Western Conference | Eliminated in 2nd Round

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

AF's North Division Preview
the stats shown are AHL stats from 2013-14

NHL Affiliate of the Calgary Flames

Goaltenders

| GP | RECORD | GAA | SV%
Ortio, Joni | 37 | 27-8-2 | 2.33 | 0.926
Thiessen, Brad | 18 | 8-6-5 | 2.26 | 0.930
Defensemen

| GP | G | A | P
Acolatse, Sena | 41 | 5 | 12 | 17
Culkin, Ryan | - | - | - | -
Cundari, Mark | 56 | 9 | 14 | 23
Kulak, Brett | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3
Ramage, John | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1
Sieloff, Patrick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
Wotherspoon, Tyler | 48 | 1 | 8 | 9
Forwards

| GP | G | A | P
Agostino, Kenneth | - | - | - | -
Arnold, Bill | - | - | - | -
Baertschi, Sven | 41 | 13 | 16 | 29
Carroll, Austin | - | - | - | -
Ferland, Michael | 25 | 6 | 12 | 18
Gaudreau, Johnny | - | - | - | -
Granlund, Markus | 52 | 25 | 21 | 46
Hanowski, Ben | 55 | 13 | 18 | 31
Hathaway, Garnet | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0
Jooris, Josh | 73 | 11 | 16 | 27
Knight, Corban | 70 | 18 | 27 | 45
Poirier, Emile | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4
Reinhart, Max | 66 | 21 | 42 | 63
Tousignant, Mathieu | 76 | 8 | 13 | 21
Van Brabant, Bryce | - | - | - | -
Wolf, David | - | - | - | -

AF's Thoughts:

Roster Notes: I expect one of Sven Baertschi or Johnny Gaudreau to be in the NHL with the Flames. There is also a pretty good chance Tyler Wotherspoon is with the big club to start the season.

Team: This is easily the most inexperienced team in the North Division. They have an extremely young team, the coaching staff has turned over completely and pretty much their entire leadership group from Abbotsford have signed elsewhere. They are young, but they are also talented and looking to feed off hockey mad fans in Adirondack.

Offensively: Using my special and likely inaccurate formula of averaged 2013-14 statistics from my projected rosters I project the ADK Flames to be the highest scoring team in the division by a very significant margin and one of the top scoring teams in the league. Max Reinhart, Markus Granlund and one of Sven Baertschi or Johnny Gaudreau

Defensively: This is much harder to project, with a new coach and a new more high risk offensive system in place. A team that was middle of the pack in goals against last season and has lost pretty much their entire top 4 on the blueline only to be replaced with youngsters are likely to be victimized. Should he play in the AHL Tyler Wotherspoon will lead the way on the backend, leaning on veterans Mark Cundari who has returned from being loaned to the Wolves last season and Sena Acolatse who has signed with the Flames after a few years in the Sharks organization.

Goaltending: Looking at their numbers from last season a duo of Ortio and Thiessen look very formidable, but alas that is only on paper. With possible defensive struggles I expect their numbers to suffer as a result.

Prediction: 2nd in North Division

NHL Affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens

Goaltenders

| GP | RECORD | GAA | SV%
MacDonald, Joey | 16 | 5-10-1 | 3.00 | 0.909
Tokarski, Dustin | 41 | 20-16-4 | 2.38 | 0.919
Defensemen

| GP | G | A | P
Bennett, Mac | - | - | - | -
Dietz, Darren | 34 | 0 | 5 | 5
Drewiske, Davis | 21 | 0 | 3 | 3
Ellis, Morgan | 59 | 3 | 7 | 10
Makowski, David | - | - | - | -
Nygren, Magnus | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8
Pateryn, Greg | 68 | 15 | 19 | 34
Thrower, Dalton | - | - | - | -
Forwards

| GP | G | A | P
Andrighetto, Sven | 64 | 17 | 27 | 44
Bozon, Tim | - | - | - | -
Carr, Daniel | - | - | - | -
Crisp, Connor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2
Dumont, Gabriel | 74 | 19 | 17 | 36
Fournier, Stefan | 40 | 2 | 5 | 7
Hensick, T.J | 42 | 11 | 23 | 34
Holland, Patrick | 57 | 6 | 11 | 17
Hudon, Charles | - | - | - | -
Nattinen, Joonas | 69 | 8 | 7 | 15
Nevins, Jack | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1
Thomas, Christian | 55 | 11 | 16 | 27

AF's Thoughts:

Roster Notes: It is rumored that Magnus Nygren will return to Europe if he is not playing in the NHL. Greg Pateryn will be in the thick of a job on the Habs blueline as well. Tokarski is waiver eligible so if the Habs are worried about losing him on waivers we could see Budaj waived and demoted instead.

Team: They are the second most inexperienced team in the division but have a small collection of returning veterans. Newcomers Joey MacDonald, TJ Hensick, Dalton Thrower and Tim Bozon highlight the newcomers to the team.

Offensively: I project the Bulldogs forwards to be among the lowest scoring in the division, but if Pateryn returns to the Bulldogs and Thrower produces as a rookie they will likely generate more offense from the blueline than any other team in the division by a fair margin. Overall I expect Hamilton to finish 4th in goals, but quite a bit ahead of the lowest scoring team. Hensick and Andrighetto should lead the way in scoring.

Defensively: Very hard to project with the possible losses of Nygren and Pateryn, but with those 2 players they were quite poor last season. If they lose one or both of those defenders their bad defensive play could become a nightmare.

Goaltending: This appears to be the strength of the team with Tokarski as the projected starter and Joey MacDonald as his backup. However even this strength won't be enough to save this team from having very high goals against totals.

Prediction: 4th in North Division

NHL Affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres

Goaltenders

| GP | RECORD | GAA | SV%
Hackett, Matthew | 33 | 13-17-4 | 3.07 | 0.898
Lieuwen, Nathan | 32 | 17-11-2 | 2.34 | 0.922
Makarov, Andrey | 10 | 7-3-1 | 2.20 | 0.927
Defensemen

| GP | G | A | P
Austin, Brady | - | - | - | -
Bagnall, Drew | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6
Gauthier-Leduc, Jerome | 51 | 3 | 7 | 10
McCabe, Jake | - | - | - | -
Pysyk, Mark | 31 | 1 | 11 | 12
Ruhwedel, Chad | 47 | 4 | 24 | 28
Strachan, Tyson | 60 | 4 | 15 | 19
Forwards

| GP | G | A | P
Adam, Luke | 59 | 29 | 20 | 49
Armia, Joel | 54 | 7 | 27 | 34
Catenacci, Daniel | 76 | 10 | 10 | 20
Dalpe, Zac | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3
DesLauriers, Nicolas | 65 | 19 | 23 | 42
Ellis, Matt | 25 | 5 | 5 | 10
Grigorenko, Mikhail | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4
Jacobs, Colin | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2
Kea, Justin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Larsson, Johan | 51 | 15 | 26 | 41
Samuals-Thomas, Jordan | - | - | - | -
Schaller, Tim | 72 | 11 | 7 | 18
Sundher, Kevin | 60 | 6 | 14 | 20
Varone, Phil | 69 | 18 | 43 | 61

AF's Thoughts:

Roster Notes: On the blue line Jake McCabe, Mark Pysyk and Chad Ruhwedel have a shot at making the Sabres this coming season. Upfront all of Luke Adam, Zac Dalpe and Matt Ellis have a more than legitimate chance of making the big club. Should he be sent to the minors McCabe and Grigorenko will be the bigger name first year AHLers to join the Americans.

Team: Last season the Americans were very average both offensive and defensively. I expect them to improve in both regards this season.

Offensively: I project the Amerks to be middle of the pack in goals for sandwiched tightly between the Marlies and Bulldogs. Offensively they are likely to be led by Luke Adam and Johan Larsson but Mikhail Grigorenko could make it interesting. If he is sent to Rochester Ruhwedel will provide solid offensive numbers from the bueline.

Defensively: With the addition of McCabe the one thing you can say about the defensive group is they are big with Ruhwedel likely to be the only defenseman under 6'0 and most being 6'2 or 6'3.

Goaltending: This could be interesting. Matt Hackett is injured and not expected to return until Dec/Jan and statistically speaking he was the worst of the bunch by a significant margin in the AHL last season, but he is also the most NHL ready. Lieuwen and Makarov have the potential to make thing very interesting if they continue to play like they did last season.

Prediction: 3rd in North Division

NHL Affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Goaltenders

| GP | RECORD | GAA | SV%
Bibeau, Antoine | - | - | - | -
Gibson, Chris | 12 | 5-6-0 | 2.44 | 0.916
Sparks, Garret | 21 | 11-6-3 | 2.63 | 0.915
Defensemen

| GP | G | A | P
Finn, Matt | - | - | - | -
Ganberg, Petter | 73 | 2 | 5 | 7
Holzer, Korbinian | 72 | 5 | 18 | 23
Knodel, Eric | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2
Loov, Vikto | - | - | - | -
MacWilliam, Andrew | 57 | 0 | 9 | 9
Marshall, Kevin | 59 | 1 | 9 | 10
Nilsson, Tom | - | - | - | -
Percy, Stuart | 71 | 4 | 21 | 25
Forwards

| GP | G | A | P
Abbott, Spencer | 64 | 17 | 52 | 69
Biggs, Tyler | 57 | 7 | 2 | 9
Bodie, Troy | 17 | 4 | 4 | 8
Broll, David | 63 | 3 | 13 | 16
Brown, Connor | - | - | - | -
Carrick, Sam | 62 | 14 | 21 | 35
Devane, Jamie | 55 | 4 | 4 | 8
Kozun, Brandon | 75 | 17 | 29 | 46
Leivo, Josh | 59 | 23 | 19 | 42
McKegg, Greg | 65 | 19 | 28 | 47
McLaren, Frazer | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
Ross, Brad | 53 | 6 | 4 | 10
Rupert, Ryan | - | - | - | -

AF's Thoughts:

Roster Notes: The forward group will see both Bodie McLaren will fight hard to make the Leafs out of camp. They have also suffered two major losses with TJ Brennan and Drew McIntyre parting ways with the Leafs organization.

Team: The Marlies reached the Western Conference Final again in 2013-14 and should be the class of the North Division in 2014-15. They could also be a very tough and hard to play against team that will punish their opponents with both their bodies and their fists.

Offensively: I project the Marlies to be pretty average offensively again offensively this season, but will take a step back with the loss of leading scorer TJ Brennan who signed with the Islanders organization. Despite the loss of Brennan I do still think they will finish 2nd in the North Division in goals finishing just ahead of Rochester and Hamilton.

Defensively: Defense will be the strength of the Marlies again this season and should be a top 5 team defensively with 5 full-time defenders returning. While the loss of Brennan hurts them offensively, I think it will help them defensively and make an already strong defensive team stronger by replacing his minutes with rookie Matt Finn who is a much more defensively sound player.

Goaltending: The Marlies goaltending will be inexperienced with the loss of McIntyre but Sparks should be able to handle the load as the starter as he performed well while McIntyre was with the Leafs.

Prediction: 1st in North Division

NHL Affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks

Goaltenders

| GP | RECORD | GAA | SV%
Cannata, Joe | 28 | 11-12-4 | 2.83 | 0.907
Eriksson, Joacim | 52 | 24-24-6 | 2.61 | 0.911
Markstrom, Jacob | 29 | 12-11-7 | 2.56 | 0.918
Defensemen

| GP | G | A | P
Andersson, Peter | 58 | 2 | 11 | 13
Biega, Alex | 73 | 3 | 19 | 22
Blain, Jeremie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
Corrado, Frank | 59 | 6 | 11 | 17
LaFranchise, Kane | 34 | 0 | 13 | 13
McEneny, Evan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
Sanguinetti, Bobby | - | - | - | -
Tommernes, Henrik | 54 | 4 | 14 | 18
Forwards

| GP | G | A | P
Archibald, Darren | 59 | 10 | 12 | 22
Blomstrand, Ludwig | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0
DeFazio, Brandon | 76 | 17 | 17 | 34
Fox, Dane | - | - | - | -
Friesen, Alex | 54 | 6 | 14 | 20
Gaunce, Brendan | - | - | - | -
Grenier, Alexandre | 68 | 17 | 22 | 39
Jeffrey, Dustin | 21 | 4 | 6 | 10
Jensen, Nicklas | 54 | 15 | 6 | 21
Kenins, Ronalds | - | - | - | -
Kennedy, Patrick | 40 | 1 | 4 | 5
Lain, Kellan | 63 | 7 | 12 | 19
Mallet, Alexandre | 59 | 1 | 4 | 5
O'Reilly, Cal | 52 | 7 | 38 | 45
Zalewski, Michael | - | - | - | -

AF's Thoughts:

Roster Notes: There are a number of players that could be in Vancouver or could be in new homes come opening night. Markstrom will need to clear waivers to reach Utica and I am not sure that will happen, he could also be traded if a team is willing to pay the price to acquire him. Corrado could be Vancouver bound after a strong year and Sanguinetti is returning from the KHL and will do everything in his power to be a full-time NHL upon his return., howeverI expect one of these player to be with the Comets. In the forward group Nicklas Jensen and Dustin Jeffrey will fight to be full-time NHLers.

Team: The Comets are a mix of bad offense, average defense and good goaltending, maybe even great goaltending if Markstrom is able to join the team.

Offensively: A year ago the Comets were a very poor offensive team finished with the 3rd lowest goal totals in the league. I really don't expect that to change as I really don't see where there is any improvement offensively without relying too heavily on rookie Brendan Gaunce, in fact I think their offense will dry up even further as they will have less veterans putting up points.

Defensively: An average defensive team last year and should be the same again this year. Luckily for them playing in a very low scoring division with the likely to be less than stellar defenses of the Flames and Bulldogs in their division their back end may look above average defensively many nights.

Goaltending: This is by far their strength. Eriksson may be the best goaltender in the division and with the possible addition of Markstrom they could have the best two goaltenders in a division that also boasts Ortio and Tokarski. They also have Cannata who himself is no slouch and IMO could be the best backup goaltender in the division. Unfortunately for the Comets their great goaltending won't score them any goals.

Prediction: 5th in North Division

Coles notes for those who don't want to read all of that.

I predict:

Standings
1. Toronto
2. Adirondack
3. Rochester
4. Hamilton
5. Utica

Scoring
1. Adirondack (top 5 in league)
2. Toronto (middle of pack)
3. Rochester (middle of pack)
4. Hamilton (middle of pack)
5. Utica (worst in league)

Goals Against
1. Toronto (top 5 in league)
2. Utica (middle of pack)
3. Rochester (middle of pack)
4. Adirondack (bottom 10)
5. Hamilton (bottom 5)

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

ABBOTSFORD HEAT GOAL!!

Sven Baertschi!!

It was a soft one, but hell they all count!

Abbotsford - 5
Rockford - 2

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

Rockford scores

Abbotsford - 5
Rockford - 3

Lunatik · Apr 4, 2014

2nd Intermission
Abbotsford 5 - Rockford 3

1. RFD McNeill, (17) (Broadhurst, Dahlbeck), 3:05
1. ABB Miller, (2) (Arsene, Baertschi), 11:25
1. ABB Knight, (15) (Baertschi, Reinhart), 16:40 (PP)
1. ABB Knight, (16) (Miller, Baertschi), 18:04
2. RFD A. Broadhurst, (14) (T. Broadhurst), 0:49
2. ABB Knight, (17) , 7:28
2. ABB Baertschi, (11) (O'Brien), 13:49
2. RFD Clendening, (11) (Connelly, Mashinter), 16:21 (PP)

SHOTS
Abbotsford - 14
Rockford - 34

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

3rd period is underway

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

There has been a scoring change. Baertschi gets an assist on Knight's first goal. He has 1g and 3a on the night

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

Brookbank with a nasty elbow to the head of Valcourt

Garnett Hathaway jumped to his teammates defense only to get beaten and bloodied by Brookbank. Courageous play by Hathaway, but ill advised as Brookbank is one tough customer.

edit: how the **** did Brookbank not get 5 and a game for that?

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

BTW Brett Olson did return after that blocked shot

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

late pk, MacPherson gloved the puck on the draw

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

Rockford pulls their goalie, 6 on 4, Heat can ice the puck

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

penalty over

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

ABBOTSFORD HEAT WIN!!

Final Score
Abbotsford 6 - Rockford 3

1. RFD McNeill, (17) (Broadhurst, Dahlbeck), 3:05
1. ABB Miller, (2) (Arsene, Baertschi), 11:25
1. ABB Knight, (15) (Baertschi, Reinhart), 16:40 (PP)
1. ABB Knight, (16) (Miller, Baertschi), 18:04
2. RFD Broadhurst, (14) (Broadhurst, McNeill), 0:49
2. ABB Knight, (17) (Miller), 7:28
2. ABB Baertschi, (11) (O'Brien), 13:49
2. RFD Clendening, (11) (Connelly, Mashinter), 16:21 (PP)
3. ABB Baertschi, (12) (Bancks), 19:18 (EN)

BrodieGoat · Apr 5, 2014

beartschi with a 5 point night. WOW. AH was Baertschi a standout or did knight just snipe the hell out of the goalies?

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

ALI said:
beartschi with a 5 point night. WOW. AH was Baertschi a standout or did knight just snipe the hell out of the goalies?

That whole line stood out most the night. Knight's goals were snipes, one was a deflection and another he banged in from the slot. Good hard goals from the toughest places to play.

JurassicTunga · Apr 5, 2014

Svensational!

Nordberg · Apr 5, 2014

Wow great to see from Sven(and Knight). Hope they can carry it into the playoffs.

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

I have added the standings to post #2 so we can follow the playoff picture a bit easier

Abbotsford Heat said:
WESTERN CONFERENCE STANDINGS

RANK | CLINCHED | TEAMS | GP | W | L | OTL | SOL | PTS | MAX PTS | PCT
1 | Division | Texas Stars | 70 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 97 | 109 | 0.693
2 | Playoffs | Grand Rapids Griffins | 71 | 44 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 104 | 0.662
3 | Playoffs | Toronto Marlies | 69 | 41 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 88 | 102 | 0.647
4 | | Chicago Wolves | 68 | 39 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 103 | 0.640
5 | | Abbotsford Heat | 70 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 83 | 95 | 0.593
6 | | Milwaukee Admirals | 69 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 95 | 0.587
7 | | Rockford IceHogs | 69 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 75 | 89 | 0.543
8 | | Charlotte Checkers | 70 | 36 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 75 | 87 | 0.536
----- | ------------- | -------------------------------- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | -------- | --------
9 | | Rochester Americans | 70 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 74 | 86 | 0.536
10 | | Oklahoma City Barons | 69 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 73 | 87 | 0.529
11 | | Utica Comets | 68 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 86 | 0.515
12 | | Hamilton Bulldogs | 70 | 31 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 80 | 0.486
13 | | Lake Erie Monsters | 68 | 29 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 83 | 0.493
14 | | San Antonio Rampage | 70 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 65 | 77 | 0.464
15 | | Iowa Wild | 69 | 26 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 76 | 0.449

Yung Rotini · Apr 5, 2014

Abbotsford Heat said:
I have added the standings to post #2 so we can follow the playoff picture a bit easier

Always great to see Utica out of a playoff spot.

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

The more I look at the AHL standings and some of the remaining schedules I realize how much of a sham the AHL schedule is.

First you get the top seed in the division getting a top 3 seed, but the schedule isn't even set up to division heavy for everyone. For example the Heat played Utica 8 times but only play Charlotte 4 times, despite the fact that Charlotte is in the same division as the Heat (don't ask me how) and Utica is in a different division.

Another example is the Heat don't play a single game against the Eastern Conference, but Rochester plays 20 games against the Eastern Conference!

I can only imagine what other anomalies I would find if I actually dug deeper.

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

According to @MCaddd Blair Jones will be returning to the Heat lineup today. This is good news for the Heat.

Lunatik · Apr 5, 2014

Heat also signed forward Jessey Astles and goalie Doug Carr to ATO agreements a couple days ago.

YMCMBYOLO · Apr 5, 2014

AH, would you rather play the Wolves or Marlies in the 1st round of the playoffs?

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