Stockton Heat Thread v1.0 (and ADK Thunder)

[Johnny Hoxville]

Any chance Shink gets called up before season's end?

It's possible, not sure it's likely though. That all depends on Hunter.

 

[Volica]

It's possible, not sure it's likely though. That all depends on Hunter.

I'm hoping to see some more call ups as we go along. I'd like to see Hunter and Sammy B together for a game or two.

 

[Slush]

Naw I don't think Hunter will be called up this season. He might make the team next season. We'll see.

 

[BigRangy]

Nick Schneider's season is over with Medicine Hat after losing to the Oil Kings tonight. I wonder if he'll join Stockton?

 

[Lunatik]

Nick Schneider's season is over with Medicine Hat after losing to the Oil Kings tonight. I wonder if he'll join Stockton?

It is illogical for him not to. Whether he gets a start is another question.

 

[joeyabs]

http://stocktonheat.com/news/goaltender-nick-schneider-set-to-join-heat/

Schneider is going to heat today.

 

[Dertell]

Man Shinkaruk is scary in front of the net. In many ways.

 

[Lunatik]

http://stocktonheat.com/news/goaltender-nick-schneider-set-to-join-heat/

Schneider is going to heat today.

he is dressed as the backup tonight, wearing #31

 

[Lunatik]

Sounds like Jankowski will make his AHL debut on Friday

 

[Anglesmith]

Gonna be cool seeing him play without the cage!

 

[TkachuckNotTkaczuk]

Schneider gets the start tonight,1-0 for the good guys with a goal by Killington

 

[TkachuckNotTkaczuk]

2-1 for San Diego a SH and PP end of second

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Can't wait to see how he does.

 

[Lunatik]

Schneider stopped 34 of 37 en route to a 4-2 loss. I have not watched yet but on paper it looks like a solid outing. Kylington and Shore had the goals for the Heat.

 

[Calculon]

 

[Lunatik]

I started waiting way late (1st period just ended for me), so I am probably at least a period behind but Janko has looked very good so far and Schneider is playing again and outside of 1 bad rebound looks fantastic thus far.

 

[Lunatik]

Mark Jankowski has scored his first career professional point. He made a good play to keep the puck in at the offensive blue, dished the puck to Shore who couldn't get a shot away so he passed back to Wotherspoon who scores his first of the year!

 

[Anglesmith]

Nice!

 

[Lunatik]

I posted this in the Janko signing thread on the trade board

Jankowski has been excellent tonight. He has his first point, an assist on a goal that started with him showing good hands at the blueline to keep the puck in. He could easily have 3 points tonight, he made a great move around the defenseman and a blind backhand centering pass to Shore in the first period who shot wide and early in the second a drop pass in close to Austin Carroll who appeared to shelf it but was called back after a very very lengthy review. He has also shown excellent defensive awareness as he is regularly the first guy back and always seems to be prepared to cover the point when a defenseman pinches. He is also 4 for 8 on draws if my count is correct.

That said he has made a coupe small mistakes, in both situations though he got the puck back himself, one leading to the goal and the other to Carroll's disallowed goal.

Also I am a little behind live action so more may have happened since I typed this, in my time there is about 9 minutes left in the third.

 

[Lunatik]

Jankowski's assist was on the GWG, Schneider gets his first professional win.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Jankowski could post a ppg to close out the AHL season... He was central in four great chances.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Great to hear that his pro debut was a success!

 

[SmellOfVictory]

I posted this in the Janko signing thread on the trade board

Nice; hope he keeps it up!

 

[BigRangy]

So I was messing around in my favorite stats site http://www.ahl.prospect-stats.com/teams.html and I found some interesting things about the Heat.

They lead the league in shots per game! All season I have been thinking that the heat have basically no offensive firepower but apparently they can throw a lot of rubber on net. They also have the league's second lowest shooting percentage, which can probably explain why they don't look like they can score.

Also, they are second in shot differential in their division, and 2nd last in points %. Wooooo corsi.

The goaltending has been terrible, much like that of the parent club, but we all think Gillies is the real deal, so that should get better. The bad goaltending and low shooting percentage combined to give the Heat the worst PDO in the league.

If the gods of regression act like they're supposed to, the Heat could be in for a great season (at least offensively). Their shots against/game are a little below average, but they should be an offensive powerhouse next year, assuming the team doesn't get gutted by callups.

Maybe Huska is actually doing something right.

 

[Lunatik]

So I was messing around in my favorite stats site http://www.ahl.prospect-stats.com/teams.html and I found some interesting things about the Heat.

They lead the league in shots per game! All season I have been thinking that the heat have basically no offensive firepower but apparently they can throw a lot of rubber on net. They also have the league's second lowest shooting percentage, which can probably explain why they don't look like they can score.

Also, they are second in shot differential in their division, and 2nd last in points %. Wooooo corsi.

The goaltending has been terrible, much like that of the parent club, but we all think Gillies is the real deal, so that should get better. The bad goaltending and low shooting percentage combined to give the Heat the worst PDO in the league.

If the gods of regression act like they're supposed to, the Heat could be in for a great season (at least offensively). Their shots against/game are a little below average, but they should be an offensive powerhouse next year, assuming the team doesn't get gutted by callups.

Maybe Huska is actually doing something right.

Lots of shots does not mean lots of scoring chances, this isn't just a case of a team that has bad luck. While shots are usually in the Heat's favor, scoring chances are often in favor of the opposition. Outside of a few guys the Heat are not an offensively talented team so they just throw the puck to the net a lot and when they do get scoring chances they don't have the talent to bury it. On the flip side they give up too many scoring chances for the number of shots they give up, often due to absolutely terrible giveaways.

Huska's biggest problem is he cannot make in game adjustments, I've rarely seen him shuffle his lines. Even though the PP has been terrible lately, the only adjustment he has made is putting Jankowski on the 2nd PP unit.