Stockton Sunday: Bollig Can Actually Score!?

Welcome to this week’s coverage of the Calgary Flames’ top affiliate, the Stockton Heat. The Heat went 1-0-1 last week, and here’s how the games went.

Last Week’s Games:

Wednesday: Texas Stars (Dallas) 1 @ Stockton Heat 5

The Heat won big in their second game of the season, downing the Texas Stars by four goals. Morgan Klimchuk, Andrew Mangiapane, Mark Jankowski, and Hunter Shinkaruk all had a goal and an assist in the game. Jon Gillies made 29 saves on 30 shots.

For a full game recap click here.

For game highlights click here.

Friday: Tuscon Roadrunners (Arizona) 2 @ Stockton Heat 1 (OT)

The Heat suffered their first lost of the season Friday night against Tuscon in overtime. Stockton’s goal came from Brandon Bollig in the second period. Stockton outshot Tuscon 44-30 in the game but Marek Langhammer was stellar for the Roadrunners. Jon Gillies made 28 saves in the loss.

For a full game recap click here .

For game highlights click here.

This Week’s Schedule:

Wednesday: Stockton @ San Diego Gulls (Anaheim)

Friday: Stockton @ Tuscon Roadrunners

Sunday: Stockton @ Tuscon Roadrunners

Stockton begins their road slate this week in San Diego before a double date against Tuscon. For those that don’t know, the AHL (especially this division) often schedule back to back games with the same teams in the same city in order to cut down on travel times and costs.

Leading Scorers:

Goals: 2 – Hunter Shinkaruk

Points: 4 – Mark Jankowski , 3 – Andrew Mangiapane, Colby Robak

Stockton currently sits with a record of 2-0-1 and first in points in the Pacific division. We’ll be back next week to cover how Stockton fared on their roadtrip. At least it’s a break from the losing and controversy with the Flames right now.

by Michael MacGillivray