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Abbotsford Heat (30-14-3-1) vs Texas Stars(Dallas Stars) (28-15-2-3)
8:00pm MST Start


There is nothing to fear but fear itself. And spiders. And for goalies, Markus Granlund's shot

Notes:

• Heat have outscored their opponents 21-5 in the last 4 games
• In the last 3 meetings of these teams, the Texas Stars have outscored the Heat 17-10 (3-9, 7-3, 0-5)
• Heat have not allowed a PP Goal in 6 games/29 attempts

Standings:

• 1st in West Division (1pt up on Texas Stars)
• 1st place in Western Conference (2pts ahead of Grand Rapids)
• 2nd best PP in the AHL with 23.2%
• 24th in PK with 79.4%
• Markus Granlund leads all rookies with 21 goals, 8 PP goals, 3 SO Winning Goals
• Corban Knight is 1st in rookie GWG with 5 and 4th in rookie assists with 21
• Chad Billins is 4th in the league for points by a Defenceman with 34pts, 4th in PP points for a defenceman with 18 pts

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Granlund - 5 game point streak (5g, 4a)
• Baertschi - 4 game point streak (1g, 3a)
• Locke - 4 game point streak (5a)
• Reinhart - 3g, 4a in last 5 games
• Olson - 1g, 6a in last 5 games
• Knight - 4g, 2a in last 5 games

Injuries:

• Michael Ferland (Knee) – Out for Season
• Patrick Sieloff (Infection) – Unknown
• Joey MacDonald (Suspected Concussion) – Unknown
• Adrian Foster (Lower Body) – Week to Week
• Kane LaFranchise (Lower Body) – Week to Week

Preview from Abbotsford Heat Website: http://www.abbotsfordheat.com/news/?article_id=755

Listen Live (8:00pm MST): http://www.teamradio.ca/abbotsford-heat/

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