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Abbotsford Heat (35-24-5-2) vs Utica Comets (Vancouver Canucks) (29-28-3-4)

Friday March 28th @ 5:00pm MST
Saturday March 29th @ 5:00pm MST

Notes:

• Final 2 games in the LONG 12 game series between the Heat and Comets
• Comets lead the season series 7-2-1-0
• Comets have outscored the Heat 30-23 in the last 10 games
• There was no further discipline to Max Reinhart or Shane O'Brien after the misconducts during Sunday's game vs Marlies

Standings:

• 2nd in the West Division (16 pts behind the Stars, 6 pts ahead of the Checkers)
• 5th in the Western Conference (16 pts behind the Stars, 7pts behind 4th place Wolves)
• Heat's "magic number" to clinch a playoff spot is 13 (13 points needed in the last 14 games)
• 5th in the AHL on the PP (21.5%) - Up one spot from last week
• 26th in the AHL on the PK (79.1%) - Up one spot from last week

Roster Notes

• DEL – Dell (Released), Connolly (Alaska)
• ADD – Ortio
• On Flames Roster – Hanowski, Granlund (IR - skating on his own), Wotherspoon (he's an NHL'er now), MacDonald

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Reinhart - 4g, 4a in 8 games
• Locke - 2g, 15a in 19 games
• Smith - 1g, 5a in 5 games
• Street - 2g, 1a in 4 games
• Baertschi - 4g, 4a in 7 games
• Granlund - 7g, 9a in last 12 games (recalled)

Injuries:

• Michael Ferland (Knee) – Out for Season
• Patrick Sieloff (Infection) – Unknown
• Adrian Foster (Lower Body) – Week to Week
• Trevor Gillies (Upper Body) – Day to Day
• Blair Jones (Unknown) – Out (Did not make trip)

Preview from Abbotsford Heat Website: http://www.abbotsfordheat.com/news/?article_id=825

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