2012/13 General Heat Discussion Thread

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

Awesome news PMM, I am very happy for you.

do you have a twitter handle to follow?

@MCaddd

[psyang]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

I wonder what this is about. Kolanos was suspended by the Heat apparently, according to the AHL transactions page: http://theahl.com/stats/transactions.php

Weird. It shows the suspension happened 11/25/2013(!), then lifted 3 days later??? I thought maybe it was a typo, and should have been 01/25/2013-01/28/2013, but Kolanos shows up on the roster against Charlotte on the 26th (no points, -1, 2 shots on goal).

Seems like a data issue - maybe it occurred years ago, but they entered the year wrong, so it now shows up at the top of the list?

EDIT: Just took a look at some news articles around that time - no mention of a suspension. Kolanos was a healthy scratch for the last half of November, 2012, but only because he was not earning his time. This article was from November 29th, 2012, one day after the suspension date (if the year was off by one):

http://www.abbynews.com/sports/heat/news/181472581.html

Kolanos, the Heat's scoring leader last season, has been a healthy scratch for eight of the team's 18 games this year. It's partially a product of the team's veteran logjam – the Heat have six players with more than 320 games of pro experience, and can only dress five.

But it's telling that forwards Ben Walter and Quintin Laing, and blueliners Steve McCarthy, Joe Piskula and Joe Callahan have gotten into the lineup more often than Kolanos.

Quizzed about the choice, Ward didn't mince words.

"If you're not going to take care of the things that you need to do to play hard for our organization, then you're not going to play," he said. "It's a tough thing right now – we have six vets, and I think the five other guys are (playing) way harder, and they give us a better chance on a night-to-night basis."

[The Eliminator]

Originally Posted by Johnny Rotten

Why is Horak not playing tonight or last night? Injury I assume?

Yeah, he is hurt
Ryan Pinder ‏@RyanPinder @Jeremywilhelm @abbotsfordheat Horak out with a minor injury suffered in Saturday's loss in Charlotte.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Apparently Laing is no longer captain. He wore an "A" last night.

[Ashasx]

Did something go wrong in the dressing room one day?

[Vulcan]

Despite outshooting to the Grand Rapid Griffins 32-23, we lost 1-0 this afternoon.

http://theahl.com/stats/game-summary...ame_id=1010523

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Apparently Laing is no longer captain. He wore an "A" last night.

was anyone wearing a "C"?

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

was anyone wearing a "C"?

Nope, but Laing was back to captain for yesterday's game. I'm wondering if that was a computer error or he really didn't wear the "C". Weird.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire

Nope, but Laing was back to captain for yesterday's game. I'm wondering if that was a computer error or he really didn't wear the "C". Weird.

I'm leaning towards computer error since Kolanos was "suspended" by the team but apparently played.

[Stampede2TheCup]

Congrats PMM! Hopefully when you're done school you'll get called up from the minors onto the big team!

[SuperMatt18]

We could probably use one of Breen or Carson up in Calgary, need a bigger defensive d-man in that 6-7 defenseman role.

[Short Shift]

1-1 halfway through the first. Goal by Carson from Ruegsegger.

[Short Shift]

2-1 PP goal by Street from Max Power and Carson (is this guy on fire or what?) 5 on 3.
Still on the PP, near the end of the period.

[thymebalm]

This game is happening RIGHT NOW for anyone interested in some early afternoon puck.

[Alberta_Beef]

just turned on the game to see the Heat celebrating, looks like 3-1 now

Sounds like Piskula from Walter (Pinder thinks a Street assist may be added)

also Horak is back from Injury

[Short Shift]

3-1 Heat. Piskula from Walter. 4 minutes left in the 2nd.

[Alberta_Beef]

the crowd is very loud today, its the "school day game" and looks to be a sell out as a result. nice to see the team and school board working together on this.

[Short Shift]

3-2, under a minute to play.

Edit: 3-2 final, Piskula gets the double tap.

[Alberta_Beef]

today's game was #666 on the AHL schedule.

[Savvy27]

I am both relieved and excited that Reinhart has started to contribute on the score sheet. He looked so good last year in the playoffs that it was very confusing why he couldn't seem to get it together. I hope that he carries this momentum through the rest of the season.

Any word on how Horak looked?