[GDT] Heat vs IceHogs - Friday April 4th & Saturday April 5th @ 8pm MST

[Drury18]

There's some weird sound in the Abbotsford arena.

It sounds like fans...cheering on the team.

Edit: Official attendance is 3,276. One of the larger crowds of the season!

[Drury18]

Derek Smith goes off for a tripping call.

Heat go on their first PK of the game.

4:16 left in the game.

[Drury18]

Bancks and Reinhart on a partial breakaway short handed and take a couple of whacks at it.

[Drury18]

Penalty Killed!

Heat easily the more aggressive team on that PK.

[Drury18]

LaBarbara is pulled for the extra attacker.

[Drury18]

HEAT GOAL!

Brett Olson - Empty Net

5-3 Heat

Assist to Bancks and Jones

[StrykerSteve]

Sven with the GWG, booyah.

[Drury18]

HEAT WIN 5-3!

Heat Goal Scorers: Knight, Smith, Jones, Baertschi, Olson

Assists: Reinhart (3), Jones (2), Baertschi, Miller, Street, LaFranchise, Bancks

Final Shots on Goal: 26-20 Rockford

Shot Leaders: Jones/Smith (3), Knight/Baertschi/Jooris (2)

3 Stars:

1) ABB - Blair Jones
2) ABB - Sven Baertschi
3) ABB - Max Reinhart

Notes:

• Heat win season series 4-0
• Heat outscored the IceHogs 19-11 in 4 games
• Heat have won 4 of the last 5 games
• 15th time this season they have scored more then 5 goals in a game
• Reinhart on a career high 7 game point streak (2g, 9a)
• Reinhart with a career high 3 assist game
• Baertschi on a 5 game point streak (4g, 6a)
• Derek Smith played in his 300th AHL game
• Heat break franchise record for goals for, now with 220 (previously 215)
• Heat again tie their season low for SOG in a period with 3 in the 2nd period

Notable Points:

• Reinhart - 2g, 9a in 7 games
• Knight - 4g in 2 games
• Smith - 2g, 8a in 10 games
• Street - 5g, 5a in 9 games
• Baertschi - 8g, 10a in 12 games
• SOB - 2g, 1a in 4 games
• Olson - 4g in 4 games
• Granlund - 7g, 9a in last 12 games (recalled)

[Drury18]

Knight, LaFranchise and Baertschi end the night a +2
Street, Miller, Jones, Reinhart, SOB end the night a +1

[Enoch Root]

as always, thanks Drury

[RyZ]

Great to see legit big league prospects like Baertschi, Reinhart and Knight making such a big difference at such an important time in Abbotsfords season. I would love to see at least 2 of those guys play full time for the Flames next season.

[Drury18]

Post Game with Sven Baertschi:



Post Game with Blair Jones



Post Game with Coach Ward:

[Drury18]

I don't know how to word this aside from that was the first interview from Baertschi this year while playing with the Heat where he sounded like a mature young man, not a kid lost in the AHL.

He definitely sounds like he's gotten his stuff together in these last few games.

[Street Pharmacist]

A tidbit I found interesting was (paraphrasing)

I'm not gonna change my game. It's what gave me success before and it always will.

Sounds to me like he's adamant about his style

[Drury18]

That comment comes from him alot. I could probably point to a few interviews with that exact same comment from him. And actually the comment that worries me quite a bit about him because it seems like he's resistant to change/learn/adapt.

[indes]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

A tidbit I found interesting was (paraphrasing)

I'm not gonna change my game. It's what gave me success before and it always will.

Sounds to me like he's adamant about his style

I think that goes along with what flames management has been saying about him. Asking him to work on his defensive game has nothing to do with keeping the way he thinks and plays in the offensive zone in tact.

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by indes

I think that goes along with what flames management has been saying about him. Asking him to work on his defensive game has nothing to do with keeping the way he thinks and plays in the offensive zone in tact.

I hear what you're saying, but he really seems adamant in saying this in most of the interviews I've seen. Like he's making a point of it

[Drury18]

Game Highlights:



Ortio's big save is at 2:40. It's a must see!
Baertschi's goal is at 3:20.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist

I hear what you're saying, but he really seems adamant in saying this in most of the interviews I've seen. Like he's making a point of it

Or he's being asked about it in most interviews you see. Because in most of these we can't hear the question well if at all

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

Or he's being asked about it in most interviews you see. Because in most of these we can't hear the question well if at all

You could hear this question, it was "what has changed since you started playing so well?".

Look, I'm not saying this is Sven being stubborn, just saying that subjectively, it seems that way