[GDT] Heat vs Stars - April 19th @ 6pm MST - Final Regular Season Game!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by enoch root

what was our season record against the griffins?

At least some of their guys are called up to help the wings

1-2-1

One of the regulation losses and the SO loss were during that stretch in late-February/early-March when Ortio and Granlund were in Calgary and they couldn't win a thing.

[MoreDrank]

The bad guys score. McKenzie apparently. All tied...

[MoreDrank]

Corey Locke scores! Olson on the forecheck. Blair Jones gets the helper. 4-3 Heat.

[TheKing]

Baaaah. We're stacked offensively, but our defense is just awful it's too bad the reinforcements won't be playing for playoffs. Kulak, Culkin, Wotherspoon, Roy, Sieloff.
Next year abbotsford probably gonna be the most stacked team in the AHL.

[getbak]

Chicago now leads 5-0 midway through the third. Baertschi's old buddy (and Airdrie boy) Ty Rattie has 2 goals in the game, and now has 31 on the season (tied for 4th in the AHL).


It's looking like it will be the Griffins in round one.

[Drury18]

Jooris with 17 PIM? What did he do?

[TheKing]

Originally Posted by getbak

Chicago now leads 5-0 midway through the third. Baertschi's old buddy (and Airdrie boy) Ty Rattie has 2 goals in the game, and now has 31 on the season (tied for 4th in the AHL).


It's looking like it will be the Griffins in round one.

Scary. I know our players but I don't know anyone else's, anyone that does, care to make some educated guesses how that series might go?

On a good note, poirier seems to be a beast offensively AND defensively.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Jooris with 17 PIM? What did he do?

AHLHeat In Game ‏@AHLHeatInGame

#Stars McKenzie hits @ChadBillins4 from behind and @JJooris19 jumps into stick up for his teammate, throwing punches and going to the ground

5 for fighting, 2 for instigating, and a 10 minute misconduct.

[Drury18]

Nice! He's done that a couple times this year.

[MoreDrank]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Jooris with 17 PIM? What did he do?

Fata

[MoreDrank]

So tense. Just a few minutes left... Ortio with a huge save 50 seconds left. Granlund, Kilm and Porier on the ice.

[MoreDrank]

Heat hold on! Most winning team in franchise history. Good stuff.

[Drury18]

We did it!

Single Season Franchise Win Record!

Single Season Franchise Points Record!

Max Reinhart is the Abbotsford Heat Single Season Points record holder!

Now on to the Calder Cup!

[getbak]

Chicago wins 6-0.


Bring on the defending champs!

[Drury18]

Grand Rapids, you're next!

@brandon_astle: The #AHLHeat will have to get by the defending champion, GR Griffins in round 1. Game 1 set for April 25th in Abby! Rest of sked coming soon

[Drury18]

3 Stars:

1. ABB - Emile Poirier
2. TEX - Curtis MacKenzie
3. ABB - Markus Granlund

[c.t.ner]

Originally Posted by Drury18

3 Stars:

1. ABB - Emile Poirier
2. TEX - Curtis MacKenzie
3. ABB - Markus Granlund

Second pro game and already first star of the game. I'm really loving this Poirier kid, he's my favourite prospect in the Flames system right now. I think he's really going to surprise some people. Kids got a great combination of speed, skill, toughness and smarts. I can't wait for him to be surrounded some really complimentary talent.

[getbak]

Playoffs start on Friday in Abbotsford (to minimize cross-country travel, the series starts in Abbotsford despite the Griffins being the higher-ranked team).


Western Conference Quarterfinals – Series “H” (best-of-5) Grand Rapids Griffins vs. Abbotsford Heat

• Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 25 – Grand Rapids at Abbotsford, 8:00pm MT
• Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 26 – Grand Rapids at Abbotsford, 8:00pm MT
• Game 3 – Wed., Apr. 30 – Abbotsford at Grand Rapids, 5:00pm MT
• *Game 4 – Fri., May 2 – Abbotsford at Grand Rapids, 5:00pm MT
• *Game 5 –Sat., May 3 – Abbotsford at Grand Rapids, 5:00pm MT

http://theahl.com/first-round-series...es-set-p191801

[TheDebaser]

Poirier is definitely a future nhler. Good freakin stuff.

[Drury18]

Heat win 4-3!

Heat Goal Scorers: Granlund (2), Poirier, Locke

Assists: Reinhart (2), Poirier (3), Billins, Jones, Olson

Final Shots on Goal: 40-26 Stars

Shot Leaders: Granlund (6), Poirier (3)

3 Stars:
1) ABB - Poirier
2) TEX - MacKenzie
3) ABB - Granlund

Notes:

• HEAT SET NEW FRANCHISE POINTS RECORD WITH 94 POINTS!
• HEAT SET NEW FRANCHSE WINS RECORD WITH 43 WINS!
• MAX REINHART IS NOW THE SINGLE SEASON FRANCHISE POINTS RECORD HOLDER WITH 63!
• Heat finish 5th in the Western Conference
• Heat were the 3rd least penalized team in the AHL this year with only 966 PIM's
• Joni Ortio was the 6th best goalie in the AHL with the 2nd best SV% in the AHL
• Ben Street finished 10th in the AHL in goals with 28 goals
• Max Reinhart was 9th in the AHL in assists with 42 assists
• Markus Granlund was tied for 3rd in the AHL with the most "First Goals" with 6
• Granlund also finished 13th overall in rookie scoring with 46 points
• Ben Street lead the AHL with OT winning goals with 3
  
  

Notable Points:

• Reinhart - 4g, 13a in 12 games
• Granlund - 9g, 9a in 14 games
• Smith - 3g, 10a in 14 games
• Street - 6g, 9a in 13 games
• Baertschi - 8g, 10a in 15 games
• Olson - 6g in 9 games
• Jones - 3g, 4a in 5 games
• Hanowski - 1g, 3a in 4 games
• Poirier - 2g, 2a in 2 games