[GDT] Heat vs Wolves - March 8 @ 8pm MST & March 9 @ 5pm MST

[Drury18]

Abbotsford Heat (33-19-5-2) vs Chicago Wolves (St Louis Blues) (33-18-4-2)

Saturday March 8th @ 8pm MST
Sunday March 9th @ 5pm MST


It's the classic story of the Red Riding Hoods against the Big Bad Wolves

Notes:

• The Heat have lost the last 6 games and the first 4 games of this 8 game homestand
• The Wolves have won 7 of their last 10 games and recently came off a 17 game home point streak
• This is the 3rd and 4th meetings of the season for the teams
• Abbotsford is 0-2 in the season series
• Wolves have outscored the Heat 3-7

Standings:

• 2nd in the West Division (5 pts behind the Stars, 11 pts ahead of the Barons)
• 4th in the Western Conference (6 pts behind Grand Rapids)
• 3rd in the AHL on the PP (22.0%)
• 25th in the AHL on the PK (79.1%)

Roster Notes

• DEL - Hanowski, Reinhart, MacDonald, Wotherspoon, Granlund, Ortio
• ADD - Knackstedt - RW (PTO), Bogdanovich - G (ATO), Smith

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Baertschi - 3g, 3a in 4 games
• Olson - 3g, 4a in 8 games
• Locke - 12a in 12 games
• Street - 5g, 8a in last 12 games
• Reinhart - 4g in 3 games (recalled)
• 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

Potential Lines:

Baertschi-Locke-Jooris
Jones-Street-Trupp
Elson-Bancks-Olson
Kremyr-Lyon-Knackstedt

SOB-Smith
Billins-Breen
Lamb - LaFranchise

Roy
Bogdanovich

Preview from Abbotsford Heat Website: http://www.abbotsfordheat.com/news/?article_id=796

Listen Live : http://www.teamradio.ca/abbotsford-heat/

Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AHLHeatInGame

[Freeway]

Those lines completely fall off a cliff at a certain point, eh?

[Drury18]

I figured "lines" sounded better then "List of warm bodies left in Abbotsford that we can put on the ice and call a hockey team".

But yes, completely concede to the fact that the lines might not be completely accurate. That was so last game. I think the only one I'm confident to say I have right 100% is Roy will be starting goalie.

[TheDebaser]

Originally Posted by Drury18

I figured "lines" sounded better then "List of warm bodies left in Abbotsford that we can put on the ice and call a hockey team".

But yes, completely concede to the fact that the lines might not be completely accurate. That was so last game. I think the only one I'm confident to say I have right 100% is Roy will be starting goalie.

What do you think the odds are of the Heat making the playoffs with this team?

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by thedebaser

what do you think the odds are of the heat making the playoffs with this team?

95%

[sureLoss]

Kind of mind blowing that the only Flames draft pick on those potential lines is Sven.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Kind of mind blowing that the only Flames draft pick on those potential lines is Sven.

It really is. Call ups have really decimated the Heat

[sureLoss]

My mind is drawing a blank, but what is the story with Ramage ATM?

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

My mind is drawing a blank, but what is the story with Ramage ATM?

I haven't heard anything, so think he is just getting some rest due to the wall many college players reach since the blueline is one of the healthier areas right now.

[Drury18]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

My mind is drawing a blank, but what is the story with Ramage ATM?

Yea, he's a rotating D scratch because they have too many of them healthy. I think he's also a Vet under the rules so he might just keep losing the straw draw lately. He's played 49/58 Heat games.

[getbak]

How would Ramage be considered a vet? This is his first year as a pro.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Drury18

Yea, he's a rotating D scratch because they have too many of them healthy. I think he's also a Vet under the rules so he might just keep losing the straw draw lately. He's played 49/58 Heat games.

yeah getback is right, with 0 professional games he is definitely not a veteran

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

My mind is drawing a blank, but what is the story with Ramage ATM?

Healthy scratch at the moment. Frankly, with the D they have, he hasn't really shown he can outplay most of them, even Lafranchise.

When Ward does put him back in, I'm sure he'll show new life. That was the case with Hanowski too. Played much better after sitting out a couple of games.

[Drury18]

Aaron Dell will be backing up Roy tonight. Heat have re-signed him to a PTO.

[Alberta_Beef]

what happened to buddy who's name I can't spell?

[Drury18]

It looks like he was not a long term backup solution. Actually, I can't even find him on hockeydb.com to confirm any stats or experience.

He's already gone from any Heat roster I can find online.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Drury18

It looks like he was not a long term backup solution. Actually, I can't even find him on hockeydb.com to confirm any stats or experience.

He's already gone from any Heat roster I can find online.

It turns out it was an ATO just to dress someone until Dell could comeback.

I googled his name with hickey after as I was certain he wasn't a Texas Dr and I found he was/is a member of the Fraser Valley Wireless Ice in the Adult Safe Hockey League.

http://stats.adultrechockey.ca/c-lan...r.php?id=27375

impressive stats last year

[Drury18]

Jeez, even I can keep the GAA under 4 in beer league.

[Drury18]

Baertschi injured - Will not play tonight

Brandon Astle ‏@brandon_astle 4m
It's Roy vs. Allen in the cage tonight. 2 former starters for Team Canada at the World Juniors. Baertschi is hurt and will not dress.

[Alberta_Beef]

and the comedy is in high gear now, not a single Flames draft pick in the lineup