[GDT] Heat vs Marlies - March 23rd @ 12:30pm MST - On Sportsnet360

[Drury18]

Abbotsford Heat (34-23-5-2) vs Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs) (37-20-2-3)

Sunday March 23 @ 12:30pm MST
**GAME IS ON SPORTSNET 360**

Notes:

• Game 3 of a 4 game series. Heat lead season series 2-0
• Heat have outscored the Marlies 10-6 in the first 2 games
  

Standings:

• 2nd in the West Division
• 5th in the Western Conference

Roster Notes

• DEL – Elson (Alaska), Ramage (Alaska)
• ADD – Ortio, MacPherson, Hathaway
• On Flames Roster – Hanowski, Granlund (IR), Wotherspoon, MacDonald

Point Streaks and Notables:

• Reinhart - 4g, 3a in 7 games
• Locke - 1g, 15a in 18 games
• Smith - 1g, 4a in 4 games
• Street - 2g in 3 games
• Baertschi - 4g, 4a in 6 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=817

Watch Live: Sportsnet 360 - http://www.sportsnet.ca/sportsnet-360

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

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

[MyFlamesFirst]

Awesome!! Excited to wake up and have some Sunday morning(ish) hockey to watch.

[Money Baer]

Big game! Hoping we come out strong early and put the pressure on! Here's hoping for a big game from the Heat and Baertschi! (love the kid!)

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Finally get to see them play on TV. Pretty rare occasion. I would imagine Turku Goaliebot 2.0 will get the start, so it should be a Heat win.

[Drury18]

I hope Ortio gets the start, however I wouldn't be mad if Dell got it. He deserved it after last night.

3 games in the next month on TV. So stoked about this. Hopefully the game vs the Barons in April has all of Calgary and Edmonton's top guys down so we can watch the kids duke it out.

[Drury18]

It is Orts today:

Brandon Astle ‏@brandon_astle 48s
It's Ortio vs.Sparks today. Ortio's 1st start since Feb 16th. Garnet Hathaway will draw in for his 1st Professional game! Breen back as well

Also, Aaron Dell has been released as per the Heat.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Unfortunate he got released. At least we know (and the rest of the league knows) that he's a half-decent option in goal.

[Drury18]

Scratches: Lamb, Connolly, MacPherson, Kremyr, Jones, Ferland, Arsene, Gillies, Foster

Starters:

Ortio
Breen-Billins
Reinhart-Street-Jooris

[Drury18]

We have competing "Max Power" and "Ortio" chants going on in my living room right now.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Good lord, pretty amateurish broadcast so far.

[Drury18]

^ Next time, you, me and Astle forcefully take over the broadcast

We can't be worse.

[getbak]

Those are some nice 80s era Leafs jerseys the Marlies are wearing.

[Drury18]

Here we go!

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by Drury18

^ Next time, you, me and Astle forcefully take over the broadcast

We can't be worse.

Dibsies on the suicide box, ala Pierre McGuire.

[getbak]

Man, I forgot that SOB was even still in the system.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Well that's not the best start ever.

[Drury18]

Max Reinhart goes to the box early giving the Marlies their first PP.

[getbak]

Crap. They're not looking good so far.

[Drury18]

Oh it gets worse. That's almost a 2 minute 5 on 3 now.

[nik-]

Ref just chaining penalties.