Abbotsford News Friday, December 13, 2013
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Heat light up Wild Ruthlessly efficient six-goal outburst Dan KINVIG Abbotsford News
The most impressive aspect of the Abbotsford Heat’s six-goal outburst on Wednesday evening was the ease with which they accomplished it. The Iowa Wild came in with a reputation as a reasonably sound defensive hockey club, but the Heat carved them up with the surgical precision of a Greg Maddux pitching performance – they needed just 26 shots to light up the Wild in a 6-2 victory.
All of the goals were of the high-quality, wellearned variety, with the exception of Markus Granlund’s semigreasy second-period marker, wherein Kane Lafranchise’s point shot bounced off the end boards directly to the rookie centre at the post for a tap-in. Other than that, the announced crowd of 1,409 was treated to open-net finishes off sweet passes (goals by Ben Street, Greg Nemisz and Brett Olson), topshelf snipes (Street’s
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second goal of the game in the second period), and clinical two-onone execution (Michael Ferland from Olson). “Tonight was one of those nights where we had some puck savvy to us,” Heat head coach Troy Ward acknowledged. “There’s some kids that can finish.” The Heat, winners of three straight, boosted their record to 20-6-2 for an AHL-best 42 points. Their offensive numbers are equally impressive – they’re fourth in the league in goals per game
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Heat forward Brendan Connolly creates traffic in front of Iowa Wild goalie Johan Gustafsson on Wednesday. (3.6) and sit second in power-play efficiency (26.8 per cent) after a
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