STOCKTON, Calif. – Despite falling behind early, the Stockton Heat (7-0-1-0) rallied with second period goals from Eetu Tuulola and Matthew Phillips in a 2-1 win Saturday to finish off a weekend sweep of the Abbotsford Canucks (3-4-2-0) at Stockton Arena.
Sheldon Rempal lit the lamp just over five minutes into game action to put the Canucks ahead, a lead that lasted for 22 minutes and 17 seconds until Tuulola’s equalizer – a span longer than the total time the Heat had trailed all season coming into Saturday’s contest.
For the second consecutive night a momentum swing came on the heels of a penalty kill, the Heat erasing a man disadvantage and lighting the lamp just 14 seconds later with Tuulola tapping in a feed from Glenn Gawdin. Stockton then jumped on top 39 seconds later, Phillips’ 100th career point coming on a top-corner snipe on the power play for the decisive 2-1 edge.
The Heat penalty kill helped lead the way for the home team with a 5-for-5 effort, and netminder Adam Werner stopped 25 of 26 shots faced while going a perfect 14-for-14 over the final two periods as the Heat sealed their seventh-consecutive win.
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