San Francisco Bulls Vs. Stockton Thunder Game Day Report
By Ryan Bayer
Stockton Thunder’s goaltender #38 Cody Riechard turns away the puck against the San Francisco Bulls during the January 19, 2013 game at the Cow Palace. Also pictured is San Francisco forward #18 Alex Tuckerman looks on. Mandatory credit: Mike Tkacheff
Today the San Francisco Bulls will wrap up their three game mini series against the Stockton Thunder in Stockton, CA. The Bulls are currently 14-20-1-4 on the season and positioned in fourth place in the ECHL’s Pacific Division. For the host team the Stockton Thunder, they have a 21-14-4-3 record and hold a second place spot in the Pacific. These two clubs meet for the seventh time of 13 scheduled meetings of the season. As of today the San Francisco Bulls are currently leading the season series against the Thunder 4-2.
Last night the Bulls defeated the Thunder by a final score of 4-2. San Francisco got contribution’s from six different players, while Jordan Morrison, Rob Kwiet, and Jonathan Lessard all recorded two points. Newcomer Jonathan Lessard tallied his first goal of the season in the second period. In addition, the game winning goal was scored by Kris Belan who registered his seventh goal of the season.
Peter Sivak continues to pace the Bulls in points, adding another to his team leading point lead with 35. Sivak now has goals in each of his last five games, six total over that span, good for the second best active goal streak in the ECHL.
San Francisco last night welcomed back their physical and grinding defenseman Scott Langdon who was recently suspended for two games due to an illegal check to the head infraction during the January 11, 2012 game in San Francisco vs. Idaho.
Today’s contest has a 4:00p PST puck drop and can be heard on KNBR.com and for America One Sports subscribers at Americaonesports.com.
Stats Report:
Bulls Leaders
San Francisco Bulls forward #45 Dean Ouellet. Mandatory credit: San Francisco media department
Goals: Dean Ouellet – 18
Assists: Peter Sivak – 18
Points: Peter Sivak – 35
Plus/Minus: Scott Langdon – +14
PIM: Kris Belan – 103
Wins: Thomas Heemskerk – 11
GAA: Bryan Hince – 2.81
Save %: Bryan Hince – 0.916
Shutouts: Bryan Hince – 1
Who’s Hot
Peter Sivak – 11 points (7g, 4a) in the past 10 games
Rob Kwiet – 9 points (2g, 7a) in the past 10 games
Stockton Leaders
Stockton Thunders forward #25 Toni Rajala. Mandatory credit: Stockton Thunder Media Department.
Goals: Toni Rajala – 18
Assists: Yannick Riendeau – 29
Points: Yannick Riendeau – 42
Plus/Minus: Eric Hunter – 8
PIM: Garet Hunt – 186
Wins: Tyler Bunz – 11
GAA: Cody Reichard – 2.54
Save %: Cody Reichard – 0.915
Shutouts: Cody Reichard/Tyler Bunz – 1
Who’s Hot
Yannick Riendeau – 11 points (6g, 5a) in the past 10 games
Eric Hunter – 8 points (3g, 5a) in the past 10 games
*****Official stats report courtesy of the San Francisco Bulls.*****
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