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NEXT HOME GAME:

Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. Bakersfield Condors, 4:00 p.m.

YOUTH GOLD REPLICA JERSEY GIVEAWAY (presented by Pepsi, Financial Center Credit Union, and KAT Country 103)

DETAILS: The first 1,500 kids (12 and under) will receive a Thunder youth sized gold replica jersey, just like the third jerseys worn by the players on each Sunday home game!

FAMILY DAY (presented by Sutter Gould Medical Foundation and 99.3 KJOY)

DETAILS: Fans can pick up four tickets, hot dogs and soft drinks for the game, for just $34. Buy online at StocktonThunder.com, select “Thunder Pride Pack” and receive a free Thunder hat!

SEASON TICKET HOLDER ITEM OF THE WEEK

Thunder Season Ticket Holders can take advantage of the Item of the Week and get $20 off a Gold Reebok Adult Replica Jersey. This offer is good on Sunday’s home game against Bakersfield and is available in person at the Stockton Arena Fan Attic.

THE SHIRT OFF THEIR BACK

Continuing Sunday, the Thunder will be making their “pregame worn” warmup jerseys available for bidding through silent auction, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Stockton Thunder foundation. The jerseys, sponsored by Osborn Concrete, were created by Reebok Hockey, the official jersey supplier of all National Hockey League teams. Featuring a unique “silver and black” look, the jersey displays a black base with a white stripe along the shoulders and a white and silver accented Thor logo crest. Black numbers adorn the back of each jersey in a silver trim with white lettering at the top.

Below is Sunday’s auction lineup:

• Jason Morgan (C)

• Jordan Fulton (LW)

• Nathan Deck (D)

• Mike Little (D)

PRINCETON, N.J. – Pat Nagle of the Florida Everblades is the Reebok Hockey ECHL Goaltender of the Week for Feb. 13-19.

Thunder goaltender Olivier Roy was named runner up for the award, one day after being recalled by Edmonton to the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL.

Nagle was 3-0-0 with a goals-against average of 1.63 and a save percentage of .944 last week in three appearances last week.

Roy was 2-1-0 during the week, helping guide the Thunder to a 3-1-0 week and a six point weekend in wins vs. Colorado and Idaho.

He collected a .950 save percentage and 1.68 goals against average during the week.

Runners Up: Chris Carrozzi, Ontario (3-0-0, 2.00 GAA, .945 save pct.) and Olivier Roy, Stockton (2-1-0, 1.68 GAA, .950 save pct.).

Also Nominated: Peter Mannino (Chicago), Kyle Jones (Colorado), Ryan Zapolski (Gwinnett), Riley Gill (Kalamazoo), Jussi Rynnas (Reading), Philipp Grubauer (South Carolina) and Alec Richards (Toledo).

STOCKTON, Calif. – The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, announced Edmonton has recalled rookie center Ryan Martindale from the Thunder to the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

Martindale, 20, should be available for the Barons’ next game on Wednesday for a 5:00 p.m. PT faceoff against the Texas Stars.

The 6-foot-3 and 207 pound forward has scored 15 points (6g-9a) and collected ten penalty minutes in 34 games this season. He has notched three multi point games and a season high five game scoring streak from Dec. 16-30.

Martindale was selected by Edmonton in the third round (61st overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and suited up in two preseason games for the Oilers this season.

He has appeared in two AHL games with Oklahoma City this season and posted two penalty minutes.

For more information about tickets, merchandise, or other inquiries contact the Stockton Thunder offices at (209) 373-1500 or visit http://www.stocktonthunder.com/.

STOCKTON, Calif. – The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League, announced Edmonton has recalled rookie goaltender Olivier Roy (WAH, oh-liv-EE-yay) from the Thunder to the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League.

Roy, 20, has appeared in 32 ECHL games this season, ranks sixth in the league with a 2.44 goals against average, third with a .927 save percentage and has compiled a record of 12-15-5. His three shutouts have tied a Thunder regular season record.

The native of Causapscal, Quebec has earned two ECHL Goaltender of the Week awards this season.

Roy was selected in the fifth round (133rd overall) by the Oilers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, was ranked as the second highest North American goaltender by the Central Scouting Bureau before the draft and represented Canada at the 2011 World Junior Hockey Championships.

He appeared in 200 games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League with Cape Breton and Acadie-Bathurst going 123-57-8 with 14 shutouts, a 2.77 goals-against average and a save percentage of .906. Roy was named to the Canadian Hockey League All-Rookie Team and received the QMJHL Rookie of the Year award in 2007-08.

Roy has three games of AHL experience with the Springfield Falcons, where he was 1-1-0 with a .913 save percentage and 2.57 goals-against-average in 2009-10.

The transaction comes on the same day that Edmonton recalled goaltender Yann Danis from Oklahoma City.

For more information about tickets, merchandise, or other inquiries contact the Stockton Thunder offices at (209) 373-1500 or visit http://www.stocktonthunder.com/.

VIDEO: Mask artwork – Heemskerk, Roy, Stalock

“I think they were a little bit more tired than us. They had a little tougher schedule this week, coming in and it should have benefited us. I thought we really ended coming through in the third period. I thought we got better as the game went on. It was a big win and we needed it.”

Olivier Roy: on beating the Colorado Eagles twice

“It feels really good. They’re a dangerous team and we might face them in the playoffs. We’ve got to send a message that for the rest of the year, we’re going to be there and we’re going to be ready.”

Matt Foy: on the sweep weekend and Colorado

“It was a huge weekend. We beat Idaho and two games against Colorado here. It’s absolutely huge for us and for everyone to know that we can beat these guys in the playoffs.”

STOCKTON, Calif. – Center Chris D’Alvise broke a 1-1 tie in the third period with a highlight reel goal and goaltender Olivier Roy made 32 saves to lift the Stockton Thunder (26-21-5, 57 points) to a 3-1 victory over the Colorado Eagles before 5,545 fans at Stockton Arena on Sunday.

The Thunder extended its torrid pace at home to a 9-1-1 run in the last 11 games and benefited from additional goals by Matt Foy – who put up a spectacular goal of his own in the second period – and an empty netter by Kevin Baker.

Stockton also closed the gap to four points behind Colorado for fourth place in the Western Conference.

“Big win for us and we needed it,” said Thunder head coach Matt Thomas. “Typical Sunday game – it was a bit loose for both teams and Sunday games have either low shot counts with not a lot of opportunities or there are shots aplenty. I thought both goaltenders were good in the first period. We got better as the game went along and credit our penalty kill. We had a great adjustment after their first goal.”

Chris D'Alvise's spectacular goal in the third period stood as the game winner. (photo by Sean Blair)

Colorado came into the game averaging 3.6 goals per game and was held to a 1-of-6 clip on the power play and Chad Costello, who had a 12 point scoring streak (26 points in total), saw his run snapped in the Thunder win.

However, they took a 1-0 lead late in the first period on a Kevin Ulanski power play goal, when he capitalized off a screen in front of Roy and tipped Aaron Schneekloth’s shot from the blueline.

The Thunder owned the edge in shots at 15-11 but were saddled with three penalty kill situations in the first period.

Foy’s 14th goal of the season came on a highlight reel move with 12:39 remaining in the second for a shorthanded goal to help the Thunder tie the game, 1-1.

Foy caught up with a clearing pass at center ice, went one-on-one with Schneekloth, and turned the Eagles defenseman inside-out at the left wing. Foy’s first shot was stopped by Rob Nolan, but converted the rebound in the goal mouth.

Another highlight reel move was in store and D’Alvise exploited the Colorado defense with 14:29 left in the third period, converting Tony DeHart’s lead pass and splitting a pair of Eagles defensemen in the slot. His backhander beat Nolan for a 2-1 thunder lead and sent Stockton Arena into delirium.

Both teams waged a series of quality scoring chances on the goaltenders and the Thunder put Colorado on the ropes via a hooking penalty to Joey Sides with 1:51 left in the third period.

Nolan was pulled for an extra attacker to level the skating situation at 5-on-5, but Mike Little whacked a loose puck to center ice from the defensive zone, and Baker tracked it down for an empty net goal with 46.8 seconds left in the game.

The Thunder handed Nolan his second consecutive loss with 36 saves.

NOTES: Scratched for the game were Jody Pederson (healthy), Cameron Brodie (healthy), Sebastian Owuya (injured reserve), Gabriel Levesque (injured reserve), Jason Morgan (injured reserve) and Cameron Abney (injured reserve) … Foy’s shorthanded goal was the 200th point in his professional career … Foy’s goal was the fourth in a shorthanded situation for the Thunder … D’Alvise collected his seventh point in seven ECHL games … the Thunder outshot Colorado 39-33.

The Thunder returns to play on Friday, visiting the Bakersfield Condors at Rabobank Arena for a 7:00 p.m. faceoff. The game will be carried on radio at 1280 AM KWSX and online for viewing (pay-per-view video charge) and listening (free of charge) at www.StocktonThunder.com, courtesy of AmericaOne.

A two-time recipient of the ECHL “Award of Excellence,” Thunder was voted “Best Local Sports Team” by readers of the San Joaquin Magazine, led the ECHL in attendance for four consecutive seasons and drew over 200,000 fans for the sixth consecutive season in 2010-11. Season Tickets for 2011-12 are on sale now. For more information about tickets, merchandise, or other inquiries contact the Stockton Thunder offices at (209) 373-1500 or visit http://www.stocktonthunder.com/.

THREE STARS

1. STK – 31 Olivier Roy

2. STK – 83 Matt Foy

3. STK – 10 Chris D’Alvise

No Pederson and Brodie for the Thunder, replaced by Matheson and Hayes today.

Looks like Olivier Roy again will start in net.

THUNDER LINE COMBINATIONS

Campbell – D’Alvise – Baker

Fulton – Fratkin – Foy

Hunt – Martindale – Reber

Doyle

THUNDER DEFENSIVE PAIRS

Deck – Lowery

Little – DeHart

Matheson – Hayes

GOALTENDER: Roy

Don’t forget, send us your questions below! We’ll be on air at 3:45 p.m.

]]> http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/02/19/lineups-sunday-funday-2/feed/ 0 http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/02/19/preview-home-cooking/ http://www.stocktonthunder.com/2012/02/19/preview-home-cooking/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:40:22 +0000 Stockton Thunder Staff http://www.stocktonthunder.com/?p=8932 The Thunder continue a torrid pace at home and seek a weekend sweep, facing the Colorado Eagles today (4:00 p.m.) in a rematch at Stockton Arena. (photo by Sean Blair)

Olivier Roy: on the game

“We had problems with this team before and tonight I think we played better. We didn’t give them as many rushes and our system worked pretty well.”

Mike Little: on the game

“It was a lot more intense than it usually is. I think we really owed these guys, they swept us just this past weekend. Especially in our own building, it was huge for us to come out and be very physical and bring that intensity that we need to and we were fortunate to come out with a win tonight. “

Matt Thomas: on the game and the Colorado Eagles

“I thought we did a good job trying to limit their ability to play the transition game. I think that was a big part of the game. They’re such a talented team. They’ve got a lot of toughness and a lot of skill. They’re dangerous. If you don’t play a certain type of way, you could be in for a long night.”