Talk about fancy stats: the “goal horn percentage” through the first two games of the Stockton Heat season sits at a measly 14.3%.
After losing 7-1 to the Toronto Marlies on opening day, Stockton went right back at it against their blue-and-white Canadian Division rivals two days later. The Heat lost 5-1 on Tuesday and have now been responsible for just two of the 13 goals scored in their team’s games.
Unfortunately, the train horn just hasn’t arrived yet for the Heat—and neither has the rest of the train. Both Dustin Wolf and Garret Sparks have struggled to get any sort of rhythm going in the crease and Stockton’s defensemen have displayed a troubling habit of leaking odd-man rushes.