After winning each of their last six games, the 6-2-0 Stockton Heat currently boast a one-point lead over the Laval Rocket for first place in the AHL’s Canadian Division. The Rocket and Heat have yet to meet this season, with Laval currently sitting at 5-3-1 after its first nine games.
Stockton will look to add to that cushion in its own ninth game tonight, the second of four consecutive meetings against the Manitoba Moose. With a 6-6-1 record, Manitoba currently sits in fourth place in the division but has points in its last three contests (2-0-1).
On Monday evening, the Heat and Moose met at Winnipeg’s BellMTS Iceplex and played a tight, back-and-forth game featuring three game-tying goals for the home side.