The Stockton Heat won again on Thursday, defeating the Manitoba Moose by a 2-1 score to extend their winning streak to eight games.
Luke Philp and Martin Pospisil scored for Stockton, which improves to 8-2-0 on the season. The Moose entered Thursday’s contest on a (now snapped) four-game points streak but have fallen to 6-7-2 with the regulation loss.
Garret Sparks made 24 saves for the Heat, allowing just one goal—to Cole Maier, in the second period—on his way to earning a fourth consecutive win. The Heat solved Moose goaltender Mikhail Berdin twice on 20 shots.
Thursday’s game was the first of the post-Connor Zary era for the Heat.