Recordnet.com: Gongalsky won't be on the ice for a while. He had surgery on his thumb after suffering an injury while attending the Phoenix Coyotes' training camp, and he will likely be on the injured reserved list for at least three weeks.

Mitya, главное чтобы до ЧМ в Тилбурге он уже был свободен, и чтобы ему к этому времени гражданство нарисовали

The Stockton Record: The Thunder (4-4-2) is on a six-game unbeaten streak and will meet the Condors (6-5) for the first time this season. Stockton will be without forward Colton Yellow Horn, who is on bereavement leave.
Yellow Horn is scheduled to be back when the Thunder opens a three-game series with the Idaho Steeleheads on Friday at Stockton Arena. Forwards Igor Gongalsky and Kelly Czuy, both of whom have been on the injury list, might play this weekend.

The Stockton Record: Forward Igor Gongalsky, who has missed all 14 games after offseason hand surgery, should be in uniform when the Thunder (4-7-3) tries to snap its six-game winless streak at 7:30 p.m. against Ontario (7-8-1) at Citizens Bank Arena. The teams meet again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Gongalsky, a 23-year-old native of Kiev, Ukraine, was injured at the Phoenix Coyotes training camp and signed with the Thunder before the season while recuperating.
«I'm really excited about coming back, and I feel fine," Gongalsky said. «The doctor gave his OK, and I'm ready.»
Gongalsky will replace Chris D'Alvise, who suffered an upper body injury in Sunday's 3-1 loss to Idaho. Gongalsky will be teamed on a line with veteran Mike Bayrack and Oren Eizenman, his former teammate with the now-defunct Fresno Falcons.

Stockton Thunder: Igor Gongalsky scored his first goal of the year and Evan Barlow tied the game in the third period just minutes before Derlago's go-head goal.

Both teams played through a scoreless tie in the first period and Idaho outshot the Thunder, 9-6 in the opening period. Pitton turned away a close-range backhander from Matt McKnight from below the hash marks, while Beauchemin made a point-blank save in the waning seconds on a penalty kill, off Steve Vanoosten's one-timer from the deep slot.

Gongalsky broke the scoreless tie and buried his first goal of the year just 55 seconds into the second period, converting Oren Eizenman's centering pass from behind the net with an additional helper from J.F. Caudron on the play, which was his first point in a Thunder uniform.

Idaho, who led the ECHL in defense with just 2.4 goals per game before Friday's game, hung around while Beauchemin made two heart-stopping saves on a Chris D'Alvise breakaway and a backhander by Gongalsky after he deked around the Idaho defense at the right side of the crease.

The Burton View: Last Sunday, the Generals hosted the Quad City Mallards, coming back from 5-1 first-period deficit to win, 6-5, in overtime. For Flint, goalie Rob Nolan started out a little shaky, allowing goals on the first two shots he faced before Kyryll Katrych bounced one off the crossbar to give Quad City an early 3-0 lead. That’s when Steve Silver made it a 3-1 game for the Generals on the assist by Pascal Rheaume about halfway through the initial period, leading Flint coach Jason Muzzatti to pull Nolan in favor of newly acquired net minder Nick Niedert.