Jacob Stone finding the net with more consistency

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It took Jacob Stone until his sixth game to score his first career goal in the VHL. It wouldn't be until his 33rd game that he scored another. With 48 games under his belt, he is now up to nine for the season, including both of Malmo's goals in their recent 2-1 victory over the Toronto Legion. During those first 32 games, he had been taking plenty of shots. He had 77 shots on goal after his first attempt of his 33rd game was saved, bringing his shooting percentage down to an abysmal 1.30%. In the time since then, including the remainder of his 33rd game through his 48th, he has 46 shots on goal and eight goals scored for a shooting percentage of 17.39% during that span, and bringing his season shooting percentage up to 7.32%.

 

 

After the long drought between his first and second goals, he quickly scored his third. And his fourth. And his fifth and sixth. He had went on a four-game goal streak which included a two-goal game. While he hasn't scored goals at nearly that clip since that time, he hasn't had a streak of futility like earlier in the season. All season, though, he has been relatively consistent in getting on the score sheet. He has 31 points in the 48 games he has played, which is one behind both Kronchy Kardashian and Leonard Triller for the lead among rookies.