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November 19, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE ICEMEN RECORD FOR THE PAST WEEK: 3(2-1-0) GF: 11 GA: 10

--THIS WEEK'S ICEMEN SCHEDULE FEATURES 3-ROAD GAMES ON THANKSGIVING WEEK AS PART OF 5-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AWAY FROM HOME FOR THE EVANSVILLE CLUB. THE ICEMEN WILL NOT RETURN HOME TO THE FORD CENTER UNTIL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1ST WHEN THEY HOST THE KALAMAZOO WINGS ON STAR WARS NIGHT AND PACK THE HOUSE NIGHT.

--WED. NOV. 21ST EVANSVILLE AT WHEELING 6:00 PM CST

--FRI. NOV. 23RD EVANSVILLE AT TRENTON 6:00 PM CST

--SAT. NOV. 24TH EVANSVILLE AT READING 6:00 PM CST

--THE ICEMEN HAD THEIR SEASON LONGEST 3-GAME WIN STREAK HALTED SUNDAY WHEN THEY BOWED TO READING, 7-2 ON HOME ICE AT THE FORD CENTER.

--THE ICEMEN WERE RETURNING HOME FROM A HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL 2-GAME ROAD TRIP IN WHICH THEY DEFEATED THE TOP TWO TEAMS IN THEIR OWN NORTH DIVISION; BESTING THE CYCLONES IN CINCINNATI THURSDAY NIGHT, 4-3 BEFORE BLANKING THE KOMETS IN FORT WAYNE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, 5-0.

--FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE ICEMEN HAVE ECLIPSED THE .500 PLATEAU WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 9(5-4-0).

--THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN BETTER ABROAD AS COMPARED TO AT HOME; ON THE ROAD: 6(3-2-1) 7-POINTS; AT HOME: 10(2-8-0) 4-POINTS.

--CURRENTLY, THE ICEMEN ARE ON A 2-GAME WIN STREAK ON THE ROAD, HAVING POSTED A 4(3-1-0) MARK IN THEIR LAST 4-STARTS IN HOSTILE TERRITORY.

--THE ICEMEN ARE PRESENTLY ON A 3-GAME WIN STREAK ON SATURDAY NIGHTS WITH 2 OF THOSE TRIUMPHS EXTRACTED ON FOREIGN ICE; 4-1 IN TOLEDO AND 5-0 IN FORT WAYNE, ALONG WITH A 2-1 HOME SUCCESS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA.

--IN NOVEMBER, THE ICEMEN ARE 5(2-3-0) AT HOME AND 4(3-1-0) ON THE ROAD.

--UNTIL THIS PAST SUNDAY'S 7-2 HOME SETBACK INFLICTED BY READING, THE ICEMEN HAD PRODUCED THE GAME'S FG IN 5-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AFTER FAILING TO ACCOMPLISH THE FEAT IN THEIR FIRST 10-GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN 5-0 TRIUMPH AT FORT WAYNE SATURDAY NIGHT REPRESENTED THEIR BEST SCORING OUTPUT IN A SINGLE GAME FOR THIS SEASON. IT WAS ALSO THEIR LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--IN THAT SAME GAME, THE COMBINATION OF MATT GENS AND TRENT VOGELHUBER STRUCK WITH 2-SHG :38 APART IN THE THIRD PERIOD TO COMPLETE THE DEFEAT OF THE FORT WAYNERS.

--THE ICEMEN ARE 6(4-1-1) WHEN THEY ENTER THE THIRD PERIOD ENJOYING THE LEAD.

--THE ICEMEN ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITHOUT 6-DEFENSEMEN IN THEIR LINEUP WITH 5 ON THE SHELF WITH A MYRIAD OF MALADIES; JESSE PERRIN, PHILIPPE PLANTE, AUSTIN MADAISKY, JAKE OBERMEYER AND AARON GENS WHILE WILL WEBER IS ON RECALL TO AHL SPRINGFIELD THROUGH NHL AFFILIATE COLUMBUS; LEFT WING OLIVER GABRIEL IS ALSO INCAPACITATED WITH INJURY.

--THE ICEMEN SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE DURING THE CLUB'S RECENT RESURGENCE. THE POWER PLAY HAS DELIVERED MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES IN 4 OF THE CLUB'S FIRST 9-GAMES IN NOVEMBER. THE POWER PLAY IS 14 FOR THE LAST 50 FOR A PROFICIENCY RATING OF 28%. THE PENALTY KILLING UNIT HAD FORECLOSED 25-CONSECUTIVE MANPOWER ADVANTAGES AFFORDED THE ADVERSARY UNTIL READING STRUCK WITH A PAIR OF PP GOALS IN ITS SUNDAY WIN OVER EVANSVILLE.

--THE ICEMEN PENALTY KILLING UNIT IS 26 FOR THE LAST 28; 92.9% AND 54 FOR THE LAST 62; 87.1%.

--THE FIRST AND THIRD PERIODS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN KIND TO THE ICEMEN ON HOME ICE, BEING OUTSCORED 12-5 IN THE FIRST FRAME AND 19-5 IN THE THIRD PERIOD FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 31-10.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE A WINNING RECORD OF 6(3-2-1) IN ONE-GOAL GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--CENTER TODD ROBINSON IS ON A 5-GAME POINT AND ASSIST STREAK WITH 5(0-7-7) WITH 5 OF THOSE ASSISTS COMING ON THE POWER PLAY.

--TODD ROBINSON'S 12-PPA TOP THE ECHL WHILE HIS 12-PP/POINTS TIE HIM FOR THIRD MOST IN THE LEAGUE.

--IN HIS LAST 10-GAMES, LEFT WING JOSH BEAULIEU IS 10(6-5-11); LAST 4(3-2-5).

--IN HIS LAST 6-GAMES, MATT GENS IS 6(2-5-7); GENS IS LISTED TIED FOR 9TH IN ECHL DEFENSEMEN SCORING WITH 15(3-7-10)

--IN HIS FIRST 9-GAMES WITH THE ICEMEN, NATHAN MOON IS 9(4-5-9) WITH 2-PPG.

--IN HIS LAST 3-GAMES, CENTER JASON DALE IS 3(1-3-4) WITH 1-PPG.

--GOALTENDER PAUL KARPOWICH POSTED HIS FIRST-EVER PRO SHUTOUT SATURDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE, REPELLING ALL 23-SOG TO SPEARHEAD THE ICEMEN TO A 5-0 TRIUMPH OVER THE KOMETS.

--DALE MAHOVSKY'S GTG SUNDAY AGAINST READING WAS HIS 100TH POINT OF HIS PRO CAREER.

--JOSH BEAULIEU (98) IS 2-POINTS SHY OF PRO CAREER 100 WITH 60 OF THOSE POINTS COLLECTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2011-12 SEASON WHEN HE JOINED EVANSVILLE.

--TYLER SHELAST (196) IS 4-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 200.

--THE ICEMEN FOLLOWED THEIR LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR THE SEASON IN A 5-0 TIUMPH AT FORT WAYNE WITH THEIR WORST LOSS OF THE SEASON ON SUNDAY WHEN THEY TREMBLED AT HOME TO READING, 7-2.

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