Bloomington Blaze Weekly

November 19, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington Blaze News Release


The Bloomington Blaze, fueled by Mid-Illini Credit Union, load up on hockey as well as turkey and trimmings during Thanksgiving week with four games in five days after taking five out of a possible six points last week.

Last week :

Tuesday, Nov. 13- Allen Americans 5, @Blaze 4 (SO)

Friday, Nov. 16- Blaze 5, @Tulsa Oilers 2

Saturday, Nov. 17- @Blaze 3, Quad City Mallards 2

This week:

Wednesday, Nov. 21- Blaze at Wichita Thunder, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 23- Blaze at Tulsa Oilers, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 24- Missouri Mavericks at Blaze, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 25- Quad City Mallards at Blaze, 4:05 p.m.

Boo-yah for Booras: Jon Booras's second-period goal in Saturday's home win over Quad City was his 400th professional point. He added an assist later on the game-winning goal to push the eighth-year pro's point total to 401. Booras has played in a Bloomington sweater in all but 12 of his 421 professional games. The Billings, Montana native leads the Central Hockey League in scoring with 21 points (6 goals, 15 assists).

Extra-special teams: The Blaze continue to operate the CHL's most successful power play, scoring 30.2 percent of the time. Their 16 power play goals is second only to Allen. The Blaze have scored on the power play in 10 of their 12 games this season. Jesse Dudas leads the league with four power play tallies.

Dudas doing it: Jesse Dudas continues to lead all Central Hockey League defensemen with eight goals. Dudas is second in scoring among blueliners with 15 points, and he has scored a point in all but three games.

Streaking: David Gilbert ended an eight-game point streak on Saturday, and Tyler Gron's seven-game point streak also ended that night. Gilbert's streak is the team's longest this season. Nicklas Lindberg owns the longest current Blaze streak at six games.

Blaze anatomy: The Blaze activated defenseman Michael Trebish from the 7-day IR last weekend but placed veteran D-man Ryan Palmer on the 7-day IR. Both Blaze goaltenders who began the season are now out with lower body injuries, as Pier-Olivier Pellitier sustained an injury in practice early last week and Dan Dunn left Saturday's game in the second period. The Blaze signed netminders Gerry Festa and Nick Niedert, both of whom have CHL experience. Festa earned the win on Saturday night.

Junior Blaze update : The Junior Blaze gained three out of a possible six points by going 1-1-1 against the Holland River Bandits last weekend in Michigan. The Junior Blaze won Friday's affair 6-1 before falling 7-1 on Saturday and 7-6 on Sunday in a shootout. Jacob Lourash led Bloomington with 5 goals and 2 assists, including a hat trick on Sunday. The Junior Blaze host the Soo Firehawks on Friday at 3 p.m. in a stand-alone game and Sunday at 11 a.m. before the CHL contest.

Following the Blaze : All Blaze games can be heard on WJBC.com and fans inside U.S. Cellular Coliseum can listen to the WJBC broadcast on 93.7 FM. Fans are invited to watch all Blaze road games at Gill Street Sports Bar and Restaurant, 3002 Gill St. west of Airport Road in Bloomington. Like the Blaze on Facebook and follow the team on Twitter (BLMBlaze), and remember to check in during games for special social media prizes. Team information can be found at www.bloomingtonblaze.com . Season, group, and multi-game ticket packages are available by calling the Blaze office at 309-827-7678.



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