I-65 Battle Between Ice And Steel
Published on April 7, 2008 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Indiana Ice News Release
FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE______________________SEASON RECORD 39-15-6
Thursday, Apr. 10 CHICAGO 7:05 pm
Saturday, Apr. 12 CHICAGO 7:05 pm
Tuesday, April 15 at Chicago 8:30 pm
Friday, April 18* at Chicago 8:30 pm
Saturday, April 19* CHICAGO 7:05 pm
* if necessary
ALL HOME GAMES AT PEPSI COLISEUM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
GAMES WILL BE AIRED ON B2 NETWORKS. VISIT WWW.INDIANAICE.COM AND VISIT THE GAME CENTER TO ACCESS AUDIO OR VIDEO FEEDS.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE: The Ice is scheduled to practice at Fishers Forum on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:45-4:45 pm. The Fishers Forum is located at 9022 E. 126th Street.
THE HIGHWAYMEN: ICE AND STEEL
A Budding Rivalry: The East Division Champion Indiana Ice (39-15-6) meets the Chicago Steel (32-22-6) in round one of the Clark Cup Playoffs this week. The two clubs have never met in playoff competition, but have clashed in 29 all-time regular season battles. Indiana, who boasts a 19-10-0 all-time mark against Chicago, was 5-2-0 this year against the Steel, but six of the seven contests were decided by two goals or less.
Series Leaders: John Kemp led the Ice in the season series against the Steel with 13 points
(4G, 9A), while Paul Carey and Jake Skjodt coupled for 16 points (9G, 7A). Scott Darling won three of the five games between the pipes to go along with a 3.21 GAA and a .907 SV%. The trio of Drew LeBlanc, Simon Olsson and Brian O'Neill produced 24 points (5G, 19A) for Chicago, while Rob Madore was the workhorse in net playing in all seven games while posting a 2.84 GAA and a .927 SV%.
Past Experiences: The Ice has made the playoffs in all four years of existence and is 8-7-0 all-time in postseason action, highlighted by an impressive 6-1 run in the 2007 Clark Cup Playoffs. The team made it to the USHL Final Four last year, before falling to the eventual Champion Sioux Falls Stampede
3-2 in overtime back on 5/12/07. The Steel have seven all-time playoff wins since joining the USHL at the start of the 2000-01 season and made it to the Eastern Division Finals in 2005.
Noteworthy: Indiana Ice: Indiana is 23-3-6 in one-goal games and 22-4-4 at home this season....John Kemp has ten points (2G, 8A) in his last five games and has amassed a whopping 34 points (8G, 26A) against Chicago lifetime....Jake Skjodt has seven points (4G, 3A) in his last three contests....20 of Paul Carey's 34 goals have come on the road...John Carlson has five points (2G, 3A) in his last three games...Will MacDonald has four points (2G, 2A) in his last two contests.... Chicago Steel: Chicago is
7-3-0 in its last ten games and own similar records both at home (16-10-4) and away (16-12-2)....Simon Olsson has 21 points (9G, 12A) in his last ten games....Brian O'Neill has 16 points (6G, 10A) in his last ten contests...Rob Madore is 3-0-0 with a 2.27 GAA and a .922 SV% in his last three starts in net.
REGULAR SEASON ACCOLADES: The Ice captured the East Division title for the first time in franchise history....With 72 points, John Kemp shared the league's scoring championship with Sioux Falls Stampede forward Jack Connolly....Kemp also led all USHL'ers in assists (59) and power play assists (27)...Paul Carey was second in the league in goals (34) and first in power play goals (16)....He also finished fifth overall in points (66)....Scott Darling was second in the league in wins (27)...John Carlson placed second among USHL defensemen in points (43) and goals (12).
FOR THE RECORD BOOKS: Indiana's 11-game home winning streak and seven-game overall winning streak earlier this year were franchise bests.... The Charlie Skjodt/Scott McConnell coaching combo was the best coaching performance in Ice history (39-15-6).....John Kemp's overflowing record mantle includes all-time points (190) and assists (154) in an Ice uniform, points (72) and assists (59) in a single season, three-or-more point nights in a year (10) and Ice career (21) and top assist (12) and point (12) streaks....Paul Carey set the new franchise benchmarks for goals in a year (34), power play goals in a season (16), shots in a year (241) and top goal streak (6)....Nick Bailen's 163 regular season games is an Ice all-time best...Scott Darling is the single season wins leader (27) among Ice goaltenders and owns the best all-time win streak (9 games)...Ron Cramer is now the man of the penalty box with an Ice all-time single season best of 168 penalty minutes.... Robert Martini led all Ice players with a franchise season-best (+20) plus/minus.
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