Ice and Brahmas set for two-night rodeo this weekend

Published on February 2, 2004 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Indianapolis Ice News Release


PLAYOFF PUSH: Despite the team's current 0-3-1 winless skid, the Ice still remains part of the five-team race for the final two playoff spots in the Northern Conference. Colorado and Bossier-Shreveport seem to have a firm grip on the top two spots in the conference, while Memphis, New Mexico, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City and Wichita are all within seven points of each other for the final two berths. In addition, the four teams trailing Memphis have multiple games in hand with the RiverKings.

GO SPEED RACER: In the third period of Saturday's comeback attempt against the Austin Ice Bats, the Ice managed to score three goals in a time period of 44 seconds to tie the game at six, which became the new franchise record for fastest three goals in a game. The three quick lamplighters by Ryan Carter, Remi Royer and Jim Shepherd was better than the previous CHL mark of 1:31 set on 11/5/00 vs Fayetteville (Ken Boone, Yvan Corbin and Brandon Lafrance) and the all-time best IHL mark of 52 seconds set back on 3/23/91 at Kansas City (Mike Stapleton, Sean Williams and Alex Roberts).

ISLAND PARTY: During this Saturday's contest against the Fort Worth Brahmas, the Ice will be hosting an "Island Party" from the Pepsi Coliseum sponsored by the Hoosier Lottery, Red Stripe Beer and Super Clubs Resorts. The party will feature a live reggae band, Jamaican dancers, a Rastafarian Fire Eater, Limbo Contest and much more. In addition, fans are encouraged to wear their best tropical attire and some lucky fans will have a chance to win a Caribbean vacation.

PLAYER PLUGS: Jason Baird is on a five-game point streak (G, 6A) and has 21 points (6G, 15A) in his last 15 games and 33 points (9G, 24A) in his last 22 contests... Dave Gilmore has at least a point in ten of his last 11 games...Ryan Carter has eight points (4G, 4A) in his last eight contests...Jim Shepherd has four points (2G, 2A) in his last two games... Chad McIver has come alive with two goals and a +3 rating in his first three games back from I.R...Jared Dumba has eight points (G, 7A) in his last seven games.

TEAM TIDBITS: The Ice tied a franchise record for most shootout rounds (10) in the 4-3 shootout loss to the Mudbugs this past Friday...The Ice is 2-1-0 against Tulsa and 2-0-1 against Ft. Worth this season... Indy owns the league's second best power play unit at home (32-148, 21.6%) and overall (48-234, 20.5%)... Indy is tied for first in the CHL in least shorthanded goals allowed (2).

MILESTONE MENTIONINGS: Bernie John recorded his 600th career point last weekend... Remi Royer is five points away from 100 for his pro career... Jim Shepherd is five assists shy of 200 career helpers.

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS RECORD: 0-2-1

Wednesday, Jan. 28 (2-5 L vs. Shreveport) Pepsi Coliseum
Friday, Jan. 30 (3-4 SOL at Shreveport) CenturyTel Center
Saturday, Jan. 31 (6-7 L at Austin) Travis County Expo Center

ICE SLIP FURTHER BACK FROM "BUGS" IN 5-2 LOSS

* Chad Spurr scored twice and goaltender Jeff Blair turned away 41 shots to lead the Mudbugs...Chad McIver scored his first goal of the season and goalie Jeff Sanger made 39 saves in the loss for the Icemen.

TEN-ROUND SHOOTOUT BELONGS TO MUDBUGS 4-3

Craig Soke scored the go-ahead goal in the tenth round of the shootout and recorded two assists to give the Mudbugs the 4-3 shootout win...Nate Elliott had a goal and an assist to lead the Ice, while Jeff Sanger stopped 34 in regulation and overtime and seven of ten in the shootout.

ICE COMEBACK FALLS JUST SHORT IN 7-6 LOSS TO ICE BATS

* Arturs Kupaks tallied four points (1G, 3A) as the Ice Bats held on for a 7-6 nailbiting victory...Indy rallied for four goals in just over four minutes to tie the score, but a late goal by Tab Lardner proved to be the backbreaker...Jim Shepherd had two markers for Indianapolis.

2003-2004 INDIANAPOLIS ICE STATISTICS
Record: 24-18-2 (50 points) Home 15-9-1 Road 9-9-1

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE SEASON RECORD: 24-18-2
Tuesday, Feb. 3 at Tulsa 8:05 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 6 FORT WORTH 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 7 FORT WORTH 7:00 p.m.

ALL HOME GAMES AT PEPSI COLISEUM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED

TUESDAY'S GAME CAN BE HEARD ON ESPN 950 FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS' GAMES CAN BE PICKED UP ON WWW.SPORTSJUICE.COM

PRACTICE SCHEDULE: The Ice practices Thursday at the Pepsi Coliseum from 10-11:15 a.m. and has a pre-game skate on Friday from 10-10:45 a.m. at the Coliseum.

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