Ice Playoff Weekly
Published on April 14, 2008 under United States Hockey League (USHL)
Indiana Ice News Release
FIRST ROUND SCHEDULE SERIES TIED 1-1
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 Pepsi Coliseum on Monday from 2:45-4:45 pm.
GAME ONE: STEEL 4, ICE 3
The visiting Steel used a late third period goal by Eric Alexander and a 35-save effort from goaltender Rob Madore to capture game one 4-3 last Thursday night from Pepsi Coliseum. The game was a seesaw affair until the game-winning tally by Alexander as the contest featured four lead changes and three ties. Indiana received markers from Jake Skjodt, John Carlson and Will MacDonald, while Chicago countered with goals from Tim Buttery, Luca Cunti and Aaron Schmit. Andrew Miller also handed out three assists. Both goaltenders made huge stops in the game as Madore (35 saves) and Scott Darling (27 saves) turned back 62 shots and faced 15 total power plays between them.
GAME TWO: ICE 7, STEEL 2
The Ice rallied from a 2-1 first period deficit to record six unanswered goals in route to a 7-2 victory Saturday night from Pepsi Coliseum. The line of John Kemp (3A), Jake Skjodt (G, 2A) and Paul Carey (G, 2A) led the offensive barrage with nine points as each player registered a three-point outing. Defensemen Ben Blood and Nick Bailen both compiled a goal and an assist and Locke Jillson, Robert Martini and Brent Gwidt chipped in with lamplighters of their own. Scott Darling played well between the pipes stopping 25 shots in the win. The Steel received goals from Andrew Miller and Brian O'Neill. Indy outshot Chicago 45-27 in the contest, including a 34-13 differential after the first two periods.
ICE NOTABLES: John Kemp's three-point performance on Saturday catapulted him into the top spot for most points (22) in Ice playoff history surpassing Garrett Roe's mark of 19.....Jake Skjodt became the franchise's all-time leading playoff goal scorer (7) with his second period tally pushing him ahead of Roe and Eric Miller who each had six playoff goals.....Ben Blood has three points (G, 2A) in his last two games....Locke Jillson's goal was his first as a member of the Ice.....Robert Martini and Brandon Blandina have points in the first two playoff games....Martini also sports a (+4) plus/minus after two contests.
AROUND THE USHL: Waterloo is up 2-0 on Cedar Rapids in the other East Division opening round series....Lincoln swept Sioux Falls 3-0 in one of the series out west....Omaha leads Sioux City 2-1 in the other West Division opening round match-up.
United States Hockey League Stories from April 14, 2008
- USHL Weekly - USHL
- Stampede Announce New "Teammates In The Community" Program - Sioux Falls Stampede
- Ice Playoff Weekly - Indiana Ice
- Stampede to hold final fan gathering tonight at 6pm at Sioux Falls Arena - Sioux Falls Stampede
- U.S. National Under-18 Team Tops Belarus, 5-2 - USHL
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