WHL Kootenay Ice

Ice square off with division rivals

Published on March 19, 2007 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kootenay Ice News Release


WEEKEND RE-CAP: Indiana rolled to a 2-1-0 record last week after beating the Waterloo Black Hawks 3-2 and splitting a home and home weekend series with the Chicago Steel as the Ice fell 5-2 on Friday in Chicago before rebounding on home ice with a 3-2 win on Saturday.... 3/14 vs Waterloo: A strong third period propelled Indiana past Waterloo as Greg Squires, Mike Phillippi and John Kemp registered goals for the Ice while goaltender Cody Reichard made 31 saves in route to the win....3/16 at Chicago: Indiana pumped out a USHL record 50 shots on net, but only John Kemp and Eric Miller could find the back of the net in the Steel's 5-2 victory.....3/17 vs Chicago: The Ice jumped out to a 3-0 lead with goals from Brent Gwidt, Garrett Roe and Mike Phillippi and never looked back. Alex Kangas turned back 27 shots for the win in net.

"ROE-ING" UP THE CHARTS: With a goal and an assist in Saturday night's 3-2 victory, forward Garrett Roe is one point shy of tying the all-time Ice season record of 55 points set by teammate John Kemp in 2005-06. Earlier this year, Roe became the first Indiana player to ever reach the "Ice Century Club" with 100 career points. His current career total sits at 128 points on 48 goals and 80 assists.

"KEMPER" OPEN: Forward John Kemp tallied five points (2G, 3A) in three games against Waterloo and Chicago last week including his 16th and 17th multi-point performances of the season. Kemp has registered 33 career multi-point games and the second year forward is the only Ice player besides Garrett Roe to record 100 points (20G, 86A) in his Ice career.

MR. 2000: Alex Kangas became the first Indiana Ice netminder to break the 2,000 minute mark in a single season after his 27-save performance in Saturday night's 3-2 win over Chicago. In two USHL seasons between Indy and Sioux Falls, the Minnesota-bound goaltender has collected 37 wins to go along with a 2.74 GAA and .914 save percentage.

ICE NOTES: Blueliner Mike Phillippi has three goals in his last four games...Eric Kattelus has four points (1G, 3A) in his last five games....Indiana is a combined 9-2-0 against Ohio and Chicago this season....The Ice is 18-3-3 when scoring first....Indiana's 1519 penalty minutes are tops among all USHL teams.

TOURNEY TIME: Five former Indiana Ice players will be playing in this year's 16-team NCAA College Hockey Tournament that begins March 23rd..... Steve Jakiel (2005-06) and the West's second seeded Michigan Wolverines open the tournament against North Dakota.....Michael Findorff (2004-05) and Miami of Ohio snuck in with the fourth seed in the Northeast to play top seeded New Hampshire.... St. Cloud State's Ryan Peckskamp (2004-06) and Jon Ammerman (2005-06) do battle with Maine in the East.... Jay Sprague (2005-06) and the green and white of Michigan State will face-off with Boston University in the Midwest Regional.

THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE_________________________________SEASON RECORD 24-21-5

Wednesday, Mar. 21 at Ohio 7 p.m.

Saturday, Mar. 24 CHICAGO 7 p.m.

Sunday, Mar. 25 at Chicago 8 p.m.

ALL HOME GAMES AT PEPSI COLISEUM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. BOTH GAMES WILL BE AIRED ON B2 NETWORKS. GO TO 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 Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday from 2:45 to 4:45 p.m. and has a pre-game skate Saturday from 10-10:30 a.m.

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