Ice win 4-1
May 16, 2014 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Indiana Ice News Release
The Indiana Ice put on a "top shelf" performance against the Waterloo Black Hawks and now stand one victory away from the Clark Cup championship.
While winning at Waterloo Saturday in a 2-1 double overtime thriller, Black Hawk netminder Cal Peterson stopped all but 3-of-62 shots by defending low and closing the 'five-hole'." Tonight, the Ice went high and solved the netminder just enough in a 4-1 victory at Pan Am Plaza.
Tyler Pham provided the game-deciding offense and Jason Pawloski was rock solid in goal in the win. Pham scored the game's first goal and assisted on Patrick Newell's game-winner as Indy scored all they would need in the first period.
"We wanted to get shots on their net," Pham commented after his two-point evening. "In the third period, we played really smart with the lead and had great puck management."
Mitch Hults scored a power play goal in the second period to cancel out the visitor's Patrick Russell's lamplighter. The Western Conference champions cut Indiana's lead to 3-1 heading into the third period. Scott Conway potted an empty net goal on a feed from Alex Talcott to seal the deal 1:43 before the final horn.
The Ice played a dominant opening frame by outshooting the visitors 9-3. Indiana used a strong fore checking strategy and kept the puck in their offensive zone most of the first period.
Pham scored his first of the playoffs when he chipped a shot over the shoulder of Peterson 12:45 after the opening puck drop. Joseph Sullivan, Saturday's overtime hero, assisted along with Talcott.
Patrick Newell also went upstairs on Peterson after receiving a feed from Pham with 1:46 remaining in the opening stanza. The Ice captain won a puck battle behind the visitor net to give Indy a 2-0 lead.
The Ice scored the game's only power play goal when Hults went "top-shelf" to score in his second consecutive game. Scott Conway collaborated with Matt Roy to regain a two-goal cushion.
Jason Pawloski stopped 27 shots to give Indiana a shot to win the USHL champion on home ice Saturday.
"We had to fight off some penalties but I have to give all the credit to the guys in front of me," Pawloski stated after improving his 1:43 goals against average in the win. "The guys keep most of the shots from the sides and covered me if I made a mistake."
The puck drops at 7:05 at Pan Am.
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