Ice Wraps Up Road Schedule This Weekend
March 25, 2013 - United States Hockey League (USHL)
Indiana Ice News Release
ROAD WARRIORS: The Indiana Ice finished the first leg of their six-game road stretch on a strong note, recording a 6-3 win at Chicago Sunday afternoon after a pair of tough losses in Youngstown. The weekend started rough as Indy dropped a 5-1 decision to the Youngstown Phantoms at the Covelli Centre on Thursday. Alex Talcott notched the lone tally for Indy while Anderson Snair logged 20 saves in net. Friday's contest against the Phantoms was a much closer affair as Mikhail Plotnikov, Joseph Widmar and Jason Salvaggio all scored in the 5-3 setback. Plotnikov shined in Sunday's contest against the Chicago Steel as the forward recorded his second hat trick in the last two weeks. Lukas Laub added a pair of goals and Drew Newmeyer had a power play marker, while several other Icemen registered multiple point efforts in the win. Snair stopped 22 of 25 shots on net to earn his fifth win of the season.
WELL "PLOTTED": The Mikhail Plotnikov goal scoring tear continued over the weekend as he compiled four goals in three games and he now has ten goals and four assists in his last ten contests. Plotnikov recorded his second hat trick in two weeks in Sunday's win over Chicago and he now leads all Icemen in points (18G, 20A) and multiple-point games (9).
TEAM EFFORT: Sunday's win in Chicago was a total team effort as five Ice players amassed multiple-point efforts in the victory. In addition to Plotnikov's hat trick, Lukas Laub posted his first two-goal game of his USHL career and the trio of Patrick Newell (3A), Bryan Yim (2A) and Jake Cass (2A) combined for seven assists in the game.
PLAYER BEATS: Patrick Newell has nine points (2G, 7A) in his last ten games...Joshua Jacobs has two assists in his past two games...Mitch Hults (G, 2A) and Bryan Yim (3A) each have three points in their past four games...Defenseman Matt Roy returned to the Ice line-up over the weekend after finishing his season with the Victory Honda U18 club....Zach Aman and Rinat Valiev remain sidelined with injuries while Alex Smith is still listed on IR.
TEAM ACCOUNTS: Indy is 4-1-2 against Chicago this year with four of the six games going to overtime and/or the shootout...Indy is the least penalized team in the league (13.14 PIMS/game)...The Ice is seventh in the USHL on the penalty kill...Indy has allowed only three power play goals in their last 15 games and is 40 of 43 on the penalty kill during that stretch.
FROZEN FOUR ACTION: 19 Indiana Ice alumni will see additional postseason action as they prepare for this weekend's opening round of the NCAA Div. I Hockey Championships. Former Ice defensemen Loren and Alex Barron will suit up with the top-ranked Quinnipiac Bobcats while the Miami (OH) RedHawks carry nine former Icemen on their roster. Team breakdowns include: Quinnipiac (Loren and Alex Barron), Notre Dame (Peter Schneider), Miami (Blake Coleman, Max Cook, John Doherty, Alex Gacek, Joe Hartman, Garrett Kennedy, Sean Kuraly, Bryon Paulazzo, Alex Wideman), New Hampshire (Justin Agosta, Casey DeSmith, Kevin Goumas); North Dakota (Nick Mattson); St. Cloud State (Nic Dowd, Jarrod Rabey); Yale (Ryan Obuchowski).
United States Hockey League Stories from March 25, 2013
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- Former Phantom Andrej Sustr Signs NHL Deal with Tampa Bay Lightning - Youngstown Phantoms
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- 18 Former Stampede Players Skating in NCAA Tournament - Sioux Falls Stampede
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