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IceDiggers defeat Phantoms

March 23, 2007 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alpena IceDiggers News Release


Mahoning Valley: After dropping their first six visits at the Ice Zone the Alpena IceDiggers (36-20-4) defeated the Mahoning Valley Phantoms (44-14-1) by a score of 4-1 in front of 225 fans.

Mike Jarboe (Grosse Pte. MI) continued his hot streak by picking up his fifth straight victory in net. Todd Rudasill (Powell OH) led the IceDiggers offensively with 1 goal and 2 assists. Captain Nolan Craner (Plainwell MI) added 2 goals. West Point recruit Drew Pierson (Pleasant Prairie WI) netted 1 goal and assisted on another. Ricardo Yesue (Allen Park MI), Zach Barron (St. Louis MO) and Jimmy McCusker (Novi MI) each earned 1 assist.

"I thought we had great jump all night long, the guys played hard for sixty minutes and deserved the win. said head coach Kenny Miller. "We need to execute the game plan tomorrow just like tonight and hopefully we can get the same result."

Derek Graham scored the lone goal for the Phantoms. Former IceDiggers goaltender Jon Morrow took the loss for Mahoning Valley allowing 4 goals on 26 shots.

The IceDiggers and Phantoms will wrap up the two game set on Saturday night at the Ice Zone. The drops at 7:00PM. Fans can tune into all the action by visiting the phantoms website at www.mvpphantoms.com . Ron Rinaldi will call all the action.



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