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IceDiggers earn weekend sweep

January 7, 2008 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alpena IceDiggers News Release


Alpena MI: The Alpena IceDiggers are riding a five game home winning streak after knocking off the Marquette Rangers on Friday 7-3 and defeating the Traverse City North Stars on Sunday with a 4-3 shoot out win.

On Friday Alpena (19-12-2 40 pts.) fell behind 2-1 after twenty minutes of play, but the IceDiggers went on to score six unanswered goals to take a 7-2 lead. Marquette (20-11-2 42 pts.) added a late goal for a 7-3 final score.

Erik Peterson led the way with 4 assists, Russ Anderson and Mike DeGrazia each had 2 goals and one assist in the win. Nick Grasso, Jon Puskar and Ryan Timar had a goal apiece. Tyler Pilmore chipped in 2 assists, while Jimmy McCusker, JC Gulch, Isaac Viau, Bryan Ross, and Kerry Bence each had 1 assist.

Nick Graves made 31 stops to earn his 5th straight win for Alpena.

Sunday afternoon the North Stars (11-14-8 30 pts.) came to Northern Lights Arena to take on the IceDiggers and like the previous two meetings the two teams needed a shootout to determine a winner.

"The guys are playing well, they believe in one another and when teams start to believe anything can happen." said coach Kenny Miller "But at the same time we understand that it is a marathon not a sprint and we have to get better each day."

Alpena's Peterson who scored Alpena's first two goals of the game also scored the game winning goal in the shootout for a 4-3 victory for the home team.

Peterson added an assist to go along with his hat trick.

DeGrazia who had 2 assists in regulation play also scored in the shootout. Anderson scored a goal and assisted on another. Evan West and Jerrod Hartman each had a assist.

Graves picked up another win in net for Alpena making 30 saves. The netminder stopped all four shooters he faced in the shootout.

NEWS & NOTES:

UP NEXT: Alpena will host the Marquette Rangers on Friday and Saturday before heading to Mahoning Valley for the North division showcase next weekend. Face off is set for 7:00PM both nights.

BARBIS: Coach Miller announced today the team has acquired Zack Barbis from the Mahoning Valley Phantoms for Carl Nielsen.

STAYING HOT: The IceDiggers have gone 8-1-1 in their last ten. Alpena has not lost in regulation since Thursday December 6th when they fell to the USA U-17 Team 4-2 at home.

POW: Alpena native Erik Peterson earned North division player of the week honors. Peterson tallied 3 goals and 5 assists in 2 games. The 3rd year forward was a +4 on the weekend.

For more information on the IceDiggers log onto the website at www.icediggers.com or call the main office at (989) 356-9812.



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