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IceDiggers to head to Ann Arbor

October 30, 2006 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alpena IceDiggers News Release


Alpena MI: The Alpena IceDiggers of the North American Hockey League hit the road for two mid week games to take on the USA U-18 team on Tuesday and the USA U-17 team on Wednesday night. Both games will be played at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube. The puck will drop at 7:00PM for both contests.

With the north division standings tight Alpena knows that these two games are very important for the first place club. "We have to go into these games and give a great effort in order to be successful, we will give it everything we got." said head coach Kenny Miller

Alpena will need to get a balanced scoring attack like they have had the past 4 games. "When we get scoring from all four lines and our defensemen we have more success, I am happy with how we are playing right now." added Miller

The IceDiggers are coming off a weekend where they played host to the Mahoning Valley Phantoms and dropped the first game 5-2 on Friday and were defeated Saturday 5-4 in a shootout. Saturdays shootout was a first for Alpena this season.

"On Friday we were not good and didn't deserve to win, on Saturday I thought we outplayed them and had a few breakdowns and that cost us the extra point." said Miller

The IceDiggers are led by Nolan Craner (Plainwell MI) and Todd Rudasill (Powell OH) who are one and two in scoring in the NAHL. Veteran's Ricardo Yesue (Allen Park MI) and Erik Peterson (Alpena MI) are starting to heat up offensively Peterson has scored 6 points in his last 5 games while Yesue has added 1 goal and 4 assists in the last five contests.

The goaltending tandem of Shawn Hunwick (Sterling Hts. MI) and Mike Jarboe (Grosse Point Park MI) have played well for the 'Diggers so far this season combing for 10 wins in the 14 games they have started this season.

Fans can stay updated with all the live action this week by logging onto www.pointstreak.com

For more information on up-to-date IceDiggers info be sure to log onto our website at www.icediggers.com. The Alpena IceDiggers return to Northern Lights Arena on Friday November 4th at 7:00PM to take on the USA U-17 team for ticket information please contact Bob Krafft at the main office (989) 356-9812.



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