IceMen Weekly Notes

Published on November 21, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE ICEMEN COMPLETED THEIR 5-GAME HOMESTAND WITH A MARK OF 5(3-2-0), BOWING IN 2 OF THE LATTER 3-HOME APPEARANCES; LAST 3(1-2-0).

--THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN THRIVING ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THIS SEASON, HAVING COMPILED AN OVERALL RECORD OF 5(4-1-0) AND A PERFECT 3(3-0-0) ON HOME ICE.

--SATURDAY NIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL FOR EVANSVILLE AS ITS OVERALL RECORD OF 6(1-4-1) WOULD REFLECT. ON HOME ICE, THE ICEMEN ARE WINLESS IN THEIR LAST 3-SATURDAY DATES AT 3(0-2-1). THEIR LAST AND LONE HOME VICTORY ON SATURDAY NIGHT THIS SEASON WAS BACK ON THEIR HOME OPENING NIGHT ON OCTOBER 23RD WHEN THEY DECISIONED QUAD CITY, 6-3.

--IN THEIR 6-4 VICTORY VERDICT FRIDAY NIGHT ON HOME ICE OVER DAYTON, THE ICEMEN MATCHED THEIR BEST SINGLE PERIOD SCORING OUTPUT OF THE SEASON WHEN THEY ERUPTED FOR 4 SECOND PERIOD STRIKES.

--WHEN THEY TREMBLED TO MISSISSIPPI ON HOME ICE SATURDAY NIGHT, 3-1, IT MARKED THE ICEMEN'S FIRST DEFEAT AGAINST BERRY CONFERENCE OPPONENTS WITH THEIR RECORD NOW STANDING AT 4(3-1-0), OUTSCORING THE INTER-CONFERENCE FOES, 19-7.

--IN THEIR FIRST 3-GAMES OF THE 8-GAMES SEASON SERIES AGAINST MISSISSIPPI, THE ICEMEN AND THE RIVER KINGS HAVE YET TO WIN ON HOME ICE AS THE VISITING TEAM HAS PREVAILED IN THE PREVIOUS 3-CLASHES. THE ICEMEN ARE 2(2-0-0) AT MISSISSIPPI AND 1(0-1-0) AT HOME AGAINST THE RIVERKINGS.

--THROUGH THEIR INITIAL 7-WINS OF THE CURRENT SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN OUTSHOT BY THEIR OPPONENTS IN 6 OF THOSE 7-VICTORIES.

--THROUGH THEIR FIRST 14-GAMES OF THE SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN SHORTHANDED A LEAGUE-HIGH 101-TIMES WHILE BEING PRESENTED ONLY 74 OF THEIR OWN POWER PLAY ADVANTAGES; A DISPARITY OF 27, THE MOST IN THE CHL.

--LAST WEEK'S CHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK MATT LUNDIN HAD HIS PERSONAL 4-GAME WIN STREAK SEVERED SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE ICEMEN 3-1 SETBACK INCURRED AGAINST VISITING MISSISSIPPI. IN HIS LAST 5-STARTS, LUNDIN IS NOW 5(4-1-0) WITH A 2.20 GAA. SATURDAY NIGHT'S DEFEAT WAS ALSO LUNDIN'S FIRST LOSS ON HOME ICE THUS FAR THIS SEASON. HE HAD BEEN UNBLEMISHED AT 6(5-0-1) AT HOME.

--CENTER NICKLAS LINDBERG 7(3-11-14) HAD HIS PERSONAL SEASON'S BEST 7-GAME POINT STREAK SNAPPED IN SATURDAY'S SETBACK SUSTAINED AGAINST MISSISSIPPI.

--NICKLAS LINDBERG'S 8-PPA RANK #2 IN THE CHL AND JUST 1-PPA BEHIND THE LEAGUE LEADER.

--NICKLAS LINDBERG'S 17-ASSISTS RANK #1 IN THE CHL LEAGUE-WIDE.

--THE ICEMEN DEFENSEMEN MARIO LAROSCQUE (6) AND JOE GRIMALDI (5) CONTINUE TO RANK 1-2 IN GOAL CANNONEERING AMONG ALL CHL DEFENSEMEN.

--MARIO LAROCQUE LEADS ALL CHL DEFENSEMEN IN SOG WITH 60 WHILE RANKING 5TH IN THE LEAGUE OVERALL.

--MARIO LAROCQUE LEADS THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 17 WITH JORDAN LITTLE TIED FOR #2 WITH 16 AND JOE GRIMALDI RANKED #4 WITH 15.

--JOE GRIMALDI REMAINS TIED FOR THE CHL LEADERSHIP AMONG DEFENSEMEN IN PPG WITH 3.

--IN THEIR LAST 6-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE SURRENDERED ONLY 14-GA FOR A GAA OF A THRIFTY 2.33.

--EVANSVILLE'S RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PRESENTLY STANDS AT 8(5-3-0); AT HOME: 6(4-2-0); ON THE ROAD: 2(1-1-0).

--OF BRIAN BICEK'S 7-GOALS THUS FAR THIS SEASON, 3 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN SCORED, ONE IN EACH GAME, AGAINST MISSISSIPPI.

--IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 6-4 TRIUMPH OVER DAYTON, CHRIS CAMPANALE CONNECTED ON HIS FIRST 2-GOAL GAME AS A ROOKIE PRO. IN FACT, HIS 2-GOALS EMANATED AND CULMINATED THE ICEMEN'S 4-GOAL SECOND PERIOD RESURGENCE IN THE WIN OVER THE GEMS.

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