IceMen Weekly Notes
January 2, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
--IN THE MIDST OF PLAYING 10 OF 11-GAMES ON THE ROAD, THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED AN OVERALL RECORD OF 9(1-6-2) IN THAT SPAN.
--THE ICEMEN'S LATEST WINLESS STREAK HAS REACHED 5-CONSECUTIVELY; 5(0-3-2) WITH THEIR LONGEST WINLESS STREAK OF THE SEASON BEING 6-IN A ROW; 6(0-5-1).
--THE ICEMEN'S CURRENT LOSING STREAK IS AT 3-IN SUCCESSION; THE LONGEST OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN 5-CONSECUTIVELY.
--EVANSVILLE COMPLETED THE 13-GAMES SLATE IN DECEMBER WITH A MARK OF 13(2-7-4); THEY WERE 8(1-4-3) ON THE ROAD AND 5(1-3-1) AT HOME.
--AFTER MISSING SOME 23-GAMES DUE TO A NAGGING GROIN INJURY, DEFENSEMAN JAY HOLLADAY RETURNED TO THE LINEUP AND PROMPTLY PROCEEDED TO SCORE HIS SECOND GOAL OF THE SEASON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN HIS TEAM'S 8-4 SETBACK AT DAYTON AGAINST THE GEMS.
--CENTER NICKLAS LINDBERG HAS CLIMBED TO 7TH IN CHL LEAGUE-WIDE SCORING WITH 32(12-28-40); HIS 28-ASSISTS RANK AS 6TH BEST IN THE LEAGUE.
--NICKLAS LINDBERG'S LATEST POINT-SCORING STREAK HAS EQUALED HIS AND THE ICEMEN'S SEASON-BEST OF 7-CONSECUTIVE GAMES. IN THAT SPAN, HE IS 7(4-8-12).
--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, BRIAN BICEK, THE ICEMEN'S LONE ALL-STAR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CHL ALL-STAR GAME, IS 7(2-7-9).
--CENTER DAMIAN SURMA CONNECTED ON HIS FIRST 2-PPG OF THE SEASON IN THE LAST 2-EVANSVILLE GAMES; LAST 2(2-1-3). SURMA'S 14-GOALS FOR THE SEASON PACE THE CLUB.
--AFTER A 6-GAME ABSENCE DUE TO INJURY, FIRST YEAR RIGHT WING CHRIS CAMPANALE IN HIS FIRST SHIFT IN HIS FIRST GAME BACK IN THE FIRST PERIOD SCORED THE ICEMEN'S FASTEST GOAL AT THE START OF A PERIOD THE PAST THURSDAY NIGHT, 12/30/10 AT HOME AGAINST MISSISSIPPI IN A 4-1 SETBACK INFLICTED BY THE RIVERKINGS.
CAMPANALE CONNECTED ON THE GAME'S FIRST STRIKE AT THE 0:23 MARK.
--CHRIS CAMPANALE ACTUALLY CONNECTED ON GOALS IN EACH OF HIS FIRST 2-GAMES UPON HIS RETURN TO THE LINEUP THE PAST WEEKEND.
--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES WITH EVANSVILLE, LEFT WING BRADEN DESMET IS 7(2-4-6).
--THE ICEMEN'S BEST PLUS PLAYERS THUS FAR THIS SEASON ARE NICK SCHNEIDER (+5) AND JORDAN LANE (+5).
--CENTER DAMIAN SURMA (495) IS 5-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 500.
--DEFENSEMAN JORDAN LITTLE (292) IS 8-GAMES SHY OF PRO CAREER GAME #300.
--MARIO LAROCQUE (35) AND JORDAN LITTLE (33) RANK 1-2 IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES.
--MARIO LAROCQUE LEADS ALL CHL DEFENSEMEN IN SHOTS ON GOAL WITH 116.
--LEFT WING JORDAN LANE TOPS ALL ROOKIES IN MAJOR PENALTIES WITH 8.
--LEFT WING BRADEN DESMET HAS CLIMBED INTO THE TOP 10 (9TH) IN CHL ROOKIE SCORING WITH 26(3-11-14).
--THE ICEMEN ARE SECOND IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 231.
--EVANSVILLE HAS BEEN SHORTHANDED A LEAGUE-HIGH 209-TIMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON; 20-TIMES MORE THAN ANY OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.
--THE ICEMEN HAVE ENJOYED 43-FEWER POWER PLAYS THAN HAVE THE OPPOSITION (166) WHICH REPRESENTS THE LARGEST DISPARITY IN THE LOOP.
--THE ICEMEN RECENT RECORDS: LAST 5(0-3-2); LAST 12(1-8-3); LAST 17(2-11-4); LAST 19(3-12-4); LAST 21(4-13-4).
--THE ICEMEN RECENT HOME MARKS: LAST 3(0-3-0); LAST 4(0-3-1); LAST 8(1-6-1); LAST 10(2-7-1).
--THE ICEMEN SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD: 11(1-8-2); HOME: 7(1-4-2); ROAD: 4(0-4-0).
--IN THE LAST 17-GAMES, EVANSVILLE HAS SCORED 40-GF FOR A GFA OF 2.35.
--IN 11 OF THEIR FIRST 32-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO ONLY 1-GF.
--WHEN THE ICEMEN BOWED TO MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY NIGHT AT HOME, 4-1, THEY LIMITED THE RIVERKINGS TO 22-SOG WHICH MATCHED THE ICEMEN'S SINGLE GAME BEST THIS SEASON.
--EVANSVILLE'S 38-SOG 12/31/10 AT DAYTON EQUALED THEIR SECOND BEST OUTPUT THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--THE ICEMEN'S LAST WIN WAS BACK ON 12/22/10 AT QUAD CITY, 4-2; THEIR LAST HOME WIN WAS BACK ON DEC. 3RD WHEN THEY DOWNED DAYTON, 3-2.
--IN WINNING 4 OF THEIR LAST 21-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE DEFEATED DAYTON 3-TIMES AND QUAD CITY ONCE.
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