IceMen Weekly Notes

January 9, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--WHEN THE ICEMEN DEFEATED THE KOMETS IN FORT WAYNE THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT, 3-1, IT MARKED THEIR FIRST ROAD WIN AND, FOR THAT MATTER, THEIR FIRST VICTORY OVERALL SINCE A DECEMBER 22ND 4-2 VERDICT OVER THE MALLARDS IN THE QUAD CITIES.

--IN THAT SAME GAME, GOALTENDER JEFF HARVEY, IN HIS EVANSVILLE DEBUT, EARNED THE VICTORY WITH 26-SAVES WITH 13 OF THOSE COMING IN THE THIRD PERIOD.

--IN THEIR LAST 2-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE FASHIONED THEIR FASTEST 3-GOALS THUS FAR THIS SEASON. IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 3-1 TRIUMPH IN FORT WAYNE, THE ICEMEN TRIGGERED A 3-GOAL OUTBURST IN 4:26 IN THE SECOND PERIOD. IN THEIR SATURDAY NIGHT 7-4 HOME SETBACK INFLICTED BY QUAD CITY, THE ICEMEN CONNECTED ON 3-GOALS IN 3:27 BEGINNING AT 17:18 OF THE SECOND PERIOD AND CULMINATING AT THE 0:35 MARK OF THE THIRD STANZA.

--ALSO, IN TWO CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS, THE ICEMEN STRUCK WITH 3-GOAL PERIODS; FRIDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME AGAINST QUAD CITY WITH BOTH OUTBURSTS COMING IN THE SECOND PERIOD. EVANSVILLE HAS DELIVERED 3-GOAL PERIODS ON 9-SEPARATE OCCASIONS THUS FAR THS SEASON.

--IN THEIR 11-VICTORIES THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN OUTSHOT BY THE VANQUISHED OPPOSITION IN 9 OF THOSE 11-GAMES.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE MANAGED TO WIN ONLY 4 OF 15 1-GOAL GAME DECISIONS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN ARE 17(10-3-4) ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD WITH THE LEAD THIS SEASON.

--OF THEIR 11-VICTORIES THIS SEASON, 6 OF THOSE HAVE BEEN BREWED AGAINST DAYTON 8(3-3-2) AND QUAD CITY 7(3-3-1). THEY ARE 4(2-2-0) AGAINST FORT WAYNE.

--OF THEIR 5-ROAD WINS THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE GAINED 2 IN MISSISSIPPI AND 1 EACH IN FORT WAYNE, QUAD CITY AND DAYTON.

--IN THOSE 5-ROAD VICTORIES THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE YIELDED ONLY 6-GA FOR A GAA OF A STERLING 1.20.

--IN THEIR LAST 7-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE ALLOTTED 35-GA FOR A GAA OF 5.00.

--IN THEIR LAST 13-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE ALLOWED 63-GA FOR A GAA OF 4.85.

THE ICEMEN RECORD IN THAT SPAN IS 13(2-9-2).

--OFFENSIVELY, THE ICEMEN HAVE DEMONSTRATED VAST IMPROVEMENT AS THEY HAVE REGISTERED 12-GF IN THE LAST 3-GAMES FOR A GFA OF 4.00.

--THE ICEMEN RECENTLY COMPLETED A GRUELING SPAN OF 10 OF 11-GAMES ABROAD, CARDING A RECORD OF 11(2-7-2) WITH BOTH OF THOSE VICTORIES COMING THROUGH FOREIGN ICE WARFARE.

--CENTER NICKLAS LINDBERG IS 8TH IN CHL SCORING WITH 35(12-30-42). IN HIS LAST 10-GAMES, HE IS 10(4-10-14).

--EVANSVILLE ALL-STAR REPRESENTATIVE BRIAN BICEK 35(14-18-32) IN HIS LAST 10-GAMES; 10(4-7-11). BICEK TOPS THE CHL IN SHG WITH 4, HAVING NOTCHED A SHG IN BACK-TO-BACK GAMES THE PAST WEEK WITH BOTH BREWED ABROAD; 1/5 AT BLOOMINGTON AND 1/7 AT FORT WAYNE. BICEK HAS DELIVERED THE ICEMEN'S LAST 3-SHG THIS SEASON.

--IN HIS LAST 5-GAMES, DAMIAN SURMA IS 5(5-1-6); LAST 12-GAMES; 12(9-2-11). SURMA HAS SCORED 9 OF HIS TEAM-HIGH 17-GOALS THIS SEASON IN 7-GAMES AGAINST QUAD CITY; 7(9-3-12).THREE OF HIS TEAM-HIGH 4-MULTIPLE GOAL GAMES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED AGAINST THE MALLARDS AS WELL AS ALL 3 OF HIS TEAM-BEST 3-GWG.

--THE ICEMEN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TOP 3 IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES; 1- MARIO LAROCQUE (38); 2- JORDAN LITTLE (34); 3- NICKLAS LINDBERG (29). OVERALL, AS A TEAM, EVANSVILLE IS #2 IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 248.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN SHORTHANDED (226) 19-MORE TIMES THAN ALL OTHER CHL MEMBER CLUBS THUS FAR THIS SEASON. EVANSVILLE HAS BEEN SHORTHANDED 48-MORE TIMES THAN ENJOYING THEIR OWN POWER PLAY (178) REPRESENTING THE WIDEST DISPARITY IN THE LEAGUE.

--MARIO LAROCQUE'S 8-GOALS RANK AS 4TH MOST IN THE CHL AMONG ALL DEFENSEMEN. LAROCQUE'S 126-SOG TIE HIM FOR THE CHL LEADERSHIP AMONG DEFENSEMEN.

--THE ICEMEN ARE THE WORST THIRD PERIOD TEAM IN THE CHL, BEING OUTSCORED, 52-31.

--ONLY BLOOMINGTON (2.74) AND FORT WAYNE (2.45) HAVE SCORED FEWER TIMES THAN HAVE THE ICEMEN THIS SEASON. EVANSVILLE IS RANKED 16TH AT 2.89 GOALS PER GAME.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE FALLEN TO 18TH IN CHL DEFENSIVE PROWESS WITH A GAA OF 3.69.

--DAMIAN SURMA (498) IS 2-GAMES SHY OF PRO CAREER 500.

--JORDAN LITTLE (295) IS 5-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 300.

--JEFF NELSON (1,095) IS 5-POINTS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 1,100.

--SATURDAY NIGHTS DO NOT AGREE WITH THE ICEMEN. THEIR RECORD FOR SATURDAY STANDS AT 12(1-9-2) WITH THEIR LAST AND LONE SATURDAY NIGHT SUCCESS COMING WAY BACK ON THEIR HOME OPENING NIGHT, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD WHEN THEY DEFEATED QUAD CITY, 6-3.



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