IceMen Weekly Notes
January 16, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
--THE ICEMEN COME-FROM-BEHIND 4-3 OTSO TRIUMPH THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT REPRESENTED THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE FRIDAY NIGHT ROAD VICTORY AT FORT WAYNE AND THEIR FIRST VICTORY IN CHL EXTRA TIME THIS SEASON. UNTIL THAT DATE, THE ICEMEN HAD BEEN WINLESS IN BOTH OT AND THE OTSO, POSTING A COMBINED RECORD OF 5(0-5); OT: 4(0-4); OTSO: 1(0-1).
--THE LAST 3-ICEMEN VICTORIES HAVE ALL BEEN GAINED ON THE ROAD WHERE THEY HAVE CURRENTLY WON 2-IN A ROW; LAST 2(2-0-0); LAST 8 ON THE ROAD; 8(3-3-2).
--WHEN THE ICEMEN DEFEATED THE KOMETS IN FORT WAYNE THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT, IT WAS ONLY THEIR 5TH WIN IN 16- ONE-GOAL DECISIONS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--NEWLY-ACQUIRED GOALTENDER JEFF HARVEY IS A PERFECT 2(2-0-0) IN HIS INITIAL 2-STARTS FOR HIS NEW TEAM, FASHIONING A MISERLY, MICROSCOPIC 1.92 GAA AND .931 SPCT.
--IN HIS ICEMEN DEBUT, LEFT WING MATT PIERCE DELIVERED THE ULTIMATE GWG IN THE OTSO TO SPARK HIS NEW TEAM TO THE 4-3 OTSO VICTORY THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN FORT WAYNE.
--AFTER TRIGGERING A NATURAL 3-GOAL "HAT TRICK" FOR IN THE CHL ALL-STARS 11-6 VICTORY THE PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE ALL-STAR GAME IN RAPID CITY, LEFT WING BRIAN BICEK, PROMPTLY PROCEEDED TO CONNECT O 3-GOALS IN HIS TEAM'S FIRST 2-GAMES FOLLOWING THE ALL-STAR BREAK. IN THOSE GAMES, BICEK IS 2(3-1-4) WITH 8-SOG. OF THOSE 3-GOALS, 2 WERE GTG IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S HOME SETBACK INFLICTED BY MISSISSIPPI WITH THE OTHER BEING THE TBG IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT TRIUMPH AT FORT WAYNE.
--THE EVANSVILLE LOSING STREAK AT HOME HAS REACHED 5-IN SUCCESSION WITH THEIR OVERALL WINLESS SPELL ON HOME ICE AT 6(0-5-1). THE LAST HOME WIN WAS BACK ON DECEMBER 3RD IN A 3-2 TRIUMPH OVER DAYTON.
--CENTER DAMIAN SURMA CELEBRATED HIS 500TH PRO CAREER GAME THE PAST SATURDAY NIGHT WITH 1-GOAL, 1-ASSIST WITH HIS GOAL BEING HIS TEAM-HIGH 19TH OF THE SEASON AND HIS 7TH IN 7-GAMES; LAST 7(7-3-10); LAST 14(11-4-15).
--SURMA'S LINEMATE, RIGHT WING LEE ZALASKY IS PRESENTLY ENJOYING A 5-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 5(2-4-6) IN THAT SPAN. THE 5-GAME POINT STREAK IS THE SECOND BEST FOR AN ICEMEN PLAYER THIS SEASON. TEAM TOP SCORING MOGUL NICKLAS LINDBERG HAS ASSEMBLED TWO 7-GAME STREAKS THUS FAR THIS YEAR.
--IN THEIR 12-VICTORIES THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN OUTSHOT BY THE OPPOSITION IN 10 OF THOSE 12-GAMES.
--OF THEIR 12-TRIUMPHS THUS FAR THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE DEFEATED DAYTON 8(3-3-2), FORT WAYNE 5(3-2-0) AND QUAD CITY 7(3-3-1) EACH 3-TIMES; AGAINST MISSISSIPPI 7(2-5-0) AND ARIZONA 1(1-0-0).
--THE ICEMEN HAVE EQUITABLY DIVIDED THEIR 12-WINS THIS SEASON WITH 6-EACH AT HOME AND AWAY. THEIR 6-ROAD WINS HAVE BEEN GAINED ACCORDINGLY; 2-WINS IN FORT WAYNE, 2-WINS IN MISSISSIPPI WITH 1-WIN EACH IN QUAD CITY AND DAYTON.
--IN THEIR 6-ROAD WINS THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE GRUDGINGLY SURRENDERED ONLY 9-GA FOR A GAA OF 1.50.
--IN THEIR LAST 9-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE ALLOTTED 43-GA FOR A GAA OF 4.78.
--IN THEIR LAST 15-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE YIELDED 71-GA FOR A GAA OF 4.73.
--OFFENSIVELY, IN THEIR LAST 5-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE CLICKED TO THE TUNE OF 19-GF FOR A GFA 3.80.
--THROUGH THE FIRST 4-GAMES OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 4(2-2-0). THEY ARE 2(0-2-0) AT HOME AND 2(2-0-0) ON THE ROAD.
--THE ICEMEN LATEST UPDATED RECORDS: LAST 4(2-2-0); LAST 10(2-6-2); LAST 17(3-11-3); LAST 22(4-14-4); LAST 24(5-15-4); LAST 26(6-16-4).
--THE ICEMEN BEST DAY OF THE WEEK HAS BEEN FRIDAY WITH A 12(7-5-0) RECORD; AT HOME: 6(4-2-0); ON THE ROAD: 6(3-3-0).
--THE ICEMEN WORST DAY IS SATURDAY; 13(1-10-2) OVERALL. AT HOME: 9(1-6-2); ON THE ROAD: 4(0-4-0). THE LAST AND LONE SATURDAY VICTORY WAS BACK ON THEIR HOME OPENING NIGHT, OCTOBER 23RD AND A 6-3 WIN OVER QUAD CITY.
--NICKLAS LINDBERG IS 11TH IN CHL SCORING WITH 37(12-31-43); IN HIS LAST 12-GAMES; 12(4-11-15).
--BRIAN BICEK, IN HIS LAST 12-GAMES; 12(7-8-15). HIS 4-SHG TIE HIM FOR THE CHL LEADERSHIP WITH THOSE 4-SHG ALL SCORED ON THE ROAD AGAINST 4-DIFFERENT TEAMS.
--THE ICEMEN STILL MAINTAIN THE TOP 3 IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES; 1- MARIO LAROCQUE (38); 2- JORDAN LITTLE (37); 3- (TIED) NICKLAS LINDBERG (29).
--BRADEN DESMET 31(3-13-16) IS 11TH AND LEE ZALASKY 37(6-6-12) IS 16TH IN CHL ROOKIE SCORING.
--JORDAN LANE'S 9-MAJOR PENALTIES PACE ALL CHL ROOKIES.
--MARIO LAROCQUE LEADS ALL CHL DEFENSEMEN IN SOG WITH 133 WHILE HIS 8-GOALS RANK AS 5TH MOST IN THE LOOP.
--THE ICEMEN RANK #2 IN THE CHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 256.
--THE ICEMEN POWER PLAY IS ONLY 1 FOR THE LAST 18 FOR A RATING OF 5.6%.
--THE OPPOSITION ON ITS POWER PLAY IS 5-17; 9-28 AND 12 FOR THE LAST 39.
--DEFENSEMAN JORDAN LITTLE (297) IS JUST 3-GAMES AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 300.
--CENTER JEFF NELSON (1,096) IS 4-POINTS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 1,100.
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