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February 28, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE ICEMEN COMPLETED 3-GAMES IN 3-NIGHTS THE PAST WEEKEND WITH A 3(1-1-1) RECORD TOTALING 3-POINTS, SCORING 11-GOALS WHILE ALLOTING 11-GOALS AGAINST.

--BEFORE RETURNING HOME THE PAST SUNDAY TO HOST QUAD CITY, THE ICEMEN CONCLUDED A HIGHLY-SUCCESSFUL 2-GAME ROAD MISSION BY EARNING 3 OF A POSSIBLE 4-POINTS THROUGH A FRIDAY NIGHT 6-5 OTSO AFFAIR AT DAYTON AND A BRILLIANT COME-FROM-BEHIND 5-3 VICTORY VERDICT SATURDAY NIGHT IN FORT WAYNE.

--WITH THEIR COMEBACK 5-3 TRIUMPH SATURDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE, THE ICEMEN HALTED THEIR LONGEST OVERALL WINLESS SKID OF THE SEASON AT 7(0-5-2) BY POSTING THEIR FIRST VICTORY SINCE A 2/12/11 TRIUMPH ON HOME ICE OVER QUAD CITY, 5-1. THE ICEMEN ALSO DISSLOVED THEIR LONGEST WINLESS SKID OF THE SEASON ON THE ROAD AT 6(0-4-2), POSTING THEIR FIRST WIN ON THE ROAD SINCE A JANUARY 22ND WIN AT RAPID CITY, 4-2.

--THE ICEMEN CAPPED THEIR 12-GAME SCHEDULE IN FEBRUARY WITH A RECORD OF 12(2-7-3. THEY WERE 5(1-3-1) AT HOME AND 7(1-4-2) ON THE ROAD.

--THROUGH 21-GAMES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHEDULE, THE ICEMEN HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 21(7-11-3) FOR 17-POINTS. AT HOME: 9(2-6-1); ON THE ROAD: 12(5-5-2).

--THE ICEMEN LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY SNATCHED VICTORY FROM THE JAWS OF DEFEAT SATURDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE BY STRIKING WITH 3-LATE THIRD PERIOD GOALS 2:10 APART BEGINNING WITH JUST 3:17 REMAINING TO ERADICATE A 3-2 DEFICIT AND STUN THE KOMETS, 5-3. THE 3-GOALS IN 2:10 REPRESENTED THE EVANSVILLE'S FASTEST 3-GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME THIS SEASON.

--OVERALL, THE ICEMEN ARE 9(1-6-2) IN THEIR LAST 9-GAMES; LAST 12(2-7-3).

--IN ONE-GOAL GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE ASSEMBLED A MARK OF 24(7-9-8); AT HOME: 12(4-5-3); ON THE ROAD: 12(3-4-5).

--BEGINNING THIS WEEK, OPENING THE MONTH OF MARCH SCHEDULE, THE ICEMEN HAVE 12-GAMES REMAINING ON THEIR REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE; 6 MORE AT HOME AND 6-MORE AWAY. THE BREAKDOWN ACCORDINGLY: 4-WITH DAYTON; 4-WITH FORT WAYNE; 3-WITH BLOOMINGTON; 1-WITH QUAD CITY. EVANSVILLE'S COMBINED RECORD AGAINST THOSE 4-FORMER IHL MEMBER CLUBS STANDS AT 34(12-15-7); AT HOME: 16(7-6-3); ON THE ROAD: 18(5-9-4).

--THE ICEMEN HAVE YET TO CAPTURE A CONQUEST IN 5-SUNDAY DATES THUS FAR THIS SEASON; 5(0-4-1), BEING LIMITED TO ONLY 3-GF IN 5-SUNDAY GAMES. THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSCORED ON SUNDAY THIS YEAR; 16-3 OVERALL AND 10-1 AT HOME.

--ONCE AGAIN THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE LAID CLAIM TO MORE VICTORIRES ON THE ROAD (9); 30(9-16-5) THAN AT HOME (8); 24(8-13-3).

--THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN OUTSHOT IN 13 OF THEIR 17-VICTORIES THIS SEASON. MEANTIME, THEY HAVE WON ONLY 4-TIMES WHEN THEY OUTSHOOT THE OPPOSITION.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE SCORED LESS THAN 2-GOALS IN A GAME IN 19- OF THEIR 54-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--EVANSVILLE AND DAYTON HAVE GONE TO EXTRA TIME IN THEIR LAST 5-CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS INCLUDING THE LAST 3-IN SUCCESSION AT DAYTON. THE ICEMEN ARE 5(1-4) AGAINST THE GEMS IN THIS DEPARTMENT; IN OT: 3(0-3); IN THE OTSO: 2(1-1).

--IN HIS ICEMEN DEBUT, 40-YEAR-OLD 21-YEAR VETERAN JEFF CHRISTIAN ENGINEERED 3-POINTS INCLUDING A PAIR OF GOALS IN THE FRIDAY NIGHT 6-5 OTSO OUTCOME AT DAYTON. IN HIS FIRST 3-GAMES WITH EVANSVILLE, CHRISTIAN IS ON A 3-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 3(3-3-6).

--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, DEFENSEMAN MARIO LAROCQUE IS 7(4-5-9) WITH HIS 14-GOALS FOR THE SEASON TYING FOR THE TOP SPOT AMONG CHL DEFENSEMEN THIS SEASON.

--IN NHIS LAST 17-GAMES, CENTER NICKLAS LINDBERG IS 17(2-16-18); HIS 7-PPG TOP THE TEAM AS DO HIS 6-FG.

--IN HIS LAST 18-GAMES, BRIAN BICEK IS 18(8-13-21) WITH HIS 22-GOALS FOR THE SEASON LEADING THE CLUB.

--GOALTENDER JEFF HARVEY HALTED A PERSONAL 7-GAME WINLESS STREAK; 7(0-5-2) IN THE ICEMEN'S 5-3 COMEBACK TRIUMPH SATURDAY NIGHT AT FORT WAYNE. ALL 3 OF HARVEY'S VICTORIES WITH EVANSVILLE HAVE COME IN FORT WAYNE AGAINST THE KOMETS.

--WHEN THEY NOTCHED 3-PPG THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT AT DAYTON, THE ICEMEN EQUALED FOR THE SECOND TIME THEIR SECOND MOST PPG IN A SINGLE GAME THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN OUTSCORED IN THE THIRD PERIOD THIS SEASON, 80-52 OVERALL AND 42-19 AT HOME.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE WON 3 OF THEIR LAST 4-APPEARANCES IN FORT WAYNE; LAST 4(3-1-0) AND 4 OF THE LAST 6-CLASHES OVERALL BETWEEN THE TWO INDIANA STATE RIVALS; LAST 6(4-2-0).

--THE ICEMEN'S 12-SHG THIS SEASON RANK AS #3 BEST IN THE CHL.

--BRIAN BICEK'S 4-SHG TIE HIM FOR SECOND MOST IN THE CHL.

--THE ICEMEN POWER PLAY IS 0 FOR THE LAST 9; 3 FOR THE LAST 13 AND 5 FOR THE LAST 32.

--THE OPPONENTS POWER PLAY IS 0 FOR THE LAST 7; 2 FOR THE LAST 13 AND 6 FOR THE LAST 21.

--ONLY 3-ICEMEN PLAYERS HAVE PLAYED ALL 54-GAMES THUS FAR THIS SEASON; BRIAN BICEK, WHO HAS NOW PLAYED 130-CONSECUTIVE GAMES DATING BACK TO LAST SEASON, MARK CODY AND NICKLAS LINDBERG.

--SINCE OPENING THEIR HOME SCHEDULE WITH A 5-GAMES' UNSULLIED SKEIN AT 5(4-0-1), THE ICEMEN ARE 19(4-13-2) IN THEIR LAST 19-DATES AT HOME.

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