IceMen Weekly Notes
November 25, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release
--THE ICEMEN RECORD FOR THE WEEK: 3(1-2-0) GF: 6 GA: 9
--THIS WEEK, THE ICEMEN CONFRONT THE DAUNTING ASSIGNMENT OF 4-GAMES IN 5-DAYS WITH THE FIRST TWO ABROAD TO CONCLUDE 5-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AWAY FROM HOME BAY WITH THE LATTER TWO ON HOME ICE WHERE THE ICEMEN WILL BE MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE IN TWO WEEKS. ALL 4-GAMES THIS WEEK WILL BE AGAINST FELLOW NORTH DIVISION OPPONENTS.
--WED. NOV. 28TH EVANSVILLE AT CINCINNATI 6:30 PM CST
--FRI. NOV. 30TH EVANSVILLE AT CINCINNATI 6:30 PM CST
--SAT. DEC. 1ST KALAMAZOO AT EVANSVILLE 7:15 PM CST
(STAR WARS NIGHT/PACK THE HOUSE NIGHT)
--SUN. DEC. 2ND TOLEDO AT EVANSVILLE 5:00 PM
("BIRD-ZERK" APPEARANCE)
--SPENDING THANKSGIVING WEEK ON THE ROAD, THE ICEMEN POSTED A 3(1-2-0) MARK IN THE INITIAL 3-GAMES OF AN OVERALL SPAN OF PLAYING 5-CONSECUTIVE GAMES ON THE ROAD.
--THE ICEMEN CURRENTLY HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED 10-PLAYERS ON THE SHELF WITH INJURIES AND ANOTHER UNDER ECHL LEAGUE SUSPENSION. THE 10-INJURED PLAYERS INCLUDE 6-DEFENSEMEN; NAMELY JESSE PERRIN, AARON GENS, JAKE OBERMEYER, PHILIPPE PLANTE, AUSTIN MADAISKY AND ANTON BLOMQVIST. THERE ARE 4-FORWARDS ALSO DISABLED; OLIVER GABRIEL, MARK CODY, TODD ROBINSON AND TRENT VOGELHUBER. LEFT WING PATRICK KENNEDY IS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED.
--OPERATING WITH 8-FORWARDS AND 5-DEFENSEMEN AND WITH 5-NEW PLAYERS INFUSED INTO THEIR LINEUP, THE ICEMEN STILL MANAGED TO PREVAIL SATURDAY NIGHT AT READING, 4-2, HALTING THE ROYALS CLUB RECORD AND ECHL SEASON'S BEST 11-GAME WIN STREAK WHILE SNAPPING A 3-GAME LOSING STREAK OF THEIR OWN.
--IN THAT SAME GAME, ROOKIE GOALTENDER PAUL KARPOWICH MADE AN ICEMEN SEASON-HIGH 37-SAVES TO PRESERVE THE TRIUMPH OVER THE ROYALS IN READING.
--THE ICEMEN CONTINUE TO TRULY THRIVE ON SATURDAY NIGHTS THIS SEASON AS THEIR TRIUMPH IN READING REPRESENTED THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THEIR LAST SETBACK ON SATURDAY WAS BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH AT KALAMAZOO. THREE OF THOSE FOUR CONSECUTIVE SATURDAY VICTORIES HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED ON THE ROAD, COMPRISING THREE OF EVANSVILLE'S FOUR ROAD WINS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.
--WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 19(6-12-1) 13-POINTS AT THIS STAGE OF THE SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE ACTUALLY CAPTURED MORE CONQUESTS ABROAD, 9(4-4-1) THAN AT HOME, 10(2-8-0).
--AFTER A DISMAL OCTOBER OF 7(0-6-1), THE ICEMEN, DESPITE THEIR RASH OF INJURIES, HAVE SHOWN MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN NOVEMBER WITH A 12(6-6-0) MARK INCLUDING A WINNING RECORD ON THE ROAD FOR THE MONTH AT 7(4-3-0).
--WHILE THEY HAVE LANGUISHED IN THE FIRST PERIOD AT HOME THUS FAR THIS SEASON, BEING OUTSCORED, 12-5, ON THE ROAD, THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN AN EXCELLENT OPENING PERIOD CLUB, OUTSCORING THE HOME STANDING TEAM, 9-6.
--THE ICEMEN ARE 7(4-3-0) IN THEIR LAST 7-GAMES AND 12(6-6-0) IN THEIR LAST DOZEN DATES.
--OVER THE PAST TWO NIGHTS, THE ICEMEN SCORED BOTH THEIR FASTEST GOAL AT THE START OF A PERIOD AS WELL AS THE START OF A GAME. IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 3-2 SETBACK INCURRED AT TRENTON, LEFT WING PATRICK KENNEDY OPENED THE GAME'S SCORING AT 1:15 OF THE FIRST PERIOD. ONE NIGHT LATER, NEWCOMER, LEFT WING CARLO FINUCCI NOTCHED THE GAME'S FIRST GOAL AT THE 0:28 MARK OF THE FIRST STANZA.
--THE ICEMEN PENALTY-KILLING UNIT CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE, LIMITING THE OPPOSITION TO 9 FOR THE LAST 80 WITH THE EXTRA MAN FOR AN EFFICIENCY RATING OF 88.8%.
--DESPITE HIS INJURY THAT HAS FORCED HIM TO MISS THE PAST 3-GAMES, CENTER TODD ROBINSON STILL RANKS SECOND IN THE ECHL IN PPA WITH 12 AND SIXTH IN TOTAL ASSISTS WITH 15.
--INJURED RIGHT WING TRENT VOGELHUBER LEADS ALL ECHL ROOKIES IN SHG WITH 2 WHICH RANKS HIM SECOND IN THE ECHL OVERALL.
--MATT GENS 19(3-8-11) RANKS TIED FOR 11TH IN ECHL SCORING AMONG DEFENSEMEN WHILE HIS 48-SOG RANK 4TH AND HIS 16-MINOR PENALTIES TIE FOR SECOND MOST AMONG THIS SEASON'S BLUE LINE BRIGADE. GENS RANKS THIRD OVERALL IN THE ECHL IN MINOR PENALTIES.
--WITH HIS TWO GOALS IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S TRIUMPH AT READING, DAN GENDUR BECAME THE THIRD ICEMEN PLAYER TO COLLECT 2-GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME, HAVING BEEN PRECEDED BY TRENT VOGELHUBER AND JOSH BEAULIEU. GENDUR IS THE FIRST ICEMEN PLAYER TO NOTCH 2-GWG THIS SEASON WITH BOTH BEING DELIVERED ON THE ROAD.
--IN HIS LAST 13-GAMES, JOSH BEAULIEU IS 13(6-7-13); LAST 6-GAMES; JASON DALE IS 6(2-4-6); LAST 9-GAMES; MATT GENS IS 9(2-6-8).
--DEFENSEMAN DANIEL TETRAULT'S +3 RATING IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S ICEMEN TRIUMPH AT READING REPRESENTED THE BEST INDIVIDUAL PLUS PERFORMANCE IN A SINGLE GAME THUS FAR THIS SEASON FOR THE ICEMEN.
--JOSH BEAULIEU'S ASSIST ON THE ICEMEN FIRST GOAL IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S WIN AT READING WAS HIS 100TH PRO CAREER POINT WITH 62 OF THOSE POINTS GATHERED IN LESS THAN A SEASON AND A HALF WITH THE ICEMEN.
--TYLER SHELAST (199) NEXT GAME WILL BE HIS 200TH AS A PRO.
--IN HIS ICEMEN DEBUT SATURDAY NIGHT AT READING, RIGHT WING JIM MCKENZIE REGISTERED THE PRIMARY ASSIST ON THE GWG AND EARNED A +1 RATING.
--THE ICEMEN HAVE SCORED THE GAME'S FG IN 7 OF THEIR LAST 9-GAMES AFTER NOT ACCOMPLISHING THE FEAT THROUGH THEIR FIRST 10-GAMES OF THE SEASON.
--THE ICEMEN ARE 7(5-1-1) ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD WITH THE LEAD.
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