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IceMen Weekly Notes

December 9, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THIS WEEK, THE ICEMEN TAKE TO THE ROAD FOR 3-GAMES IN 3-DAYS ON THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. THEY WILL CAP 9-CONSECUTIVE GAMES AGAINST THEIR OWN NORTH DIVISION WITH DATES AT KALAMAZOO FRIDAY NIGHT AND TOLEDO SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE CONCLUDING THE JOURNEY SUNDAY IN A MATINEE AFFAIR AT WHEELING.

--FRI. DEC. 14TH EVANSVILLE AT KALAMAZOO 6:30 PM CST

--SAT. DEC. 15TH EVANSVILLE AT TOLEDO 6:00 PM CST

--SUN. DEC. 16TH EVANSVILLE AT WHEELING 1:00 PM CST

--EARNING 5 OF A POSSIBLE 6-POINTS THE PAST WEEK, THE ICEMEN POSTED AN UNDEFEATED RECORD OF 3(2-0-1) TO CLIMB INTO A SHARE OF FOURTH PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE NORTH DIVISION STANDINGS WITH KALAMAZOO AND INCH WITHIN 1-POINT OF THIRD PLACE FORT WAYNE AND 5-POINTS OF SECOND PLACE TOLEDO.

--THROUGH THEIR FIRST 5-GAMES IN DECEMBER, THE ICEMEN HAVE ACHIEVED THEIR LONGEST UNBLEMISHED SKEIN OF THE SEASON AT 5(4-0-1), EARNING 9 OF A POSSIBLE 10-POINTS IN THAT SPAN.

--ON HOME ICE, THE ICEMEN ARE RIDING THE RISING RAPIDS OF A 4-GAME WIN STREAK, THEIR LONGEST OF THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN; LAST 4 AT HOME: 4(4-0-0), OUTSCORING THE VISITING TEAMS, 18-10. EVANSVILLE'S LAST TASTE OF DEFEAT AT HOME WAS BACK ON NOVEMBER 18TH WHEN THEY WERE HUMBLED BY ATLANTIC DIVISION LEADING READING, 7-2.

--WHEN THEY DEFEATED CINCINNATI SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE FORD CENTER, 4-1, THE ICEMEN CLAIMED THEIR 6TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY ON SATURDAY NIGHT, GRUDGINGLY SURRENDERING ONLY 7-GA DURING THE CURRENT STREAK. THE ICEMEN LAST SETBACK ON SATURDAY WAS BACK ON OCTOBER 27TH IN KALAMAZOO WHERE THEY BOWED TO THE WINGS, 4-1.

--IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 8-5 TRIUMPH ON HOME ICE OVER TOLEDO, THE ICEMEN 8-GOAL OUTPUT WAS THEIR BEST OF THE SEASON AND WERE 3-MORE GOALS THAN THEIR PREVIOUS SEASON BEST OF 5-GOALS.

--IN THE SAME GAME, EVANSVILLE'S 3-GOAL OUTBURSTS IN THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIODS RESPECTIVELY MATCHED THEIR BEST SINGLE PERIOD OUTPUTS FOR THIS SEASON.

--STILL IN THE SAME GAME, THE ICEMEN 3-GOAL SECOND PERIOD BLITZ IN 0:45 TO ERASE A 4-2 DEFICIT SET A NEW CLUB RECORD FOR FASTEST 3-GOALS IN ONE GAME.

--WADE MACLEOD AND NATHAN MOON'S 3-GOAL "HAT TRICKS" IN FRIDAY'S TRIUMPH OVER TOLEDO WERE THE FIRST "HAT TRICKS" FOR THE ICEMEN IN 2-YEARS SINCE THE CLUB'S MOVE TO THEIR CURRENT HOME OF THE FORD CENTER.

--AFTER BEGINNING THE SEASON SURRENDERING THE GAME'S FG IN EACH OF THEIR FIRST 10-GAMES, THE ICEMEN HAVE COME BACK ASSERTIVELY TO SCORE THE GAME'S FG IN 12 OF THE LAST 16-GAMES INCLUDING THE LAST 5-GAMES CONSECUTIVELY. THEIR RECORD IN THIS CATEGORY STANDS AT 12(8-3-1).

--WHEN THE ICEMEN DEFEATED TOLEDO FRIDAY NIGHT, 8-5, IT MARKED THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON THAT THEY HAVE COME BACK TO WIN AFTER TRAILING FOLLOWING THE FIRST PERIOD; 10(1-9-0).

--THE ICEMEN ARE AN EXCELLENT 11(9-1-1) ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD ENJOYING THE LEAD.

--AFTER LAUNCHING THEIR INAUGURAL ECHL SEASON WITH A RATHER HEINOUS 7-GAME WINLESS STREAK; 7(0-6-1), THE ICEMEN HAVE COMPILED A SOLID RECORD OF 19(10-8-1) IN THEIR LAST 19-GAMES.

--IN THEIR LAST 14-GAMES, THE ICEMEN RECORD HAS ADVANCED TO A SUPERB 14(8-5-1) FOR 17-POINTS.

--AFTER BROACHING THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WITH A RATHER DESOLATE 5-GAME LOSING STREAK AT HOME, THE ICEMEN HAVE COME BACK TO POST A 9(6-3-0) MARK THROUGH THEIR LAST 9-HOME GAMES.

--THE ICEMEN APPEAR TO HAVE SCOTCHED AND SCUTTLED THEIR STIGMA OF THE THIRD PERIOD BLUES AT HOME WHERE THEY HAVE OUTSCORED THE OPPOSITION, 7-3 DURING THEIR 4-GAME HOME ICE WIN STREAK AND 5-1IN THE TWO GAMES THIS PAST WEEKEND.

--THE ICEMEN PENALTY-KILLING UNIT CONTINUES TO SHINE, HAVING FORECLOSED 19 OF THE LAST 20-ENEMY ADVANTAGES FOR AN EFFICIENCY RATING OF 95%. MOREOVER, THEY ARE 34 FOR THE LAST 38; 89.5%; THE OPPOSITION IS ONLY 13 FOR THE LAST 110 FOR A PK RATING OF 89.8%.

--CENTER DYLAN CLARKE IS ON A 5-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 5(3-8-11) IN THAT SPAN. IN HIS FIRST 6-GAMES WITH THE ICEMEN, HE HAS CARDED A SPARKLING +7 RATING. CLARKE HAS ATTAINED THREE CONSECUTIVE +2 PERFORMANCES THE PAST WEEK; 3(2-5-7) +6 RATING. HIS 4-ASSISTS IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S TRIUMPH OVER TOLEDO WERE A TEAM SINGLE GAME HIGH FOR THIS SEASON.

--IN HIS ICEMEN DEBUT FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST TOLEDO, LEFT WING WADE MACLEOD CONNECTED ON A 3-GOAL "HAT TRICK" INCLUDING THE GWG TO EARN THE GAME'S #1 STAR.

--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, CENTER TODD ROBINSON IS 7(0-9-9) WITH HIS 7-GAME POINT AND ASSIST STREAKS BEING THE LONGEST THUS FAR THIS SEASON FOR THE ICEMEN.

--TEAM LEADING SCORER JOSH BEAULIEU EARNED THE GAME'S #1 STAR IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S 4-1 SUBDUING OF FIRST PLACE CINCINNATI ON THE STRENGTH OF 1-GOAL (GWG) AND 2-ASSISTS WHILE MATCHING THE TEAM'S BEST PLUS EFFORT OF THE CAMPAIGN AT +3.

--DEFENSEMAN DANIEL TETRAULT EQUALED HIS AND THE CLUB'S BEST INDIVIDUAL PLUS PERFORMANCE OF THE SEASON IN FRIDAY NIGHT'S 8-5 WIN OVER TOLEDO AT +3. IN THE TWO GAMES THE PAST WEEKEND, TETRAULT REGISTERED A BRILLIANT +5 RATING.

--DANIEL TETRAULT'S DEFENSE PARTNER DEREK FOAM MATCHED TETRAULT'S PLUS EFFORTS THE PAST WEEKEND ALSO DELIVERING A +5 RATING FOR THE TWO GAMES.

--GOALTENDER ALLEN YORK WAS STELLAR THE PAST WEEK, POSTING A 3(2-0-1) RECORD WITH A 1.80 GAA AND .943 SPCT, REPELLING 82 OF 87-SOG. YORK HAS BEEN IN GOAL FOR EACH OF THE ICEMEN LAST 3-VICTORIES.

--RIGHT WING NATHAN MOON DELIVERED 4-GOALS IN THE ICEMEN 2-GAME HOME STAND WEEKEND SWEEP THE PAST WEEKEND.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN SCORE 4 OR MORE GOALS, THEY ARE UNDEFEATED AT A PERFECT 7(7-0-0).

--WHEN THE ICEMEN ALLOW 2-GA OR LESS, THEIR RECORD STANDS AT 7(7-0-0).

--FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE ECLIPSED THE .500 PLATEAU AGAINST THEIR OWN NORTH DIVISION AT 15(7-6-2).

--DEFENSEMAN MATT GENS TOPS THE ECHL IN MINOR PENALTIES WITH 22. GENS 61-SOG RANK 4TH AMONG ALL ECHL DEFENSEMEN.

--DESPITE MISSING 8-GAMES DUE TO INJURY, TODD ROBINSON IS STILL RANKED TIED FOR THIRD IN THE ECHL IN PPA WITH 12.

--DUE TO THEIR INORDINATE NUMBER OF INJURIES, THE ICEMEN HAVE ALREADY EMPLOYED 39-PLAYERS THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

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