IceMen Weekly Notes

March 10, 2013 - ECHL (ECHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE ICEMEN RECORD FOR THE WEEK: 2(0-2-0) 0-POINTS GF: 5 GA: 11

--THE ICEMEN SUSTAINED TWO SETBACKS IN AS MANY NIGHTS ON THE ROAD THE PAST WEEKEND AS THEY BOWED FRIDAY NIGHT IN KALAMAZOO, 6-3 BEFORE DROPPING A 5-2 VERDICT AT DIVISION AND CONFERENCE LEADING CINCINNATI. THE ICEMEN HAVE BEEN DECIMATED WITH INJURIES, PLAYER RECALLS AND PLAYER DEFECTIONS AS THE CLUB HAS ROUTINELY PLAYED WITH 14, 15 OR 16-PLAYERS.

--THE ICEMEN SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH EVANSVILLE AT FORT WAYNE 6:30 PM CDT

FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH GREENVILLE AT EVANSVILLE 7:15 PM CDT

SATURDAY, MARCH 16TH KALAMAZOO AT EVANSVILLE 7:15 PM CDT

SUNDAY, MARCH 17TH EVANSVILLE AT FORT WAYNE 4:00 PM CDT

--THE ICEMEN ARE FEATURING SOME OUTSTANDING PROMOTIONAL NIGHTS FOR THE BALANCE OF THEIR 2012-13 ECHL REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE. FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 15TH IS ICEMEN YOUTH JERSEY NIGHT PRESENTED BY OLD NATIONAL BANK; SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 16TH IS THE ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT CELEBRATION; FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE ICEMEN GAME. THE REGULAR SEASON HOME FINALE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD, THE WILL PRESENT THE EVER-POPULAR ZOO-PERSTARS.

--FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE MATCHED THEIR LONGEST LOSING STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 4-IN A ROW, BEING OUTSCORED IN THAT SPAN, 27-10.

--THE LAST ICEMEN VICTORY WAS THE LAST GAME OF FEBRUARY, 2/28/13 ON HOME ICE WHERE THEY DEFEATED TOLEDO, 6-3.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE ALSO EQUALED THEIR LONGEST LOSING STREAK ON THE ROAD, DROPPING 3-CONSECUTIVELY FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON. THEIR LAST TRIUMPH ABROAD WAS BACK ON FEBRUARY 22ND AND FEBRUARY 23RD WHEN THEY SWEPT A TWO-GAME SERIES AT DEFENDING CHAMPION FLORIDA BY RESULTS OF 5-4 (OTSO) AND 5-3 RESPECTIVELY.

--THROUGH 26-GAMES OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SCHEDULE, THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED A MARK OF 26(10-14-2); AT HOME: 12(6-6-0); ON THE ROAD: 14(4-8-2).

--DURING THIS CURRENT 4-GAME LOSING SPELL, THE ICEMEN SPECIAL TEAMS HAVE FALTERED. THE POWER PLAY IS 0 FOR THE LAST 14 WHILE THE PENALTY-KILLING CAST, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY PRECLUDED 33-CONSECUTIVE OPPONENTS' ADVANTAGES, HAS ALLOTED 9- PPG IN THE LAST 19-ADVANTAGES AFFORDED THE ADVERSARY.

--IN HIS LAST 8-GAMES, CENTER JASON DALE IS 8(3-5-8).

--IN HIS LAST 8-GAMES, LEFT WING PATRICK KENNEDY IS 8(2-6-8).

--CENTER TODD ROBINSON 54(6-56-62) RANKS 7TH IN ECHL SCORING WITH HIS 56-ASSISTS AND 29-PPA BOTH TOPPING THE CIRCUIT'S LEADER BOARD.

--THE ICEMEN BEST PERIOD THIS SEASON HAS BEEN THEIR SECOND PERIOD AT HOME, OUTSCORING THE VISITING TEAMS, 38-31. THEY HAVE ALSO OUTGOALED THE VISITING TEAMS ON HOME ICE IN THE FIRST PERIOD, 31-28.

--NATHAN MOON'S TWO-GOAL PERFORMANCE IN HIS CLUB'S 6-3 SETBACK AT KALAMAZOO ON FRIDAY NIGHT WAS HIS SECOND MULTIPLE GOAL GAME OF THE SEASON.

--DYLAN CLARKE'S TWO-GOAL EFFORT IN SATURDAY NIGHT'S 5-2 DEFEAT AT CINCINNATI ALSO WAS HIS SECOND MULTI-GOAL GAME FOR EVANSVILLE.

--IN HIS LAST 28-GAMES ON THE DEFENSE, DANIEL TETRAULT IS 28(6-14-20).

--TODD ROBINSON 925(340-948-1,288) IS 2-ASSISTS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER 950 AND 12-POINTS SHY OF PRO CAREER 1,300 IN HIS ILLUSTRIOUS 14-YEAR PRO CAREER.

--DEFENSEMAN JAKE OBERMEYER'S NEXT GAME WILL BE THE 200TH OF HIS PRO CAREER.

--OBTAINED IN A TRANSACTION FROM ORLANDO, GOALTENDER JAMES REID MADE HIS ICEMEN DEBUT STARTING BOTH GAMES ON THE ROAD THE PAST WEEKEND FOR EVANSVILLE.

--HEAD COACH RICH KROMM (394) IS 6-VICTORIES FROM 400-COACHING VICTORIES. HE HAS COLLECTED 83-WINS BEHIND THE ICEMEN BENCH.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 38(15-19-4) AGAINST THEIR OWN NORTH DIVISION WITH THEIR CURRENT 4-GAME LOSING STREAK COMING AGAINST THEIR OWN DIVISION.

--SECOND YEAR LEFT WING DYLAN CLARKE (47) IS 3-GOALS AWAY FROM PRO CAREER #50.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE PLAYED THE FEWEST EXTRA TIME GAMES IN THE ECHL WITH A TOTAL OF 9. THEIR OT RECORD IS 4(2-2); THEIR OTSO MARK IS 5(2-3).

--KALAMAZOO REMAINS THE LONE TEAM IN THE NORTH DIVISION WHERE THE ICEMEN HAVE NOT EXTRACTED A ROAD WIN THIS SEASON. EVANSVILLE IS 5(0-3-2) IN 5-DATES AT WINGS STADIUM.

--THE ICEMEN ARE 21(12-8-1) WHEN OUTSHOOTING THE OPPOSITION.

--WHEN THEY SCORE 4-GF IN A SINGLE GAME, THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED A RECORD OF 13(11-1-1).

--WHEN THE ICEMEN SCORE 4 OR MORE GOALS IN A SINGLE GAME THIS SEASON, THEY HAVE COMPILED A RECORD OF 23(19-3-1).



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