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Jarboe earns shutout for IceDiggers

March 16, 2007 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Alpena IceDiggers News Release


Marquette MI: On Thursday Alpena IceDiggers (33-20-4) netminder Mike Jarboe (Grosse Pte. Park MI) recorded his first shut-out this season with a 3-0 win at Marquette (21-30-4) against the Rangers.

Marco Ruggeri (St. Clair Shores MI) got the IceDiggers on the board seven minutes into the game giving Alpena the early lead. Kerry Bence (St. Clair MI) and Drew Pierson (Pleasant Prairie WI) assisted on Ruggeri's game winning goal. IceDiggers leading scorer Todd Rudasill (Powell OH) netted his 29th goal of the season to give Alpena a 2-0 lead, Co-Captains Nolan Craner (Plainwell MI) and Ricardo Yesue (Allen Park) had the assists on the tally.

Rookie forward Jimmy McCusker (Novi MI) scored the IceDiggers third and final goal late in the second period the shorthanded tally was his 10th of the campaign. Rudasill added the lone assist.

"We came out and played well early and as the game went on we got stronger in all three zones." said head coach Kenny Miller "In the third Mike did a great job of making some key saves and the guys played well in front of him."

Jarboe had to make nine saves in the final frame for a total of 27 saves for the game. With the win Jarboe now has a record of 16-9-2 with Alpena.

The IceDiggers will now head to Traverse City to take on the North Stars (17-34-5) on Friday at 7:00PM inside Center Ice Arena. Several IceDigger fans will travel across the state on a fan bus to cheer the Diggers' on as they look to pick up their 34th win of the season.

Alpena will host Traverse City in the IceDiggers final regular season home game on Saturday March 17th at Northern Lights Arena. The puck will drop at 7:00PM. The first 350 fans in attendance will receive a souvenir puck courtesy of Verizon.

For more information log on to the IceDiggers website at www.icediggers.com or call the office at (989) 356-9812.



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