PrairieThunder this Week
Published on October 26, 2010 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
The Bloomington PrairieThunder, winners of their first three games of the season (3-0), continue their home stand at U.S. Cellular Coliseum this Friday and Saturday night against Turner Conference foes the Evansville IceMen and Dayton Gems. Following this week's home games, the PrairieThunder head on the road until November 17th.
This past weekend, Bloomington won two close games at home, defeating the Odessa Jackalopes on Friday (10/22) 5-4, and edging the Tulsa Oilers in overtime 2-1 on Saturday (10/23). John Snowden leads all PrairieThunder goal scorers with three and is tied for the team's scoring lead with three points along with Jason Dale (1 goal & 2 assists) and Bill Bagron (1 goal & 2 assists). Goaltender Marco Emond is among the league leaders with his 3-0 record, 1.94 goals against average, and 93.8% save percentage.
This week's schedule
Wednesday (10/27): 10am-12noon: Practice @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Thursday (10/28): 10am-12noon: Practice @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Friday (10/29): 10am-11am: Pre-game Skate @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum / 7:05pm vs. Evansville
Saturday (10/30): 10am-11am: Pre-game Skate @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum / 7:05pm vs. Dayton
This week's games (Home Games @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Friday, October 29th @ 7:05pm vs. Evansville IceMen
Promotion: Moe's Southwest Grill Burrito Blast
And exciting "Pumpkin Bowling"
The Evansville IceMen (2-2) head into this week's action riding a two game winning streak following victories over Memphis and Quad City last week. Rich Kromm, a name well known to Bloomington hockey fans from his days in Muskegon, is the IceMen's Head Coach. Nicklas Lindberg, who played last season in Port Huron, leads the team in scoring with 1 goal & 4 assists for five points. Mario Larocque and Damian Surma, who both played last year for Muskegon, lead the team in goals with three each. Overall, Evansville has eight players who played for Rich Kromm in Muskegon last year.
Saturday, October 30th @ 7:05pm vs. Dayton Gems
Promotion: "Halloween Festival" featuring Best Halloween Costume Contest
And exciting "Pumpkin Bowling"
Dayton is off to a strong 3-1 start under first year head coach Brian Gratz. Saturday night will be the Gems first road game of the year. The Dayton roster features a number of familiar names including former Quad City Mallard Chris Lipsett; Tim Hartung; and ten year veteran Greg Labenski. Chris Lipsett is the Gems leading scorer with seven points (1 goal and 6 assists), and rookie Erik Boisvert, who played at Sacred Heart University last year, leads the team in goals with four.
PrairieThunder Notes
Head Coach Jason Christie made a roster move on Monday afternoon waiving goaltender Kevin Armstrong. Although Armstrong saw action in the preseason, he did not play in any of the PThunder's first three regular season games.....The team's new twine-tender is Brad Phillips. The 21 year old native of Farmington Hills, Michigan played college hockey last year at Notre Dame (CCHA). The 6'-2", 181 lbs goaltender played in ten games posting a 2.47 goals against average and a 91.1% save percentage. He was selected in the seventh round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.....This is the first time in the PrairieThunder's five year history that the team has started the season 3-0.....Both home games will be broadcast on WJBC.com.....After this weekend's home games, Bloomington plays three road games; next weekend at Fort Wayne and Quad City, and the following weekend at Wichita, Kansas.
PrairieThunder Tickets
Bloomington PrairieThunder single game tickets are on sale at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum Box Office. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Box Office Monday through Friday from 11am to 5:30pm and on weekends when there are events in the Coliseum. PrairieThunder single game tickets are also available by going to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum website: http://www.uscellularcoliseum.com/events/all/ and click on Tickets & Seating. And for Prairie Thunder season tickets and group sales information, please call the PrairieThunder at 309-585-0507 or go to our website: www.prairiethunderhockey.com
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