Three home games dot schedule this week
February 10, 2004 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Indianapolis Ice News Release
PLAYOFF PICTURE: The Ice reversed an 0-4-1 skid with a pair of weekend wins over Fort Worth which keeps the team in the thick of a highly-contested playoff race. Indy remains part of the five-team jumble for the final two playoff spots in the Northern Conference. Bossier-Shreveport and Colorado continue to own the top two spots in the conference, while Memphis, Indianapolis, Wichita, New Mexico and Oklahoma City are all within eight points of each other for the final two berths. In addition, the four teams trailing Memphis have games in hand with the RiverKings.
BLAZING BAIRD: With seven points (3G, 4A) and a (+7) plus/minus in the two wins over Fort Worth, Jason Baird earned CHL Player of the Week honors and became only the second player this year (Mike Oliveira, New Mexico) to win the award on two occasions this season. The huge weekend ascended Baird up the CHL scoring charts as he moved into a tie for sixth overall in scoring with 62 points. He leads all Ice players in points (62), three-or-more point games (7), plus/minus (+22) and penalty minutes (151) and is second in goals (22) and assists (40).
SHUTOUT SUPREMACY: With his 34-save shutout performance in Saturday's victory over Fort Worth, goaltender Jeff Sanger moved into the league lead in shutouts with his fourth of the season. Netminder Brent Zelenewich has two shutouts of his own for the Ice this season which gives the club the second most shutouts in the league behind the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (7).
BRUISIN' BOONE: With his fighting major late in the first period of Saturday's win over the Fort Worth Brahmas, Ken Boone passed former NHL and IHL tough guy Warren Rychel for the most penalty minutes in Indianapolis franchise history with a career mark of 725 minutes in the sin bin. Top Five Penalty Minute Leaders: Ken Boone (725), Warren Rychel (712), Steve McLaren (687), Ryan McGill (585), Tracy Egeland (541)
PLAYER NOTES: Ryan Carter is riding a five-game point streak and has twelve points (5G,7A) in his last eleven games...Jason Baird has 28 points (9G, 19A) in his last 18 games...Dave Gilmore has at least a point in twelve of his last thirteen games... Jared Dumba has compiled back to back three-point games and has 14 points (4G, 10A) in his last ten games...Ryan Aikia has five assists in his last four games...Bernie John remains the CHL's top-scoring defenseman (55 points)...John and Aikia were a combined (+12) in the two victories over Fort Worth.
TEAM TALLIES: The Ice is 6-4-0 against Memphis and 2-2-0 against Tulsa this season... Indy owns the league's second best power play unit (49-246, 19.9%)... The Ice is second in the league in first period goals scored with 57 and is 15-2-1 when scoring first at home.
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS RECORD: 2-1-0
Tuesday, Feb. 3 (1-2 L at Tulsa) Tulsa Convention Center
Friday, Feb. 6 (5-4 OTW vs Fort Worth) Pepsi Coliseum
Saturday, Feb. 7 (5-0 W vs Fort Worth) Pepsi Coliseum
ICE SLIP LATE IN 2-1 NAILBITER
* Tulsa netminder Rod Branch's 58-save performance and a late third period goal by Dan Gravelle pushed the Oilers past the Ice...Adam Redmond had the lone Ice goal in the contest.
THIRD PERIOD COMEBACK SPARKS ICE TO 5-4 VICTORY
* Indy rallied from a 4-2 third period deficit to defeat the Brahmas 5-4 in overtime...The trio of Jason Baird (2G, 3A), Jared Dumba (G, 2A) and Bernie John (G, 2A) accounted for seven of the nine points in the comeback.
INDY BRANDS BRAHMAS IN 5-0 TRIUMPH
* Jeff Sanger's fourth shutout of the season and three goals in less than a two-minute span were enough for the Indianapolis Ice to complete a weekend sweep of Fort Worth... Ten different Ice players had at least a point in the win.
2003-2004 INDIANAPOLIS ICE STATISTICS
Record: 26-19-2 (54 points) Home 17-9-1 Road 9-10-1
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE SEASON RECORD: 26-19-2
Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Memphis 8:05 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 11 MEMPHIS 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 14 TULSA 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 15 TULSA 5:00 p.m.
ALL HOME GAMES AT PEPSI COLISEUM UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
THIS WEEK'S GAMES CAN BE HEARD ON ESPN 950
PRACTICE SCHEDULE: The Ice practices Friday at the Pepsi Coliseum from 10-11:15 a.m.
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