Weekly IceMen Notes

December 19, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE PAST WEEKEND REPRESENTED THE ICEMEN FIRST WINLESS WEEKEND OF THE SEASON; 3(0-2-1) EARNING ONE OF A POSSIBLE 6-POINTS. THEIR PRESENT 3-GAME WINLESS STREAK; 3(0-2-1) IS THEIR LONGEST FOR THIS SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE NOW REACHED THE ONE-THIRD POLE OF THEIR 66-GAME SCHEDULE WITH A MARK OF 22(13-7-2) FOR 28-POINTS AND SECOND PLACE IN THE CHL TURNER CONFERENCE STANDINGS. ONE YEAR AGO AFTER 22-GAMES, THE ICEMEN WERE 22(9-10-3) FOR A TOTAL OF 21-POINTS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY 4-WINS AND 7-POINTS SUPERIOR TO A YEAR AGO WHILE HAVING INCURRED 3-FEWER DEFEATS THAN IN 2010-11.

--EVANSVILLE HAD ITS SEASON BEST 4-GAME HOME WIN STREAK SEVERED BY ARCHRIVAL FORT WAYNE FRIDAY NIGHT, 5-3. IT WAS THE ICEMEN FIRST SETBACK ON HOME ICE SINCE NOVEMBER 17TH WHEN THE KOMETS, AGAIN, AMBUSHED EVANSVILLE, 5-2.

--FOR THE SEASON, THE ICEMEN HAVE POSTED A HOME MARK OF 9(6-2-1) FOR 13-POINTS WITH BOTH LOSSES INFLICTED BY FORT WAYNE.

--UNTIL THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT'S 5-3 HOME SETBACK INFLICTED BY FORT WAYNE, THE ICEMEN HAD BEEN UNDEFEATED ON FRIDAY AT 6(6-0-0) AND 2(2-0-0) AT HOME.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN GAINED ONE POINT IN THE STANDINGS THROUGH THEIR 4-3 OT AFFAIR SUNDAY ON HOME ICE AGAINST MISSOURI, THEY ALSO HAD BEEN PERFECT ON SUNDAY AT 3(3-0-0) WITH ALL 3-WINS EARNED AT HOME AT THE FORD CENTER.

--AFTER LAUNCHING THE CURRENT CAMPAIGN WITH A 3-GAME UNBEATEN SKEIN AGAINST ARCHENEMY FORT WAYNE, THE ICEMEN HAVE NOW DROPPED 4-IN A ROW TO THE KOMETS; AT HOME: 2(0-2-0); ON THE ROAD 2(0-2-0), SURRENDERING AN INORDINATE 22-GA IN THAT SPAN.

--THE ICEMEN ARE THE LONE UNDEFEATED TEAM IN THE CHL IN 1-GOAL GAMES, BOASTING A LEAGUE-BEST RECORD OF 7(5-0-2).

--THE ICEMEN SUFFERED THEIR FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN SCORING THE GAME'S FG WHEN THEY BOWED TO FORT WAYNE, 5-3. THEY ARE NOW 12(10-1-1) WHEN SCORING THE FG.

--EVANSVILLE REMAINS UNDEFEATED WHEN HOLDING THE LEAD AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD AT 10(9-0-1).

--FORT WAYNE'S 3-GOAL RALLY IN THE THIRD PERIOD THE PAST FRIDAY NIGHT REPRESENTED THE FIRST TIME THIS SEASON THAT THE ICEMEN HAD ENTERED WITH THE LEAD IN THE THIRD PERIOD BUT FAILED TO WIN IN REGULATION TIME; 13(11-1-1)

--THEIR 7-GA YIELD IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT 7-4 SETBACK AT FORT WAYNE ARE THE MOST GA ALLOWED BY THE ICEMEN THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--WHEN FORT WAYNE STRUCK WITH 4-SECOND PERIOD GOALS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE 7-4 VERDICT OVER THE ICEMEN IT WAS THE MOST GA ALLOWED BY EVANSVILLE IN A SINGLE PERIOD THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--IN THEIR FRIDAY NIGHT 5-3 HOME SETBACK SUSTAINED AGAINST FORT WAYNE, THE ICEMEN LIMITED THE KOMETS ATTACK TO 22-SOG, MATCHING THE FEWEST THEY HAVE ALLOWED IN THIS CATEGORY THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--LEFT WING BRIAN BICEK BECAME THE FIRST ICEMEN PLAYER TO NOTCH 2-GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR A SECOND TIME THIS SEASON IN HIS TEAM'S 5-3 SETBACK INCURRED FRIDAY NIGHT AGAINST FORT WAYNE.

--CENTER NICKLAS LINDBERG IS PRESENTLY ON A 4-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 4(1-6-7).

IN HIS LAST 8-GAMES, LINDBERG IS 8(1-11-12).

--LEFT WING BRIAN BICEK IS ALSO ON A 4-GAME POINT STREAK WITH 4(3-2-5) IN THAT SPAN.

--CENTER TODD ROBINSON 22(7-24-31) IS RANKED TIED FOR #3 IN CHL SCORING WITH HIS 14-PPA LEADING THE LEAGUE AND HIS OVERALL TOTAL OF 24-HELPERS RANKED TIED FOR CIRCUIT SECOND MOST.

--LEFT WING BRIAN BICEK IS TIED FOR THE CHL LEADERSHIP IN SHG WITH 3.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE 3 OF THE TOP 10 IN CHL LEAGUE-WIDE SCORING FOR DEFENSEMEN; TIED FOR 5TH MATT GENS 22(6-10-16); STEVEN MAKWAY 22(2-14-16); 10TH PHILIPPE PLANTE 21(6-8-14).

--MATT GENS 3-GWG TOP ALL CHL DEFENSEMEN WHILE MAKWAY'S 14-ASSISTS TIE HIM FOR THIRD MOST AMONG THE CHL BLUE LINE BRIGADE.

--CENTER MARIO BOILARD LEADS ALL ROOKIES WHILE RANKING THIRD OVERALL IN THE CHL IN PIM WITH 73.

--IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, LEFT WING MATT PIERCE IS 7(6-1-7), DELIVERING THE GWG IN 3 OF THE ICEMEN LAST 4-VICTORIES.



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