Weekly IceMen Notes

Published on January 29, 2012 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--THE LONGEST UNDEFEATED STREAK IN THE CHL THIS SEASON CAME TO A CLOSE THE PAST SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE ICEMEN SAW THEIR 12-GAME UNDEFEATED STREAK; 12(10-0-2) END ONE GAME SHY OF A TOTALLY UNDEFEATED MONTH OF JANUARY IN A 4-3 SETBACK AT DAYTON.

--EVANSVILLE'S SATURDAY NIGHT SETBACK AT DAYTON WAS ITS FIRST OVERALL LOSS SINCE DECEMBER 31ST WHEN THEY BOWED AT HOME TO WICHITA, 7-5. IT WAS THE ICEMEN FIRST DEFEAT ON THE ROAD SINCE WAY ON DECEMBER 17TH AT FORT WAYNE WHERE THEY FELL TO THE KOMETS, 7-4.

--THE ICEMEN HAD ASSEMBLED A 5-GAME UNBEATEN STREAK ABROAD UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT AT 5(3-0-2).

--THE ICEMEN ARE CURRENTLY ON A TEAM SEASON'S BEST 7-GAME WIN STREAK AT HOME; LAST 7(7-0-0), OUTSCORING THE VISITORS IN THAT SPAN, 25-9 FOR A TEAM GAA OF 1.29.

--UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT, THE ICEMEN HAD DEFEATED DAYTON 7-CONSECUTIVE TIMES IN AS MANY MEETINGS THIS SEASON AND HAD WON 8-STRAIGHT DATES AGAINST DAYTON DATING BACK TO THE FINAL MEETING OF THE TWO TEAMS FROM LAST SEASON.

--FOR THE SEASON ON THE ROAD, THE ICEMEN RECORD STANDS AT 19(10-6-3) WITH THEIR 6-ROAD DEFEATS BEING THE SECOND FEWEST IN THE CHL.

--WITH AN OVERALL RECORD OF 39(25-10-4) 54-POINTS, THE ICEMEN, THROUGH ONLY THE INITIAL 6-GAMES OF THE SECOND-HALF OF THEIR SCHEDULE, HAVE ALREADY COLLECTED 4-MORE WINS THAN ALL OF LAST SEASON WHEN THEY FINISHED THE CAMPAIGN WITH A MARK OF 66(21-32-13) 55-POINTS. THE ICEMEN ARE ONLY ONE POINT AWAY FROM EQUALING ALL OF LAST SEASON'S TOTAL OF 55.

--EVANSVILLE'S 15-HOME WINS; 20(15-4-1) ARE ALREADY 4-MORE HOME WINS THAN THEY REGISTERED ALL OF LAST SEASON WHEN THEY WERE 30(11-13-6) ON HOME ICE. THEIR 10-ROAD WINS; 19(10-6-3) MATCH ALL OF LAST SEASON'S TOTAL OUTPUT ABROAD.

--AFTER 39-GAMES LAST YEAR, THE ICEMEN RECORD WAS 39(13-21-5) 31-POINTS. ONE YEAR LATER AFTER 39-GAMES, THE ICEMEN MARK STANDS AT 39(25-10-4) 54-POINTS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY 12-MORE WINS, 23-MORE POINTS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR AND HAVE INCURRED 11-LESS LOSSES THAN ONE YEAR AGO.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN BOWED AT DAYTON SATURDAY NIGHT, IT MARKED ONLY THEIR SECOND DEFEAT IN 16-COMBINED GAMES AGAINST THE 6TH PLACE GEMS 8(7-1-0) AND 7TH PLACE BLOOMINGTON 8(6-1-1). THEIR COMBINED RECORD IS 16(13-2-1) AND A PERFECT 8(8-0-0) AT HOME.

--THE ICEMEN ARE THE BEST FIRST PERIOD TEAM IN THE CHL, OUTSCORING THEIR OPPOSITION, 51-29 OVERALL; 27-15 AT HOME AND 24-14 ON THE ROAD.

--THE ICEMEN CONTINUE TO EXCEL ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THIS SEASON, BOASTING A RECORD OF 12(10-2-0) OVERALL AND A PERFECT 5(5-0-0) ON THE ROAD.

--THE ICEMEN ARE ALSO UNDEFEATED ON TUESDAYS AT 4(3-0-1) AND SUNDAYS AT 7(6-0-1). FIVE OF THE ICEMEN 10-DEFEATS HAVE COME ON SATURDAYS; 12(5-5-2).

--EVANSVILLE'S COMBINED RECORD FOR TUESDAY, FRIDAY AND SUNDAY STANDS AT 23(19-2-2).

--THE ICEMEN COMPLETED THEIR BEST MONTH EVER IN JANUARY WITH A MARK OF 13(10-1-2), MISSING AN UNDEFEATED MONTH ON THEIR FINAL GAME FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN SURRENDER 2-GA OR LESS, THEIR RECORD IS A PERFECT 22(22-0-0).

--WHEN THE ICEMEN SCORE 4 OR MORE GOALS, THEIR RECORD STANDS AT 15(13-2-0).

--FIRST YEAR GOALTENDER BRYAN GILLIS HAS CAPTURED THE OAKLEY/CHL GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK IN TWO OF THE LAST 3-WEEKS..

--BRYAN GILLIS HAS EXTENDED HIS PERSONAL WINNING STREAK TO AN AMAZING 10-GAMES, ALLOWING ONLY 12-GA IN THAT SPAN FOR A GAA OF 1.16 AND SPCT OF .965.

--RANKED #2 IN THE CHL, BRYAN GILLIS HAS SHRUNK HIS GAA TO A MISERLY 2.28 AND HIKED HIS SPCT TO .928. HIS 17-WINS RANK AS THIRD MOST IN THE LOOP.

--THE ICEMEN PENALTY-KILLING UNIT CONTINUES TO BE PROMINENT AND PRE-EMINENT, OPERATING AT 86.2% EFFICIENCY WHICH RATES THEM #1 IN THE CHL. THE OPPOSITION IS 25-181 WITH THE 25-PPGA REPRESENTING THE FEWEST ALLOTED IN THE CHL. THE OPPONENTS ARE ONLY 3 FOR THE LAST 40; 4 FOR THE LAST 53 AND 6 FOR THE LAST 72.

--THE ICEMEN POWER PLAY HAS BEEN LESS-THAN-EXEMPLARY IN RECENT ACTION, GOING 2 FOR THE LAST 13; 15'4% AND 4 FOR THE LAST 25; 16%. EVANSVILLE HAS PERMITTED A SHGA IN EACH OF ITS LAST 2-GAMES.

--TODD ROBINSON 39(11-43-54) IS TIED FOR #2 IN THE CHL IN SCORING WHILE HIS 43-ASSISTS ARE 8-MORE THAN THE REST OF THE LEAGUE. HIS 19-PPA ALSO PACE THE LOOP.

--NICKLAS LINDBERG IS 10TH IN CHL SCORING WITH 38(11-32-43). HIS 32-ASSISTS TIE HIM FOR 3RD MOST IN THE LEAGUE. IN HIS LAST 25- GAMES; 25(7-27-34); LAST 21(7-22-29); LAST 10(2-9-11). LINDBERG'S +15 RATING RANKS 5TH BEST IN THE CHL.

--BRIAN BICEK IS 15TH IN CHL SCORING WITH 39(23-18-41). HIS 23-GOALS TIE FOR LEAGUE-WIDE SECOND BEST WHILE HIS 4-SHG TOP THE LOOP AND HIS +17 RATING LISTS HIM AS #3 BEST IN THE CHL.

--STEVE MAKWAY IS THE CHL'S TOP SCORING DEFENSEMAN; 38(4-27-31) WITH HIS 27-ASSISTS BEING 8-MORE THAN ALL OTHER CHL DEFENSEMEN. IN HIS LAST 13-GAMES, HE IS 13(1-13-14).

--MATT GENS 39(7-19-26) IS 4TH IN CHL DEFENSE SCORING WITH HIS 19-ASSISTS TYING FOR SECOND MOST AMONG THE LEAGUE'S BLUE LINE BRIGADE. GENS 3-GWG TIE HIM FOR THE CHL LEADERSHIP WITH TEAMMATE PHILIPPE PLANTE 3-GWG.

--MARIO BOILARD LEADS THE CHL IN PIM WITH 144; HIS 12-MAJORS TIE FOR SECOND MOST IN THE LEAGUE.

--LEFT WING JOSH BEAULIEU'S 19-GOALS HAVE ALREADY ECLIPSED HIS ENTIRE CAREER GOAL-CANNONEERING FROM HIS PREVIOUS 4-SEASONS COMBINED OF 17-GOALS.

--ROOKIE MALCOLM GWILLIAM HAS BEEN AVERAGING A POINT A GAME SINCE BEING INSTALLED ON THE LINE WITH TODD ROBINSON AND JOSH BEAULIEU. IN THOSE 15-GAMES, HE IS 15(8-7-15).

--MIKE SGROI HAS NOTCHED A GOAL IN EACH OF THE ICEMEN LAST 2-GAMES; LAST 2(2-1-3).

--BRIAN BICEK HAS PLAYED 181-CONSECUTIVE DATING BACK TO THE 2009-10 SEASON WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE IHL MUSKEGON LUMBERJACKS.

--DURING THEIR RECENTLY COMPLETED 12-GAME UNDEFEATED STREAK; 12(10-0-2), THE ICEMEN ALLOTTED ONLY 19-GA FOR A GAA OF 1.58.

--VETERAN DEFENSEMAN JORDAN LITTLE RETURNED TO THE ICEMEN THIS PAST WEEK AFTER MISSING 31-GAMES DUE TO CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS.

--MATT PIERCE'S EARLY THIRD PERIOD GTG THE PAST THURSDAY NIGHT IN HIS CLUB'S

2-1 COMEBACK TRIUMPH OVER DAYTON WAS THE FASTEST GOAL THE ICEMEN HAVE SCORED AT THE START OF PERIOD THIS SEASON. PIERCE STRIKE WAS STOKED AT 0:23 OF THE FINAL FRAME.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE YET TO PREVAIL IN THE OTSO THIS SEASON; 3(0-3) WITH ALL OTSO EVENTS TAKING PLACE ON THE ROAD FOR THE ICEMEN.

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