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March 5, 2012 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Evansville IceMen News Release


--FOLLOWING THE CHL'S LONGEST WIN STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 10- IN A ROW, THE ICEMEN NOW HAVE THEIR LONGEST LOSING STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 4-CONSECUTIVELY.

--THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON THAT THE ICEMEN HAVE FOLLOWED A LONG WIN STREAK WITH A LOSING STREAK. IN JANUARY, THE ICEMEN COMPOSED A CHL SEASON LONGEST 12-GAME UNDEFEATED STREAK AT 12(10-0-2). THIS WAS PROMPTLY FOLLOWED BY A 3-GAME LOSING STREAK. THE 3-GAME LOSING STREAK WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY THE 10-GAME WIN STREAK WHICH HAS NOW BEEN FOLLOWED BY THE PRESENT 4-GAME LOSING STREAK.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN SAW THEIR 10-GAME WIN STREAK HALTED LAST WEDNESDAY AT HOME WHERE THEY FELL TO WICHITA, 8-5, IT MARKED EVANSVILLE'S FIRST SETBACK IN 3-WEEKS BACK ON FEBRUARY 8TH WHEN THEY ALSO BOWED AT HOME, THIS TIME TO FORT WAYNE, 4-3.

--HAVING COMPLETED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH A PERFECT ROAD RECORD OF 6(6-0-0), THE ICEMEN FIRST ROAD GAME IN MARCH SAW THE END OF THEIRS AND THE LEAGUE'S LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAK OF THE SEASON AT 6-IN A ROW THE PAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE QUAD CITIES WHERE THEY TREMBLED TO THE MALLARDS, 5-2. IT WAS EVANSVILLE'S FIRST SETBACK ON THE ROAD SINCE BACK ON JANUARY 28TH WHEN THEY FELL AT DAYTON, 4-3.

--FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE START TO THE MONTH, THE ICEMEN HAVE BOWED IN THEIR FIRST 3-HOME GAMES OF THE MONTH; IN FEBRUARY AND NOW IN MARCH. THE 3-GAME LOSING STREAK AT HOME MATCHES THEIR LONGEST OF THE SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN COMPLETED THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH A CLUB RECORD 11-WINS, ECLIPSING THE FRANCHISE RECORD OF 10-WINS SET THE PREVIOUS MONTH IN JANUARY 2012; FEBRUARY 15(11-4-0); JANUARY 13(10-1-2).

--THE CHL'S LEADING SCORER, CENTER TODD ROBINSON HAD THE CHL'S LONGEST POINT STREAK OF THE SEASON COME TO A HALT SUNDAY WHEN THE ICEMEN WERE DEFEATED BY BLOOMINGTON, 6-2. ROBINSON'S STREAK ENDURED FOR 17-GAMES; 17(11-17-28).

--THE ICEMEN ARE 13(10-3-0) AGAINST BERRY CONFERENCE COMPETITION WITH ALL 3-LOSSES INFLICTED BY WICHITA RIGHT IN EVANSVILLE; AGAINST THE THUNDER AT HOME 4(1-3-0).

--THE ICEMEN 6-2 SETBACK INCURRED AGAINST BLOOMINGTON REPRESENTED EVANSVILLE'S FIRST LOSS ON SUNDAY THIS SEASON. THEY HAD BEEN UNDEFEATED SUNDAYS AT 9(8-0-1).

--TIED FOR FIRST PLACE ATOP THE TURNER CONFERENCE STANDINGS, THE ICEMEN, IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK'S PLAY SAW THEIR 7-POINTS ADVANTAGE OVER FORT WAYNE VANISH AS WHILE THE ICEMEN WERE DROPPING ALL 4 OF THEIR GAMES FOR THE WEEK, THE KOMETS EARNED 7 OF A POSSIBLE 8-POINTS ON A 4(3-0-1) LOG TO FORGE THE FIRST PLACE DEADLOCK.

--WITH 3-WEEKS REMAINING IN THE REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE, THE ICEMEN WILL PLAY 7 OF THOSE ON THE ROAD WITH ONLY 2-MORE GAMES REMAINING AT HOME.

--THE ICEMEN BEGIN A 17-DAY ABSENCE FROM THEIR HOME OF THE FORD CENTER AS THEY PLAY THEIR NEXT 5-GAMES ON THE ROAD. NEXT ICEMEN HOME APPEARANCE WILL NOT BE UNTIL THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21ST WHEN THEY GUEST THE MISSOURI MAVERICKS.

--WHEN THE ICEMEN TAKE TO THE ICE THIS TUESDAY NIGHT AT MISSOURI AGAINST THE MAVERICKS, IT WILL MARK THEIR 19TH GAME IN 33-DAYS AND THEIR FIFTH GAME IN 7-NIGHTS.

--COMPLETING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY WITH A RECORD OF 15(11-4-0) THE ICEMEN STILL HAVE NOT BEEN SADDLED WITH A LOSING MONTH THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE ICEMEN ON THE ROAD ARE 7(6-1-0) IN THEIR LAST 7-STARTS AND 13(9-2-2) IN THEIR LAST 13-ESCAPADES ABROAD.

--TODD ROBINSON 57(22-60-82) IS 1ST; BRIAN BICEK 67(33-26-59) IS 10TH; NICKLAS LINDBERG 56(14-39-53) 1S 15TH IN CHL SCORING.

--BRIAN BICEK'S 33-GOALS ARE SECOND MOST IN THE CHL; HIS 4-SHG PACE THE LOOP; HIS +25 RATING RANKS LEAGUE-WIDE RUNNER-UP IN THAT CATEGORY.

--TODD ROBINSON'S 60-ASSISTS ARE 13 MORE THAN THE REST OF THE LEAGUE; HIS 28-PPA ARE 6-MORE THAN ALL OF THE LEAGUE.

--THE ICEMEN HAVE THE TOP 2 SCORING DEFENSEMEN IN THE CHL; STEVE MAKWAY 55(4-37-41); MATT GENS 57(10-31-41); PHILIPPE PLANTE IS LISTED 9TH; 56(10-23-33).

--MATT GENS 16-PPA RANK SECOND AMONG DEFENSEMEN; HIS 31-TOTAL ASSISTS RANK SECOND BEHIND MAKWAY'S LEAGUE-HIGH 37.

--GENS AND PLANTE ARE TIED FOR CIRCUIT-SECOND IN GWG AMONG DEFENSEMEN WITH 3-GWG.

--MALCOLM GWILLIAM 57(17-17-34) HAS CLIMBED TO 10TH IN CHL ROOKIE SCORING WITH HIS 17-GOALS RANK TIED FOR 5TH AMONG THE ROOKIES.

--BRYAN GILLIS IS RANKED 4TH IN THE CHL WITH A GAA OF 2.40 WHILE HIS SPCT OF .923 RANKS AS LEAGUE THIRD BEST. GILLIS OVERALL RECORD OF 30(23-6-1) IS THE BEST IN THE CHL AS IS HIS ROAD RECORD OF 11(10-1-0). GILLIS IS 19(16-3-0) IN HIS LAST 19-DECISIONS.

--IN HIS LAST 12-GAMES, MATT GENS IS 12(3-11-14); IN HIS LAST 7-GAMES, PHILIPPE PLANTE IS 7(1-7-8).

--THE ICEMEN ARE 21(13-4-4) IN 1-GOAL GAMES; AT HO ME: 12(8-3-1) ON THE ROAD: 9(5-1-3).

--THE ICEMEN ARE 31(27-2-2) ENTERING THE THIRD PERIOD WITH THE LEAD;

28(20-5-3) WHEN LEADING AFTER THE FIRST PERIOD.

--SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW YEAR, THE ICEMEN RECORD STANDS AT 31(21-8-2) WITH 6 OF THOSE 8-LOSSES INCURRED ON HOME ICE; 15(9-6-0); ON THE ROAD: 9(6-2-1).

--BRIAN BICEK TOPS THE ICEMEN WITH SIX 2-GOAL GAMES; JOSH BEAULIEU IS NEXT WITH FIVE 2-GOAL GAMES. THE ICEMEN HAVE NOT PRODUCED A THREE-GOAL "HAT TRICK" THUS FAR THIS SEASON.

--THE LONGEST ICEMEN WIN STREAKS OF THE SEASON HAVE BEEN 10-IN A ROW; 6-CONSECUTIVELY AND 5-IN SUCCESSION.

--THE LONGEST ICEMEN UNDEFEATED STREAKS OF THE SEASON HAVE BEEN 12(10-0-2) AND 7(6-0-1).

--EVANSVILLE'S LONGEST HOME STREAKS HAVE BEEN 7-IN A ROW AND 5-CONSECUTIVELY; LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAKS HAVE BEEN 6-IN A ROW AND 4-STRAIGHT; LONGEST UNBEATEN SKEIN ABROAD 7(6-0-1).

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