IHL Stats

By Andrew Bourgeois
Here is a quick look at last nights IHL action with game recaps and league stats.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 11, 2000 

Cincinnati Cyclones    7
Cleveland Lumberjacks  4
Brad Defauw scored two power-play goals and assisted on another to lead the Cincinnati Cyclones to a 7-4 victory over the Cleveland Lumberjacks. Defauw’s tally at 19:14 of the second period was the first of four unanswered goals scored by Cincinnati, which overcame a 4-3 deficit to win its second game in as many days. Ian MacNeil, who scored twice in the Cyclones 3-1 triumph over Houston on Friday, collected a shorthanded goal at 4:41 of the third period to snap a 4-4 tie. Stefan Ustorf had a goal and two assists and Corey Hirsch made 34 saves for the Cyclones. Brian Bonin scored twice in the second period for Cleveland. Zac Bierk, who entered the game with the second-best goals against average in the league at 2.43, was scored upon six times for the Lumberjacks, who fell to 10-4 at home. 

Milwaukee admirals   1
Kansas City Blades   3
Greg Hawgood and Vadim Sharifijanov scored three minutes apart in the first period to lead the Kansas City Blades past the Milwaukee Admirals, 3-1. Hawgood, who joined Kansas City on December 6 after clearing waivers, gave the Blades a 1-0 lead 4:33 into the first period off a feed from Josh Holden. Sharifijanov tallied his fifth goal of the season on the power play three minutes later and Ryan Ready capped the scoring with 5:35 remaining in the third. Steve Kariya added a pair of assists and Alfie Michaud stopped 19 shots in the win for Kansas City, which improved to 4-5-0 on its current 11-game homestand. Sean Haggerty provided the offense for Milwaukee with a shorthanded goal in the first period. Alex Westlund turned aside 30 shots in the loss as the Admirals lost their fourth straight. 

Utah Grizzlies   1
Manitoba Moose   2
Scott Thomas scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner in the second period, as the Manitoba Moose edged the Utah Grizzlies, 2-1. Thomas, who opened the scoring 4:46 into the game with his eighth goal of the season, broke a 1-1 tie with 6:45 left in the second to give him 18 points over his last 15 games. Johan Hedberg stopped 25 shots for Manitoba, which increased its West Division lead over Utah to four points. Jeff Shevalier scored the lone goal for the Grizzlies early in the second period and Mike Bales suffered the loss despite making 37 saves as Utah fell to 7-8-0 on the road this season.

IHL STANDINGS


Eastern Conference

             AFFILIATE GP  W  L  SOL  PTS
Grand Rapids Ottawa    24  17 4   3   37
Cleveland    Minnesota 26  13 10  3   29
Cincinnati   Carolina  28  13 12  3   29
Orlando      Atlanta   24  12 9   3   27
Milwaukee    Nashville 24  10 13  1   21
Detroit      Tampa Bay 23   9 12  2   20

Western Conference

             AFFILIATE    GP  W   L  SOL  PTS
Manitoba     Detroit      23  15  6   2   32
Utah         Dallas       26  13  11  2   28
Kansas City  Vancouver    25  12  12  1   25
Houston      Independent  23  10  9   4   24
Chicago      NY Islanders 22  10  10  2   22

IHL TOP SCORERS
Player           Team             G   A   PTS  Pim
Vadi Sharifijanov Kansas City     4   21  25   18
Nils Ekman        Detroit         13  11  24   41
Christian Matte   Cleveland       16   7  23   17
Curtis Murphy     Orlando         12  11  23   25
Rob Brown         Chicago          7  16  23   22
Brett Harkins     Houston          5  17  22   23
Yves Sarault      Orlando         11  10  21   28
Todd White        Grand Rapids    10  11  21    4
John Purves       Utah             9  12  21   12
Mark Beaufait     Orlando          8  13  21   14

IHL TOP GOALIES
Goaltender          Team          Gp   GA    AVG
Mike Fountain       Grand Rapids  14   25    1.82
Zac Bierk           Cleveland     16   38    2.45
Norm Maracle        Orlando       18   42    2.46
Johan Hedberg       Manitoba      14   36    2.52
Frederic Chabot     Houston       15   37    2.63
Dieter Kochan       Detroit        9   23    2.66
Rick Tabaracci      Utah          15   38    2.75
Mike Bales          Utah          11   26    2.82
Mathieu Chouinard   Grand Rapids   8   21    2.84
Wendell Young       Chicago       12   30    3.03

IHL FASTFACTS

On December 8, 1982 in a game between the Muskegon Mohawks and the Kalamazoo Wings not one penalty was called during the whole game. There were 9 other such games where no penalties were called in the IHL.

IHL GAME RECORDS

Most Goals One Game-- 6
Pierre Brillaint- Indianapolis Chiefs 1959
Brian McLay- Muskegon Zephyrs 1961
Elliot Chorley- St. Paul Saints 1962
Joe Kastelic- Muskegon Zephyrs 1962
Tom St. James- Flint General 1985

DID YOU KNOW

On December 22, 2000 the Manitoba Moose will honour former Winnipeg Jet star Dale Hawerchuck for his achievements as a Winnipeg Jet for 9 years.

IHL TRANSACTIONS

Cleveland Lumberjacks: Recall defenceman John Shockey
                       from Jackson of the ECHL.
Grand Rapids Griffins: Release centre Mike Maurice and
                       defenceman J.F. Tremblay.
                       Sign defenceman Eric Brule to a
                       25 game tryout contract.
                       Assign forward Bobby Stewart to
                       Mobile of the ECHL.

IHL ACTION 


Sunday December 10, 2000
Grand Rapids Griffins at Chicago Wolves
Detroit Vipers at Houston Aeros