Game 60: Ice at Muskegon

Indiana Ice (36-19-4, 3rd USHL East)

at 

Muskegon Lumberjacks (24-27-8, 5th USHL East)

7:15 p.m. Saturday, April 9 / L.C. Walker Sports Arena

Head to head (Ice 5, Lumberjacks 1 -- each team 1 OTL).
Oct. 2: Ice 4, Lumberjacks 1 (at Muskegon). Blake Coleman 2G, Casey DeSmith 28 saves
Oct. 23: Lumberjacks 5, Ice 4, SO (at Muskegon). Nick Mattson 2A for Ice, Taft G, A for Muskegon
Jan. 7: Ice 7, Lumberjacks 1 (at Indiana). Peter Schneider 2G, Coleman/Ferlin/Tarasov G, A.  DeSmith 27sv.
Jan. 25: Ice 5, Lumberjacks 4, OT (at Indiana). Nick Mattson GWG, Coleman 3A. Ice 54 shots.
March 13: Ice 7, Lumberjacks 0 (at Indiana). Schneider 2G, A. DeSmith 28sv, SHO.
March 25: Ice 5, Lumberjacks 1 (at Indiana). Ice 5 different goal scorers, Daniil Tarasov 2A. DeSmith 21 saves.  

Tale of the Tape
Ice
GF: 231 (1st) / GA: 165 (7th) 
PP: 21.7% (1st) / PK: 85.6% (7th) / PIM: 873 (4th) 
Road record: 17-10-2 
Last 5: 2-3-0 Last 10: 7-3-0
Leading scorers: Blake Coleman (32-57*-89*), Daniil Tarasov (36*-38-74), Brian Ferlin (25-44-69) 
Leading goaltender: Casey DeSmith (21-13-2, 2.58), Jon Gillies (15-6-2, 2.82) 
Leading +/-: Blake Coleman (+49)*
Leading PIM: Will Aide (135)

Tale of the Tape
Lumberjacks
GF: 186 (7th) / GA: 229 (15th)
PP: 12.3% (15th) / PK: 83.1% (11th) / PIM: 1567 (16th)
Home record: 13-13-3
Last 5: 2-3-0 Last 10: 2-8-0
Leading scorers: Ryan Misiak (15-43-58), Matt Berry (25-26-51), Isaac Kohls (18-21-39)
Leading goaltender: Joel Vienneau (15-18-4, 3.70), Paul Berrafato (9-9-4, 3.51)
Leading +/-: Carter Foguth (+11)
Leading PIM: Micki Mihalovich (257)*
*-leads league

It's time to wrap up the USHL regular season. This game doesn't mean anything to either team in terms of playoff positioning -- the Ice have wrapped up the #3 seed, the Lumberjacks the #5 -- and both teams have pretty potent offenses. Expect two teams to do a little bit of fine-tuning before the playoffs and possibly give some players a breather. The Ice have a couple of individual accomplishments on the line. Blake Coleman has all but wrapped up the USHL's scoring title and will undoubtedly lead the league in +/-. Daniil Tarasov is tied with Dubuque's Ryan Gaudreau for the league goal-scoring lead with 36. The Ice will end up leading the league in scoring. Muskegon has won two of its last five, so it has been playing better than it had been when it last visited Indianapolis on a five-game skid and was handed a 5-1 defeat.