Ice at Youngstown: Nov. 5, 2011

The Indiana Ice, fresh off a convincing 5-1 victory over a pretty good Cedar Rapids squad, head to the road tonight to face the Youngstown Phantoms. The Ice will play without Sean Kuraly, who is representing the United States in the World Junior A Challenge this week, but Emil Romig jumped onto his spot on the top line and contributed a 3-point night.

Youngstown is also a strong early outfit, going 6-3-0 in its first nine games and just two points back of the Ice so far. The Ice are in second, two points back of defending Clark Cup champion Dubuque. The Phantoms have scored 34 goals -- just three shy of the Ice in the same amount of games -- and get a lot of their scoring from Austin Cangelosi, who has eight goals.

Tonight's game
Indiana Ice (7-2-0)
at
Youngstown Phantoms (6-3-0)
7:15 p.m., Covelli Center, Youngstown, Ohio

Broadcast: ushl.fasthockey.com

Season series: First meeting


Tale of the Tape
Ice (7-2-0)
Head coach: Kyle Wallack
GF: 37 (t1st). GA: 21 (4th)
PP: 37.1% (1st). PK: 88.1 % (5th)
Road record: 4-1-0
Leading scorers: Daniil Tarasov (7-10-17), Jacob Fallon (6-6-12), Alex Barron (1-9-10), Sean Kuraly (4-7-11, will not dress).
Leading +/-: Alex Barron (+9), Daniil Tarasov (+9)
Leading PIM: Daniil Tarasov (27), R.J. Boyd (26)
Leading goaltender: Jon Gillies (6-1-0, 1.76 GAA, .938sv%, 1 SHO), Dalton Izyk (1-1-0, 4.20 GAA, .873 sv%)
Last 5
11/4: vs. Cedar Rapids (W 5-1)
10/29: vs. Waterloo (L 3-4)
10/28: vs. Waterloo (W 2-0)
10/22: at Lincoln (L 1-3)
10/21: at Tri-City (W 6-2)

Phantoms (6-3-0)
Head coach: Chad Johnson
GF: 34(t4th). GA: 28 (t7th)
PP: 10.0% (12th). PK: 76.8% (14th)
Home record: 3-0-0
Leading scorers: Austin Cangelosi (8-3-11), Mike Ambrosia (3-7-10), Ryan Belonger (3-5-8)
Leading +/-: Austin Cangelosi (+8), Mike Ambrosia (+8), Chris Bradley (+8)
Leading PIM: Ryan Belonger (23), Kevin Liss (20).
Leading goaltender: Matthew O'Connor (4-2-0, 2.70 GAA, .908sv%, 1SHO), Sean Romeo (2-1-0, 4.07 GAA, .875 sv%)
Last 5
11/4: at Muskegon (L 1-4)
10/29: vs. Omaha (W 5-2)
10/28: vs. Tri-City (W 5-1)
10/22: at Team USA (L 4-5)
10/20: vs. Cedar Rapids (OTW 4-3)