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The Indiana Ice is a Tier I ice hockey team formed in 2004 when it was purchased from the former Danville, Illinois, USA, team, the Danville Wings. It plays the majority of its home games at the Pepsi Coliseum, located in the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Some of its home games are also played at Conseco Fieldhouse, located in downtown Indianapolis, which is also the home of the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever basketball teams. The Ice play in the Eastern Division of the United States Hockey League. The President of the Ice is Paul Skjodt.
This team is unrelated to the Indianapolis Ice teams that existed from 1988 to 2004.
On May 13th the Indiana Ice announced that Head Coach Charlie Skjodt had resigned as Head Coach to become the Indiana Ice's President of Hockey Operations
On May 14th the Ice announced the hiring of Jeff Blashill as the new Head Coach of the Indiana Ice. Blashill was a Former Assistant Coach at Miami University of Ohio
[edit] Roster & Statistics
[edit] Season-by-season record
| Season |
GP |
W |
L |
OTL |
PTS |
GF |
GA |
PIM |
Finish |
| 2004-05 |
60 |
20 |
33 |
7 |
47 |
169 |
209 |
1341 |
4th, Eastern Division |
| 2005-06 |
60 |
25 |
29 |
6 |
56 |
186 |
224 |
1274 |
4th, Eastern Division |
| 2006-07 |
60 |
27 |
28 |
5 |
59 |
182 |
223 |
1758 |
3rd, Eastern Division |
| 2007-08 |
60 |
39 |
15 |
6 |
84 |
223 |
193 |
1305 |
Eastern Division Champions |
[edit] Season-by-season Playoff Record
- 2004-05: Lost to Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 games to none in quarterfinals; the RoughRiders eventually won the Clark Cup title.
- 2005-06: Lost to Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 games to 2 in quarterfinals; the Ice held a 2-1 series lead before losing the last 2 games.
- 2006-07: Swept Green Bay Gamblers 4 games to 0 in first round; defeated Waterloo & Cedar Rapids in round-robin pool play in Round 2; lost to eventual Clark Cup Champion Sioux Falls Stampede 3-2 in O.T. in Clark Cup Semifinals
- 2007-08: Lost to Chicago Steel 3 games to 1 in quarterfinals.
[edit] 2008 USHL Playoffs
The format has returned to a simpler, easier-to-follow format than last season's. Each of the three rounds will be a best-of-five format. The Ice are the #1 seed in the Eastern Division and will face the #4 seed Chicago Steel in the first round. The other matchups follow.
First Round: (1) ICE vs. (4) Chicago Steel - Steel win series 3-1
- Game 1: Thursday, April 10 at Indiana, 7:05 pm - Steel 4, ICE 3
- Game 2: Saturday, April 12 at Indiana, 7:05 pm - ICE 7, Steel 2
- Game 3: Tuesday, April 15 at Chicago, 7:30 pm - Steel 3, ICE 1
- Game 4: Friday, April 18 at Chicago, 7:30 pm - Steel 5, ICE 0
[edit] Head-to-head record
[edit] Head Coach History
| Coach |
Seasons |
W |
L |
OTL |
PTS |
PCT |
Playoff W |
L |
PCT |
| Red Gendron |
2004-5 |
18 |
30 |
5 |
41 |
0.387 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Dean Grillo |
2005-6 |
14 |
21 |
6 |
34 |
0.415 |
0 |
3 |
0.000 |
| Jack Bowkus |
2006-7 |
13 |
11 |
2 |
34 |
0.538 |
2 |
3 |
0.400 |
| Scott McConnell |
2007 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0.500 |
--- |
--- |
--- |
| Charlie Skjodt |
2007-8 |
39 |
15 |
6 |
84 |
0.700 |
7 |
4 |
0.636 |
Coaching Changes:
- Dean Grillo replaced Red Gendron with seven games remaining in the 2004-5 season.
- Jack Bowkus replaced Dean Grillo after thirty-four games in the 2005-6 season.
- Scott McConnell served as interim head coach for the last two games of the 2006-7 season.
- Charlie Skjodt took over at the start of the 2007 playoffs.
- Charlie Skjodt resigned coaching duties at the conclusion of the 2008 playoffs.
- Jeff Blashill hired as head coach for the 2008-9 season.
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