Indiana Ice

Indiana Ice
City	Indianapolis, Indiana
League	USHL
Division	East
Founded	2004
Home arena	Pepsi Coliseum
Colors	Navy Blue, Ice Blue, Burnt Orange, and White
Owner(s)	Paul Skjodt
Head coach	Kyle Wallack
Franchise history
2003–2004	Danville Wings
2004–present	Indiana Ice

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 on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Indiana. Some of its home games are also played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse which is located in downtown Indianapolis. 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.

Season-by-season record

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Regular Season Finish	Playoff Results
2004-05	60	20	33	7	47	169	209	1341	4th, Eastern Division	Lost in first round
2005-06	60	25	29	6	56	186	224	1274	4th, Eastern Division	Lost in first round
2006-07	60	27	28	5	59	182	223	1758	3rd, Eastern Division	Lost in semifinals
2007-08	60	39	15	6	84	223	193	1305	Eastern Division Champions	Lost in first round
2008-09	60	39	19	2	80	221	177	1060	3rd, Eastern Division	Clark Cup Champions
2009-10	60	33	24	3	69	199	187	816	3rd, Eastern Division	Lost in semifinals
2010-11	60	37	19	4	78	237	166	897	3rd, Eastern Division	Lost in 2nd round

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.

• 2008-09: Defeated Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 games to 2 in quarterfinals; defeated Green Bay Gamblers 3 games to 1 in East Division Finals; defeated the Fargo Force 3 games to 1 to win the Clark Cup Finals.

• 2009-10: Defeated the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 3 games to 2 in quarterfinals; lost to Green Bay 3 games to 1 in East Division Finals

• 2010-11: Defeated the Waterloo Blackhawks 2 games to 0 in first round; lost to Green Bay 3 games to 0 in Eastern Quarterfinals

Roster

As of October 12, 2011.

Forwards
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
93		Robbie Baillargeon	R	6' 0"	174 lbs.	Nov 26, 1993	Brewster, Massachusetts	Boston University
88		Cody Bradley	L	5' 10"	166 lbs.	May 26, 1994	Tampa, Florida	None
16		Dan Cesarz	R	5' 10"	185 lbs.	Jun 15, 1992	Redford, Michigan	None
21		Jacob Fallon	L	5' 11"	187 lbs.	Feb 27, 1992	Los Angeles, California	None
11		Cody Gylling	L	5' 9"	171 lbs.	Feb 20, 1994	Chandler, Arizona	None
9		Christian Hilbrich	L	6' 6"	216 lbs.	Jul 9, 1992	Clarendon Hills, Illinois	None
19		Woody Hudson	R	6' 2"	221 lbs.	Aug 10, 1992	Greece, New York	RIT
7		Sean Kuraly	L	6' 2"	196 lbs.	Jan 20, 1993	Dublin, Ohio	Miami
28		Andrew Mayer	R	5' 11"	211 lbs.	Jul 29, 1993	Troy, Michigan	None
17		Tyler Pham	L	5' 9"	178 lbs.	May 12, 1994	Fort Collins, Colorado	Denver
89		Robert Polesello	L	5' 7"	170 lbs.	Apr 27, 1994	Bolton, Ontario	Boston University
23		Emil Romig	L	5' 10"	172 lbs.	Sep 19, 1992	Vienna, Austria	None
15		Dan Sherer	L	6' 0"	181 lbs.	Jan 12, 1992	Nashotah, Wisconsin	None
18		Drew Smolcynski	R	5' 9"	178 lbs.	Apr 24, 1994	Hatfield, Pennsylvania	St. Lawrence
79		Daniil Tarasov	L	6' 0"	196 lbs.	Jun 20, 1991	Moscow, Russia	None

Defensemen
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
8		Alex Barron	R	6' 1"	192 lbs.	May 9, 1991	Glendora, California	Quinnipiac
24		R.J. Boyd	L	6' 3"	204 lbs.	Feb 7, 1991	Delray Beach, Florida	Michigan State
33		Joe Fiala	L	6' 2"	201 lbs.	Feb 11, 1993	Verona, Wisconsin	None
12		Robert Gawron	L	5' 9"	175 lbs.	Apr 8, 1994	Lemont, Illinois	None
6		Matthew Krug	L	6' 0"	201 lbs.	Jul 9, 1992	Buffalo, New York	None
2		Alexander Kuqali	L	6' 2"	226 lbs.	Jun 13, 1991	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	RIT
26		Ryan Obuchowski	L	6' 1"	184 lbs.	Jun 7, 1992	Canton, Michigan	Yale
4		Ian Spencer	R	5' 10"	181 lbs.	Feb 19, 1994	Hawthorne, New Jersey	Vermont

Goaltenders
#	St/Pr/Co	Player	Shoots	Height	Weight	Birthday	Hometown	College commitment
32		Jon Gillies	L	6' 5"	215 lbs.	Jan 22, 1994	South Portland, Maine	Northeastern
29		Dalton Izyk	L	6' 0"	184 lbs.	Jan 23, 1994	Oswego, New York	None

NHL draft picks

The following table shows NHL draft picks that have played for the Ice. The tenure column indicates whether they were drafted while on the Ice roster, prior to arriving, or after moving on to college or major junior.

Player	Draft Year	Round	Overall	Team	Tenure
Blake Coleman	2011	3	75	New Jersey	Iceman
Brian Ferlin	2011	4	121	Boston	Iceman
Sean Kuraly	2011	5	133	San Jose	Iceman
Stanislav Galiev	2010	3	86	Washington	After Ice
Anthony Bitetto	2010	6	168	Nashville	Iceman
Nick Mattson	2010	6	180	Chicago	Iceman
RJ Boyd	2010	7	183	Florida	Before Ice
Nic Dowd	2009	7	198	Los Angeles	Before Ice
Mike Cichy	2009	7	199	Montreal	Iceman
John Carlson	2008	1	27	Washington	Iceman
Corey Fienhage	2008	3	81	Buffalo	Iceman
Garrett Roe	2008	7	183	Los Angeles	After Ice
Ben Blood	2007	4	120	Ottawa	Before Ice
Brett Bruneteau	2007	4	108	Washington	Before Ice
Paul Carey	2007	5	135	Colorado	Before Ice
Scott Darling	2007	6	153	Phoenix	Before Ice
Brett Bennett	2006	5	130	Phoenix	Before Ice
Brent Gwidt	2006	6	157	Washington	Before Ice
Alex Kangas	2006	5	135	Atlanta	Before Ice
Brian Gifford	2004	3	85	Pittsburgh	Before Ice
Sergei Kukushkin	2004	7	218	Dallas	Before Ice

NHL Icemen

The following table shows former Indiana Ice players that have made it to the NHL.

Player	Ice Season(s)	NHL Team	NHL Seasons
Joel Rechlicz	2005-06	New York Islanders	2008-09
John Carlson	2006-08	Washington Capitals	2009-

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Overall			Home			Road			Pct.
	W	L	OTL	W	L	OTL	W	L	OTL
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	15	25	5	6	11	4	9	14	1	0.389
Chicago Steel	34	17	0	21	5	0	13	12	0	0.667
Des Moines Buccaneers	21	14	3	13	5	1	8	9	2	0.592
Dubuque Fighting Saints	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0.375
Fargo Force	5	5	0	3	2	0	2	3	0	0.500
Green Bay Gamblers	19	24	2	12	10	1	7	14	1	0.444
Lincoln Stars	15	10	2	10	4	0	5	6	2	0.593
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets	11	5	0	7	1	0	4	4	0	0.688
Omaha Lancers	11	11	5	5	5	3	6	6	2	0.500
Sioux City Musketeers	13	11	3	8	4	1	5	7	2	0.537
Sioux Falls Stampede	13	11	3	8	4	2	4	7	1	0.537
Tri-City Storm	15	9	3	9	4	1	6	5	2	0.611
Team USA	8	4	0	4	2	0	4	2	0	0.667
Waterloo Blackhawks	25	15	5	17	2	3	8	13	2	0.611
Youngstown Phantoms	8	4	0	3	2	0	5	2	0	0.667

Head coach history

Coach	Seasons	W	L	OTL	PTS	PCT	Playoff W	L	PCT
Red Gendron	2004-05	18	30	5	41	0.387	---	---	---
Dean Grillo	2005-06	14	21	6	34	0.415	0	3	0.000
Jack Bowkus	2006-07	13	11	2	34	0.538	2	3	0.400
Scott McConnell	2007	1	1	0	2	0.500	---	---	---
Charlie Skjodt	2007-08,10-11	76	34	10	162	0.700	9	7	0.563
Jeff Blashill	2008-10	72	43	5	149	0.621	13	9	0.591

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.
• 5/13/08 - The Indiana Ice announced that Head Coach Charlie Skjodt had resigned as Head Coach to become the Indiana Ice's President of Hockey Operations
• 5/14/08 - 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
• 4/7/10 - Blashill is announced as the new head coach at Western Michigan University
• 5/25/10 - The Ice announce the return of Charlie Skjodt to the head coach position
• 5/5/11 - The Ice promote Charlie Skjodt to President of the club, vacating the head coach position.
• 6/1/11 - Kyle Wallack is named head coach and General Manager. Wallack was previously associate head coach at Yale University.

External links

• Indiana Ice Website
• United States Hockey League