Indiana Ice

	Indiana Ice
City:	Indianapolis, Indiana
League:	USHL
Division:	East
Founded:	2004
Home Arena:	Pepsi Coliseum
Colors:	Navy Blue, Light Blue, and White
Owner(s):	Paul Skjodt
Head Coach:	Jeff Blashill
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 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.

Roster & Statistics

Season-by-season record

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA	PIM	Regular Season Finish	Playoff Restuls
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

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.

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.

Player	Draft Year	Round	Overall	Team	Tenure
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
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

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Overall			Home			Road			Pct.
Opponent	W	L	OTL	W	L	OTL	W	L	OTL	Pct.
Fargo Force	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0.750
Ohio Junior Blue Jackets	11	5	0	7	1	0	4	4	0	0.688
Chicago Steel	24	13	0	14	4	0	10	9	0	0.649
Tri-City Storm	13	7	1	8	3	0	5	4	1	0.643
Des Moines Buccaneers	16	11	3	10	4	1	6	7	2	0.583
Lincoln Stars	11	8	2	8	3	0	3	5	2	0.571
Waterloo Blackhawks	18	13	5	13	2	3	5	11	2	0.569
Sioux Falls Stampede	10	8	3	6	3	2	4	5	1	0.548
Green Bay Gamblers	17	18	1	11	8	0	6	10	1	0.486
Omaha Lancers	7	9	5	3	4	3	4	5	2	0.452
Sioux City Musketeers	8	10	3	5	4	1	3	6	2	0.452
Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	12	21	3	5	9	3	7	12	0	0.375

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	39	15	6	84	0.700	7	4	0.636
Jeff Blashill	2008-09	39	19	2	80	0.667	9	4	0.692

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

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