Ice Muskies complete weekend sweep

OREGON, Wis. -- As they've done so many times at home this season, the Madison Ice Muskies put together another come-from-behind victory to complete a weekend sweep of the Evansville Icemen with 3-2 shootout victory Sunday at Oregon Community Sports Arena.

Madison native Andy Cripps scored the game-winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout on a nifty forehand-to-backhand move that fooled Evansville goaltender Shane Davis, who made 40 saves on the night.

The Ice Muskies (6-5-2) fell behind 2-0 in the second period when Steve Koich took a pass from Justin Neis and netted a goal at the 13:31 mark. Unfortunately for the Icemen (4-4-2), Madison is used to playing from behind.

Just 1:15 later, defenseman Rich Jondo scored an unassisted goal from the right point that cut the deficit to one. Then in the third period, after goaltender Nick Niedert kept the Ice Muskies in it with numerous big saves, forward John Esposito tied the game 2-2 with 7:40 left in the game.

Evansville had a golden opportunity to win in overtime, when Rich Jondo was sent to the penalty box, giving the Icemen a 4-3 advantage. But the Ice Muskies successfully killed off the penalty and forced a shootout.

Both Icemen forward Ryan Ford and Ice Muskies forward Mitch Kerns scored in the first round of the shootout, but both teams missed in the next three rounds before Cripps won it in the fifth.

The Ice Muskies are now alone in third place in the AAHL standings with 14 points. The Chi-town Shooters (9-2-0) are in first place with 18 points and the Chicago Blaze (8-3-0) are in second with 16 points. Battle Creek (6-4-1, 13 points), Evansville (12 points) and Detroit (0-9-1, 1 point) sit behind Madison in the standings.

The Ice Muskies take on the first place Shooters at home Friday night at Hartmeyer Ice Arena. The puck drops at 7:30 p.m. CT.

Saturday's Box Score (Madison 4, Evansville 0)
Sunday's Box Score (Madison 3, Evansville 2 - SO)

 

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Ice Muskies vs Chi Town Shooters

Friday, January 29th, 2010 8:05 pm CST

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