ALL-STAR GAME EXTRAVAGANZA


June 18, 2004 - Fans are invited to attend the grand finale of next week's Ice try-out camp as the club will host an All-Star Game consisting of the best players from camp. The All-Star Game will be held on Wednesday, June 23rd at 7:30 p.m. from the Fishers Forum, located at 9022 E. 126th St. (Phone- 849-9930). Admission is free.

John-Michael Liles (Zionsville native and NHL All-Rookie Defenseman from the Colorado Avalanche) and Ryan Miller (Goaltender of the Buffalo Sabres and 2001 Hobey Baker Winner from Michigan State University) will be on hand signing autographs from 6:15-7:15 p.m. before the 7:30 All-Star Game. There will be fun and games for the kids as well and will be one of your first chances to pick up Indiana Ice merchandise. We hope to see you there.

You going? My son & I will be enroute to NC for inline nationals but would love to be able to catch the game. A local kid is in tryouts.

Yes we will be going tonight to check out the camp and will be there for the All Star Game.

Cool. Eric Miller is from NKy and at one point played for the Checker Midget teams and he's at the tryouts. Be great to see him make the squad.

Fangers, My son and I watched all 3 periods, Eric Miller looked good at times. He and another player got pretty chippy for a shift or 2. I thought that they were going to drop the gloves(and Helmets) if you havent been to a Jr's game fighting is allowed. They had 1 fight last night, Looked staged though but caught the fans off guard. Pretty funny. Enjoyed the game.

Crosscheck
I received an education last year regarding fighting. We billeted a junior player and he would tell me all about it. Yes, sometimes those fights are staged.- or should I say arranged. the fights are very real, but may be set up before the game starts. An enforcer type player needs to showcase his skills somehow!. So two tough guys may agree to drop 'em sometime during the third period or whatever. Not only do they light a fire under their teamates, but they may get noticed for their pugilistic skills by a higher level organization. Its all about moving up, and some of them move up on the strengh of their fighting skills. The first time I saw a junior game and 2 16 year olds dropped gloves(and helmets) I was surprised. Its part of their game. The tough part was to make sure my son knew it was not a part of his!