In an effort to shape the team roster to fit his system, IceMen Head Coach, Al Sims added his son, Jordan over the weekend, and resigned rookie forward, Mark Anthoine.
Captain Guillaume Lepine, a cornerstone of the Evansville IceMen roster this season, is making his way to Binghamton after being called up by the Senators.
After finalizing the paperwork for his work visa, Al Sims officially took over as head coach of the Evansville IceMen last week, leading the team to two wins and one loss over the weekend. Jimmie and I discussed those games, along with Coach's thoughts on how the team is progressing under his system when he joined us on the phone Wednesday as the team prepared to take on the Cincinnati Cyclones.
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The Evansville IceMen announced via press release on Thursday the work visa for new head coach Al Sims has been finalized in time for Coach to make his debut with the team Friday night versus Missouri.
As the Evansville IceMen wait for the process of finalizing a work visa for new head coach Al Sims to play out, they sent assistant, and current interim head coach Josh Beaulieu to the studio for this week's "In the Crease".
The Evansville IceMen started 2015 with bang when they announced on New Year's Day that a coaching change had been made midway through the season. Out was former head coach Dwight Mullins, and in was new head coach Al Sims. Both Coach Sims and IceMen COO joined Jimmie and I on Monday to discuss the reason for the change and what fans can expect from the team moving forward.
The always-changing Evansville IceMen roster received a new addition Wednesday afternoon when the team announced they had acquired defenseman, Brandon Martell from Rapid City completing a trade from earlier in the season.
After becoming the roster's leading scorer, forward Myles Bell is heading back to the Albany Devils of the AHL after the team exercised their recall rights.