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IceMen Swarm Cyclones in Comeback Win
51 shots, four unanswered goals lead Evansville to thrilling win late
1st Period: 1. CIN – Yogan 5 (Budish, 1:45)
2nd Period: 2. CIN – Hammond 2 (Quenneville, Lauwers, 1:29); 3. EVN – Zay 5 (Moon, Trebish, 12:42); 4. EVN – Leveille 15 (MacDonald, 18:58)
3rd Period: 5. EVN – Sims 6 (Moon, Rumble, 18:54); 6. EVN – Duco 2 (EN, Anthoine, 19:40)
The Evansville IceMen peppered the Cincinnati Cyclones with 51 shots and scored four unanswered goals Saturday in a 4-2 come-from-behind win at the Ford Center
Cincinnati jumped out to an early lead when Andrew Yogan  sent a wrist shot through a screen past the glove of IceMen goaltender Matt Zenzola 1:45 into the game. Evansville outshot the Cyclones 16-6 in the opening frame, but Neil Conway kept the IceMen off the board.
The Cyclones added to their lead in the first two minutes of the second period, when Mike Hammond backhanded a bouncing puck under the crossbar to make it 2-0. Evansville cut the lead in half at 12:42, when Matthew Zay finished off a long offensive zone shift with a backhander from the slot.
Then during a 4-on-4 situation late in the period, Justin MacDonald flipped a puck out to center ice and Daultan Leveille carried it in on a breakaway. Leveille beat Conway between the legs with a backhander to tie the game with 1:02 left to even the score 2-2 heading into the third.
Evansville generated 21 third period shots, its most in any period all season, and eventually capitalized. When Nathan Moon’s shot from the left wing wall was kicked out, Jordan Sims buried the rebound past Conway with 1:06 left in regulation to give the IceMen their first lead. It was Sims’ third game-winning goal of the season, and Moon’s second assist of the night.
Mike Duco added an empty net goal with 20 seconds to play. Zenzola stopped 17 shots in his second career win, while Conway made 47 saves in the loss. The 51 shots were the most Evansville has put up in a single game this season.
The win starts a stretch of five games in eight days for the IceMen, who travel to Moline, IL Wednesday for a meeting with the Quad City Mallards at 6:35pm. Evansville then hosts the Mallards Thursday for the New Years Eve bash at the Ford Center, beginning at 7:15pm. There will be a postgame fireworks show indoors after the game to ring in 2016.
The IceMen then host Missouri Saturday, January 2 at 7:15pm and Wichita Sunday, January 3 at 5:15pm to wrap up four games in five days.
Defenseman Rutkowski Called Up to Binghamton
The Evansville IceMen, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Ottawa Senators and AHL’s Binghamton Senators, and Head Coach Al Sims announced Saturday that Ottawa has recalled defenseman Troy Rutkowski and reassigned him to Binghamton.
The 23-year-old from Edmonton led the IceMen with 14 assists in 26 games, and has been particularly efficient as of late. Rutkowski has two goals and ten assists in his last nine games, and set a single-game career high with four assists in Evansville’s 6-5 overtime loss December 6 against Quad City.
Rutkowski started the season in Binghamton’s AHL training camp, before he was reassigned October 6 to Evansville, where he played most of 2014-15. The 2010 fifth round pick of the Colorado Avalanche has played in 121 ECHL games and 27 AHL games in his three professional seasons.
USI announces the 2016 Hall of Fame Class
The University of Southern Indiana Department of Athletics is pleased to announce the selection of the 2016 USI Athletic Hall of Fame class that will be inducted during homecoming week in February. The class of five individuals and one former coach was selected by a nine-member USI Athletic Hall of Fame Committee.
Any Screaming Eagles fan was eligible to nominate student athletes or teams on the 10th anniversary of their last season of competition, or a coach/administrator who has been separated from the Department of Athletics for two years. Special individuals (e.g., Varsity Club members) also were eligible for nominations as well.
This year’s class includes Ernie Brothers ’76 (Men’s Basketball, 1973-76), Heather Cooksey Platt(Women’s Cross Country, Track & Field, 2002-06), Shane Gibson ’93 (Men’s Soccer, 1989-92), Brian Merrill ’96 (Men’s Golf, 1992-96), Candace Perry Fairer (Women’s Track & Field, 2003-05), and Don Bisesi (Women’s Golf Head Coach, 2000-15).
“I continue to be amazed by the amount of outstanding student-athletes and coaches this University has had,” said USI Director of Athletics Jon Mark Hall. “The Class of 2016 truly represents our growing tradition here at USI. The six individuals that will be honored in February are truly worthy of this extraordinary honor. I know that the entire USI community is proud of this class and what it accomplished while at USI.”
Plans are underway for the induction ceremony on the evening of February 10. A listing of previous USI Athletic Hall of Fame inductees can be found on GoUSIEagles.com.
2016 USI ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CLASS
Ernie Brothers Men’s Basketball, 1973-76: Brothers was an outstanding played for ISUE, marking the first player to score 1,000 points. He held the career and season scoring average when he graduated in 1975.
Heather Cooksey Platt (Women’s Cross Country, Track & Field, 2002-06): Cooksey was USI’s first-ever female national champion, earning the title in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA II Outdoor Championships in 2004. One of the most decorated women’s student-athletes in school history, Cooksey earned a combined 11 All-America honors and 16 All-GLVC awards, in addition to winning two GLVC Cross Country championships as well as GLVC Runner of the Year awards. She was the Great Lakes Region Cross Country Runner of the Year in 2004 as well as the Great Lakes Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2004. The GLVC Freshman of the Year in cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field in 2002-03, she finished first in more than 40 races during her career at USI and completed her career ranked first all-time in 12 different events and currently holds nine school records.
Shane Gibson, Men’s Soccer 1989-91: Gibson was a member of the USI inaugural Division I team in 1992, He also was USI’s first men’s soccer GLVC Player of the Year in 1990, in addition to winning All-Region honors in 1990; All-State in 1991; and a two All-GLVC awards. Gibson was one of the team captains in 1990 and 1991 and a member of three GLVC championship team.
Brian Merrill, Men’s Golf 1992-96: Merrill is a four-time All-GLVC, a two-time All-District and a two-time Academic All-American. He has held the USI record season scoring average (75.2) since 1994, while his 76.1 career average ranks fourth all-time. Merrill had four rounds under 70, the only USI men’s golfer to accomplish that feat, and helped lead USI to its only NCAA II National Championship appearance in 1996.
Candace Perry Fairer, Women’s Track & Field 2003-05: Perry Fairer is the first women’s track & field student athlete to win a NCAA II Outdoor national championship in a field event, taking the long jump in 2004 and was a four-time All-American in the long jump (two indoor and two outdoor). She later transferred to Indiana University for her last two seasons to compete in the long jump.
Don Bisesi, Women’s Golf Head Coach 2000-2015: Bisesi led the USI women’s golf team to 10 NCAA Division II East Super Regional appearances between 2004 and 2015 before transitioning to honorary head coach in the fall of 2015 before passing away in December. Under Bisesi, the Eagles either qualified as a team or had an individual qualify for the NCAA post-season in 13-straight years. Bisesi, who died last week after a long battle with cancer, also was named Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year twice during his tenure.
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COA Affirms Attorney Owes Ex-Assistant Thousands In Unpaid Wages
COA Affirms Attorney Owes Ex-Assistant Thousands In Unpaid Wages
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An Elkhart solo practitioner must pay his former legal assistant more than $85,000 after she sued him to recover unpaid wages owed to her over the course of two years, the Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday.
Bonnie Egan worked as Eugene Topolski’s legal assistant from November 2005 until April 2012. She was paid a set amount of money on a weekly basis, regardless of the number of hours worked and could take vacation whenever she needed. This arrangement worked until the economic downturn hit. By January 2010, she expected to be paid $600 gross per week, but she was not paid every week from that point on. She stopped receiving paychecks from August 2011 until January 2012, when Topolski began paying her $600 gross per week again.
She asked to be let go so she could collect unemployment, but Topolski did not fire her. She instead took a job with another law firm in April 2012. In her resignation letter, she gave Topolski until June 1, 2012, to pay her the $24,000 she was owed in past-due salary from 2011 and 2012. Topolski never paid the amount, so she sued in Elkhart Superior Court. The trial court granted her $85,104.14, which included unpaid back pay, liquidated damages and attorney fees.
Topolski appealed in Eugene J. Topolski v. Bonnie Egan, 20A05-1502-CC-82, claiming the court erred in finding Egan was a salaried employee and incorrectly calculated the amount of unpaid wages due. He argued she was an hourly employee and was only owed $8,200. But he is essentially asking the appeals court to reweigh the evidence, which it will not do. The trial court listed numerous factors based on the evidence presented at trial of the two’s employment relationship to support its legal conclusion that Egan was a salaried employee, Judge Paul Mathias wrote.
The COA also found no error by the trial court in awarding liquidated damages and attorney fees under I.C. 22-2-5-2.