Jake Dowell scores, Skille/Carlson held off scoresheet

Jake Dowell scored a goal and an assist, had 2 SOG, and finished +2 in Rockford's 2-1 victory over the Rochester Americans tonight. Nice work, Jake! Dowell has had a bit of a rough season, I think, in that he's played fairly well and fairly consistently (based on Chris Block's assessments on TheThirdManIn) but he hasn't had much luck in finding the back of the net. But since 1/7/09 he's had 3 goals and 3 assists, and we hope to see his scoring luck continue to improve.

In his 2nd game back from injury, Jack Skille had 0 pts, 3 SOG, and finished -1. And in his 3rd game up with Rochester, Ross Carlson had 0 pts, 2 SOG, and finished -1.

Ross Carlson, Florida Everblades

(Left: Texas Wildcatters photo on the Everblades website, Right: Semifinal post-game presser at the 2006 FF, photo by Neil Ament.)

Ross Carlson has signed with the Florida Everblades, the ECHL affiliate of the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers of the NHL and the Albany River Rats and Rochester Americans of the AHL.

Carlson spend most of last season with the Texas Wildcatters of the ECHL. He also played some regular season and playoff games with the Houston Aeros (AHL), as well as 3 games with the Rockford Icehogs (AHL). (Did I know he played with the Icehogs? And forgot that I knew it? Because I can't imagine him playing for the Icehogs last season and me not knowing about it.)

Good luck, Ross!