Rivermen Weekly 12.14.09
December 14, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL) - Peoria Rivermen News Release
WEEK 11 IN REVIEW (3-0-0-0)
DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT RIVERMEN GOALS RIVERMEN GOALIE (GA/SV)
Tue. 12/9 @ Texas 5-1 W Paddock, Talbot, Sonne, Tallackson, Cracknell Ben Bishop (1/18)
Fri. 12/11 @ Houston 2-1 W Tallackson, Strachan Ben Bishop (1/23)
Sat. 12/12 vs. San Antonio 3-1 W Tallackson, Sonne, Stastny Hannu Toivonen (1/34)
@ Texas (12/9): The Peoria Rivermen became the first team to score five goals against the Texas Stars in regulation as they cruised to a 5-1 win at the Cedar Park Center on Wednesday night. They are now 2-0-0 against the division leading Stars after beating Texas 5-4 in overtime on Nov. 11. READ MORE
@ Houston (12/11): Ben Bishop's goals-against average continued to drop as the Peoria Rivermen beat the Houston Aeros 2-1 on Friday night to complete their three-game road trip. The Rivermen netminder won his fifth consecutive start, dating back to a 1-0 loss suffered in Houston during the teams' first meeting. READ MORE
vs. San Antonio (12/12): The Peoria Rivermen completed their third consecutive win on Saturday night by beating the San Antonio Rampage 3-1. Hannu Toivonen made 34 saves, including some spectacular stops, to keep the Rampage off the board until the third period. READ MORE
TEAM LEADERS
THIS SEASON THIS WEEK
POINTS Jonas Junland - 22 Barry Tallackson - 4
GOALS Barry Tallackson - 9 Tallackson - 3
ASSISTS Junland/Eller - 16 3 Players - 2
POWER PLAY 26-for-132, 19.7% 2-for-14, 14.3%
PENALTY KILL 107-for-129, 82.9% 16-for-19, 84.2%
NEWS AND NOTES
The Rivermen went a perfect 3-0-0 this week after defeating all three Texas teams. They did not allow more than one goal in any of the three games and outscored the opposition 10-3. Peoria is now 9-2-0 when allowing two goals or less.
The Rivermen did not allow an even-strength goal this week. All three goals against them were scored on the power-play. They still killed off 84.2 percent of their penalties (16/19) over the three games.
After starting the season 1-3-0-2 on the road, the Rivermen have won three of their last four games away from home and are now 5-5-0-2 on the road.
27 of Peoria's 33 points have come at the expense of the West Division. They are 13-3-0-1 against the west and just 2-7-1-1 against the north.
All 11 of Peoria's regulation wins have had a different player score the game winning goal. Every player (excluding goalies) that has played for more than 10 games this season for the Rivermen has scored a goal.
Ben Bishop has won his last five starts, dating back to a 1-0 loss to Houston on Nov. 18. Over the course of this winning streak he has posted a goal-against average of 1.58 and a save-percentage of .939. Hannu Toivonen has kept up with Bishop. Despite a record of 2-2-0 since Nov. 25, his goals-against average is just 1.51 with a save percentage of .955 over his last four starts. Combined since Nov. 25, the Rivermen goaltenders are 6-2-0 with a 1.49 GAA and a .947 sv%.
Tyson Strachan scored his first goal of the season on Friday and picked up the game-winner. His only two goals last season were also game winners. He has only scored one goal in his AHL career that was not a game-winner (Apr. 11 @ SAN).
WEEK 12 PREVIEW
Grand Rapids Griffins
National Hockey League Parent Club Detroit Red Wings
Record 17-10-0-0
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 34 (n/a)
NORTH Division Standing 4th
Rivermen Record Against 0-3-0-0
Leading Scorer Patrick Rissmiller (6g, 14a, 20pts)
Starting Goaltender Daniel Larsson (10-5-0, 2.45 GAA, .920 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 4th - 20.0%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 24th - 80.3%
Abbotsford Heat
National Hockey League Parent Club Calgary Flames
Record 15-13-2-2
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 34 (n/s)
NORTH Division Standing 5th
Rivermen Record Against 0-2-0-0
Leading Scorer Jason Jaffray (10g, 15a, 25pts)
Starting Goaltender Leland Irving (10-10-1, 2.66 GAA, .911 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 21st - 13.8%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 20th - 81.4%
*All statistics as of 12/07/09
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
12/09/2009 Brock McBride (RW) ADD Traded from Syracuse (AHL)
12/08/2009 Brendan Bell (D) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)
12/08/2009 Pascal Pelletier (RW) ADD Loaned from St. Louis (NHL)
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