NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CFL stats



Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

January 8, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS

Tuesday, January 22 vs. San Antonio Rampage - 7 pm

It's 2-for-Tuesday sponsored by Nesquik! Bring any Nesquik UPC to the PCC Box Office to receive buy-one, get-one free on upper bowl tickets to the game every Tuesday night.

Friday, January 26 vs. Milwaukee Admirals - 7 pm

HANNAH MONTANA'S JACKSON! - Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips presents Hannah Montana's Jackson! Jason Earles (Jackson) will appear and sign autographs at the game on Friday night for fans, with full-color glossy photos available for $5 each. Jackson also appears courtesy of Comcast Cable, 97.3 RiverCountry, and Journal Star E-Z Pay program.

CATERPILLAR NIGHT - The Rivermen will be giving away 5,000 glossy Collector's Commemorative team photos courtesy of CATERPILLAR to fans coming to the game.

MELISS' BEAUTY SOURCE HAIRCUTS FOR CHARITY will be taking place at the game to benefit Childrens Hospital of Illinois - look great and help out a wonderful cause!

4-H NIGHT - All 4-H members attending the game on Friday night will take part in an exclusive Hockey 101 session with former Rivermen great Tyler Rennette prior to the contest! Contact your 4-H representative for more information.

Radio: All 80 games, home and away, are broadcast live on your NEW Home for Rivermen Hockey, 96.5 ESPN RADIO. All broadcasts begin one half-hour before game time with the Voice of the Rivermen, Tom Callahan.

Internet Audio: LIVE streaming audio of all Rivermen games is available for no charge at www.rivermen.net.

Internet Video: LIVE streaming video with the accompanying audio feed is available at www.rivermen.net through the facilities of the b2 networks. The video Web cast of each game is available for a pay-per-view fee of $6.

WEEK 14 - RIVERMEN ACTION (1-2-1-0)

Tuesday, January 1 - RIVERMEN 2 vs. Houston 3

Houston jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 3:37 into the first period on goals from Adrian Foster and Serge Payer, but the Rivermen clawed back into the game thanks to a pair of goals from Julian Talbot in the third period. With the game in overtime and Houston on a power play, Jonathan Awe found the net through a screen at 2:17 for the game winner.

Friday, January 4 - RIVERMEN 3 vs. Milwaukee 2

Charles Linglet's two goals and an assist paced the Peoria offense in a 3-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals on Friday night at Carver Arena. Linglet scored twice then helped set up Julian Talbot's third period game winner as the Rivermen downed the Admirals for the second time this season. Chris Beckford-Tseu made 22 saves for the win.

Saturday, January 5 - RIVERMEN 2 @ Quad City 1 (SO)

Krys Kolanos opened the scoring midway through the second period of a physical game that featured four fights and plenty of hard hits. Trent Whitfield's rebound marker at 6:19 of the third sent the game to a shootout, where the Rivermen scored three times for the win while Marek Schwarz (31 saves) stopped 3-of-5 shooters to give the Rivermen the victory.

Sunday, January 6 - RIVERMEN 4 vs. Quad City 3

The two teams again engaged in a physical battle back in Peoria the following day, with Quad City grabbing a 2-0 lead early in the second period. Peoria returned fire with a pair of Jean-Guy Trudel goals and a literal last-second tally by Steve Wagner with just 1.4 ticks remaining to make it 3-2 at intermission. Grant Stevenson's second of the game evened the score at 5:51 of the third period, but Jeff Woywitka would notch the game winner at 11:58 as Peoria held on for the victory to move to 5-1-1 against the Flames this year.

SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Detroit Red Wings

Record Entering This Week: 15-18-2-3

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 35 (-8)

North Division Standing: 4th

Western Conference Standing: 12th

Rivermen Record Against: 1-1-0-0 (6-6-1-1 All Time)

Leading Scorer: Carl Corazzini (11-15-26)

Starting Goaltender: Jimmy Howard (13-14-2, 2.50 GAA, .915 sv. %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 28th - 12.8% (28-219)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 11th - 84.3% (182-216)

SCOUTING THE AMERICANS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Buffalo Sabres/Florida Panthers

Record Entering This Week: 11-25-1-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 25 (18)

North Division Standing: 7th

Western Conference Standing: 15th

Rivermen Record Against: 1-0-0-0 (3-2-0-0)

Leading Scorer: Clarke MacArthur (11-19-30)

Starting Goaltender: Adam Dennis (9-10-1, 3.36 GAA, .893 sv %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 18th - 15.3% (42-for-275)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 4th - 86.3% (183-212)

RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES

Peoria has matched its longest winning streak of the year with three straight victories, set back from Dec. 11-14

Rivermen captain Aaron MacKenzie reached the 50 point plateau for his AHL and pro career with a pair of assists on 1-4-08 against Milwaukee, a 3-2 Rivermen victory.

Micki DuPont is sitting on 199 pro assists for his career

Trent Whitfield recorded his 250th AHL assist on 1-4 against Milwaukee

Peoria's current 4-0 road win streak is its longest of the season

RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS

01/08/2008 Josh Soares (RW) Peoria DEL Returned on loan to Alaska (ECHL)

01/07/2008 Cam Keith (LW) Peoria ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)

01/05/2008 Steve Wagner (D) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/03/2008 Tyson Strachan (D) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO

12/27/2007 Steve Wagner (D) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

Check out the Peoria Rivermen Statistics

• Discuss this story on the American Hockey League message board...

American Hockey League Stories from January 8, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central