Sports stats



CHL Mississippi RiverKings

Bloomington Rallies for Daytime Win in Mississippi

January 25, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


SOUTHAVEN, MS --- The Bloomington PrairieThunder rallied from a 3-1 first period deficit and defeated the Mississippi RiverKings 5-4 in Central Hockey League action Tuesday morning, January 25th at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven. The game was played before a full house of youngsters on the RiverKings' eighth annual Face Off Field Trip in the 8,400 seat arena.

Mississippi took a 3-1 lead in the first period on a pair of goals from Chris Auger and a goal from Chris Richards. Auger scored the first one shorthanded at 3:00 of the period, but Bloomington answered with a goal from Alan Mazur at 3:28 to tie the contest at 1-1.

The RiverKings scored the next two goals in the first period, with Richards giving Mississippi a 2-1 lead at 10:34 and Auger scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 17:09 for the first intermission lead.

However, Bloomington took control of the game early in the second period, scoring three unanswered goal to claim a 4-3 lead going into the final period and defend a 12-0-0 mark in games when they lead after forty minutes. The PrairieThunder opened the second period scoring with a goal from Chris Cloud at 39 seconds, followed by a marker from Brodie Sheahan at 11:00 to tie the game at 3-3. Bloomington took a 4-3 into the second intermission locker room on a red-lighter from John Snowden at 13:02.

Mississippi fought back in the third period and finally produced a tying goal from Richards at 6:14, his second of the game and 13th of the season.

However, the game-winner came from Ryan McLeod, who unassisted effort at 9:25 provided the difference in the contest.

Bloomington outshot the RiverKings 31-23 for the contest. Marco Emond (18-9-10 was the winning goaltender for Bloomington, stopping 19 of 23 shots on goal. Larry Sterling (9-8-1) suffered the loss in the crease for the RiverKings despite a 26-save performance.

Mississippi scored once on the power play in five chances, while the PrairieThunder were 0-for-4 on the power play.

With the loss, the RiverKings dropped to 20-20-1 for the season and are 14-10-0 against the Turner Conference. Bloomington improved their first place standing in the Turner Conference to 23-13-2 and have now won three in a row.

Next action for the RiverKings is Friday night when they host Bloomington in the second game of the three-game week-long series. Game time at the DeSoto Civic Center is 7:05 PM. Southern College of Optometry Lions Club is the featured non-profit MVP for the night.

For RiverKings ticket information, call 662-342-1755 or go online to www.riverkings.com today!



Central Hockey League Stories from January 25, 2011


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.

Other Recent Mississippi RiverKings Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central