Chops Stop Peoria and Skid on Friday, 2-1
December 19, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
Thanks to 23 saves from JP Levasseur and goals from Josh Green and Francis Wathier, the Chops broke out of their three-game skid with a 2-1 win in Peoria on Friday night. The 1st period was scoreless thanks in large part to save big saves from Chops goaltender JP Levasseur and some good penalty killing from Iowa, who outshot the Rivermen 10-8 in the scoreless 1st period. The 2nd period began with more back and forth action and some more saves from Levasseur and Rivermen goaltender Chris Holt, who denied both Josh Green and Drew Miller on seperate breakaways. However, Miller and Green would have their revenge as the Chops scored their first goal of the night late in the period. Andrew Thomas fed Drew Miller, who skated the puck around the back of the net, into the high slot and wristed a shot in on Holt. Holt made the original save, but the rebound went right to Green in the slot who potted one over the shoulder of Holt for a 1-0 Chops lead. The 3rd period period was the most exciting of the game, as the Iowa Chops went up 2-0 thanks to a nice individual effort from Ryan Dingle who was stopped by Holt from a shot from the side, but Holt's rebound sat in front of him and a diving Dingle chipped the puck out in the high slot for a streaking Francis Wathier, who touched home a shot past Holt for a 2-1 lead. Peoria would finally answer after a couple more brilliant saves from Levasseur Steve Wagner found a rebound in the high slot and fired home the first Rivermen goal of the game. The rest of the way out was more defensive brilliance from the Chops, who had to spend the last minute with an extra Peoria attacker on the ice. The Chops now return home to the Wells Fargo Arena for the tail-end of the home and home series against the Rivermen. Face-off time Saturday is 7:05pm.
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