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Game Day - RiverKings Vs. IceMen

February 15, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


SOUTHAVEN, MS --- The Mississippi RiverKings and Evansville IceMen meet for the final time in the regular season tonight at Southaven's DeSoto Civic Center. Game time for this evening's Central Hockey League battle is at 7:05 PM. Tickets are available through the DCC box office and Ticketmaster.

Mississippi broke a four-game winless streak (0-2-2) in a 4-1 victory over the Wichita Thunder Sunday afternoon, February 13th, at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven. Derek Landmesser ‚¬â„¢s power play goal at 5:27 of the second period opened the scoring. Wichita tied the game in the third period on a power play goal from Daniel Tetrault, but the RiverKings scored twice in a ten-second span of the final frame to salt the game away. R.G Flath scored the eventual game-winner less than a minute after the Tetrault goal at 9:08, followed at 9:18 by Brennan Sarazin lighting the lamp for his seventh of the season. Flath netted his 13th goal of the season with his play in the final period. Jeff Christian completed the scoring with an empty-net, shorthanded goal at 18:53 for the final result. Goaltender Larry Sterling (11-9-3) stopped 33 of 34 Wichita shots on net in the victory.

MASTERS ADDED TO RIVERKINGS ROSTER: The RiverKings Sunday added forward Rusty Masters to the roster prior to their game with the Thunder. A native of Grafton, Ontario, Rusty came to the RiverKings from the Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL), where he was the team ‚¬â„¢s leading point producer and ranked ninth in the SPHL for points with 45. The total included 19 goals and 26 assists. Masters assisted on a goal in his first game for the RiverKings Sunday afternoon against Wichita.

PLAYER NOTES:

Chris Auger is in a tie for third in plus-minus for rookies in the CHL at +9. Jeff Christian scored the final goal in Sunday ‚¬â„¢s victory over Wichita and has two goals and three points in his last three appearances. Christian has 499 career CHL points entering this week ‚¬â„¢s play. Louis Dumont is tied for second in the CHL in shootout goals scored with three. Dumont assisted on the RiverKings ‚¬â„¢ first goal Sunday afternoon and now has three points in his last two games (1 goal, 2 assists). The assist Sunday was also Dumont ‚¬â„¢s 1300th career professional point. R.G. Flath scored a goal and added an assist Sunday against Wichita and has two goals and four points in his last five games. Derek Landmesser ranks tenth in the CHL for points by a defenseman with 30. Landmesser opened the scoring in Sunday ‚¬â„¢s win against Wichita has two goals and four points in his last five games. Landmesser is within two of 100 career RiverKings goals scored. Nathan Lutz continues to lead all CHL defensemen in points with 42, adding an assist to the total in Sunday ‚¬â„¢s victory. Lutz now has ten goals and 32 assists for the season. The 32 assists leads all D-men in the league. Lutz assisted on a goal Sunday against the Wichita Thunder and has two assists in his last five appearances. Alexander Pechurskiy ranks tenth in the CHL for goals-against-average at 2.72. Chris Richards assisted on the RiverKings ‚¬â„¢ final goal in Sunday ‚¬â„¢s win against Wichita and has three assists in his last three games. Brennan Sarazin ranks fifth in the CHL for shooting percentage with his seven goals coming on 31 shots for a .226 shooting percentage. Sarazin scored a goal and added an assist Sunday against Wichita, giving him three goals and five points in the last five games. Russell Smith is tied for fourth in the CHL overall and also among league defensemen for minor penalties taken with 40. Smith is third in the league for penalty minutes by a defenseman with 135. Smith has taken 24 penalty minutes in his last six games, a streak dating back to February 4th and a streak that is now the longest of its type in the CHL. Matt Summers assisted on the RiverKings first goal Sunday afternoon against Wichita and has two assists in his last two games.

TEAM NOTES: The RiverKings are now 9-0-0 when ahead after two periods in home games this season, but are 0-10-0 on the road when trailing after forty minutes. Mississippi has not won on the road in its last three appearances away from the DCC, a run that dates back to January 13th, but has not lost in its last three overall outings going back to February 11th.

MISSISSIPPI VS. EVANSVILLE: The RiverKings have a 5-2-0 record against the first-year IceMen heading into tonight ‚¬â„¢s game, a record that includes five straight victories. The last came on January 15th in Indiana, a 5-3 decision for the RiverKings. Jeff Christian and Nathan Lutz leads Mississippi is scoring against Evansville with 11 points each and Alexander Pechurskiy is 4-0-0 between the pipes against the IceMen.

RIVERKINGS STATISTICAL LEADERS:

GOALS: Matt Summers (17)

ASSISTS: Nathan Lutz (32)

POINTS: Chris Richards (44)

PLUS-MINUS: Derek Landmesser (+12)

PENALTY MINUTES: Russell Smith (135)

POWER PLAY GOALS: Summers (11)

SHORTHANDED GOALS: Louis Dumont (4)

GAME-WINNING GOALS: R.G. Flath (4)

RIVERKINGS GOALTENDING LEADERS:

GAMES PLAYED: Larry Sterling (25)

MINUTES PLAYED: Sterling (1394)

WINS: Alexander Pechurskiy, Sterling (11)

SHUTOUTS: Sterling (2)

GOALS-AGAINST-AVERAGE: Pechurskiy (2.72)

SAVE PERCENTAGE: Pechurskiy (.898)

OFFICIALLY SPEAKING: Tonight's referee is Geoff Miller, with linesmen Cory Piche and Jason Schultz.

BROADCASTS: This evening's game is available on Sports 56, WHBQ-AM (560), the official flagship station for RiverKings hockey. An audio stream of tonight's game is available at www.sports56whbq.com. Fans may also watch the game through the CHL-TV webcasting service found through the "Watch Live" link on the team's official web site, www.riverkings.com. Broadcast coverage of tonight's game with veteran broadcaster and team media coordinator Bob Bakken is at 6:50 PM.

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



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