Goaltender Valley Returns from Hartford
April 3, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Peoria, Ill. (April 3, 2004) â Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations Jason Christie of the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL announced Friday that sixth-year goaltender Mike Valley has returned from call-up to the Hartford Wolf Pack â the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the NHL's New York Rangers. Christie also announced that rookie left wing Bobby Haglund has been waived.
Valley â a 6-foot-1, 185-pound native of Richmond, British Columbia â served as back-up goaltender for the Wolf Pack in two games before his return to the Rivermen on Friday, April 2. He also served as a back-up in two games two weeks ago for the Manitoba Moose â the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. It was his fourth call-up to the AHL this year.
With Peoria's AHL affiliate â the Worcester IceCats, Valley registered a victory in each of his two one-game call-ups, posting a 1.95 goals against average (GAA) and a .913 save percentage. The 27-year-old posted a 20-8-7 record in 37 games for the Rivermen this season with a 2.28 GAA and a .915 save percentage. He notched the first 20-win season of his career and had three shutouts with Peoria this year, giving him 10 during the regular season on North American soil.
Valley left the University of Wisconsin after his sophomore season (1997-1998) to sign with the Canucks, spending parts of his first two seasons with their former AHL affiliate â the Syracuse Crunch.
Haglund registered two points (1g, 1a) and 20 penalty minutes in 13 games for the Rivermen.
The Rivermen will take on the defending Kelly Cup Champion Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies in the first round of the 2004 Kelly Cup Playoffs, which will start next week. If Atlantic City loses at home tonight to the first place Wheeling Nailers, Peoria will clinch second place in the Northern Division and host Games One (Tuesday, April 6 â 7:05 p.m. CT) and Two (Wednesday, April 7 â 7:05 p.m. CT) at Carver Arena. Games Three (Friday, April 9 â 6:05 p.m. CT) and Four (Sunday, April 11 â 1:05 p.m. CT) would be held in Atlantic City at Boardwalk Hall. Game Five (Wednesday, April 14 â 7:05 p.m. CT) would return the series to Carver Arena. If Atlantic City wins tonight, the Rivermen would play Games One (Wednesday, April 7 â 6:05 p.m. CT) and Two (Friday, April 9 â 6:05 p.m. CT) in Atlantic City. Games Three (Monday, April 12 â 7:05 p.m. CT) and Four (Tuesday, April 13 â 7:05 p.m. CT) would be at Carver Arena. Game Five (Thursday, April 15 â 6:05 p.m. CT) would return the series to Atlantic City.
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