Ice Bears Overcome Rivermen in 3-1 Road Win
Published on December 12, 2025 under SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release
Stephen Mundinger made 33 saves in Friday's win. PHOTO: Courtney Ronk. Stephen Mundinger made 33 saves and the Knoxville Ice Bears opened up the weekend with a 3-1 road win against the Peoria Rivermen at the Peoria Civic Center Friday night.
The Ice Bears have won five of their last six. Peoria has dropped three of four.
Ryan Orgel scored the only goal of the first period when he fired a puck through traffic from the blie line with 31 seconds remaining. Kyle Soper fed the puck back to Brayden Stannard at the point. Stannard centered the puck to Jarret Kup, who rotated with Orgel atop the left circle. Orgel skated to center blue and zipped a wrist shot past the blocker side of Jack Bostedt.
Billy Roche gave Knoxville a 2-0 lead when he pinpointed a wrist shot short side from the right point at 2:47 of the second. Jared Westcott dug the puck out of the corner to Roche on the perimeter and Roche threw the puck through a sweeping Tyler Williams screen and past Bostedt for his second of the season.
Westcott finished off a breakaway during a 4-on-4 sequence to give Knoxville a 3-0 lead at the second intermission. Davide Gaeta stole the puck in the Knoxville zone and slipped it up to center ice for Carson Vance, who made a quick touch pass up the right wing to Westcott. Westcott skated all alone through the right circle and his shot bounced off Bostedt's glove and into the net at 10:20.
Mundinger corralled Peoria's attack through the first two periods, stopping multiple perimeter shots through heavy screens, including one late in the second period with Brayden Barker draped over him in the crease. Mundinger gloved a wrist shot from Terry Ryder in the slot and turned aside a point blank look from Peoria's power play with the pad.
Garrett Devine scored for Peoria with 1:03 left for the only scoring detail in the third period.
The two teams face off again at the Peoria Civic Center Saturday night in Illinois.
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