Missed Chances Doom Knoxville in Loss to Peoria
January 31, 2025 - SPHL (SPHL)
Knoxville Ice Bears News Release
The Knoxville Ice Bears battled with the SPHL's top team, but the Peoria Rivermen used late goals in the second and third periods to pull away en route to a 5-1 win over Knoxville at the Civic Coliseum Friday night.
The Ice Bears have dropped four straight. The Rivermen have won four in a row.
Jake Vaughan scored off a rebound at 7:02 of the opening period for Peoria before Jordan Ernst converted a power play five minutes later to give the Rivermen an early 2-0 lead.
Jimmy Soper got Knoxville on the scoreboard late in the first with a shot from the high slot and bounced in off a Rivermen skater and into the net for his eighth of the season.
Knoxville nearly tied the game on multiple occasions in the middle frame, but a pair of backdoor feeds went wide of the net and a shot from the right circle was stopped by a sliding kick save by Jack Bostedt, who made 25 saves for the visitors.
JM Piotrowski scored off a net mouth scramble late in the second period to extend Peoria's lead. Garrett Devine scored off a Knoxville zone takeaway in the third and Alec Baer added an empty netter to cap off the scoring detail. Stephen Mundinger finished with 35 saves for Knoxville.
The two teams will face off again Saturday night at the Civic Coliseum.
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