PrairieThunder This Week
January 26, 2010 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Bloomington PrairieThunder has the opportunity to secure its hold on fourth-place in the International Hockey League standings in its next two games against the Dayton Gems, beginning Wednesday with a 7:05 p.m. contest at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.
Bloomington, which plays at Dayton in a 6:45 p.m. game Friday, leads the Gems by two points in the standings at the halfway point in its season. The PrairieThunder has a 17-15-2-4 record (40 points), while Dayton is 17-19-3-1 (38 points).
Following the Friday game at Dayton, the PrairieThunder returns home for a 7:05 p.m. tilt with league-leading Muskegon on Saturday and Quad City at 4:05 p.m. Sunday.
Wednesday's game marks the seventh meeting between Dayton and the PrairieThunder, which leads the season series, 4-1-0-1. Bloomington is 2-1 against the Gems at home. The PrairieThunder won the first four games against the Gems before dropping the last two, including an 8-7 setback two weeks ago.
The PrairieThunder, which has won three of its last four games, has a 13-6-2-0 record at home this season and a 58-64-8-5 all-time mark at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. Dayton is 8-10-2-0 on the road. Bloomington is 4-9-0-4 on the road, while the Gems are 9-9-1-1 at home.
Bloomington is winless in five games against Muskegon, but owns a 6-3-0-1 record when playing Quad City.
Wednesday is "Tropical Thunder Night" with special tropical drink specials and folks wearing tropical attire receiving a voucher for a ticket to a future game. There are also special $2 prices on draught beer, hot dogs, soda and popcorn.
*Radio: * All road games can be heard on WTRX (93.7 FM) and home games can be heard on wjbc.com. Greg Halbleib has the call.
*B2 network: *All road games can be seen live on the b2 network at Six Strings Entertainment Center, 512 N. Main Street, Bloomington. Doors open two hours prior to broadcast. Children are welcome when accompanied by an adult.
*Tickets: *Tickets for all PrairieThunder games are available at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum box office, calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000 or 309-585-0507, ext. 304.
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