PrairieThunder this Week
November 23, 2010 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Bloomington PrairieThunder News Release
Happy Thanksgiving Week from the PrairieThunder
Thanksgiving Day will be sandwiched around road games on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday as the Bloomington PrairieThunder head on the road starting on Wednesday night for games in Independence, Missouri; Moline, Illinois; and Dayton, Ohio. And the week wraps up with a Sunday afternoon home game (November 28th) at U.S. Cellular Coliseum as the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees make their lone regular season visit to Bloomington.
The PrairieThunder begin the holiday week with a record of 6-4-1 following a rough week at home where the team only earned one point in the standings. The PThunder lost in overtime last Wednesday to Arizona and then dropped games on Saturday and Sunday to Quad City and Arizona. In the three games at U.S. Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington managed to score only five goals. After the team's fast 4-0 start to the season, the PrairieThunder is 1-3-1 in their last five games. So Jason Christie's squad will be looking to turn things around on the road starting on Wednesday.
This Week's Schedule
Tuesday (11/23): 10-12 noon: Practice @ U.S. Cellular Coliseum
Wednesday (11/24): Team departs for Missouri / Game @ Missouri (7:05pm)
Thursday (11/25): Happy Thanksgiving
Friday (11/26): Team departs for Quad City / Game @ Quad City (7:05pm)
Saturday (11/27): Game @ Dayton Gems (6:30pm Central)
Sunday (11/28): 3:05pm Home Game vs. Rio Grande Valley
This Week's Games
Wednesday, November 24th: 7:05pm AT Missouri Mavericks
Radio: WJBC-FM (93.7) & WJBC.com & CHL-TV
Watch the game at BlueLine Nightclub, 602 N. Main Street
It's the second meeting of the year. The PrairieThunder defeated the Mavericks 2-1 in a shootout back on October 16th. Missouri starts the week with a record of 7-4-2 and Toby LaFrance leads the team in scoring with 12 points (5 goals & 7 assists). Former PrairieThunder defenseman Cole Ruwe is a +3 in 12 games.
Friday, November 26th: 7:05pm AT Quad City Mallards
Radio: WEZC-FM (95.9) & WJBC.com & CHL-TV
Watch the game at BlueLine Nightclub, 602 N. Main Street
The third meeting of the season. The Mallards have won the first two, including a 3-1 victory in Moline on November 6th. The Mallards have catapulted into fourth place in the CHL's Turner (Northern) Conference with a record of 8-5-0. Former PThunder Zac Pearson leads the team in goals with eight. Mallards goaltender Adam Russo is 4-0-1 on the year with an outstanding goals against average of 1.49 and a save percentage of 95.6%.
Saturday, November 27th: 6:30pm (central) AT Dayton Gems
Radio: WEZC-FM (95.9) & WJBC.com & CHL-TV
Watch the game at BlueLine Nightclub, 602 N. Main Street
The second meeting of the year with Dayton. The Gems won the first game in Bloomington on October 30th by a 4-2 margin. The Gems continue to be one of the surprise teams in the CHL as first year coach Brian Gratz has them in third place in the Turner Conference with a record of 8-4-1, good for 17 points and just two points behind first place Colorado. Erik Boisvert and veteran
Chris Lipsett each has 12 points to lead the Gems in scoring.
Sunday, November 28th: 3:05pm vs. Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (Home Game)
Promotion: "The More You Weigh, the Less You Pay" (in honor of Thanksgiving
Day): Show your driver's license at the Coliseum Box Office and if
you weigh more than 175 pounds adult general tickets are only $10!
(Otherwise: adult tickets are just $12!)
Also: Chip the Mascot's Birthday (featuring area mascots)
And: Pheasant Lanes Post Game Skate with the players
It's the only meeting of the year, home or away, against the Hidalgo, Texas Killer Bees. Rio Grande begins the week in third place in the Berry (Southern) Conference with a record of 7-6-2. The Killer Bees are 4-1-1 at home but only 3-5-1 on the road. Tomas Klempa leads the Bees in scoring with 8 goals & 7 assists for 15 points in 14 games. Last season, the native of Prestany, Slovakia saw action in all three "AA" leagues with Wichita (CHL), Johnstown (ECHL), and Fort Wayne (IHL).
PrairieThunder Notes
Because of Thanksgiving, the PrairieThunder offices will close at 2pm on Wednesday (11/24) and re-open with regular business hours on Friday (11/26) from 9am-5pm.....The U.S. Cellular Coliseum Box Office will be open with special Saturday hours this Saturday (11/27) from 10am to 2pm to facilitate ticket buyers for Sunday afternoon's game against Rio Grande Valley.....
Jason Dale still leads the team in scoring with 11 points (5 goals & 6 assists). Dale also leads in the assists category with his six while veteran John Snowden and Dale lead the team in goals scored with five each.....Snowden has three game winning goals.....Goaltender Marco Emond remains among the top goaltenders in the Central Hockey League with his 2.10 goals against average and 92.9% save percentage.....Rookie goaltender Brad Phillips has posted a 2.29 goals against and a 91.9% save percentage.....Captain Jason Deleurme is second in scoring with nine points (4 goals & 5 assists).
PrairieThunder Tickets
Bloomington PrairieThunder single game tickets are on sale at the U.S. Cellular Coliseum Box Office. Tickets are on sale at the Coliseum Box Office Monday through Friday from 11am to 5:30pm and on weekends when there are events in the Coliseum. PrairieThunder single game tickets are also available by going to the U.S. Cellular Coliseum website: http://www.uscellularcoliseum.com/events/all/ and click on Tickets & Seating. And for Prairie Thunder season tickets and group sales information, please call the PrairieThunder at 309-585-0507 or go to our website: www.prairiethunderhockey.com.
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