CHL Mississippi RiverKings

RiverKings @ Wichita Preview

Published on January 28, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


Sunday, January 28

Memphis RiverKings (28-7-3, 59 pts, 1st NE Div) @ Wichita Thunder (16-16-3, 35 pts, 3rd NE Div) 5:05

Radio: Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560)

Webcast: riverkings.com

RECENT SCORES

Tuesday, 1/23 RiverKings 4 Bossier Shreveport 1

Friday, 1/26 Bossier-Shreveport 4 RiverKings 1

Oklahoma City 4 Wichita 2

Saturday, 1/27 RiverKings 4 Oklahoma City 3 SO

Wichita 4 Colorado 2

THE MATCH UP

The RiverKings and Thunder are each coming off home wins last night. The RiverKings rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the second period to defeat the Oklahoma City Blazers 4-3 in a shootout at the DCC while the Thunder picked up a 4-2 win over the Colorado Eagles. Last night's win before a DCC record crowd of 8,312, was the RiverKings 10th straight at home and kept them 10 points up on Bossier-Shreveport in the NE Division. After slipping to 4 games below .500 on December 29, the Thunder have gone 6-2-1 to get back to .500 at 16-16-3. The RiverKings are 3-2-0 in the 7 game season series so far and 1-1-0 at the Kansas Coliseum, including a 4-2 win on 12/23. After tonight, the teams will close out the season series Thursday night at the DCC at 7:05.

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A RiverKings game is even more fun when you come as a group. Groups of 15 or more save up to 30% on the box office rate, plus every person in the group receives a player mini bobblehead. Call 662-342-1755 for more information.

RiverKings Single-Game Tickets for all 2006-2007 home games are on sale now at the DeSoto Civic Center box office and at all TicketMaster locations and at ticketmaster.com.

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS: Saturday, January 27 - RiverKings 15th Anniversary Puck sponsored by the Commercial Appeal to first 1500 fans; Thursday, February 1 - WMC TV Channel 5 CheerStix to first 1500 fans

After every RiverKings home game, the party heads to the new Buffalo Wild Wings on Airways in Southaven, the official Post Game Hang-Out of the RiverKings.

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