CHL Mississippi RiverKings

RiverKings news and notes

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


The RiverKings open the final month of the regular season with three games this weekend in Youngstown with the Steelhounds. The Steelhounds came away with a 5-4 overtime win in the teams' most recent meeting at the DCC last Friday. The RiverKings enter the weekend in a first place tie with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs and have gone 4-1-2 in the season series with Youngstown. All three games his weekend with the Steelhounds will start at 6:05 CST.

COMING UP

Thursday, March 1

Friday, March 2

Saturday, March 3

Memphis RiverKings (34-13-4, 72 pts, 1st NE Div) @ Youngstown Steelhounds (26-16-9, 61pts, 3rd NE Div) 6:05 CST

Radio: Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560)

Webcast: riverkings.com

TV: chltv.com

WEEK IN REVIEW (0-1-1)

Friday, February 23

Youngstown 5 Memphis 4 OT @ DCC

The Steelhounds scored 4 power play goals as they snapped the RiverKings' 11 game home winning streak. Youngstown used a power play goal in the third period to tie the game and a power play goal in overtime to win it. Ryan Held broke a 3-3 tie early in the third, only to have Jeff Christian tie the game 10 minutes later. Chris Richards tipped in a Matt Hanson shot 1:05 into the OT for the winner. Phil Aucoin, Ryan Campbell and Tyler McGregor also scored for the RiverKings. Held added 2 assists to go with his goal.

Saturday, February 24

Rocky Mountain 6 Memphis 1 @ DCC

The Rage broke a 1-1 tie with just six seconds left in the second period and then followed that with four third period goals. Derek Landmesser scored the only RiverKings goal to make it a 1-0 game. John Dipace scored twice for the Rage as they defeated the RiverKings for the first time in what was the third and final meeting between the clubs this season.

Northeast Division Standings (Through 2/28/07) TEAM GP W L OTL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Memphis 51 34 13 4 72 .706 189 159 1362 19-4-4 15-9-0 5-4-1 0-1-1 Bossier-Shreveport 52 33 13 6 72 .692 164 135 1584 19-4-1 14-9-5 7-2-1 0-1-1 Youngstown 51 26 16 9 61 .598 186 161 1396 12-7-5 14-9-4 7-2-1 3-0-0 Tulsa 51 21 23 7 49 .480 183 199 1595 10-12-4 11-11-3 3-5-2 1-0-0

RIVERKINGS HERE AND THERE

After collecting an assist on Saturday night, Winger Jason Sessa is on a 7-game point streak. The team's leading goal scorer has 5 goals and 4 assists during the streak. His career high point streak is 12 games and took place in the 2000-01 season when he played with the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.

The current first place tie that the RiverKings are a part of in the Northeast Division marks the first time since 11/27 that the team did not have sole possession of first place. The RiverKings have either been tied for or in sole possession of first place for all but 16 days this season.

The RiverKings' magic number to clinch a Northern Conference playoff spot is 3 points. Any accumulation of points by the RiverKings through a wins or overtime loss and a loss of possible points by Tulsa via a loss or overtime loss that equals 3 points will put the RiverKings in the playoffs for the first time since the 2002-2003 season.

Ryan Held had a 4 game goal scoring streak snapped in Saturday night's loss to Rocky Mountain. Held has 5 goals in the last 5 games.

The RiverKings have scored the first goal in 5 straight games. They are 3-1-1 in those games. Overall, the RiverKings have gotten on the board first in 31 of their 51 games and are 24-5-2 in those games.

The loss to the Rage on Saturday was the RiverKings' first regulation loss at home since a 3-1 loss to Wichita at the DCC on 11/24. In that span, the club was 14-0-2 on home ice and are 19-4-4. The RiverKings' 4 losses at home are tied with Colorado and Bossier-Shreveport for the fewest in the CHL.

The RiverKings are 5-0-0 in the 5 games that they have played at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown.

RIVERKINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK

Thursday, Mar 1...Appearance at Quitman County Elementary School in Lambert, MS

Saturday, Mar 3...Garbage Clean-Up on Hwy 51-see below

Saturday, Mar 3... Listening Party for all fans at Buffalo Wild Wings, Olive Branch 5:45

Monday, Mar 5... Newspaper in Education Appearance at St George's in Germantown 1:45

Tuesday, Mar 6... Fazoli's Kids Night at Fazoli's on Goodman Rd in Southaven 5-7

Tuesday, Mar 6... Kevin McClelland Show at Beef O' Brady's 6-7

Wednesday, Mar 7... Horn Lake Library Appearance at Starbucks in Southaven 1-2

Thursday, Mar 8... Newspaper in Education Appearance at Morris Wilson Campus School in Memphis 1pm

KEVIN McCLELLAND SHOW BACK ON TUESDAY NIGHT

The RiverKings radio show, the Kevin McClelland Show on Sports 56 WHBQ, returns to the air on Tuesday, March 6. As usual the show will originate live at Beef O' Brady's from 6 to 7 pm. Remember to e-mail your questions to jim@riverkings.com by 4pm on the day of the show and you could win a $10 Beef O' Brady's gift certificate if your question is selected as the Email Question of the Week. Stop by Beef O' Brady's for a great meal and listen to the show. Host Jim Erickson will talk with the coach and RiverKings player guests. Beef O'Brady's is located at the corner of Goodman and Malone in the Shops of Southaven in Southaven.

HELP RIVERKINGS KEEP HWY 51 CLEAN THIS SATURDAY

The RiverKings are proud to maintain a roughly 2-mile stretch of Highway 51 from Church Road to Star Landing Road, as part of the Adopt-a-Highway America program. This Saturday (March 3), RiverKings staff, fans, and friends will be out helping to clear this area of trash. The RiverKings invite you to join in and help make our community cleaner while spending some time with your fellow RiverKings fans. Following the clean up, the RiverKings will host a cook out for fans who volunteered their time and efforts. Please contact Vicki at 662-342-1755 or vicki@riverkings.com to RSVP for the clean up activities so that food can be prepared for everyone who attends.

ALL FANS INVITED TO LISTENING PARTY THIS SATURDAY

All RiverKings fans are invited to head to Buffalo Wild Wings in Olive Branch this Saturday, March 3 for a road game listening party. That night, the RiverKings will be in Youngstown facing the Steelhounds. The broadcast starts at 5:45. Stop by, have some great food and cheer your RiverKings on to victory.

RKWAC SELLING CD-ROM HOCKEY MANAGER GAME WITH CHL TEAMS

Experience what it would be like to be the general manager of a team in the CHL with Sega's NHL Eastside Hockey Manager 2007. You can also be general manager of teams in the NHL, AHL, European leagues...in total, over 20 leagues and over 45,000 players and staff are at your disposal. The game is a CD-ROM that you can use on your desktop or laptop PC. The sale of the games will serve as a fundraiser for RiverKings With A Cause and can be purchased for $25 dollars at the KWAC table behind section 118 during games.

RIVERKINGS PROGRAMS COLLECTORS ITEMS THIS SEASON

Don't forget to pick up your RiverKings Game Program at every game for $2. Throughout the season, programs will feature different covers, updated player roster photos, team history features and more. Each program will also include a game day insert with game notes and player stats.

HEAD TO BUFFALO WILD WINGS AFTER EVERY HOME GAME

The new Buffalo Wild Wings on Airways Blvd. in Southaven is the "Official Post-Game Hangout of the RiverKings." Fans are invited to the post game party after every RiverKings home game. Grab some great wings, a post game beverage and talk with the players.

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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: Friday, March 9-First 1500 fans 21 and older receive a Miller Lite Flashing Lite Necklace. Post Game Skate; Saturday, March 10-First 1500 fans get a Hockey Mr. Potato Head sponsored by CW-30.

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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