CHL Mississippi RiverKings

RiverKings Weekly News and Notes

Published on January 24, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


The RiverKings, winners of 10 games in-a-row, have a home game sandwich this weekend with two road games surrounding a Saturday tilt with the Oklahoma Blazers at the DCC. Friday night, the RiverKings will visit the CenturyTel Center with a return engagement with the Mudbugs after they defeated Bossier-Shreveport 4-1 in Tuesday's Face-Off Field Trip. The team will trek back home following that game for their match-up with the Blazers and then get back on the bus for Wichita and a 5:05 game on Sunday. The RiverKings enter the weekend with a 12 point advantage over Bossier-Shreveport in the Northeast Division.

COMING UP

Friday, January 26

Memphis RiverKings (27-6-3, 57 pts, 1st NE Div) @ Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (20-11-5) 7:05

Radio: Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560)

Webcast: riverkings.com

TV: chltv.com

Saturday, January 27

Oklahoma City Blazers (18-11-4, 40 pts, 2nd NW Div) @ Memphis RiverKings (27-6-3, 57 pts, 1st NE Div) 7:05

Radio: Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560)

Webcast: riverkings.com

TV: chltv.com

Promotion: First 1,500 fans receive a RiverKings 15th Anniversary Puck sponsored by the Commercial Appeal

Featured Non Profit: United Cerebral Palsy

Sunday, January 28

Memphis RiverKings (27-6-3, 57 pts, 1st NE Div) @ Wichita Thunder (15-15-3, 33 pts, 3rd NE Div) 5:05

Radio: Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560)

Webcast: riverkings.com

WEEK IN REVIEW (3-0-0)

Friday, January 19

Memphis 5 Odessa 4 @ DCC

Phil Aucoin scored two goals and Travis Banga finished with a goal and two assists to lead the RiverKings' attack. Derek Landmesser also contributed a pair of assists as the RiverKings captured their 8th consecutive victory. After Odessa took a 2-1 lead into the second period, the RiverKings scored 3 unanswered to build a 4-2 lead early in the third. Phil Aucoin's second goal in the third at 14:40 was the game winner. Brad Wanchulak and Derek Campbell scored the other goals for the RiverKings. Nathan Ward, Andrew Davis, Alex Dunn and Brian Swiniarski put the puck in the net for the Jackalopes. The RiverKings played two men short with Jason Tessier (IR) and Darrell Stoddard (birth of son Caden) missing the game.

Saturday, January 20

Memphis 6 Odessa 0 @ DCC

Kevin Schieve recorded a shutout in his RiverKings debut as Ryan Held and Jason Sessa each scored two goals to complete a two game sweep of the Jackalopes. Schieve stopped all 16 shots he saw in recording his first pro shutout and the third this season for Memphis. Bobby Gates and Travis Banga scored the other RiverKings goals while Tyler McGregor and Brad Wanchulak each added 2 assists. The RiverKings had the shots advantage 36-16.

Tuesday, January 23

Memphis 4 Bossier-Shreveport 1 @ DCC

In front of the largest crowd to see a RiverKings game at the DCC, the RiverKings won their 10th straight game in the annual Face Off Field Trip. Over 7,700 mostly third through sixth graders were in attendance as the RiverKings outscored the Mudbugs 3-0 in the third period. Larry Sterling was outstanding in goal with a 38 save performance that included several acrobatic saves. Derek Campbell, Steve Makway, Phil Aucoin and Louis Dumont (ENG) scored for Memphis, with Makway's being the game winner.

Northeast Division Standings (Through 1/23/07) TEAM GP W L OTL PTS WPCT GF GA PIM HOME ROAD L-TEN STREAK Memphis 36 27 6 3 57 .792 142 106 909 17-3-3 10-3-0 10-0-0 10-0-0 Bossier-Shreveport 36 20 11 5 45 .625 97 86 1037 13-4-0 7-7-5 7-2-1 0-1-0 Youngstown 36 16 13 7 39 .542 124 119 901 7-5-3 9-8-4 2-6-2 0-2-0 Tulsa 34 13 16 5 31 .456 127 135 1073 4-7-3 9-9-2 2-7-1 0-2-0

NEW DCC ATTENDANCE MARK SET

The 7,702 attendance for Tuesday's game set the record for the largest crowd to see the RiverKings at the DCC. The previous high water mark was the 7,203 in attendance for the 2003-04 home opener versus the Fort Worth Brahmas. The franchise record for attendance is 9,643 on November 21, 1992 versus the Dallas Freeze at the Mid South Coliseum.

RIVERKINGS HOLD TIGHT TO SECOND IN COACHES POLL

The CHL released it's first Coaches Poll since January 4 and not much has changed. The top four teams all remained put with Colorado on top followed by the RiverKings, Laredo and Bossier-Shreveport. Corpus Christi has moved up from 7th to round out the top five. The full poll and accompanying release can be found at www.centralhockeyleague.com.

RIVERKINGS ACQUIRE DEFENSEMAN MacIVER, TESSIER TO BE MOVED TO 45 DAY IR

The RiverKings acquired defenseman Doug MacIver from the Austin Ice Bats on Monday. MacIver comes to the RiverKings as completion of an earlier trade for future considerations between the clubs. Head Coach Keving McClelland also announced that defenseman Jason Tessier will be moved from the 14-day to the 45-day IR, opening the roster spot for MacIver. Tessier suffered a groin injury versus Colorado on January 12. MacIver brings good size at 6-foot-5 and 223 pounds and is in his fifth season of professional hockey. He played six games with the Ice Bats after signing with the team in November, picking up an assist and 21 penalty minutes before going on the IR list. The King City, Ontario native has played mostly in the ECHL. He has played in 177 pro games, all but eight in the ECHL, and has scored 21 points (six goals, 15 assists) and accumulated 794 penalty minutes. He started this season in training camp with the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs before signing with the Ice Bats.

RIVERKINGS HERE AND THERE

The RiverKings' current 10 game winning streak is now the second longest in franchise history. The team has won nine in a row on two different occasions: once in the 2000-2001 season and once in the 2001-02 season. The 10 game streak is also the second longest this season in the CHL, behind Colorado's 15 gamer the RiverKings snapped on 1/12

The RiverKings penalty kill has now killed off 50 of the last 54 opponents' power plays. That computes to 93%.

Phil Aucoin's goal on Tuesday gives him a five game point streak. He has 3 goals and 3 assists in that time. In Saturday's game, he picked up career assist number 100.

Ryan Campbell had an 8 game point streak snapped on Tuesday. He had a team high 10 game streak earlier this season. In fact, Campbell has at least a point in 18 of his last 20 games.

Defenseman Bobby Gates is on a career high 4 game point streak (1-3-4),

The RiverKings record of 27-6-3 is the best the team has ever been through 36 games of a season. In the 2001-2002 season when the team finished 46-14-4, they were 27-7-2 at this point of the season.

Forward Derek Campbell has a goal in 5 of the last 8 games.

Defenseman Derek Landmesser had his team leading 10th multi-assist game with two in Tuesday's win.

Kevin Schieve's start between the pipes in Saturday's shutout win over Odessa broke a 28 game streak where Larry Sterling was the starting goaltender. The RiverKings went 22-5-1 during that span.

The RiverKings have played the most number of home games to date in the CHL with 23. The next closest is Laredo's 21. After this Saturday's game versus Oklahoma City, the RiverKings will have just 8 home games remaining in the regular season.

The RiverKings have led a game after one period of play a league high 18 times this season and second most 19 times after 3 periods in their 36 games.

RIVERKINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THIS WEEK

Tuesday, January 30---Newspaper in Education Appearance at De La Salle Elementary in Memphis-2pm

Wednesday, January 31---Newspaper in Education Appearance at Richland Elementary in Memphis--2pm

KWAC 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 ARE TRUE COLLECTORS ITEMS THIS SEASON

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

KEVIN McCLELLAND SHOW ON TUESDAY

The RiverKings radio show, the Kevin McClelland Show on Sports 56 WHBQ will be live at Beef O' Brady's this Tuesday (Jan. 30) from 6 to 7 pm. Also, 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.

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: 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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