Rivermen Beat FireAntz 3-2 Friday
January 8, 2016 - SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Fayetteville, NC - The Peoria Rivermen got a pair of powerplay goals and 23 stops from rookie netminder David Jacobson to pick up a 3-2 victory over the Fayetteville FireAntz Friday night. The win, Peoria's sixth in a row, improves the Rivermen to 16-5-2, good for first place in the SPHL at 34 points, with a rematch looming Saturday night against the FireAntz.
Fayetteville started the scoring at 5:27 of the first period when Joseph Manno wrapped around to the left corner and beat Peoria goaltender David Jacobson to make it 1-0. Peoria tied it up at 9:45 of the first when Steve Morra connected on a powerplay rush from the left circle for the 1-1 score.
The Rivermen took the lead for good early in the second period when Adam Stuart roasted a high slot feed past FireAntz goaltender Sean Bonar for the 2-1 lead at 2:46 of the second. The Rivermen extended their lead at 14:39 of the second when Walker Wintoneak cleaned up a rebound on the powerplay to make it 3-1. The FireAntz cut the lead to 3-2 at 16:40 of the second on a redirection by Kyle Gibbons of a powerplay drive from the high slot, but Peoria held Fayetteville off the board for the last 23:20 of regulation for a 3-2 final score.
Jacobson won his third straight game in net for the Rivermen by stopping 23 of 25 shots faced. The win improves Jacobson to 3-4-0 in his professional career after the rookie began the season 0-4-0 with Macon.
Notes: Brandon Greenside earned two assists to give him points in his last six games...Stuart notched a goal and an assist for his second straight multi-point game, he has five points in his last two contests...Peoria out-shot the FireAntz 21-16 for the first two periods before being out-shot 9-4 in the third...The Rivermen continue the road trip when they rematch Fayetteville Saturday night with a 6:05 CST puck drop...The broadcast can be heard starting with the pregame show at 5:45 Central Time at portal.stretchinternet.com/rivermen
Single-game and season tickets for Peoria's 34th season of professional hockey are on sale at the Toyota Box Office in the Peoria Civic Center, or by phone at the Rivermen office, located at 201 S.W. Jefferson Street, or over the phone at (309) 676-1040.Â
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