AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Beaten in San Antonio 6-3

Published on March 31, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


San Antonio - For the second night in a row, the Peoria Rivermen lost 6-3, this time at the hands of the San Antonio Rampage in front of 7,426 at the AT&T Center. It was the 12th time Peoria has lost in its last 15 games (3-10-0-2).

The Rivermen (34-30-2-6, 76 pts) wasted little time to register the first goal of the game, as they scored at 1:46 of the opening period. Center Ryan Ramsay walked into the Rampage zone and snapped a shot from the high slot that was initially saved by San Antonio netminder Josh Tordjman. The rebound found left wing Charles Linglet's stick in the slot, where he tipped the puck to the right post for Ramsay, who deposited his 13th marker of the year and first goal after returning from injury.

Prior to tonight's game, Peoria had a record of 17-3-1-0 when leading after the first period.

Just 27 seconds into the second session, San Antonio (30-38-2-4, 66 pts) tied the contest on right wing Randall Gelech's 17 th goal of the season. From the top of the right face-off circle, center Jakub Koreis found Gelech, who was all alone in the left circle, where he wristed a shot over the left shoulder of Peoria goaltender Marek Schwarz.

Peoria regained the lead with a power play tally at 8:29 of the middle frame. Center Yan Stastny skated into the zone and then dumped the puck back to fellow center Trent Whitfield at center point. Whitfield glided into the high slot, where he wound-up and launched a rocket between the legs of Tordjman for his team-leading 30 th goal of the 2006-07 campaign.

The Rampage evened the tilt 2-2 at 11:32 of the second stanza while both teams had four skaters aside. Center Pascal Rheaume controlled the puck and waited for the play to develop while in the right-wing corner. Rheaume fired a pass at the doorstep for center Yanick Lehoux, who was streaking through the slot, tipping the puck into the net for his 29 th goal of the year.

San Antonio grabbed its first lead of the night with a 4-on-3 tally at 2:06 of the last frame. Defenseman Bryan Helmer slid a pass from center point to the left face-off circle for Lehoux, who snapped a shot that beat Schwarz glove side for his second goal of the contest and 30 th overall.

The Rivermen thought they had tied the game 1:42 later as Ramsay knocked in a rebound along the right post, but the goal was waved off as Ramsay was called for slashing before he had scored.

Although the Rampage did not capitalize on the ensuing man advantage, they did make the game 4-2 at 6:20 of the third session. Defenseman Logan Stephenson began the play at the left point and slid the puck cross-ice to the right point for Helmer, who blasted a one-timer that was stopped by Schwarz. The rebound fell in the slot, where Schwarz tried to poke it away with his stick, but the puck slid right to center Joel Perrault, who chipped it over the left shoulder of the goalie.

San Antonio increased its lead to 5-2 while on the power play for its third unanswered marker of the final frame at 7:45. Center Chris Ferraro whipped a shot from center point that was kicked aside by Schwarz with his right pad. Unfortunately, the puck bounced right to center Alex Leavitt along the left post, where he easily slid the puck across the goal line before Schwarz could dive in front.

Peoria cut the deficit to 5-3 at 10:14 of the third stanza on Whitfield's second goal of the game and 31 st overall. Left wing Jon DiSalvatore fed Whitfield in the left face-off circle, where he sent a bullet that slipped between the right post and left arm of Tordjman. It was the fourth multi-goal game of the season for Whitfield.

The Rampage capped off the scoring as Leavitt threw the puck from his own blue line into the empty net for his second of the contest at 19:08 of the final period.

The Rivermen, who fell to 14-17-1-4 on the road, will stay in San Antonio on Sunday, April 1, which is the final regular season contest against the Rampage. Game time is 5:00 p.m.

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