AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Blanked 1-0 in San Antonio

Published on April 1, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


San Antonio . (April 1, 2007) - The Peoria Rivermen were defeated for the fifth straight time, matching their longest losing streak of the season, falling to the San Antonio Rampage 1-0 in front of 3,411 at the AT&T Center.

Every tilt in each of the five-game losing streaks has been on the road; the previous streak occurred less than a month ago from March 6 at Grand Rapids to March 14 at Chicago. The Rivermen (34-31-2-6, 76 pts) are now 3-11-0-2 in their last 16 games.

The best opportunity Peoria had came in the first period when left wing Charles Linglet rushed down the left-wing boards, firing a shot from the left face-off circle that slipped past Rampage netminder Josh Tordjman, but the puck clanked off of the right post.

Tonight's game marked the fifth time that the Rivermen were shutout this year, despite outshooting the Rampage 30-5 in the final two periods.

Tordjman stopped all 36 shots that he faced tonight and was also the winning goalie in last night's contest, swatting away 31 of the 34 Rivermen shots. Versus Peoria this year, Tordjman is now 3-1-0-0 with a 2.32 goals against average and a 0.934 save-percentage.

San Antonio (30-38-2-4, 66 pts) notched the only goal of the contest just after Rivermen defenseman Tomas Mojzis' penalty had expired, 50 seconds into the second session. Defenseman Keith Yandle blasted a shot from the right point that was redirected in the slot by center Chris Ferraro. The puck squirted between the legs of Peoria goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu for Ferraro's 10th marker of the year.

The Rivermen, who fell to 14-18-1-4 on the road and dropped six points behind the Iowa Stars for the fourth and final playoff spot in the West Division, finish their six-game road trip with their final regular season contest in the Toyota Center at 7:00 p.m. against the Houston Aeros on Tuesday, April 3.

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