AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Come Up Short in Chicago 4-3

Published on March 14, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


Chicago (March 14, 2007) - Peoria Rivermen goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu stood on his head time and again for the second straight game against Chicago Wolves, but his and his team's fate was decided on an unfortunate bounce with less than a minute remaining in a 4-3 loss before a crowd of 3,918 on Wednesday night at Allstate Arena.

The goal came as part of a third-period, 20-shot barrage from the Wolves, who had 38 for the game. Defenseman Brian Fahey's shot from the top of the left face-off circle was fanned by center Jason Krog on a tip-in attempt, but the errant shot caromed off the end boards and came out to the right of the goal past a diving Rivermen defenseman Tomas Mojzis and Beckford-Tseu, allowing rookie left wing Brett Sterling to lift his team-and American Hockey League-leading 49th tally of the season into the open net. The goal secured a Sterling hat trick, giving him three thus far in his first professional season.

Peoria (31-24-2-5, 69 pts), who is winless in a season-worst, five-games (0-4-0-1), jumped out to a 1-0 lead at 7:29 of the opening period. Left wing Charles Linglet took a pass at the left face-off dot from right wing Mike Glumac and maneuvered to the left hash marks, where Linglet shoveled a backhand inside the right post on a shot Chicago netminder Fred Brathwaite should have had. It was Linglet's team-leading 29th tally of the season.

Chicago (39-21-2-5, 85 pts) tied it 1-1 on a 5-on-3 power play just over a period later, as rookie left wing Brett Sterling potted his team-and league-leading 47th tally of the season; it was his first of two markers in the session. Right wing Darren Haydar found a streaking Sterling at the bottom of the right face-off circle for an easy one-time finish at 7:48.

The Rivermen, who are 1-6-0-1 against the Wolves this season, took their second lead of the night with a little more than nine minutes left in the second on Glumac's 24th tally of the year. On a delayed penalty call, center Yan Stastny was deep in the left-wing corner and snapped a pass across the low slot for Glumac, who redirected the puck past Brathwaite at 10:53.

Chicago tied it up with just 56 seconds remaining in the middle stanza on Sterling's second tally of the period and 48th of the season. Center Jason Krog broke in down the right-wing boards in the Peoria zone and skipped a cross-ice feed to Haydar at the left face-off dot. Haydar quickly found Sterling streaking toward the goal down the left side of the right face-off circle for a crushing one-time blast into the upper right corner.

Early in the third period, the Wolves struck on the power play again at 2:50. Defenseman Andy Delmore found the net for the 16th time this season, converting on a Niko Dimitrakos rebound from the left side of the low slot.

The Rivermen tied the game on Stastny's ninth of the season at 6:33 of the third. Mojzis pushed the puck into the Chicago zone and when he got to the left face-off circle, sent a pass to the right doorstep for Linglet. The pass, though, never made it to Linglet, as Stastny, who was skating down the slot, stabbed the puck past a Chicago defender and into the net.

The Rivermen, who dropped to 12-13-1-3 on the road, continue their season-long, seven-game road swing on Friday, March 16 against the Milwaukee Admirals at 7:30 p.m. at Allstate Arena.

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