AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Doubled Up by Chicago 4-2 on the Road

Published on March 11, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


Chicago . (March 11, 2007) - The Peoria Rivermen continued to struggle during their season-long seven-game road trip as they lost for a season-high fourth straight time on the road, this time at the hands of the Chicago Wolves 4-2 in front of 10,121 at the Allstate Arena.

The Rivermen (31-23-2-5, 69 pts) have also had a very tough time against the West Division leading Chicago Wolves (38-21-2-5, 83 pts) this season, notching only one victory in the first seven meetings between the clubs (1-5-0-1). In those seven contests, Peoria has been outscored 35-15.

Despite giving up 18 shots in the first frame, which ties a season-high, Rivermen netminder Chris Beckford-Tseu kept Chicago off the board with several fantastic saves. There was, however, one disputed call late in the beginning session, in which the Wolves believed they had scored the opening tally, but the referee ruled that the puck did not fully cross the goal line.

The second stanza was a different story as the Wolves notched the first of three unanswered goals at the nine minute mark. Right wing Guillaume Desbiens fed the puck to right wing Joey Crabb and while racing through the slot made a beautiful toe-drag move and powered a shot past Beckford-Tseu, who was slightly late in moving to his right to try and make the save. It was the seventh marker of the season for Crabb.

Just 1:05 later, Chicago registered its second goal of the game on left wing Brett Sterling's AHL-leading 46 th tally. Right wing Darren Haydar led the Wolves on a 3-on-1 into the Rivermen zone and then dumped the puck to center Jason Krog, who quickly tapped it to Sterling in the right circle, where he fired a shot on net that was stopped by Beckford-Tseu. The puck popped into the air and Sterling was able to stay with it and swat it into the net.

The Wolves made the game 3-0 at 14:17 of the middle period on recently acquired right wing Niko Dimitrakos's third goal in three games with Chicago and 18th overall. Dimitrakos received a centering pass from left wing Jordan LaVallee and rocketed a one-timer over the glove of Beckford-Tseu.

Peoria was able to record its first marker of the contest at 15:45 of the second session. The puck somehow escaped from the stick of Wolves center Cory Larose in his own zone. Left wing Charles Linglet tipped the puck toward the net, which began a goalmouth scramble and right wing Mike Glumac was able poke it past Chicago goalie Fred Brathwaite.

The Rivermen cut their deficit to 3-2 at 4:06 of the final period on center Yan Stastny's eighth marker of the season. Glumac dished the puck to Stastny, who had drifted below the Wolves defense and sent a laser that slipped in the net just below the crossbar.

With a goal and assist in today's game, Glumac continued on his torrid scoring pace of 17 points (11g, 6a) in his last 13 contests.

Chicago left wing Colin Stuart added his 15 th goal of the 2006-07 campaign at 8:21 of the third frame after taking advantage of a Rivermen defenseman losing their stick. Stuart burst into the Peoria zone and whipped a shot over the shoulder of Beckford-Tseu.

The Rivermen, who fell to 12-12-1-3 on the road this season, try to register their first victory during the current season-long seven-game road trip with another contest in Chicago on Wednesday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m.

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