Rivermen Edge Omaha 2-1 at Home
November 24, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Peoria, IL (November 24, 2006) - Goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu stopped 29 of 30 shots, including several at point-blank range, as the Peoria Rivermen edged the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights 2-1 in front of 3,939 on Friday night at Carver Arena in the front end of a home-and-home set between the clubs.
Beckford-Tseu, who backstopped the Rivermen to a 3-2 shootout loss to the Chicago Wolves last Sunday, turned away all 11 shots he faced in the first period, including seven - three of them at point-blank range - on a full five-minute Omaha power play after Ryan Ramsay went off for high sticking. Beckford-Tseu stopped 10 of 11 shots in the second and all eight in the final period for the victory, his second (2-0-1) with this season.
The Rivermen (9-6-1-2, 21 pts) are in the midst of a five-game points streak with eight points out of a possible 10. They improved to 6-3-0-0 at Carver Arena this season and have now won nine in a row against the Ak-Sar-Ben Knights.
Peoria cinched the victory on the power play with less than 7:30 remaining in regulation. Center Trent Whitfield hammered home a rebound on the right doorstep after an initial shot from left wing Jon DiSalvatore. It was Whitfield's ninth marker of the season.
After a scoreless first period, the Rivermen opened the scoring at 8:14 of the middle stanza on left wing D.J. King's second tally of the year and in as many games. Veteran right wing Rocky Thompson fought the puck free along the end boards in the Omaha zone and kicked to left wing D.J. King, who gathered the puck and wasted little time converting a wrap-around chance from off the right post. King notched his first goal of the season in the team's 3-2 shootout loss in Chicago last Sunday.
Omaha (12-6-1-0, 25 pts) tied the game 1-1 with just 2:12 left in the second on their third power-play chance of the period. Defenseman Adam Pardy took a pass at the top of the right face-off circle from center Andrei Taratukhin and one-timed the puck inside the right post past a screened Beckford-Tseu. It was Pardy's first goal of the season.
The Rivermen complete the home-and-home set with the Ak-Sar-Ben Knight tomorrow night - Saturday, November 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
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