AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Fall to Milwaukee 3-2 at Home

Published on January 13, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


Peoria, IL - Despite winning the shot battle 28-10 over the final two periods, the Peoria Rivermen could not tally the equalizer and found themselves on the short end of a back-and-forth game against the Milwaukee Admirals, losing 3-2 on Saturday night in front of 5,520 at Carver Arena.

The game was delayed for about an hour due to travel problems for Milwaukee, who were trying to get out of San Antonio early in the morning and were held back due to ice. The travel issues seemed to be the only thing that slowed the Admirals down as they came out firing with 18 shots in the first period compared to Peoria's eight.

The Rivermen (22-15-1-2, 47 pts) got on the board first at 14:56 of the opening session on left wing Charles Linglet's team-leading 21st goal of the season. Milwaukee goaltender Karl Goehring played the puck behind the net and tried to fling it around the left-wing boards, but center Ryan Ramsay was there to stop it. Ramsay quickly fed Linglet in the slot, where he was able to fire a one-timer into the net before Goehring was able to retreat to his position.

Linglet is averaging a point per game over his last 10 contests.

Milwaukee (19-14-3-4, 45 pts) answered shortly after that at 17:33 of the first frame. Left wing Arpad Mihaly got the puck at the high slot from right wing Rich Peverley and skated to his left while being chased by a Rivermen defender. Just before Mihaly was checked to the ice in the left face-off circle, he snapped a shot between the left post and right arm of Rivermen netminder Chris Beckford-Tseu, whose season-best, four-game winning streak was snapped, for his second tally of the year.

Just 38 seconds later, right wing Bracken Kearns of the Admirals made the game 2-1 on his fifth goal of the season. From the right face-off circle, center Nicolas Corbeil dished the puck just to the left of the goal for Kearns, who banked it in off the left post.

Peoria tied the game on its third shorthanded marker of the 2006-07 campaign at 9:41 of the middle period. Center Trent Whitfield stole the puck from an Admiral defenseman in his own zone and sprinted down the ice, one-on-one with Goehring. Once Whitfield reached the slot, he shook a Milwaukee defender; faked a backhand shot, making Goehring commit; and then slid the puck underneath the goalie's left pad for his 18th goal of the year.

The Admirals regained the lead at 15:13 of the second stanza on center Jason Guerriero's 10th goal of the year. From the left face-off circle, Peverley found Guerriero, who was in the slot battling for position and somehow managed to get off a shot as he was being knocked to the ground that slipped between the legs of Beckford-Tseu; it turned out to be the game-winner.

The Rivermen continue their four-game home stretch when they battle the Rochester Americans, who are currently leading the North Division, Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m.

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