Rivermen Game Notes October 29 at Macon
Published on October 29, 2016 under SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME
Peoria picked up a 4-3 win last night thanks to a pair of goals by rookie center Nick D'Avolio in his professional debut. D'Avolio was in training camp with Macon before he was released after concluding a four-year collegiate career at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he tallied 23 goals and 17 assists over 87 career games.
A GOAL S-GOR-ING EFFORT
Peoria's third goal last night was scored by rookie winger Connor Gorman, who gathered his own rebound and fired off-balance past Garrett Bartus to tie the game at three midway through the second period. The goal, Gorman's first as a pro, comes in his second career game after he notched 34 goals and 34 assists over a 104-game, 4-year college career at SUNY-Plattsburgh, where he was a teammate of former Rivermen and Mayhem center Connor Toomey.
BIG GOAL FROM BIG D
Last night's game-winning goal for the Rivermen game from veteran winger Cody Dion with less than 3 minutes remaining in the final period of regulation. The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder took a rebound off the back boards and put it over Bartus' left pad to put Peoria ahead for good in the game. In his SPHL career, the 26-year-old has scored 26 goals and assisted on 18 others over 75 career games, including 8 goals and five assists over 19 games with Peoria.
STABILITY BETWEEN THE PIPES
Last night's 4-3 Rivermen victory saw Peoria change goaltenders early in the second period for the third consecutive game. After starter Matt Grogan allowed three goals on 11 shots, Peoria lifted him in favor of rookie Tyler Green, who stopped all 20 shots he faced to earn the win in relief. The 6-foot-3 Wisconsin-Eau Claire product earned the victory in a game that was also his professional debut.
WHAT'S AHEAD
After tonight's game the Rivermen will play a 9:30 AM game Wednesday in Evansville against the expansion Thunderbolts. Following that Peoria will play a pair of games at Carver Arena next Friday and Saturday against the Pensacola Ice Flyers, who swept Peoria in the President's Cup Finals this past May.
00JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME
Peoria picked up a 4-3 win last night thanks to a pair of goals by rookie center Nick D'Avolio in his professional debut. D'Avolio was in training camp with Macon before he was released after concluding a four-year collegiate career at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he tallied 23 goals and 17 assists over 87 career games.
A GOAL S-GOR-ING EFFORT
Peoria's third goal last night was scored by rookie winger Connor Gorman, who gathered his own rebound and fired off-balance past Garrett Bartus to tie the game at three midway through the second period. The goal, Gorman's first as a pro, comes in his second career game after he notched 34 goals and 34 assists over a 104-game, 4-year college career at SUNY-Plattsburgh, where he was a teammate of former Rivermen and Mayhem center Connor Toomey.
BIG GOAL FROM BIG D
Last night's game-winning goal for the Rivermen game from veteran winger Cody Dion with less than 3 minutes remaining in the final period of regulation. The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder took a rebound off the back boards and put it over Bartus' left pad to put Peoria ahead for good in the game. In his SPHL career, the 26-year-old has scored 26 goals and assisted on 18 others over 75 career games, including 8 goals and five assists over 19 games with Peoria.
STABILITY BETWEEN THE PIPES
Last night's 4-3 Rivermen victory saw Peoria change goaltenders early in the second period for the third consecutive game. After starter Matt Grogan allowed three goals on 11 shots, Peoria lifted him in favor of rookie Tyler Green, who stopped all 20 shots he faced to earn the win in relief. The 6-foot-3 Wisconsin-Eau Claire product earned the victory in a game that was also his professional debut.
WHAT'S AHEAD
After tonight's game the Rivermen will play a 9:30 AM game Wednesday in Evansville against the expansion Thunderbolts. Following that Peoria will play a pair of games at Carver Arena next Friday and Saturday against the Pensacola Ice Flyers, who swept Peoria in the President's Cup Finals this past May.
COMING BACK STRONG
The Rivermen enter tonight's rematch in Macon after a 4-3 regulation victory over the Mayhem last night. The win, Peoria's first of the season, improves the Rivermen to 6-0-0 all-time against the Mayhem in regular-season play.
THE SERIES
Tonight marks the second of four regular season meetings this year between the Rivermen and Mayhem, with Peoria taking last night's game 4-3 in Macon. After tonight, the teams will next meet January 13 & 14 in Peoria. Last season, the Rivermen swept the regular season series with the Mayhem, taking a pair of games November 27 & 28 in Peoria before winning a trio of single games in Macon in January and early February. In the first round of the 2015 President's Cup Playoffs, as the Mayhem took Game 1 in Macon before Peoria won Games 2 & 3 to advance to the semi-finals.
SCOUTING THE MAYHEM
The Macon Mayhem enter tonight's game paced in goal-scoring by former Rivermen winger Jake Trask, who was traded to the Mayhem last season along with defenseman Nick Grasso in exchange for rookie center Connor Toomey. Trask has a pair of goals for the Mayhem in three games, and added an assist last night. Macon's assist and point leader is rookie center John Siemer, who had a goal and an assist last night to double his season point total. In net, the Mayhem return 2015-16 SPHL MVP and Goaltender of the Year Garrett Bartus, who is 1-1-1 with a 2.67 GAA and a .918 save percentage through the first three games of this season after he went 22-18-5 with three shutouts, a 2.39 GAA and a .929 saves rate last year.
A FAMILIAR FOE
Macon's current roster includes a host of former Rivermen, including forwards Dennis Sicard and Jake Trask, along with defenseman Nick Grasso. Sicard played for the Rivermen for most of the 2014-15 season before Peoria traded him to Knoxville in exchange for defenseman Christian Weidauer. Trask spent all of 2014-15 with Peoria before he and Grasso came to Macon in a trade last December that sent rookie center Connor Toomey to the Rivermen.
00COMING BACK STRONG
The Rivermen enter tonight's rematch in Macon after a 4-3 regulation victory over the Mayhem last night. The win, Peoria's first of the season, improves the Rivermen to 6-0-0 all-time against the Mayhem in regular-season play.
THE SERIES
Tonight marks the second of four regular season meetings this year between the Rivermen and Mayhem, with Peoria taking last night's game 4-3 in Macon. After tonight, the teams will next meet January 13 & 14 in Peoria. Last season, the Rivermen swept the regular season series with the Mayhem, taking a pair of games November 27 & 28 in Peoria before winning a trio of single games in Macon in January and early February. In the first round of the 2015 President's Cup Playoffs, as the Mayhem took Game 1 in Macon before Peoria won Games 2 & 3 to advance to the semi-finals.
SCOUTING THE MAYHEM
The Macon Mayhem enter tonight's game paced in goal-scoring by former Rivermen winger Jake Trask, who was traded to the Mayhem last season along with defenseman Nick Grasso in exchange for rookie center Connor Toomey. Trask has a pair of goals for the Mayhem in three games, and added an assist last night. Macon's assist and point leader is rookie center John Siemer, who had a goal and an assist last night to double his season point total. In net, the Mayhem return 2015-16 SPHL MVP and Goaltender of the Year Garrett Bartus, who is 1-1-1 with a 2.67 GAA and a .918 save percentage through the first three games of this season after he went 22-18-5 with three shutouts, a 2.39 GAA and a .929 saves rate last year.
A FAMILIAR FOE
Macon's current roster includes a host of former Rivermen, including forwards Dennis Sicard and Jake Trask, along with defenseman Nick Grasso. Sicard played for the Rivermen for most of the 2014-15 season before Peoria traded him to Knoxville in exchange for defenseman Christian Weidauer. Trask spent all of 2014-15 with Peoria before he and Grasso came to Macon in a trade last December that sent rookie center Connor Toomey to the Rivermen.
MACON
1-2-0
Record
1-1-1
0-2-0
Home
0-1-1
1-0-0
Road
1-0-0
21.4% (5th)
PP
22.2% (T-3rd)
76.5% (8th)
PK
90.0% (T-1st)
1-0-0
Streak
0-1-0
15.67 (4th)
PIM (Avg)
14.67 (6th)
2.00 (T-8th)/
4.67 (10th)
Goals For /Against
2.33 (T-5th)/
2.67 (T-3rd)
26.33 (9th)/
27.67 (3rd)
Shots For
/Against
30.67 (5th)/
32.33 (7th)
PEORIA
LEADERS
MACON
Klecha (3)
Points
Siemer (4)
2 Tied (2)
Goals
Trask (2)
Bremner (2)
Assists
Siemer (3)
Green (1)
Wins
Bartus (1)
00PEORIA
MACON
1-2-0
Record
1-1-1
0-2-0
Home
0-1-1
1-0-0
Road
1-0-0
21.4% (5th)
PP
22.2% (T-3rd)
76.5% (8th)
PK
90.0% (T-1st)
1-0-0
Streak
0-1-0
15.67 (4th)
PIM (Avg)
14.67 (6th)
2.00 (T-8th)/
4.67 (10th)
Goals For /Against
2.33 (T-5th)/
2.67 (T-3rd)
26.33 (9th)/
27.67 (3rd)
Shots For
/Against
30.67 (5th)/
32.33 (7th)
PEORIA
LEADERS
MACON
Klecha (3)
Points
Siemer (4)
2 Tied (2)
Goals
Trask (2)
Bremner (2)
Assists
Siemer (3)
Green (1)
Wins
Bartus (1)
Season Series vs Macon (1-0-0)
Date
Result
Venue
10/28
W (4-3)
Macon
10/29
Macon
1/13
Peoria
1/14
Peoria
Rivermen vs. Macon 2016-17
Scoring Leaders
GP
G
A
Pts
Nick D'Avolio
1
2
0
2
Connor Gorman
1
1
1
2
Cody Dion
1
1
0
1
Geordie Wudrick
1
0
1
1
Mitchell Mueller
1
0
1
1
Dan Bremner
1
0
1
1
Dakota Klecha
1
0
1
1
Goalie Leaders
GP
Avg
Sv%
Rec
Tyler Green
1
0.00
1.000
1-0-0
Matt Grogan
1
8.44
.727
0-0-0
00Season Series vs Macon (1-0-0)
Date
Result
Venue
10/28
W (4-3)
Macon
10/29
Macon
1/13
Peoria
1/14
Peoria
Rivermen vs. Macon 2016-17
Scoring Leaders
GP
G
A
Pts
Nick D'Avolio
1
2
0
2
Connor Gorman
1
1
1
2
Cody Dion
1
1
0
1
Geordie Wudrick
1
0
1
1
Mitchell Mueller
1
0
1
1
Dan Bremner
1
0
1
1
Dakota Klecha
1
0
1
1
Goalie Leaders
GP
Avg
Sv%
Rec
Tyler Green
1
0.00
1.000
1-0-0
Matt Grogan
1
8.44
.727
0-0-0
34385256349365Last 5 Rivermen Games
(1-2-0)
Upcoming Rivermen Games
10/28
at Macon
W (4-3)
11/2
at Evansville
9:30 AM
10/22
vs. Huntsville
L (5-1)
11/4
vs. Pensacola
7:05 PM
10/21
vs. Huntsville
L (6-1)
11/5
vs. Pensacola
7:05 PM
11/12
vs. Huntsville
7:05 PM
11/18
at Knoxville
6:30 PM
00Last 5 Rivermen Games
(1-2-0)
Upcoming Rivermen Games
10/28
at Macon
W (4-3)
11/2
at Evansville
9:30 AM
10/22
vs. Huntsville
L (5-1)
11/4
vs. Pensacola
7:05 PM
10/21
vs. Huntsville
L (6-1)
11/5
vs. Pensacola
7:05 PM
11/12
vs. Huntsville
7:05 PM
11/18
at Knoxville
6:30 PM
-2476506349365Recent Transactions
Peoria
Macon
10/26
Signed D Ben Kramer to contract
10/26
Signed D Chris Joseph to contract
10/25
Signed C Nick D'Avolio to contract
10/26
Placed RW Matt Johnson on 21-Day Injured Reserve
10/25
Signed G Matt Grogan to contract
00Recent Transactions
Peoria
Macon
10/26
Signed D Ben Kramer to contract
10/26
Signed D Chris Joseph to contract
10/25
Signed C Nick D'Avolio to contract
10/26
Placed RW Matt Johnson on 21-Day Injured Reserve
10/25
Signed G Matt Grogan to contract
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