AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Get Past San Antonio 3-1 on the Road

Published on October 26, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


San Antonio, TX (October 26, 2006) - The Peoria Rivermen Texas-two-stepped their way to a third straight win of the season over the San Antonio Rampage and their sixth in a row at the AT&T Center, dating back to last season, in a 3-1 road victory before 3,497 on Thursday night.

Peoria (5-3-0-1, 11 pts) sealed the win at 10:32 of the third period. Defenseman Aaron MacKenzie took a pass from Magnus Kahnberg in the high slot and fired a low shot down the slot that left wing Charles Linglet, skating by the top of the crease, deflected up inside the right post past San Antonio goaltender Phil Sauve. It was Linglet's fourth goal of the year and third in the last two games.

The Rampage (2-8-0-0) opened the scoring at 12:55 of the opening period. Right wing Rocky Thompson's cross-ice clearing attempt from the boards was picked off by left wing Tyson Nash, who broke down the right side of the Peoria zone and found Bill Thomas barreling down the slot. Thomas took the puck from his backhand to his forehand and lifted his second marker of the year inside the right post for a 1-0 lead.

It was Rivermen goaltender Marek Schwarz's only blemish, as he stopped 31 of 32 San Antonio chances for his fourth win of the year. Schwarz is a scintillating 4-1-0 this season with a 2.20 goals against average and a .920 save percentage.

Peoria answered back 2:31 later, as Mike Glumac took a pass from left wing Jon DiSalvatore between the hash marks, pushed toward the net and launched his third of the year into the upper right corner.

Then with five seconds remaining in the period, DiSalvatore sprinted down the right side of the San Antonio zone, just beating a Rampage defender to the puck at the end red line. DiSalvatore, with his back to the goal, then spun and flung a low backhand shot on net that deflected in off the inside of Sauve's right skate.

The Rivermen complete their season-long, six-game road trip by taking on the Houston Aeros at the Toyota Center on Saturday, October 28 at 7:35 p.m. CDT.

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