Rivermen grab 1-0 shootout win in Milwaukee
March 16, 2007 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Milwaukee, WI. (March 16, 2007) - Despite playing without four of their five regular defensemen, which included veteran Jamie Rivers as a late scratch prior to the game, the Peoria Rivermen outshot and outlasted the Milwaukee Admirals with a 1-0 sudden-death shootout win on Friday in front of 6,711 at the Bradley Center.
The victory was just Peoria's second in seven shootout opportunities this season and it snapped a season-worst, five-game winless skid (0-4-0-1).
Rivermen right wing Mike Glumac, who's been on an offensive tear of late with 19 points (12g, 7a) in his last 14 contests coming into the affair, netted the shootout winner in the first sudden-death round and sixth overall with his patented, pull-up hesitation snap shot into the upper right corner. Rookie left wing Michal Birner scored for Peoria in the second round, and Milwaukee center Chris Durno, who had a hat trick and an assist against the Rivermen in 4-3 win in Milwaukee on February 16, potted a shootout marker in the fifth round to send it to sudden death.
The middle stanza was scoreless just as the first period was, but the Rivermen (32-24-2-5, 71 pts) had to endure a five-major penalty for high sticking to left wing Cam Keith with eight minutes left in the period. Peoria goaltender Marek Schwarz, who stopped all 21 shots he faced in regulation and overtime, turned aside all four shots he faced during the Milwaukee man advantage. Schwarz recorded just the second shutout by a Rivermen netminder this season.
Early in the third period, the Rivermen got a five-minute, uninterrupted power play themselves, when Kelsey Wilson was called for a high-sticking major as well, but Peoria was unable to score either. The Rivermen outshot Milwaukee (32-22-4-8, 76 pts) 12-6 in the third and 28-18 for regulation. Admirals netminder Pekka Rinne turned away all 33 shots he faced in regulation and overtime.
The Rivermen, who improved to 13-13-1-3 on the road this season, play their last game during the season-long seven-game road trip when they travel to Omaha on Saturday, March 17. Game time is 7:35 p.m.
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