Rivermen Hold on to Beat Knoxville 4-3 Thursday Night
December 3, 2015 - SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Knoxville, TN - The Peoria Rivermen took a 3-0 lead with 13:39 left in regulation before surviving a late Knoxville rally to beat the Ice Bears 4-3 Thursday night. The win, Peoria's fourth in a row, sets up a pair of games Friday and Saturday at Mississippi with first place on the line.
The Rivermen started the scoring at the 9:04 mark of period number one when Chris Wilson walked into the Knoxville zone and blasted a slapshot past Ice Bears goaltender Bryan Hince for the 1-0 lead. Peoria added to their lead early in the second period when 41 seconds in Wilson took a feed from Garrett Vermeersch and skated into the goal mouth before crossing in front of Hince and putting a back hand past him for the 2-0 lead.
At the 6:21 mark of the third period the Rivermen widened their lead on the powerplay when Timmy Hall one-timed a feed from Wilson past Hince for the 3-0 lead.
Knoxville got on the board with a powerplay goal of their own at 8:29 of the third when Corey Hale put the puck past Rivermen goalie Kyle Rank for a 3-1 score. The Ice Bears got within one when Bo Driscoll scored at the 10:00 mark to make it 3-2.
Peoria got back to a two-goal lead when Wilson scored an unassisted tally at the 16:11 mark of the third to make it 4-2. Knoxville made it a one goal game with the extra skater on the ice and 15 seconds left in regulation when Zack LaRue put a puck off the back glass past Rank for the 4-3 final score.
Rank stopped 17 of 20 shots in net for the Rivermen, winning his fourth straight decision. Rank is 7-0-1 overall since a November 3 loss at Mississippi.
Notes: Wilson's hat trick gave him his first multi-point game since November 6 and his first game-winning goal since January 31 of last season at Columbus...Wilson had a point on all four Peoria goals...Hall's powerplay goal is his second powerplay tally of the season and his fifth powerplay point...The Rivermen return to action Friday night in Southaven, Mississippi against the league-leading Mississippi RiverKings at 7:05 P.M....The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pregame show at 6:45 at portal.stretchinternet.com/rivermen
Single-game and season tickets for Peoria's 34th season of professional hockey are on sale at the Toyota Box Office in the Peoria Civic Center, or by phone at the Rivermen office, located at 201 S.W. Jefferson Street, or over the phone at (309) 676-1040.Â
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