Rivermen, Michaud Shut Out Trenton 3-0
March 6, 2005 - ECHL (ECHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Peoria, Ill. (March 6, 2005) â Despite the rigors of their third game in less than 48 hours, the Peoria Rivermen and goaltender Alfie Michaud shut out the Trenton Titans 3-0 in a sluggish affair before 4,858 on Sunday afternoon at Carver Arena.
Michaud (20-8-4) stopped seven shots in the first period, nine in the second and a game, period-high 15 in the final session for a 31-save shutout, his fourth of the season and the 15th of his career in the regular season. The sixth-year netminder has given up just one goal in the last 151:49.
The Rivermen broke a scoreless tie just 1:32 into the third period. At center ice, rookie defenseman Aaron Forsythe flipped the puck high in the air into the Trenton zone, and when it came down, rookie left wing Justin Maiser had caught up to it down the right side of slot. Just after he passed the right hash marks, Maiser roofed a backhand shot into the upper right corner for his 14th tally of the season.
Captain Trevor Baker's 12th goal of the year gave Peoria a little bit of cushion with 4:57 left in the game. Chris Bogas rifled a shot from center point that went wide left of the net, but the rebound caromed off the endboards right to Baker, who was at the right side of the bottom of the left face-off circle and snapped it inside the right goal post about waist high.
Baker then set up Rennette for an empty-net tally with 31 seconds remaining in regulation. He found Rennette streaking through the neutral zone toward the Trenton blue line all alone. Rennette finished his 15th marker of the season from the slot.
Peoria (28-18-7, 63 points) has equaled a season-high, five-game winning streak, which was established on January 28. The Rivermen improved to 7-1-2 through 10 games of a franchise-record 11 in a row at home. Peoria, now 18-7-5 at home this year, is 4-0-0 against the Titans. The Rivermen have held the opposition to two goals or less in 14 of their last 25 games. Trenton (29-18-8, 66 points) is winless in its last two games and dropped to 12-10-4 on the road this season.
Trenton goaltender Andrew Allen (18-9-3) stopped 22 of 24 shots in the loss.
There was no scoring in the first or second period.
The Rivermen host the Trenton Titans again on Tuesday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. at Carver Arena.
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