Rivermen shutout Wheeling 1-0
December 5, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
Peoria rookie goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu stops 25 shots in his first professional shutout and third win
Peoria, Ill. (December 5, 2004) â Heading into the weekend, rookie goaltender Chris Beckford-Tseu was struggling like the rest of his Rivermen teammates, having lost his last six decisions, but a night after relieving veteran Alfie Michaud early in the second period of a 4-3 win in Toledo to snap that skid, Beckford-Tseu (3-6-1) posted his first professional shutout on Sunday, stopping all 25 Wheeling Nailers' shots in a 1-0 victory before a crowd of 3,349 at Carver Arena.
The 20-year-old native of Toronto, Ontario, stopped five shots in the first period and 10 in both the second and third for his third win in 10 appearances this year. He was also the recipient of some goal-post help, as the Nailers' Jason Jaffray hit the crossbar in the second period, and then Alex Rouleau, with just over two minutes left in the game, whistled a wrist shot from the left point off the right post and missed an entire open net.
The Rivermen (5-9-3, 13 points), who earned five of a possible six points this weekend, improved to 3-4-2 at home and 1-1-1 against the Nailers this season with six games left between the clubs. Peoria returned the 1-0 shutout favor to Wheeling, who blanked the Rivermen 1-0 at home on November 14.  Wheeling (11-8-0, 22 points) has dropped two of its last three contests and dropped to 4-5-0 on the road.
Wheeling goaltender Joe Exter (0-5-0) was equally brilliant for the Nailers, stopping 29 of 30 shots in defeat. There was no scoring in the first period.
The Rivermen broke the scoreless tie with 10 seconds remaining in the middle stanza. After taking an un-penalized spear just moments earlier, Randy Rowe jumped to the top of the goal crease, took a pass from rookie Jake Riddle, and snapped his fourth tally of the season inside the right goal post past Exter. Riddle set up the tally from behind the goal for his first professional point. Chris Bogas dumped the puck in from the right point to begin the scoring chance.
At the same, Riddle's older brother, Troy, was tallying his first points in the American Hockey League (AHL) for the team's AHL affiliate â the Worcester IceCats. Troy scored the game-tying goal in the first period and then the go-ahead goal in the second in a 3-2 road win over the Portland Pirates.
On Friday, December 10, the Rivermen travel to Dayton, Ohio, to battle the Bombers in the first half of a home-and-home set between the clubs. Game time is 6:00 p.m. CT at the Nutter Center. Â
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