Rivermen Skate Past Bullies 3-1

March 19, 2004 - ECHL (ECHL)
Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies News Release


Atlantic City, NJ – Colin Hemingway had a pair of goals and Levente Szuper stopped 33 shots as the Peoria Rivermen defeated the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies 3-1 before 3186 at Boardwalk Hall in ECHL action Friday. With the win, the Rivermen move 1 point ahead of the Bullies in second place in the Northern Division.

Peoria (40-18-9) opened the scoring at 13:08 of the first period on a two-man advantage power play. Adam Edinger slid the puck down low to Marty Johnston camped out at the left of the net, and Johnston slapped the puck by Bullies goaltender Scott Stirling to give the Rivermen a 1-0 lead. Hemingway made it 2-0 at 15:59 of the second period with his first goal of the game, a slap shot over the right shoulder of Stirling. The Bullies (41-16-6) would counter 1:56 seconds later as Nick Parillo streaked up the right side and slid the puck through Szuper at 17:55 for his first tally in a Bullies uniform and to cut the deficit to 2-1. Hemingway potted his second of the game at 11:11 of the third, stuffing Joe Vandermeer's rebound by Stirling for a 3-1 advantage.

The Bullies out-shot Peoria 34-30. Stirling stopped 27 shots in falling to 30-12-5 on the year. The Bullies went 0-5 on the power play.

Atlantic City returns to action on Sunday at the Sovereign Bank Arena against the Trenton Titans. Game time is 3PM and can be heard live on ESPN Radio 1450AM and the Surfer Network at www.boardwalkbullies.com.



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