Rivermen Squelch Knights' Rally, 3-2

Published on November 25, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Abbotsford Heat News Release


The Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights have ten games against the Peoria Rivermen this season. With any luck, it won't take them all ten games to learn how to beat their foes from Illinois. The Knights lost their 10th straight game to the Rivermen, 3-2 on Saturday night at the Civic Auditorium. Peoria built a 3-0 lead and then held off a furious rally by the Knights.

Peoria got off to a quick start thanks to the powerplay. David Backes batted in a feed from Jon DiSalvatore at 10:06. Ryan Ramsay then converted the rebound of a shot by Charles Linglet to make it 2-0 at 14:02.

The second period opened with more Peoria offense. Trent Whitfield whipped a wrist shot over the glove hand of Curtis McElhinney for his team-leading tenth goal of the year.

McElhinney was replaced by Brent Krahn after allowing the third goal. Krahn stopped the final nine shots he faced.

Omaha finally managed to muster some offense of their own late in the second period as Brandon Prust scored his 3rd goal of the season. Andrei Taratukhin sent Dave Moss in against goalie Marek Schwarz. Moss was stopped but Prust followed and roofed the puck over a fallen Schwarz.

The Knights pressed in the third period, but it looked as if it would be scoreless until the Knights' Richie Regehr took a pass from Tim Ramholt at the blue line and fired a shot that beat Schwarz at 18:58 to pull the Knights to within one. The goal came with Krahn out for an extra attacker.

Taratukhin then got whistled for a goaltender interference penalty in the final minute, and the Knights could not muster any more scoring chances.

McElhinney took the loss, stopping 12 of 15 shots. All three Peoria wins this season have been by one goal.

Three Stars 1. Jon DiSalvatore (PEO) - Two assists; 2. Trent Whitfield (PEO) - One goal; 3. Dave Moss (OMA) - One assist

The Ak-Sar-Ben Knights are on the road next week, visiting the San Antonio Rampage on Thursday and Friday at 7:00 p.m. They return home on Saturday, December 2nd when they host the Houston Aeros at 7:00 p.m. The first 2,000 fans at the game will receive the official team photo.

Tickets for all Ak-Sar-Ben Knights' games are on sale at the Omaha Civic Auditorium box office Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets also are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and by phone at (402) 422-1212. Kids 12 and under get in free with a paid adult on tickets purchased after 5:00 p.m. Other restrictions apply.

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