Rivermen Top Mayhem 3-2 Saturday Night
November 28, 2015 - SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
PEORIA, IL - The Peoria Rivermen scored three goals in the first period and held on to beat the Macon Mayhem 3-2 Saturday night. The win, Peoria's third in a row, improves the Rivermen to 8-3-1 with a three-game road trip next week, including two games at league-leading Mississippi.
The Rivermen started the scoring with a shorthanded tally at 9:03 of the first period when Timmy Hall took the puck coast-to-coast and beat Macon goalie David Jacobson for the 1-0 lead. Peoria doubled their lead when Chris Wilson scored his second goal in as many games with Peoria at the 15:37 mark of the first from Dan Bremner and Mike Donnellan with both teams at full strength. Peoria made it a three-goal lead at 19:03 of the first with a powerplay tally from Terrence Wallin after he buried a doorstep feed from Adam Stuart to make it 3-0.
The Mayhem got on the board at the 14:35 mark of the second period when Michael Montagna beat Rivermen goaltender Kyle Rank on the powerplay for the 3-1 score. Macon added another tally unassisted at 5:20 of the third period when an errant pass from the stick of Wallin was taken in the slot and buried by Michael Wills for the 3-2 score. The Rivermen were shorthanded for two minutes with 2:54 left in the game but killed the penalty and survived an extra Macon attacker to hold on for a 3-2 victory.
Kyle Rank stopped 30 of 32 shots in goal for Peoria, winning his third straight game in goal. Rank is now 6-2-1 for the season and 6-0-1 since a November 3 loss in Mississippi.
Notes: Wallin scored his second goal in as many games after he scored the first of his pro career Friday nightWilson scored his second goal in as many games with Peoria after being acquired in a midweek trade with LouisianaRank is 6-0-1 since his last regulation loss November 3 at MississippiThe Rivermen were out-shot 13-2 in the second period, shots on goal were even 9-9 in the first and 10-10 in the thirdThe Rivermen next play Thursday December 3 in Knoxville, Tennessee against the defending SPHL champion IceBears 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.For the latest Rivermen news and notes, follow online atwww.rivermen.netor through Facebook (www.facebook.com/PeoriaRivermen) - Twitter (https://twitter.com/Peoria_Rivermen)
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