AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

Published on November 12, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS

Friday, November 16

COCA-COLA "Two for $22" FRIDAY NIGHT - Present any Coca-Cola can at the PCC box office and receive two upper bowl tickets for just $22.

Saturday, November 17

WIN! VIP Meet and Greet with John Black (Drake Hogestyn) of NBC's Days of our Lives, presented by Reflections Tannery in association with WEEK-TV Channel 25 and American Airlines. Sign up to win at www.rivermen.net/fanzone/win. Hogestyn will also sign autographs for the general public from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

Rivermen Calendar Giveaway Night! The Peoria Rivermen will give away 5,000 full-color team calendars to fans attending Saturday night's game, so make sure you get to the game early!

W.D. Boyce Council Night - local Boy Scout troops will be in attendance from the W.D. Boyce Council on Saturday as well. If your troop hasn't signed up yet, give the Rivermen a call today at (309) 676-1040 for more information or to place your ticket order.

Radio: All 80 games, home and away, are broadcast live on your NEW Home for Rivermen Hockey, 96.5 ESPN RADIO. All broadcasts begin one half-hour before game time with the Voice of the Rivermen, Tom Callahan.

Internet Audio: LIVE streaming audio of all Rivermen games is available for no charge at www.rivermen.net.

Internet Video: LIVE streaming video with the accompanying audio feed is available at www.rivermen.net through the facilities of the b2 networks. The video Web cast of each game is available for a pay-per-view fee of $6.

WEEK 6 - RIVERMEN ACTION (1-1-0-1)

Tuesday, November 6 - PEORIA 3 @ Iowa Stars 4 (SO)

Toby Peterson notched the hat trick in regulation to spoil two goals from Trent Whitfield and 27 saves from Marek Schwarz as the Iowa Stars notched a 4-3 shootout victory on home ice. Junior Lessard and Trevor Byrne also recorded a pair of assists in the win for Iowa.

Friday, November 9 - PEORIA 3 vs. Iowa Stars 6

Peterson once again drove the offense for the Stars, scoring twice while Joel Lundqvist notched a goal and two assists as Iowa took both halves of a home-and-home series. Jean-Guy Trudel, Trent Whitfield, and Nikolay Lemtyugov scored for the Rivermen in the contest.

Saturday, November 10 - PEORIA 5 vs. Rockford IceHogs 4 (OT)

Peoria got in the win column for the week when they came from behind to down the Rockford IceHogs 5-4 in overtime on Saturday night. The Rivermen erased a 2-0 Rockford lead with a pair of first period goals from Jeff Woywitka and Mike Glumac, but Bryan Bickell's first of two goals made it 3-2 after the first period. Woywitka and Bickell traded goals before Trent Whitfield evened the game with a power play goal at 5:01 of the third period to force overtime. It was there Nicholas Drazenovic fired the rebound off a Chris Porter deflection past Wade Flaherty to give Peoria the win. Marek Schwarz earned the win, stopping 16-of-18 shots in relief of Juuso Riksman.

SCOUTING THE AEROS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Minnesota Wild

Record Entering This Week: 5-7-1-0

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 11 (-3)

West Division Standing: T-7

Western Conference Standing: T-12

Rivermen Record Against: 1-0-0-0

Leading Scorer: Erik Reitz (5-9-14)

Starting Goaltender: Barry Brust (3-5-0-0, 2.57 GAA, .913 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 29th - 9.1% (8-for-88)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 18th - 82.4% (75-for-91)

SCOUTING THE RAMPAGE

National Hockey League Parent Club: Phoenix Coyotes

Record Entering This Week: 8-5-1-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 19 (+5)

North Division Standing: T-2

Western Conference Standing: T-3

Rivermen Record Against: 0-1-0-0

Leading Scorer: Joel Perrault (7-7-14); Jon DiSalvatore (4-10-14)

Starting Goaltender: Josh Tordjman (6-2-0-0, 3.15 GAA, .899 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 19 - 15.2 % (17-for-112)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 16th - 82.8% (106-for-128)

MILESTONES

Jeff Woywitka's two-goal performance was the first by a Rivermen defenseman this season

Charles Linglet now has a point in his last nine games (1-8-9) after notching assists against Quad City Friday and Rockford Saturday, the longest current AHL point streak

Trent Whitfield has goals in his last four consecutive games, the second-longest active and overall AHL streak this season

Peoria's road penalty kill is still perfect at 28-for-28 in five games this season.

Nicholas Drazenovic has points in his last four games (3-3-6)

RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS

11/08/2007 Jason Bacashihua (G) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

11/07/2007 Erik Johnson (D) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

11/07/2007 Juuso Riksman (G) Peoria ADD Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Farjestads BK (SWE)

11/05/2007 Erik Johnson (D) Peoria ADD Conditioning loan from St. Louis (NHL)

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