AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

January 21, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS

Tuesday, January 22 vs. San Antonio Rampage - 7 pm

It's 2-for-Tuesday sponsored by Nesquik! Bring any Nesquik UPC to the PCC Box Office to receive buy-one, get-one free on upper bowl tickets to the game every Tuesday night.

Friday, January 26 vs. Milwaukee Admirals - 7 pm

HANNAH MONTANA'S JACKSON! - Kitchen Cooked Potato Chips presents Hannah Montana's Jackson! Jason Earles (Jackson) will appear and sign autographs at the game on Friday night for fans, with full-color glossy photos available for $5 each. Jackson also appears courtesy of Comcast Cable, 97.3 RiverCountry, and Journal Star E-Z Pay program.

CATERPILLAR NIGHT - The Rivermen will be giving away 5,000 glossy Collector's Commemorative team photos courtesy of CATERPILLAR to fans coming to the game.

MELISS' BEAUTY SOURCE HAIRCUTS FOR CHARITY will be taking place at the game to benefit Childrens Hospital of Illinois - look great and help out a wonderful cause!

4-H NIGHT - All 4-H members attending the game on Friday night will take part in an exclusive Hockey 101 session with former Rivermen great Tyler Rennette prior to the contest! Contact your 4-H representative for more information.

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 16 - RIVERMEN ACTION (3-1-0-0)

Tuesday, January 15 - RIVERMEN 7 @ Hamilton 2

Peoria hit the mid-point of a season-long seven game road trip in high gear, downing the Hamilton Bulldogs 7-2 in Ontario. Mike Glumac scored a pair of power play goals including the game winner, and Nikolay Lemtyugov also scored twice in the victory. Jean-Guy Trudel set up Peoria's first three goals of the game to lead the team in points for the contest. Hannu Toivonen required just 21 saves to pick up his second win in Peoria this season.

Thursday, January 17 - RIVERMEN 4 @ Manitoba 2

The Rivermen opened a pair with the Moose in Manitoba by scoring the last three goals of the game in a 4-2 win. Nikolay Lemtyugov kicked off the scoring for Peoria, which also received single markers from Julian Talbot, Jeff Woywitka, and Yan Stastny. Hannu Toivonen made 24 saves for the win.

Friday, January 18 - RIVERMEN 2 @ Manitoba 1

Greg Classen put the Moose ahead 1-0 with the first period's only goal, but Chris Porter and Ryan Glenn would combine for a pair of second period markers that would make the difference in the game. Chris Beckford-Tseu made 31 saves in the game to earn the win, his fifth straight victory.

Sunday, January 19 - RIVERMEN 4 @ Milwaukee 5

Peoria's nine game win streak and 10 game road win streak finally came to an end as the Admirals outlasted the Rivermen 5-4 Sunday. The Rivermen fell behind in the game 4-2 before staging a third period rally to even the contest on goals from Jeff Woywitka and Charles Linglet with just under four minutes remaining. At 17:13 Cal O'Reilly came back to notch the goal that proved to be the dagger that killed the win streak and give the Admirals the victory.

SCOUTING THE RAMPAGE

National Hockey League Parent Club: Phoenix Coyotes

Record Entering This Week: 22-13-2-4

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 50 (-5)

West Division Standing: 4th

Western Conference Standing: 5th

Rivermen Record Against: 1-2-0-0 (15-6-1-1 all time)

Leading Scorer: Matt Murley (9-24-33)

Starting Goaltender: Josh Tordjman (13-6-1, 2.87 GAA, .901 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 25th - 14.1% (35-248)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 14th - 83.6% (221-263)

SCOUTING THE ICEHOGS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Chicago Blackhawks

Record Entering This Week: 28-9-3-5

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 64 points (+9)

West Division Standing: 1st

Western Conference Standing: 1st

Rivermen Record Against: 1-1-1-0 (1-1-1-0 all time)

Leading Scorer: Kevin St. Pierre (15-44-59)

Starting Goaltender: Corey Crawford (22-9-5, 2.52 GAA, .918 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: T-25th - 14.1 (35-248)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 13th - 84.2% (245-291)

SCOUTING THE STARS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Dallas Stars

Record Entering This Week: 19-22-2-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 42 (-13)

West Division Standing: 8th

Western Conference Standing: 13th

Rivermen Record Against: 1-2-0-2 (12-9-0-4 all time)

Leading Scorer: Toby Peterson (16-21-37)

Starting Goaltender: Tobias Stephan (14-14-2, 2.73 GAA, .905 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 20th - 15.3% (36-236)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 22nd - 81.5% (279-315)

SCOUTING THE ADMIRALS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Nashville Predators

Record Entering This Week: 21-17-2-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 46 (-9)

West Division Standing: 6th

Western Conference Standing: 7th

Rivermen Record Against: 2-1-0-0 (8-10-2-1 all time)

Leading Scorer: Rich Peverly (9-29-38)

Starting Goaltender: Pekka Rinne (19-15-2, 2.51 GAA, .909 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 27th - 13.9% (31-223)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 4th - 86.0% (185-215)

RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES

Peoria's nine game winning streak was halted by Milwaukee 5-4 on Sunday. The streak began with a win over the Admirals in Peoria on Jan. 4. It also brought to an end the club's 10-game road win streak dating back to Dec. 21 in Cleveland.

Jeff Woywitka is on a five-game scoring streak (4-3-7), and has five goals in his last eight games. Three of those goals have gone for game winners.

Peoria is averaging 4.22 goals per game in January.

RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS

01/18/2008 Hannu Toivonen (G) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

01/18/2008 Marek Schwarz (G) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/18/2008 Mike Glumac (RW) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

01/14/2008 Hannu Toivonen (G) Peoria ADD Conditioning loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/14/2008 Marek Schwarz (G) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

01/08/2008 Josh Soares (F) Peoria DEL Returned on loan to Alaska (ECHL)

01/07/2008 Cam Keith (LW) Peoria ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)

01/05/2008 Steve Wagner (D) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis Blues (NHL)

01/03/2008 Tyson Strachan (D) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO

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