AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

January 28, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS

Friday, February 1 vs. Rockford IceHogs - 7 pm

Friday night is Weddings on Ice, where some lucky local couples will tie the knot at center ice! Have a great story for a wedding or a reason you should be down there with them? Call Wendy Mitchell at (309) 680-3763 and maybe you can join them!

It's also PAR-A-DICE Hotel Casino Playful Vegas Escape Night where a pair of lucky fans will win airfare, dinner, and hotel in Las Vegas for a weekend courtesy of the PAR-A-DICE Hotel Casino. Must be 21 or over to enter.

Don't forget about Trouble Free Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling giving away 1,000 Clappers!

Finally, Friday is Coca-Cola 2-for-$22 Night, with all upper bowl tickets $22 per pair with any Coke product can at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office.

Saturday, February 2 vs. Milwaukee Admirals - 8 pm

OSF/St. Francis Backpack Giveaway Night! - 2,000 Rivermen OSF/St. Francis backpacks will be given away to fans in attendance that night.

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

Tuesday, January 22 - RIVERMEN 1 vs. San Antonio 4

Peoria opened up a 1-0 lead with Micki DuPont's power play goal at 6:22, but San Antonio scored four unanswered goals for the win. Joey Tenute led the way with a pair of goals for the Rampage, who received 28 saves from David LeNeveu for the win.

Wednesday, January 23 - RIVERMEN 6 @ Rockford 1

Peoria responded to the previous night's game by exploding for five goals in the second period and silencing the home town crowd by beating the IceHogs in Rockford. The game marked Peoria's first trip to the MetroCentre this season. Nikolay Lemtyugov scored twice to lead the Rivermen, and Nicholas Drazenovic, Cam Keith, and Trent Whitfield each posted multiple-point games as well. Chris Beckford-Tseu made 23 saves in the win.

Friday, January 25 - RIVERMEN 3 @ Iowa 1

Martin Kariya set up the first two Peoria goals and scored the third to lead the Rivermen past the Iowa Stars Friday night in Des Moines. Micki DuPont and Charles Linglet scored the first two Rivermen markers. Chris Beckford-Tseu stopped 15 shots for the win.

Saturday, January 26 - RIVERMEN 4 vs. Milwaukee 3

Julian Talbot and Mike Glumac spotted the Rivermen a 2-0 lead before Milwaukee mounted a comeback, tying the game at 2-2 and then 3-3 after Chris Porter scored to open the third period. Finally, with 2:55 remaining in the contest Jean-Guy Trudel's rebound goal off a Charles Linglet shot would prove to be the winner as the Rivermen got past the Admirals 4-3.

SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Detroit Red Wings

Record Entering This Week:

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen):

West Division Standing:

Western Conference Standing:

Rivermen Record Against:

Leading Scorer:

Starting Goaltender:

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week:

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week:

SCOUTING THE ICEHOGS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Chicago Blackhawks

Record Entering This Week: 29-11-3-5

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 66 points (+5)

West Division Standing: 1st

Western Conference Standing: 1st

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

Leading Scorer: Kevin St. Pierre (16-46-62)

Starting Goaltender: Corey Crawford (23-10-5, 2.62 GAA, .914 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 9th - 18.2% (54-297)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 12th - 84.1% (253-301)

SCOUTING THE ADMIRALS

National Hockey League Parent Club: Nashville Predators

Record Entering This Week: 23-18-2-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 50 (-11)

West Division Standing: 5th

Western Conference Standing: 6th

Rivermen Record Against: 3-2-0-0 (9-11-2-1 all time)

Leading Scorer: Cal O'Reilly (8-31-39)

Starting Goaltender: Pekka Rinne (21-16-2, 2.52 GAA, .907 save %)

AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 14th - 15.8% (38-241)

AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 5th - 85.8% (193-225)

RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES

Jeff Woywitka is on a three-game assist streak (4a); Julian Talbot has points in three straight games (1-2-3); Martin Kariya has points in his last three games (2-1-3); Charles Linglet has notched three straight games with a point (1-3-4); Chris Beckford-Tseu has won three straight starts.

Peoria just finished its busiest stretch of the season by playing 19 games in 32 days from Dec. 26 - Jan. 26, and going 13-4-2 over that stretch.

Peoria has won 12 of its last 14 games

Of Peoria's ten road games in January (out of 16 total games) the team posted a record of 9-1-0-0.

Peoria's crowd of 7,658 Saturday night was its second-largest of the team's AHL era.

Peoria is now tied with Providence for most road wins (17) and is second in road win percentage at .771 league-wide

RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS

01/28/2008 Steve Wagner (D) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

01/25/2008 Mike Glumac (RW) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/25/2008 Yan Stastny (C) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/23/2008 Yan Stastny (C) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

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)

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