Rivermen Weekly
February 18, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS
Sunday, February 24 vs. Manitoba Moose - 4 pm
PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL 4 PM START TIME
Sunday is another Comcast Cable/Peoria Journal Star Family Fun on the Run Day! All kids 12-and-under get $1 upper bowl tickets for the game, and from 3-4 pm there will be $1 hot dogs, Coke products, and bags of chips! Plus, there will be inflatables for the kids, face painting, balloon animals, and much more! Finally, don't forget to bring your skates for the post-game skate with the Rivermen!
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 19 - RIVERMEN ACTION (1-1-0-0)
Tuesday, February 12 - RIVERMEN 1 vs. Houston Aeros 7
Nikolay Lemtyugov got the Rivermen off and running in the game with a power play goal at 8:59 of the opening frame, but the final 40 minutes belonged to the Aeros as they poured in seven goals to win going away.
Friday, February 15 - RIVERMEN 4 @ San Antonio Rampage 3 (SO)
Peoria ended its seven-game winless streak in February with a big shootout win over the San Antonio Rampage on Friday night. Charles Linglet, Nikolay Lemtyugov, and Micki DuPont each scored in regulation for the Rivermen, while Nicholas Drazenovic notched a pair of assists in the contest. Hannu Toivonen stopped 4-of-5 shooters faced in the extra session to round out the win, improving his shootout marks to 2-0 with a .900 save percentage.
SCOUTING THE FLAMES
National Hockey League Parent Club: Calgary Flames
Record Entering This Week: 26-21-2-6
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 60 (-6)
West Division Standing: 6th
Western Conference Standing: T-7th
Rivermen Record Against: 5-2-0-1
Leading Scorer: Grant Stevenson (25-33-58)
Starting Goaltender: Curtis McElhinney (10-8-2, 2.18 GAA, .917 sv %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 19 - 15.7% (50-318)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 6 - 85.1% (268-315)
SCOUTING THE MOOSE
National Hockey League Parent Club: Vancouver Canucks
Record Entering This Week: 28-22-2-2
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 60 (-6)
North Division Standing: 2nd
Western Conference Standing: T-7th
Rivermen Record Against: 2-1-0-0
Leading Scorer: Brad Moran (14-31-45)
Starting Goaltender: Drew MacIntyre (19-14-1, 2.25 GAA, .923 sv %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 12 - 17.0% (47-276)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: T-13 - 83.3% (229-275)
RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES
Peoria snapped its longest winless streak of the season with Friday's 4-3 shootout win over San Antonio. The Rivermen had gone 0-6-0-1 in its last seven games.
Hannu Toivonen stopped 4-of-5 shooters in the shootout Friday night to move his save percentage to .900 (9-of-10) this season.
The Rivermen will play just three games for the remainder of the month for the team's least-busy stretch this season.
RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS
02/15/2008 Derek Gustafson (G) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
02/15/2008 Josh Soares (F) Peoria DEL Returned on loan to Alaska (ECHL)
02/15/2008 Marek Schwarz (G) Peoria DEL Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) to Alaska (ECHL)
02/11/2008 Chris Beckford-Tseu (G) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)
02/11/2008 Hannu Toivonen (G) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)
02/11/2008 Yan Stastny (C) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)
02/07/2008 Eric Neilson (RW) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
02/07/2008 Josh Soares (F) Peoria ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)
American Hockey League Stories from February 18, 2008
- Munroe's 24-Save Shutout Boosts Phantoms Past Albany - Adirondack Phantoms
- Munroe, Phantoms Shutout River Rats 2-0 - Albany River Rats
- Portland Pirates Weekly Report - Portland Pirates
- Rampage weekly - San Antonio Rampage
- Griffins' Schedule Takes Uphill Turn - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Bulldogs look to extend their winning streak with four tilts this week - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Apprentice Contestants Hit Court Avenue for Task #2 - Iowa Chops
- Falcons Fall In OT To Monarchs 2-1 - Springfield Falcons
- Jancevski Assigned to Iowa - Iowa Chops
- Crunch Recall Motherwell and Plekhanov and Release Taylor - Syracuse Crunch
- Milam Doubles Up Falcons In Overtime - Manchester Monarchs
- Admirals Release Shawn Collymore - Norfolk Admirals
- Hogs Play In Front Of Third Sell Out This Season - Rockford IceHogs
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Moose Split Two Series In Week 19 - Manitoba Moose
- San Jose Sharks Recall Center Mike Iggulden From Worcester - Worcester Sharks
- San Jose Sharks Recall Thomas Greiss, Assign Dimitri Patzold - Worcester Sharks
- Amerks Close Out Month With Second Homestand - Rochester Americans
- Bulldogs Forward Mikhail Grabovski Named Player Of The Week - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Genesis Jersey Auction Highlights Busy Week - Abbotsford Heat
- Aeros weekly update - Houston Aeros
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- Albany Takes Three Points Out Of Six In Division Games - Albany River Rats
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Bulldogs' Grabovski named Rbk/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Crunch Announce Details of Tully's Good Times Air Hockey Tournament on February 19 - Syracuse Crunch
- Monarchs Weekly Report - Manchester Monarchs
- O-Reilly leads Admirals to pair of wins - Milwaukee Admirals
- Labatt's Celebrity Bartending Series Continues February 19 - Syracuse Crunch
- Albany's Jensen Recalled By Carolina - Albany River Rats
- Falcons Host Monarchs at 1:00 PM On Monday - Springfield Falcons
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