Rivermen Weekly
February 26, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS
Friday, February 29 vs. Grand Rapids Griffins - 7 pm
Hannah Montana's "Lilly" (Emily Osment) will appear live from 6-8:30 pm to sign autographs and pose for pictures in the Carver Arena concourse.
It's also Advance Auto Parts Hat Night with the first 1,000 fans receiving lids!
Saturday, March 1 vs. Lake Erie Monsters - 7pm
Wrestling Hall of Fame Night featuring Sgt. Slaughter, Nikolai Volkoff, and George "The Animal" Steele. The wrestling legends will appear and sign autographs for fans from 6 - 8:30 pm in the Carver Arena Concourse.
Peoria Air National Guard Poster Night - 5,000 posters going out to fans in attendance at the game!
Kaufman Wellness Center Night
Tuesday, March 4 vs. Quad City Flames - 7 pm
Nesquik 2-for-Tuesday- All upper bowl tickets are buy-one, get-one free with Nesquik UPC Proof of Purchase at the Peoria Civic Center Box Office! Come join us for a great division rivalry game.
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 20 - RIVERMEN ACTION (0-2-0-0)
Friday, February 22 - RIVERMEN 2 @ Quad City Flames 6
Nikolay Lemtyugov got the Rivermen out in front 1-0 with the lone goal of the first period, but the Flames responded by pouring in six straight past Hannu Toivonen (21 saves). Nicholas Drazenovic bookended the outburst to make it a 6-2 final. Carsen Germyn registered the hat trick, and now has five goals in his last two games against the Rivermen.
Sunday, February 24 - RIVERMEN 2 vs. Manitoba Moose 4
Brad Moran opened the scoring for Manitoba in the game, giving his team a 1-0 lead 6:35 into the contest. Neither team would find the net again until the final frame, when the Moose grabbed a 3-0 lead before Peoria started to rally. Cam Keith and Trent Whitfield each provided goals in the waning minutes of the hockey game, but Peoria could not find the equalizer as the Moose tallied an empty net goal with just one second remaining to seal a 4-2 win.
SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
National Hockey League Parent Club: Detroit Red Wings
Record Entering This Week: 23-28-2-5
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 53 (-13)
North Division Standing: 5th
Western Conference Standing: 13th
Rivermen Record Against: 4-1-0-0
Leading Scorer: Mark Hartigan (23-19-42)
Starting Goaltender: Adam Berkhoel (6-10-3, 3.10 GAA, .883 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: T-23 - 14.9% (46-309)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 17 - 82.6% (261-315)
SCOUTING THE MONSTERS
National Hockey League Parent Club: Colorado Avalanche
Record Entering This Week: 19-25-4-7
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 49 (-17)
North Division Standing: 6th
Western Conference Standing: 14th
Rivermen Record Against: 2-0-0-0
Leading Scorer: Eric Healey (13-19-32)
Starting Goaltender: Mike Wall (7-11-4, 2.77, .917 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 14 - 16.1% (47-292)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 26 - 79.6% (214-269)
SCOUTING THE ICEHOGS
National Hockey League Parent Club: Chicago Blackhawks
Record Entering This Week: 32-17-4-5
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 74 (+8)
West Division Standing: 2nd
Western Conference Standing: 3rd
Rivermen Record Against: 2-1-1-1
Leading Scorer: Kevin St. Pierre (16-49-65)
Starting Goaltender: Wade Flaherty (7-6-1, 2.71 GAA, .917 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 9 - 18.1 % (64-353)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 13 - 83.6% (315-377)
RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES
Eric Neilson recorded his first AHL point with an assist on Cam Keith's third period goal on Sunday against the Manitoba Moose Peoria plays four of its next six games at home The Rivermen have a total of ten home games remaining on the 2007-08 regular season schedule.
RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS
02/25/2008 Chris Beckford-Tseu (G) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)
02/25/2008 Derek Gustafson (G) Peoria DEL Released from PTO
02/25/2008 Hannu Toivonen (G) Peoria DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)
02/25/2008 Marek Schwarz (G) Peoria ADD Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Alaska (ECHL)
02/20/2008 Jeff Woywitka (D) Peoria ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)
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)
American Hockey League Stories from February 26, 2008
- Devils Score Early and Often in 7-3 Rout - Manchester Monarchs
- Devils Romp Over Monarchs, 7-3 - Albany Devils
- Pirates Flip Score, Beat Admirals 5-1 - Norfolk Admirals
- Motzko Joins Wolves After Flurry of Atlanta Transactions - Chicago Wolves
- Canucks recall Rypien; re-assign Bourdon to Moose - Manitoba Moose
- Blues Recall Woywitka - Peoria Rivermen
- Dallas Stars Recall Jancevski and Stephan from Iowa - Iowa Chops
- Derick Brassard Returned from Columbus, Derek MacKenzie and Aaron Rome Recalled - Syracuse Crunch
- Quickway Trading Card Night Set For March 1 - Syracuse Crunch
- Hurricanes Assign Jeff Hamilton To Albany - Albany River Rats
- Kings Assign Purcell To Manchester - Manchester Monarchs
- Hamilton Summons Goaltender Cedrick Desjardins - Hamilton Bulldogs
- RW Brandon Segal Joins Admirals - Norfolk Admirals
- Kings Pick Up Three Draft Picks In Trade - Manchester Monarchs
- Rats Call Up Albany Native Marc Cavosie - Albany River Rats
- Four In Five For The Penguins This Week - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Boucher Heads To San Jose - Adirondack Phantoms
- Rats Call Up Albany Native Marc Cavosie - Albany River Rats
- Hockey Hair Invades Manchester For "Mullet Night: Redneck Edition" - Manchester Monarchs
- Howard Assigned By Wings - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Falcons Get Ready For Four Games In Five Days - Springfield Falcons
- Defending Champs Making Their Move - AHL
- Canadiens Recall Goaltender Jaroslav Halak - Hamilton Bulldogs
- AHL All-Star Defenseman Alexandre Picard to Join Admirals - Norfolk Admirals
- Crunch to Hold Syracuse Blazers Tribute Night March 8 - Syracuse Crunch
- Wolves Play It By The Book This Weekend - Chicago Wolves
- Montreal Recalls Mikhail Grabovski From Hamilton - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Blues Deal Salvador for Janssen - Peoria Rivermen
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- Aeros announce 'Skate with the Aeros' season ticket holder event, March 7 - Houston Aeros
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