Rivermen Weekly
April 7, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
WHAT'S ON TAP
It's time to close out the 2007-08 regular season with two fantastic nights with the team! Friday night Switchfoot appears live with special guest Athlete following the game. Then on Saturday, it's Ralph Rashid/UFS Downtown Outlet Center Fan Appreciation Night with tons of giveaways and prizes throughout the night, PLUS American Idol stars Justin Guarini, Kimberly Caldwell, and Gina Glocksen appear to sign autographs and give a post-game concert.
2008-09 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION
The Peoria Rivermen announced season ticket pricing for the 2008-09 Season, with fans receiving a great deal with Early Bird pricing - the same price as back in 2006-07!
Season Ticket Holders will also receive a new benefit - Weekday Bonus Tickets for Friends!
Fans paying in full by May 15 will receive Early Bird Full Season Ticket pricing as follows: Lower Bowl - $560 per seat ($240 savings; average ticket price=$14); Upper Bowl - $398 per seat ($202 savings; average ticket price=$9.95); and Upper Bowl, Pilot's House - $350 per seat ($130 savings; average ticket price=$8.75).
In addition, for every seat purchased, each full season ticket holder will receive an Upper Bowl ticket for every weekday game played during the season. For example, four (4) Lower Bowl, Full Season tickets purchased equals four (4) Upper Bowl tickets to each weekday Rivermen game during the 2008-09 season.
Fans who put half down by the May 15 deadline and pay in full by August 1 will invest $685 for a Lower Bowl seat ($115 savings; average ticket price=$17.13), $495 for an Upper Bowl seat ($105 savings; average ticket price=$12.38) and $440 for an Upper Bowl, Pilot's House seat ($40 savings: average ticket price=$11).
Full season ticket holders will continue to receive the Unused Ticket Redemption benefit but will not be able to redeem unused tickets on concert nights.
Walk-up ticket prices for 2008-09 are as follows: Lower Bowl=$20, Upper Bowl=$15 and Pilot's House=$12.
RIVERMEN PROMOTIONS
Friday, April 11 vs. San Antonio Rampage - 7 pm
It's another Rivermen Post-Game Concert Event with Christian crossover rock artists Switchfoot, appearing along with special guests Athlete. Don't miss out on this full length concert event with two great bands!
Coyote Creek Night with the Rivermen - First 500 fans receive Coyote Creek/Rivermen golf balls with a special offer to Coyote Creek golf course!
Saturday, April 12 vs. Iowa Stars - 7 pm
Ralph Rashid/UFS Downtown Outlet Center Fan Appreciation Night! Come down and celebrate a great season of Rivermen Hockey with tons of giveaways, prizes, and fun!
American Idol Night featuring Justin Guarini, Kimberly Caldwell, and Gina Glocksen signing autographs before and during the game, plus a fun concert following the game with songs from each Idol!
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 B2 networks. The video webcast of each game is available for a pay-per-view fee of $6.
WEEK 24 - RIVERMEN ACTION (0-3-0-0)
Friday, April 4 - RIVERMEN
SCOUTING THE ICEHOGS
National Hockey League Parent Club: Chicago Wolves
Record Entering This Week: 42-24-4-6
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 94 (+13)
West Division Standing: 2nd
Western Conference Standing: 3rd
Rivermen Record Against: 3-2-2-1
Leading Scorer: Martin St. Pierre (20-64-84)
Starting Goaltender: Corey Crawford (27-15-2, 2.73 GAA, .910 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 18.5% - 9 (83-449)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 83.6% - T12 (388-464)
SCOUTING THE RAMPAGE
National Hockey League Parent Club: Phoenix Coyotes
Record Entering This Week: 40-26-3-7
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 90 (+9)
West Division Standing: 5th
Western Conference Standing: 8th
Rivermen Record Against: 2-5-0-0
Leading Scorer: Matt Murley (18-39-57)
Starting Goaltender: Josh Tordjman (22-13-4, 2.64 GAA, .911 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 15.5% - 19 (64-414)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 83.4% - 16 (383-469)
SCOUTING THE STARS
National Hockey League Parent Club: Dallas Stars
Record Entering This Week: 34-35-4-3
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 75 (-6)
West Division Standing: 8th
Western Conference Standing: 12th
Rivermen Record Against: 3-4-0-2
Leading Scorer: Marty Sertich (22-25-47)
Starting Goaltender: Tobias Stephan (27-25-2, 2.65 GAA, .910 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 13.4% - 29 (53-395)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 80.5% - 23 (284-353)
SCOUTING THE WOLVES
National Hockey League Parent Club: Atlanta Thrashers
Record Entering This Week: 51-20-2-3
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen): 107 (+26)
West Division Standing: 1st
Western Conference Standing: 1st
Rivermen Record Against: 3-5-1-0
Leading Scorer: Jason Krog (36-68-104)
Starting Goaltender: Ondrej Pavelec (32-14-3, 2.65 GAA, .914 save %)
AHL Power-play Ranking Entering This Week: 20.9% - 3 (102-487)
AHL Penalty-kill Ranking Entering This Week: 84.7% - 4 (410-484)
RIVERMEN NEWS AND NOTES
Micki DuPont played his 350th AHL regular season game on Friday night against the Iowa Stars
Peoria's crowd of 7,319 fans on Saturday night was the team's third over 7,000 this year and the fifth-largest in the team's AHL tenure. The biggest crowd ever for an AHL Rivermen game was 8,217 on January 26, 2006.
Peoria has five 20-goal scorers for the 2007-08 campaign, with Mike Glumac sitting on 19 goals. If he becomes the team's sixth 20-goal scorer, it will mark the first time since Peoria's Kelly Cup-winning 99-00 squad the team has had six. The current five (Julian Talbot, Charles Linglet, Jean-Guy Trudel, Nikolay Lemtyugov, and Trent Whitfield).is the most in the team's AHL history, with the previous best at four from 06-07.
RECENT RIVERMEN TRANSACTIONS
04/07/2008 Eric Neilson (RW) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
04/07/2008 Jason Dest (D) Peoria DEL Released from PTO
04/07/2008 Jim Jackson (D) Peoria DEL Returned on loan to Gwinnett (ECHL)
04/07/2008 Joe Grimaldi (D) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
04/07/2008 Jason Dest (D) Peoria DEL Released from PTO
04/07/2008 Ryan (C.) Murphy (RW) Peoria DEL Released from PTO
04/07/2008 Stephen Wood (D) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
04/07/2008 Stephen Wood (D) Peoria Added
04/03/2008 Chris Beckford-Tseu (G) Peoria ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)
04/03/2008 Jason Dest (D) Peoria ADD Signed to PTO
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American Hockey League Stories from April 7, 2008
- Kings Hold Second Selection In 2008 NHL Entry Draft - Manchester Monarchs
- Houston Goaltender Khudobin Reassigned To Texas Wildcatters - Houston Aeros
- Houston Aeros Weekly - Houston Aeros
- Rampage Punch Playoff Ticket - San Antonio Rampage
- Dallas Stars Recall Goaltender Tobias Stephan From Iowa; Assign Right Wing Konstantin Pushkarev - Iowa Chops
- Admirals Embark On Final Three Games Of 2007-08 - Norfolk Admirals
- Rivermen Make Several Roster Moves - Peoria Rivermen
- Wolves Round Out '08 With Two Stars From '98 - Chicago Wolves
- Milley, Rogers, Henrich And Scalzo To Attend B2 Nights At Baxter's On Friday And Saturday - Norfolk Admirals
- Rampage Playoff Tickets Go On Sale Saturday - San Antonio Rampage
- Kvapil Re-Assigned To Mississippi - Norfolk Admirals
- Phantoms Weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
- Sigalet Receives Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award - Providence Bruins
- Season Ends With A Pair Of Home Games And A Trip To Texas - Abbotsford Heat
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- Playoff Races Heat Up As Season Winds Down - AHL
- IceHogs Lock Up Playoff Spot, Now Fight For Position - Rockford IceHogs
- Griffins Close Out 2007-08 At Home - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Iowa Stars Weekly - Iowa Chops
- Moose Take Six Points From Top Clubs In Week 26 - Manitoba Moose
- Falcons Reassign Three Players To Stockton - Springfield Falcons
- Wolves Add Two NHL First Round Draft Picks To Lineup - Chicago Wolves
- Columbus Returns Reinforcements To Crunch - Syracuse Crunch
- MacDonald Reassigned To Everblades - Rochester Americans
- The 'Dogs will wrap up their 2007-2008 season this week with four games in five days - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Denis Hamel Wins Yanick Dupre Award As AHL's Man Of The Year - Binghamton Senators
- Monarchs Assign Herlsey To Reading - Manchester Monarchs
- Worcester Sharks "BE A LEADER" Program Makes Two Stops This Week - Worcester Sharks
- Bruins' Sigalet Named Winner Of AHL's Fred T. Hunt Award - AHL
- Senators' Hamel Wins Yanick Dupre Award As AHL's Man Of The Year - AHL
- Falcons Release A Pair Of Players From Tryout Agreements - Springfield Falcons
- Maltais And Tilley To Be Honoroed At Final Regular-Season Home Games - Chicago Wolves
- Tambellini Named Rbk/AHL Player Of The Week - Bridgeport Islanders
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Sound Tigers' Tambellini Named Rbk/AHL Player Of The Week - AHL
- River Rats Weekly - Albany River Rats
- Norm Milley Named Norfolk Admirals Player Of The Year - Norfolk Admirals
- B-Sens Announce 2008-09 10-Game Plans On Sale - Binghamton Senators
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Wolf Pack release Brown from PTO - Connecticut Whale
- Admirals Finish Regular Season, Look to Playoffs - Milwaukee Admirals
- Monarchs Weekly - Manchester Monarchs
- Sharks Weekly - Worcester Sharks
- Wolf Pack's First-Round Playoff Schedule Set - Connecticut Whale
- Amerks to Honor Thomas M. Nichols Scholarship Winners April 13 - Rochester Americans
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