AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

Published on October 26, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

*NOTE - Kellan Lutz, from Twilight, has been rescheduled to appear at the January 23, 2010 Rivermen game.

Friday, November 13 - $2 Bud & Bud Light available until the end of beer sales. W.D. Boyce Council - Boy Scout Night TICKETS

Saturday, November 14 - Rivermen Team Calendar Night - first 5,000 fans. Habitat for Humanity presents "It Takes a Team to Build a Dream" Night Faith Night TICKETS

WEEK 4 IN REVIEW (2-0-0-0)

DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT RIVERMEN GOALS RIVERMEN GOALIE (GA/SV)

Wed. 10/21 vs. Rockford 4-1 W Barry Tallackson, Yan Stastny, Nicholas Drazenovic, Chris Porter Ben Bishop (1/28)

Sat. 10/24 vs. Rockford 5-2 W Chris Porter (2), Aaron Palushaj, Lars Eller, Jonas Junland Ben Bishop (2/22)

vs. Rockford (10/21): The Peoria Rivermen outshot the Rockford IceHogs 18-2 in the first period to help them build a 3-0 lead that turned into a 4-1 win at Carver Arena on Wednesday night. Ben Bishop made 28 saves and only allowed one goal in front of 3,696 fans while Yan Stastny extended his goal-streak to three games and his point-streak to six games.

vs. Rockford (10/24): Chris Porter had a hand in the first three goals of the game for Peoria as the Rivermen picked up a 5-2 win over the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday night. A crowd of 5,792 fans were on hand to see the Rivermen improve to 4-2-1-1 with their second consecutive win against the IceHogs.

TEAM LEADERS

THIS SEASON

THIS WEEK

POINTS

Jonas Junland - 10

Porter/Junland - 4

GOALS

Jonas Junland - 5

Chris Porter - 3

ASSISTS

Yan Stastny - 6

Junland/Drazenovic - 3

POWER PLAY

6-for-32, 18.8%

1-for-13, 7.7%

PENALTY KILL

27-for-34, 79.4%

8-for-8, 100.0%

NEWS AND NOTES

The hard way.There are easier ways to get 10 points in the standings but the Rivermen did it with four overtime games. They have earned at least one point in six of their first eight games of the year.

Hit the road already.The Rivermen will embark on their first real road trip of the season as they head to Cleveland, OH and Hamilton, ON this weekend. Peoria has played a league-high seven home games at this point in the season and have nine points in those seven games.

North Country.Peoria will play three games against the North Division this weekend and have already gone 0-1-1 against the North so far this season (Grand Rapids/Hamilton). They will play six different opponents for a total of 26 games against the other division of the Western Conference.

PK Turnaround.After starting the season by allowing seven power-play goals on their first 21 penalty-kills (66.7%) the Rivermen have rebounded by killing off 13 consecutive penalties against them.

So long IceHogs. The Rivermen and IceHogs will not meet again until January 16. They played four times in the first eight games of the Rivermen season, not to mention the two preseason matchups in late September.

First period success.In the four games against Rockford, Peoria outshot the IceHogs 57-29 in the first period alone, including 18-2 on Wednesday night. They are outshooting the opposition 84-69 in the first despite being outshot 237-232 overall. They have outscored their opponents 9-6 in the opening 20 minutes and have only been trailing twice after the first period.

WEEK 5 PREVIEW

Lake Erie Monsters

National Hockey League Parent Club

Colorado Avalanche

Record

4-5-0-0

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)

8 (n/a)

NORTH Division Standing

t-5th

Rivermen Record Against

0-0-0-0

Leading Scorer

Darren Haydar (3g, 6a, 9pts)

Starting Goaltender

Trevor Cann (1-2-0, 2.72 GAA, .897 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank

24th - 13.0%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank

23rd - 78.0%

Hamilton Bulldogs

National Hockey League Parent Club

Montreal Canadiens

Record

6-0-1-1

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)

14 (n/a)

NORTH Division Standing

3rd

Rivermen Record Against

0-0-1-0

Leading Scorer

Tom Pyatt (4g, 3a, 7pts)

Starting Goaltender

Curtis Sanford (4-1-1, 1.28 GAA, .949 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank

t-21st - 13.6%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank

11th - 85.7%

*All statistics as of 10/26/09

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

10/15/2009 Colin Hemingway (RW) DEL Loaned to Alaska (ECHL)

10/24/2009 Andrew Martin (G) DEL Released from PTO

10/24/2009 Andrew Martin (G) ADD Signed to PTO

10/24/2009 Anthony Peluso (RW) ADD Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Alaska (ECHL)

10/24/2009 T.J. Fast (D) ADD Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Alaska (ECHL)

10/22/2009 D.J. King (LW) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

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