AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

Published on November 30, 2009 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


WEEK 9 IN REVIEW (1-2-0-0)

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

Wed. 11/25 vs. Abbotsford 6-2 L Yan Stastny, Cam Paddock Hannu Toivonen (5/23)

Fri. 11/27 vs. Manitoba 2-1 OTW Nicholas Drazenovic, Steve Wagner Hannu Toivonen (1/21)

Sat. 11/28 vs. Grand Rapids 2-1 L Adam Cracknell Hannu Toivonen (2/32)

vs. Abbotsford (11/25): Leland Irving stopped 38 of 40 shots to help the Abbotsford Heat knock off the Peoria Rivermen 6-2 at Carver Arena on Wednesday night. Yan Stastny and Cam Paddock accounted for the Rivermen scores while Riley Armstrong scored twice for the Heat to stop their three-game losing streak.

vs. Manitoba (11/27): The Peoria Rivermen scored in the opening minute of the third period and again in overtime to beat the Manitoba Moose 2-1 on Friday night in front of 3,882 fans at Carver Arena. Steve Wagner pushed his own rebound behind Cory Schneider 36 seconds into overtime to end a hard-fought battle with the defending Western Conference champion.

vs. Grand Rapids (11/28): Goaltending was on display at Carver Arena on Saturday night as the two netminders combined for 64 saves in a 2-1 Grand Rapids Griffins win over the Peoria Rivermen. Hannu Toivonen made 32 saves in the loss while Daniel Larsson made 32 saves in the win.

TEAM LEADERS

THIS SEASON THIS WEEK

POINTS Jonas Junland - 18 Four Players - 2

GOALS Nicholas Drazenovic - 8 Five Players - 1

ASSISTS Jonas Junland - 12 Jonas Junland - 2

POWER PLAY 21-for-105, 20.0% 1-for-13, 7.7%

PENALTY KILL 76-for-93, 79.3% 11-for-11, 100.0%

NEWS AND NOTES

Moose Tracks...Peoria snapped a six-game losing streak against Manitoba on Friday. It was their first win since Jan. 18, 2008 against the Moose and their first win on home ice against Manitoba since Oct. 8, 2005.

Connect four...An injury to Ben Bishop has forced Hannu Toivonen to play four consecutive games. He had only played back-to-back games once (the first two games of the season) until this latest stretch. He has gone just 1-3-0 but posted a 2.84 GAA and a .909 save percentage, which are both better numbers than his overall season numbers (2.96/.899).

Two will do...Friday night was the first time the Rivermen had scored fewer than three goals and won as they beat the Manitoba Moose 2-1 in overtime. The Rivermen are averaging 2.96 goals per game and are now just 1-9-0 when scoring two or fewer but an impressive 9-0-3 when scoring three or more. Friday was also Peoria's first win against a North Division team. They are just 1-6-2 against the North while 9-3-0 against the West.

Leading the way...Jonas Junland leads the Rivermen in points with 18 (6g, 12a). He is one of just three defenseman to lead their team in overall points. Former Rivermen Andy Wozniewski (Providence) Danny Groulx (Worcester) are the other two.

On the kill...Peoria's penalty kill was a perfect 11-for-11 this week and has now extended its streak to a season long 16 consecutive penalties against.

WEEK 10 PREVIEW

Milwaukee Admirals

National Hockey League Parent Club Nashville Predators

Record 10-7-1-3

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 24 (+1)

West Division Standing 4th

Rivermen Record Against 3-1-0-0

Leading Scorer Cal O'Reilly (4g, 17a, 21pts)

Starting Goaltender Mark Dekanich (5-5-2, 2.78 GAA, .891 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank T-8th - 17.9%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank t-21st - 81.4%

Manitoba Moose

National Hockey League Parent Club Vancouver Canucks

Record 13-9-4-0

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 30 (n/a)

NORTH Division Standing t-2nd

Rivermen Record Against 1-0-0-0

Leading Scorer Sergei Shirokov (9g, 8a, 17pts)

Starting Goaltender Cory Schneider (10-5-0, 2.29 GAA, .919 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank 25th - 11.4%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank t-12th - 84.0%

Grand Rapids Griffins

National Hockey League Parent Club Detroit Red Wings

Record 13-7-0-0

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 26 (n/a)

NORTH Division Standing 5th

Rivermen Record Against 0-2-0-0

Leading Scorer Jeremy Williams (9g, 5a, 14pts)

Starting Goaltender Daniel Larsson (8-3-0, 2.43 GAA, .921 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank 2nd - 23.4%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 27th - 76.8%

*All statistics as of 11/30/09

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

11/29/2009 Jonas Junland (D) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

11/24/2009 Sebastian Dahm (G) ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)

11/24/2009 T.J. Fast (D) ADD Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Alaska (ECHL)

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