Rivermen Weekly
December 7, 2009 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
NEWS AND NOTES
Goaltending turnaround... Over the past nine games, the Rivermen have dropped from a league-worst 3.69GAA on Nov. 18 to 3.28 as of Monday. Since allowing 6 goals in a 6-0 loss to Abbotsford on Nov. 13, Ben Bishop is 3-1-0 with a 1.72GAA and a .936 save percentage. Hannu Toivonen is just 1-4-0 but has posted a 2.43 GAA and a .921 save percentage in splitting time with Bishop.
Good as new...Derek Armstrong, who missed 12 games with an injury dating back to Nov. 1, scored a goal in the first period of his first game back on Friday. He has four goals in eight games during his injury plagued season.
Killing it off...Manitoba's only goal in Friday's 7-1 Rivermen win stopped a stretch of 28 consecutive successful penalty kills. Since Nov. 14 they have killed 43 of their last 47 penalties (91.4 percent).
Third period struggles...The Rivermen are being outscored 36-17 in the third period of games. They are 0-6-1 when trailing after two periods.
Road weary...After the season started with 14 of Peoria's first 22 games at home, nine of their 13 games during December are on the road and a different nine of their 13 games will be against the North Division. They will travel to Texas, Houston, Abbotsford, Grand Rapids, Lake Erie and Toronto before New Years.
Even more overtime...Ten of Peoria's first 25 games of the season have gone into overtime and seven of their 12 wins have come after regulation. The Rivermen are tied with Bridgeport (8-2) for the most OT games in the league. Peoria is 3-1 in overtime and 4-2 in shootouts.
WEEK 10 PREVIEW
Texas Stars
National Hockey League Parent Club Dallas Stars
Record 18-5-2-2
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 40 (+13)
West Division Standing 1st
Rivermen Record Against 1-0-0-0
Leading Scorer Aaron Gagnon (5g, 12a, 17pts)
Starting Goaltender Matt Climie (7-5-2, 1.97 GAA, .936 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 12th - 16.7%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 3rd - 90.5%
Houston Aeros
National Hockey League Parent Club Minnesota Wild
Record 12-11-2-1
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 27 (-)
West Division Standing t-3rd
Rivermen Record Against 0-1-0-0
Leading Scorer JM Daoust (8g, 9a, 17pts)
Starting Goaltender Anton Khudobin (9-6-1, 1.88 GAA, .921 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 26th - 11.7%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 2nd - 91.4%
San Antonio Rampage
National Hockey League Parent Club Phoenix Coyotes
Record 9-11-2-1
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 21 (-6)
West Division Standing 7th
Rivermen Record Against 2-0-0-0
Leading Scorer Joel Perrault (10g, 10a, 20pts)
Starting Goaltender Al Montoya (4-7-1, 2.65 GAA, .904 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 13th - 16.0%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 14th - 83.7%
*All statistics as of 12/07/09
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
12/06/2009 T.J. Fast (D) DEL Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) to Alaska (ECHL)
12/02/2009 Sebastian Dahm (G) DEL Returned on loan to Alaska (ECHL)
12/01/2009 Jonas Junland (D) ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)
American Hockey League Stories from December 7, 2009
- Rampage Release Bina From PTO - San Antonio Rampage
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- AHL Announces Suspensions - AHL
- Schedule Lightens Up For Admirals - Milwaukee Admirals
- Hamilton Hosts Abbotsford For Two North Division Tilts This Week - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Crunch Announce Details Of 'Shades Of Orange' Sign Contest - Syracuse Crunch
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Hogs Get 3 Wins In Week 10 - Rockford IceHogs
- Falcons Players Remain Busy In The Community - Springfield Falcons
- Falcons Reassign Jamie Bates To Stockton - Springfield Falcons
- Dog-Gone Good Start In Hamilton - Manitoba Moose
- Sharks Extend Franchise Record Point Streak To Eight Games - Worcester Sharks
- Admirals Set To Welcome Moose To Scope For First Time - Norfolk Admirals
- Wolf Pack Sign Forward Andrew Carroll To PTO - Connecticut Whale
- Mathieu Beaudoin Named Reebok / AHL Player Of The Week - Texas Stars
- Dallas Stars Recall Defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy - Texas Stars
- Sugden Leaves For Russia - Hershey Bears
- Five Hot Facts About The Abbotsford Heat This Week - Abbotsford Heat
- Capitals Assign Karl Alzner To Hershey - Hershey Bears
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Texas's Beaudoin Named Reebok/AHL Player Of The Week - AHL
- Pirates Weekly - Portland Pirates
- Moose Pick Up Four Points In Week 10 - Manitoba Moose
- Sulzer Recalled By Predators - Milwaukee Admirals
- Monarchs Weekly Report - Manchester Monarchs
- Crunch Sign Center Daniel Tkaczuk - Syracuse Crunch
- Hurricanes Recall Brett Carson From Albany - Albany River Rats
- River Rats To Visit St. Anne Institute Wednesday - Albany River Rats
- Mink And The Rochester Visit Saturday - Hershey Bears
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