AHL Peoria Rivermen

Rivermen Weekly

Published on January 11, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release


vs. Toronto (1/08): The Peoria Rivermen went 4-for-6 on the power-play to earn Rick Wamsley his first win as head coach. The 5-1 victory came at the expense of the Toronto Marlies at Carver Arena on Friday night. READ MORE

@ Chicago (1/09): The Chicago Wolves outshot the Peoria Rivermen 42-17 on Saturday night and turned it in to a 3-1 win at Allstate Arena. The Rivermen are now just 0-3-1 against the Wolves so far this season. Ben Bishop turned aside 39 shots but suffered his sixth regulation loss of the season. READ MORE

vs. Milwaukee (1/10): Chet Pickard made 18 saves and came within 47 seconds of his second shutout of the season as the Milwaukee Admirals beat the Peoria Rivermen 4-1 on Sunday at Carver Arena. Peoria finished the weekend with a 1-2-0 record after playing three games in as many nights. READ MORE

NEWS AND NOTES

Congrats are in order.Rick Wamsley picked up the first win of his professional head coaching career on Friday night against the Toronto Marlies. Since Wamsley took over on Jan. 2, the Rivermen are 1-2-1 but are an impressive 7-for-16 (43.8 percent) on the power-play.

Power Surge.Peoria went 4-for-6 on the power-play against the Marlies en route to a 5-1 win. The four power-play goals scored were the most by the Rivermen since Dec. 26, 2006 when they went 4-for-9 against the Grand Rapids Griffins. Grand Rapids was 3-for-9 and Peoria won the game 4-3.

Multiplicity.Lars Eller picked up his team leading 7th multi-point game of the season with two assists on Friday night. He has had two three-point nights (Dec. 4 and Dec. 19). Fellow rookie Aaron Palushaj is second with five multi-point games.

Troublesome trend.The Rivermen have allowed a power-play goal in 16 consecutive games, dating back to Dec. 2. They have killed off 75-of-93 (80.6 percent) over that stretch but surprisingly 10-6-1 since Dec. 2

Topping the Charts..Both Rivermen all-stars Lars Eller and Jonas Junland are near the top of the scoring ratings amongst their AHL peers. Eller ranks third in points (28) and fourth in assists (22) while his 18 minor penalties are second among rookies in the league. Junland's 28 points, nine goals and seven power-play goals are all tops among AHL defensemen. He is also third with 100 shots on goal.

Complete Recovery...Nicholas Drazenovic setup Justin Fletcher for Peoria's only goal on Saturday. Both Drazenovic (11 games) and Fletcher (25 games) have missed significant time due to injury lately. Since being activated, Drazenovic has four points (2g, 2a) in six games while Fletcher scored for the first time in seven games since returning.

Hitting halfway...Sunday was Peoria's 20th home game of the season and next Friday will be Peoria's 40th game of the season. They were 21-17-2 and in fourth place at the midway point last season on their way to a second place finish. The all-star game will be held on Jan. 19 in Portland, ME. The Rivermen will be represented by Jonas Junland and Lars Eller.

WEEK 16 PREVIEW

Grand Rapids Griffins

National Hockey League Parent Club

Detroit Red Wings

Grand Rapids 2002

Record

20-19-0-1

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)

41 (n/a)

NORTH Division Standing

5th

Rivermen Record Against

2-3-0-0

Leading Scorer

Patrick Rissmiller (10g, 19a, 29pts)

Starting Goaltender

Daniel Larsson (12-10-1, 3.07 GAA,.897 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank

10th - 17.9%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank

29th - 77.0%

Rockford IceHogs

National Hockey League Parent Club

Chicago Blackhawks

IceHogs Primary Logo

Record

21-18-2-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)

46 (+2)

West Division Standing

3rd

Rivermen Record Against

3-0-0-1

Leading Scorer

Mark Cullen (13g, 24a, 37pts)

Starting Goaltender

Joe Fallon (11-9-1, 2.65 GAA,.911 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank

21st - 14.6%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank

17th - 82.3%

Chicago Wolves

National Hockey League Parent Club

Atlanta Thrashers

Chicago color

Record

18-15-0-2

Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)

38 (-4)

West Division Standing

6th

Rivermen Record Against

0-2-0-1

Leading Scorer

Jason Krog (6g, 29a, 35pts)

Starting Goaltender

Peter Mannino (8-2-0, 2.10 GAA,.935 sv%)

AHL Power-Play Rank

11th - 17.9%

AHL Penalty-Kill Rank

6th - 87.0%

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

01/09/2010 Ryan Turek (D) ADD Recalled from loan to Alaska (ECHL)

01/07/2010 Adrian Veideman (D) Suspended by Team

01/07/2010 Ben Bishop (G) ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL)

01/06/2010 Paulo Colaiacovo (G) ADD Signed to PTO

01/06/2010 Paulo Colaiacovo (G) DEL Released from PTO

01/05/2010 Andrew Martin (G) ADD Signed to PTO

01/05/2010 Andrew Martin (G) DEL Released from PTO

01/05/2010 Yan Stastny (C) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

01/04/2010 Ben Bishop (G) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL)

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