Rivermen Weekly
March 23, 2010 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
UPCOMING PROMOTIONS
Saturday, March 27 - History of Hockey Night - Team will wear Peoria Prancers jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game to benefit Children's Hospital of Illinois. First 1,000 fans will receive an Arby's Jonas Junland player card.
Sunday, March 28 - Comcast/Journal Star/Fun on the Run/Coke Family Day. Just $1 admission for kids 12 and under. Hot dogs, chips and Cokes for $1 each from 2-3 p.m. Inflatable games, balloon art and face painting plus a postgame skate with the team.
WEEK 25 IN REVIEW (2-1-0-0)
DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT RIVERMEN GOALS RIVERMEN GOALIE (GA/SV)
Wed. 3/17 @ San Antonio 6-5 OTW Tyson Strachan, Barry Tallackson, Adam Cracknell (2), Daryl Boyle, Julian Talbot Joe Fallon (5/29)
Fri. 3/19 @ Rockford 3-1 W Ryan Reaves, Daryl Boyle, Pascal Pelletier Joe Fallon (1/28)
Sun. 3/21 vs. Texas 4-2 L Brett Sonne, Pascal Pelletier Joe Fallon (4/26)
@ San Antonio (3/17): Trailing with 3 minutes remaining in regulation, Daryl Boyle scored to force overtime and Julian Talbot notched the game-winner 1:35 into sudden death to give the Peoria Rivermen a 6-5 win over the San Antonio Rampage on Wednesday at the AT&T Center. The Rivermen only trailed for 9:11 in the game and held leads three different times before getting the game-winner.
@ Rockford (3/19): On March 1, the Blues and Blackhawks made a trade that sent Joe Fallon and Daryl Boyle from the Rockford IceHogs to the Peoria Rivermen. On Friday, Boyle scored the game-winning goal and Fallon made 28 saves in a 3-1 Rivermen win at the Rockford MetroCentre.
vs. Houston (3/21): Aaron Gagnon scored twice in the first 7 minutes and finished off the natural hat trick in the Texas Stars 4-2 win over the Peoria Rivermen Sunday afternoon at Carver Arena. Brett Sonne and Pascal Pelletier each had a goal and an assist in the losing effort.
TEAM LEADERS
THIS SEASON THIS WEEK
POINTS Pascal Pelletier - 51 Pascal Pelletier - 5
GOALS Nicholas Drazenovic - 19 Three Players - 2
ASSISTS Pascal Pelletier - 36 Nate Guenin - 4
POWER PLAY 68-for-323 21.1% 4-for-13, 30.7%
PENALTY KILL 249-for-313, 79.6% 11-for-17, 64.7%
NEWS AND NOTES
Where they stand...The Rivermen currently sit in sixth place of the West Division with 74 points. Peoria is now seven points back of fourth-place Milwaukee for the final playoff spot with 10 games to play. The Rivermen have two games in-hand on both San Antonio who they trail by one point in the standings.
P is for Points...Pascal Pelletier has picked up 14 points (five goals, nine assists) in his last 10 games to overtake Lars Eller for the team lead in points. His 51 points (15g, 36a) are now the most for a Rivermen since 2007-08 when Jean-Guy Trudel finished with 67. Last season the Rivermen were led by both Trent Whitfield (22g. 28a) and Steve Regier (20g, 30a) with 50. 16 of Pelletier's points did come with the Syracuse Crunch. Lars Eller has 49 points (14g, 35a) all with the Rivermen this season.
Forget the Penguins...Nate Guenin has eight assists and is a plus-11 in 17 games since joining the Rivermen on Feb. 11. He had just five points and was a minus-3 in 41 games in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton prior to the Blues' trade with Pittsburgh for Steve Wagner.
Road Warriors...The Rivermen finished their season-long seven-game road trip on Friday with a 4-2-1 record. They averaged 3.71 goals per game while allowed 3.57 on the trip.
Penalty Problems...Peoria has allowed a power-play goal in 14 straight games and has killed off 85 of 104 (81.7 percent) over that stretch (dating back to Feb. 23.). It is their second longest stretch of the season after having allowed a PPG in 16 consecutive games from Dec. 4 to Jan. 10. Their penalty kill is just 28-for-41 (68.3 percent) over their last eight games.
Taking full advantage...The Rivermen power play is 10-for-36 (27.8 percent) over their last eight games and sits behind only the Hershey Bears for overall power-play percentage with 21.1 percent. Peoria is the best road power-play team in the league at 22.2 percent.
Goalie Swap...Hannu Toivonen and the Peoria Rivermen beat Joe Fallon and the Rockford IceHogs 3-2 in overtime back on Oct. 4. On March 19, Fallon and the Rivermen took down Toivonen and the IceHogs 3-1. It marked the only confirmed instance in AHL history in which two goaltenders played against one another, swapped teams and faced each other again. Toivonen and Danny Richmond were traded from St. Louis to Chicago for Fallon and Daryl Boyle on March 1.
WEEK 26 PREVIEW
Chicago Wolves
National Hockey League Parent Club Atlanta Thrashers
Record 45-19-1-5
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 96 (+22)
West Division Standing 1st
Rivermen Record Against 2-6-0-1
Leading Scorer Jason Krog (14g, 56a, 70pts)
Starting Goaltender Peter Mannino (23-3-0, 2.22 GAA, .923 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 14th - 17.6%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 7th - 84.3%
Rockford IceHogs
National Hockey League Parent Club Chicago Blackhawks
Record 40-27-3-3
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 86 (+12)
West Division Standing 3rd
Rivermen Record Against 5-2-0-2
Leading Scorer Bracken Kearns (15g, 33a, 48pts)
Starting Goaltender Corey Crawford (20-15-2, 2.78 GAA, .905 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 22nd - 15.6%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 9th - 84.0%
Houston Aeros
National Hockey League Parent Club Minnesota Wild
Record 29-30-7-4
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 69 (-5)
West Division Standing 7th
Rivermen Record Against 2-3-0-1
Leading Scorer Maxim Noreau (17g, 31a, 48pts)
Starting Goaltender Anton Khudobin (11-17-4, 2.41 GAA, .905 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 21st - 15.8%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 4th - 86.1%
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
03/19/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) DEL Released from PTO
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