Rivermen Weekly
Published on March 29, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
NEWS AND NOTES
Where they stand...The Rivermen currently sit in fifth place of the West Division with 80 points. Peoria is now just three points back of fourth-place Milwaukee for the final playoff spot with six games to play. The Rivermen still have two head-to-head meetings with Milwaukee remaining, including Friday night at the Bradley Center.
Race to the finish... Over the past 18 games, the Rivermen have points in 13 of them (11-5-1-1). Last season, the Rivermen went 14-2-4 to secure a second place finish in the West Division.
Lucky Charm...Fresh out of his junior season at the University of Notre Dame, the 18th overall pick in 2007 by the Blues, Ian Cole made his professional debut on Friday in Rockford. He scored his first pro goal and added an assist on Saturday at Carver Arena and followed it up with two more helpers on Sunday. The defenseman was also a plus-5 in his first three games.
Wamsley's Water Mark...Sunday's win marked the first time since Jan. 9 (1-1-1) that the Rivermen were at .500 under interim head coach Rick Wamsley. The Rivermen are 17-17-1-4 since Wamsley took over on Jan. 2.
Good timing...Sunday was Peoria's first win in the third game of a three-game in three-night stretch this season. They had gone 0-6-0-2 before beating Houston in a shootout.
March Forth...Ben Bishop finished March with a perfect 6-0-0 record (over a span of eight appearances). He collected a 2.78 goals-against average with a .903 save percentage.
Padding the stats...Cam Paddock had one of the best weeks of his professional career. On Saturday he registered the first three-point game of his American Hockey League career in his 254th game. On Sunday he scored for the third straight game for the first time in his professional career that has stretched over 431 games between the ECHL, AHL and NHL. He finished the week with four goals (in five periods) and two assists.
Fight Night...On Saturday, Jonas Junland's fight with Bracken Kearns was the Swedish defenseman's first fight in 139 AHL games. Derek Armstrong also collected his first fight of the season while Ryan Reaves fought for the team-leading 16th time.
Houston: No problem...The Rivermen won the final three games of their season series with Houston and finished 4-3-0-1 against their playoff opponent from a year ago. They also split last season's eight games with the Rivermen posting a 4-2-0-2 record. All-time the Rivermen have won 21 of the 44 regular season meetings with Houston.
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Lake Erie Monsters
National Hockey League Parent Club Colorado Avalanches
Record 32-34-1-7
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 72 (n/a)
NORTH Division Standing 6th
Rivermen Record Against 2-1-0-1
Leading Scorer TJ Hensick (19g, 45a, 64pts)
Starting Goaltender Tyler Weiman (20-17-3, 2.53 GAA, .911 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 12th - 18.7%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 29th - 78.9%
Milwaukee Admirals
National Hockey League Parent Club Nashville Predators
Record 38-28-1-6
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 83 (+3)
West Division Standing 4th
Rivermen Record Against 5-3-0-0
Leading Scorer Mike Santorelli (23g, 28a, 51pts)
Starting Goaltender Mark Dekanich (24-16-4, 2.40 GAA, .912 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank 8th - 19.2%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 21st - 80.6%
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
03/27/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) ADD Signed to PTO
03/25/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) DEL Released from PTO
03/24/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) ADD Signed to PTO
03/23/2010 Ian Cole (D) ADD Signed to ATO
American Hockey League Stories from March 29, 2010
- Heat fall to Moose 5-2 - Abbotsford Heat
- Moose Beat The Heat , 5-2 - Manitoba Moose
- Hamilton Bulldogs Weekly - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Griffins' 6-1-1-2 Run Cuts Deficit to Moose in Half - Grand Rapids Griffins
- Anaheim Reassigns Sharp And Bickel To Bakersfield - San Antonio Rampage
- Columbus Recalls Center Tomas Kana - Syracuse Crunch
- Senators Recall Defenceman Brian Lee From Binghamton - Binghamton Senators
- Rivermen Weekly - Peoria Rivermen
- The Envelopes, Please... - AHL
- Help Support Dundas' Bid To Be Crowned Kraft Hockeyville 2010 - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Adirondack Travels To Wilkes-Barre & Albany; Hosts Syracuse This Week - Adirondack Phantoms
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- B-Sens Set To Host First Annual Hockey For Hope - Binghamton Senators
- B-Sens Re-Assign Forward Keegan Dansereau To Elmira - Binghamton Senators
- Kings Recall Bernier - Manchester Monarchs
- River Rats Weekly - Albany River Rats
- Senators Sign Forward Bobby Butler To Two-Year Contract - Binghamton Senators
- Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's Brad Thiessen Named Reebok/AHL Player Of The Week - AHL
- Hogs Split In Week 26, Face Lake Erie And Milwaukee This Weekend - Rockford IceHogs
- Wolf Pack Weekly - Connecticut Whale
- Monarchs Weekly Report - Manchester Monarchs
- Admirals Sign G Sims And D Case; Release G Kalemba - Norfolk Admirals
- Minnesota Wild Recalls G Anton Khudobin From Houston - Houston Aeros
- New York Rangers Recall Corey Locke From Wolf Pack - Connecticut Whale
- Crunch Sign Left Wing John Kurtz - Syracuse Crunch
- Jim Playfair Fined By AHL - Abbotsford Heat
- Bears Look for AHL Wins Record with Seven to Play - Hershey Bears
- Sabres Recall Gerbe And Mancari From Portland - Portland Pirates
- Heat Take On The Moose This Monday And Tuesday - Abbotsford Heat
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