Rivermen Win Third Straight, Top Havoc 3-0 Sunday
December 20, 2015 - SPHL (SPHL)
Peoria Rivermen News Release
HUNTSVILLE, AL - The Peoria Rivermen got a shutout from rookie goaltender Francois Brassard and goals in each period as they defeated the Huntsville Havoc 3-0 Sunday. The win, Peoria's third in a row, lifts the Rivermen into a first place tie with Mississippi at 28 points.
The Rivermen opened the scoring at 15:22 of the first period when the Rivermen got a two-on-one and Connor Toomey passed to Steve Morra on the left wing before Morra dropped off to Matt Summers trailing the play, and Summers buried the puck past Huntsville goaltender Jordan Ruby for the 1-0 lead.
The Rivermen doubled their lead at the 17:35 mark of period number two when Toomey beat Ruby from Summers and Mike Slowikowski to make it 2-0 Peoria. The goal gives Toomey three in as many games since joining the Rivermen in a trade with Macon last Sunday.
Peoria extended their lead at 2:04 of the second period when Connor Toomey scored a goal assisted bySummers and Morra to make it 4-1.
The Rivermen tacked on an insurance goal late in the third. After the Havoc pulled their goaltender for an extra skater with just under two minutes to play, Peoria came away with the puck from their own zone and passed up to Alec Hagaman, who put the empty-netter in under the crossbar at 18:42 of the third to give Peoria the 3-0 victory.
Rivermen goaltender Francois Brassard got the start in place of an injured Kyle Rank, and picked up his first professional shutout, stopping all 22 Huntsville shots on goal. The win is Brassard's first since he won his pro debut November 7 at Louisiana.
Notes: Summers tallied a goal and assist to give him an impressive 11 points in his last seven games and seven points in his last three contests...Summers also notched his third straight multi-point game...Connor Toomey had a goal and an assist to give him three straight multi-point tilts since joining the Rivermen in a 12/13 trade with Macon...Mike Slowikowski added an assist to give him two points in his last two contests after he scored his first goal of the season Saturday night in Columbus...The Rivermen return to action on their home ice January 1 when they play the first of two at 7:05 P.M. against the Havoc...The broadcast can be heard starting with the pregame show at 6:45 at portal.stretchinternet.com/rivermen
Single-game and season tickets for Peoria's 34th season of professional hockey are on sale at the Toyota Box Office in the Peoria Civic Center, or by phone at the Rivermen office, located at 201 S.W. Jefferson Street, or over the phone at (309) 676-1040.Â
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