Peoria Rivermen News and Notes

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09Feb2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 07:45AM

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -WEEK 19 IN REVIEW (1-2-0-0)

DAY	DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	RIVERMEN GOALS	RIVERMEN GOALIE (GA/SV)
Tues.	2/3	@ Houston	4-1 L	Cam Paddock	Ben Bishop (3/8) Hannu Toivonen (1/5)
Fri.	2/5	@ Texas	6-3 W	Yan Stastny, Brett Sonne, Nicholas Drazenovic, Pascal Pelletier, Adam Cracknell, Barry Tallackson	Ben Bishop (3/31)
Sat.	2/6	@ Texas	5-0 L	none	Hannu Toivonen (4/5) Ben Bishop (1/5)

@ Houston (2/3): The Houston Aeros made the most of their shots on Wednesday night as they scored four times on 16 shots in 4-1 win over the Rivermen at the Toyota Center. Barry Brust made 25 saves while Ben Bishop and Hannu Toivonen combined for just 11 in Peoria’s fourth consecutive defeat. READ MORE

@ Texas (2/5): The Peoria Rivermen offense erupted for four first-period goals on their way to a 6-3 win over the Texas Stars on Friday night at Cedar Park Center. Six different players scored to help the Rivermen snap a four-game winless streak in the first of back-to-back games with the Stars. READ MORE

@ Texas (2/6): The Peoria Rivermen had more shots on goal in the third period alone than the Texas Stars did in three periods combined but it was Texas who handed Peoria a 5-0 loss at Cedar Park Center on Saturday night. Peoria outshot the Stars 41-15, including 19-6 in the third, but Matt Climie stopped them all in his third shutout of the year. READ MORE

TEAM LEADERS

	THIS SEASON	THIS WEEK
POINTS	Pascal Pelletier – 34	Five Players – 2
GOALS	Barry Tallackson – 14	Seven Players – 1
ASSISTS	Lars Eller – 26	Steve Wagner – 2
POWER PLAY	49-for-233, 21.0%	1-for-13, 7.7%
PENALTY KILL	180-for-220, 81.4%	7-for-9, 77.8%

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Where they stand…The Rivermen currently sit in sixth place of the West Division with 54 points. Peoria’s 54 points would be good enough to qualify for the playoffs in both the East and the North divisions. The top four teams in the division (Texas, Rockford, Milwaukee, Chicago) are separated by just three points and the 62-point cutoff is the highest among the AHL’s four divisions.

All or nothing…Since Jan. 2 the Rivermen are averaging 4.6 goals per game in their five wins but just 1.5 in their 10 losses. Their power play 9-for-21 (43 percent) in the victories while it is 6-for-39 (15 percent) in the defeats.

Goose Egg…Saturday’s 5-0 loss was the third time the Rivermen have been shutout this season and the first since a Nov. 18 1-0 loss to Houston.

Shutout Wanted…Peoria, San Antonio and Springfield are the only three teams in the AHL without a shutout. The Rivermen and Rampage will meet in Peoria this weekend for a two-game series.

Take two…Wednesday was the first time all season that Peoria had to use two goalies in the same game (in game no. 48). They pulled their netminder twice in their three games this week.

Shots don’t mean goals…The Rivermen set new lows in shots against on Wednesday with 16 and again on Saturday with 15 but lost both of those games by a combined score of 9-1. They outshot their opponents 67-31 in those games.

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Record	29-17-0-4
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)	62 (+8)
West Division Standing	4^th
Rivermen Record Against	1-4-0-1
Leading Scorer	Jason Krog (9g, 42a, 51pts)
Starting Goaltender	Peter Mannino (14-3-0, 1.78 GAA, .942 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank	8^th – 19.4%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank	7^th – 85.3%

San Antonio Rampage

Record	21-20-3-6
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)	51 (-3)
West Division Standing	7^th
Rivermen Record Against	3-0-0-0
Leading Scorer	Brett MacLean (20g, 17a, 37pts)
Starting Goaltender	Josh Tordjman (10-11-2, 2.80 GAA, .910 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank	4^th – 20.6%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank	8^th – 85.3%

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

02/04/2010 Anthony Peluso (RW) DEL Reassigned by St. Louis (NHL) from Alaska (ECHL)

TEAM STATISTICS (as of Feb. 8, 2010)

No.	PLAYER	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	PPA	SHG	SHA	GW	FG	IG	OT	UA	EN	SOG	SOA	SGW	SO%	SH	SH%
7	Pascal Pelletier (total)	RW	50	9	25	34	-2	40	3	10	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	7	1	0.429	131	0.069
	SYR	RW	25	3	13	16	-7	23	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0.250	62	0.048
	PEO	RW	25	6	12	18	5	17	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0.667	69	0.087
20	* Lars Eller	C	42	7	26	33	-1	42	1	16	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	7	1	0.286	101	0.069
44	Jonas Junland	D	50	10	20	30	8	30	7	8	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.250	121	0.083
10	Nicholas Drazenovic	C	39	13	14	27	-5	22	6	5	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	4	9	2	0.444	101	0.129
12	Julian Talbot	C	47	13	11	24	0	22	8	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	9	1	0.556	88	0.148
19	Adam Cracknell	RW	50	10	14	24	-5	28	1	4	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1.000	91	0.110
21	Yan Stastny	C	42	10	13	23	-3	45	4	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.000	112	0.089
26	Bryce Lampman	D	48	7	13	20	-12	22	3	8	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	70	0.100
11	Chris Porter	LW	50	8	11	19	-6	41	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	87	0.092
17	Derek Armstrong	C	24	12	6	18	2	6	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.250	48	0.250
8	* Aaron Palushaj	RW	35	3	15	18	4	18	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0.714	67	0.045
7	x Brendan Bell	D	22	4	13	17	-9	26	4	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0.250	54	0.074
27	Barry Tallackson	RW	44	14	2	16	-5	20	3	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	1	2	2	6	1	0.333	79	0.177
25	Tyson Strachan	D	36	2	14	16	1	48	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	45	0.044
14	Steve Wagner	D	45	3	12	15	-10	20	1	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	63	0.048
2	Danny Richmond	D	47	1	14	15	-12	133	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	46	0.022
18	Cam Paddock	C	50	5	8	13	-14	69	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	75	0.067
29	* Brett Sonne	C	47	5	6	11	-12	20	3	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.000	76	0.066
36	Justin Fletcher	D	25	2	8	10	3	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	42	0.048
38	Ryan Reaves	RW	48	3	4	7	-16	122	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	44	0.068
30	Ben Bishop	G	24	0	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0.000
24	Mitch Love	LW	33	1	2	3	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	19	0.053
15	* Anthony Peluso	RW	19	1	1	2	-1	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	7	0.143
34	*x Brock McBride (total)	RW	14	1	0	1	-7	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	5	0.200
	SYR	RW	14	1	0	1	-7	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	5	0.200
16	x D.J. King	LW	10	0	1	1	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	10	0.000
5	x Adrian Veideman	D	14	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	5	0.000
41	x Matt Stefanishion	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0.000
3	x T.J. Fast	D	5	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	2	0.000
35	Hannu Toivonen	G	18	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0	0.000
	BENCH		50	6				8															6
	TOTALS		50	146	245	385	-91	910	49	91	4	5	18	27	10	3	5	4	24	57	6	0.421	1528	0.092

No.	GOALIE	GP	MINS	W	L	SOL	SO	EN	GA	GAA	SOGP	SOW	SOL	SOGA	SOA	SO%	SA	SVS	SV%
30	Ben Bishop	29	1709	15	10	3	0	1	79	2.77	7	4	3	12	31	0.613	798	719	0.901
35	Hannu Toivonen	23	1331	9	11	2	0	7	62	2.80	4	2	2	10	25	0.600	648	586	0.904
	TOTALS	50	3040	24	21	5	0	8	141	2.78	11	6	5	22	56	0.607	1446	1305	0.902

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