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DAY	DATE	TIME	OPPONENT
Tuesday	March 9	7:00 p.m.	@ San Antonio Rampage
Wednesday	March 10	7:30 p.m.	@ Texas Stars
Friday	March 12	7:35 p.m.	@ Houston Aeros
Sunday	March 14	3:00 p.m.	@ San Antonio Rampage

*Home Games in BOLD; all times are CDT – ALL games are broadcast live on Hippie 101.1 FM, streamed live on www.rivermen.net.  Video broadcasts are available through www.AHLlive.com on a pay-per-view basis.

 

 

UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

Sunday, March 21 – ActOnEnergy.com presents WMBD/Rivermen Environmental Action Day, co-presented by CityLink.  First 1,000 fans receive an energy efficient light bulb kit. 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.  TICKETS

 

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 Abry’s Jonas Junland player card.  TICKETS

 

WEEK 23 IN REVIEW (3-0-0-0)

DAY	DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT	RIVERMEN GOALS	RIVERMEN GOALIE (GA/SV)
Thurs.	3/4	vs. Grand Rapids	4-3 W	Barry Tallackson, Matt McIlvane, Lars Eller, Pascal Pelletier	Ben Bishop (3/32)
Sat.	3/6	vs. Lake Erie	3-1 W	Lars Eller, Derek Armstrong, Jonas Junland	Ben Bishop (1/22)
Sun.	3/7	@ Milwaukee	4-2 W	Brett Sonne, Lars Eller, Cam Paddock (2)	Joe Fallon (2/29)

vs. Grand Rapids (3/4): The Peoria Rivermen turned the page on February with a victory to begin the month of March. Pascal Pelletier’s goal with 4:19 remaining in the third period broke a 3-3 tie and sent the Rivermen to the 4-3 win over the Grand Rapids Griffins on Thursday at Carver Arena.  READ MORE 

vs. Lake Erie (3/6): A 15-year-old attendance record fell on Saturday night as the 10,129 fans watched the Peoria Rivermen defeat the Lake Erie Monsters 3-1 at Carver Arena. The previous attendance record for professional hockey in Peoria was 9,427 set back on March 4, 1995. READ MORE

@ Milwaukee (3/7): The Peoria Rivermen moved within eight points of a potential playoff spot with a 4-2 victory over the fourth-place Milwaukee Admirals at the Bradley Center on Sunday afternoon. Cam Paddock gave Peoria two different two-goal leads in the third period as Joe Fallon stopped 29 shots in his Rivermen debut. READ MORE 

TEAM LEADERS

	THIS SEASON	THIS WEEK
POINTS	Lars Eller – 42	Lars Eller – 6
GOALS	Tallackson/Drazenovic – 16	Lars Eller – 3
ASSISTS	Lars Eller – 30	Junland/Strachan – 3
POWER PLAY	59-for-289, 20.4%	2-for-11, 18.2%
PENALTY KILL	225-for-277, 81.2%	13-for-16, 81.3%

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NEWS AND NOTES

Where they stand…The Rivermen currently sit in a tie for fifth place of the West Division with 67 points. Peoria is now just eight points back of fourth-place Milwaukee for the final playoff spot.  The Rivermen have one game in hand on the Admirals and two in hand on both San Antonio and Houston who are also vying for that playoff berth.  

 

Crowd Pleaser…Peoria’s crowd of 10,129 on Saturday broke a 15-year-old team attendance record.  It was sold out and broke the record of 9,427 set back on March 4, 1995 with the IHL Rivermen.  Peoria’s largest AHL crowd had been 8,161 (April 11, 2009).  All fans in attendance received two hot dogs, a bag of chips, a coke and a Hostess Twinkie for free. 

 

Streaking…The Rivermen are on their first three-game winning streak since they won five in a row from Dec. 9-19.

 

Long time coming…Cam Paddock’s two-goal game on Sunday was his first in 244 AHL games.  His last two-goal effort was on Feb. 9, 2007 when he was with ECHL Phoenix.

 

Good start…Joe Fallon, acquired in a trade on Monday from Chicago (Rockford), was the No. 1 star in his Rivermen debut on Sunday. He made 29 saves in his third consecutive win.  His last game with Rockford and first game with Peoria were both wins in Milwaukee. 

 

Sonne stays hot…Rookie Brett Sonne scored his 10^th goal of the season on Sunday.  He has six of his 10 goals this season over his last 15 games. Last season, Sonne scored 48 times, and added 52 assists, while playing with the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League.  

 

Road Warriors…The Rivermen started a seven-game road trip in Milwaukee on Sunday.  It is their longest trip of the season.  The Rivermen will play 12 of their last 18 games away from home. They are 12-13-0-4 on the road so far this season.  

 

Scaring the Monsters…Peoria’s victory against Lake Erie on Saturday improved their record to 5-0-0-0 all-time against the Monsters at Carver Arena. 

 

Finish strong…After losing their first three meetings with Grand Rapids the Rivermen won the final five games against the Griffins.  The Rivermen are now 11-9-1-2 against North Division opponents after starting the year 0-5-1-1 against them. 

 

Big Ben…Since Ben Bishop’s five-game losing streak (Feb. 9-21) he is 3-1-0 with a 2.50 GAA and .916 sv%. 

 

Career year…Adam Cracknell picked up his 17^th assist of the season on Sunday and set a new career high.  He had 16 last season for the Quad City Flames.  He had already reached  a new career high in goals (11) and points (28) this season. 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 24 PREVIEW

      

San Antonio Rampage
National Hockey League Parent Club	Phoenix Coyotes

Record	29-27-3-6
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)	67 (--)
West Division Standing	t-5th
Rivermen Record Against	3-2-0-0
Leading Scorer	Brett MacLean (26g, 25a, 51pts)
Starting Goaltender	Josh Tordjman (13-16-2, 2.82 GAA, .907 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank	10th – 18.7%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank	7th  – 84.9%

 

Texas Stars
National Hockey League Parent Club	Dallas Stars



Record	35-22-3-4
Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen)	77 (+10)
West Division Standing	3rd
Rivermen Record Against	4-1-0-1
Leading Scorer	Travis Morin (18g, 24a, 42pts)
Starting Goaltender	Matt Climie (18-15-3, 2.43 GAA, .920 sv%)
AHL Power-Play Rank	12th – 18.3%
AHL Penalty-Kill Rank	2nd  – 86.8%

 

Houston Aeros
National Hockey League Parent Club	Minnesota Wild Record 29-28-6-2 Standings Points (Relative to Rivermen) 66 (-1) West Division Standing 7th Rivermen Record Against 1-3-0-1 Leading Scorer Maxim Noreau (17g, 29a, 46pts) Starting Goaltender Anton Khudobin (11-15-2, 2.44 GAA, .903 sv%) AHL Power-Play Rank 20th – 16.0% AHL Penalty-Kill Rank 5th  – 85.9%   RECENT TRANSACTIONS 03/04/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) DEL Released from PTO 03/04/2010 Matt McIlvane (F) ADD Signed to PTO 03/03/2010 Derek Armstrong (C) ADD Returned on loan from St. Louis (NHL) 03/03/2010 Pierre-Cedric Labrie (LW) ADD Loaned from St. Louis (NHL) 03/03/2010 Yan Stastny (C) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL) 03/02/2010 Aaron Palushaj (RW) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL) 03/01/2010 Danny Richmond (D) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL) 03/01/2010 Daryl Boyle (D) ADD Traded from Rockford (AHL) 03/01/2010 Derek Armstrong (C) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL) 03/01/2010 Hannu Toivonen (G) DEL Recalled from loan by St. Louis (NHL) 03/01/2010 Joe Fallon (G) ADD Loaned from St. Louis (NHL)     TEAM STATISTICS (as of March 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% 20 * Lars Eller C 55 12 30 42 -4 58 3 17 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 8 1 0.250 127 0.094 7 Pascal Pelletier (total) RW 63 11 29 40 -6 44 3 12 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 2 3 8 1 0.375 162 0.068   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 38 8 16 24 1 21 2 6 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 0.500 100 0.080 44 Jonas Junland D 62 12 25 37 9 40 9 10 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 4 0 0.250 146 0.082 10 Nicholas Drazenovic C 51 16 17 33 -8 35 8 7 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 0 5 10 2 0.500 136 0.118 19 Adam Cracknell RW 63 11 17 28 -2 36 1 4 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1.000 107 0.103 21 x Yan Stastny C 49 10 17 27 -8 51 4 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.000 130 0.077 17 Derek Armstrong C 33 15 11 26 8 14 3 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.250 66 0.227 12 Julian Talbot C 59 14 12 26 -3 28 8 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 10 1 0.500 108 0.130 11 Chris Porter LW 63 10 13 23 -4 43 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 117 0.085 8 *x Aaron Palushaj RW 44 5 17 22 0 22 1 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 0 0.625 80 0.063 25 Tyson Strachan D 49 2 19 21 1 69 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 64 0.031 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 41 Daryl Boyle (total) D 55 4 16 20 -2 29 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 103 0.039   RFD D 52 4 16 20 -3 29 1 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 99 0.040   PEO D 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 4 0.000 27 Barry Tallackson RW 57 16 3 19 -8 26 4 0 1 0 2 6 2 0 1 2 2 6 1 0.333 101 0.158 18 Cam Paddock C 63 8 9 17 -17 93 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.000 92 0.087 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 29 * Brett Sonne C 60 10 6 16 -9 24 5 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000 100 0.100 2 x Danny Richmond D 54 1 15 16 -15 135 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 58 0.017 14 x Steve Wagner D 46 3 12 15 -9 20 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 66 0.045 36 Justin Fletcher D 38 2 13 15 0 15 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 71 0.028 38 Ryan Reaves RW 59 3 6 9 -13 141 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 50 0.060 5 Nate Guenin (total) D 51 3 5 8 3 73 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 35 0.086   WBS D 41 3 2 5 -3 63 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 28 0.107   PEO D 10 0 3 3 6 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 7 0.000 32 Pierre-Cedric Labrie (total) LW 46 5 1 6 -13 71 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 57 0.088   MTB LW 45 5 1 6 -13 69 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 57 0.088   PEO LW 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 30 Ben Bishop G 38 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 46 1 2 3 -3 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 24 0.042 15 *x Anthony Peluso RW 22 1 1 2 -2 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 7 0.143 14 *x Matt McIlvane F 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 1.000 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 4 *x Jason Lepine D 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 0.000 3 T.J. Fast D 8 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 4 0.000 35 x Hannu Toivonen G 26 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000 1 * Joe Fallon (total) G 30 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000   RFD G 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000   PEO G 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0.000   BENCH   63 6       12                             6       TOTALS   63 178 296 468 -103 1121 59 110 4 5 24 36 13 3 9 6 25 62 6 0.403 1912 0.090 No. GOALIE GP MINS W L SOL SO EN GA GAA SOGP SOW SOL SOGA SOA SO% SA SVS SV%   1 * Joe Fallon (total) 30 1605 16 10 1 1 1 70 2.62 1 0 1 1 4 0.750 801 731 0.913     RFD 29 1545 15 10 1 1 1 68 2.64 1 0 1 1 4 0.750 770 702 0.912     PEO 1 60 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 31 29 0.935   35 x Hannu Toivonen 26 1516 11 11 3 0 7 69 2.73 5 2 3 12 30 0.600 735 666 0.906   30 Ben Bishop 38 2242 18 16 3 0 3 104 2.78 7 4 3 12 31 0.613 1046 942 0.901     TOTALS 63 3818 30 27 6 0 10 175 2.75 12 6 6 24 61 0.607 1812 1637 0.903     X – inactive, * - rookie, ACTIVE TEAM LEADER   If you like the daily news of the Raw Feed, SUBSCRIBE TODAY to the nation's only alternative professional sports magazine, SZ, with original features and great action photography in baseball, hockey, basketball, and football. 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