The Peoria Rivermen put on a show in front of 7,082 fans, most of them local students, Tuesday morning in a 6-3 win over the Milwaukee Admirals at Carver Arena. The game began just after 10 a.m. as the Rivermen held their Faceoff Field Trip, for the second year in a row. Adam Cracknell, Danny Syvret, and T.J. Hensick each found the score sheet twice to help Peoria to 21-19-3 record and put them within one point of Milwaukee (22-16-2) and Chicago (21-16-4) for second in the Midwest Division of the American Hockey League. Ryan Thang added a late goal, but Jonathan Cheechoo’s empty netter finished off the Admirals in the final minute. Jake Allen picked up his fourth win of the year stopping 27 of the 30 shots he faced while the Rivermen fired 40 shots against the Admirals. Click here for the complete game stats.
-Bob
The Peoria Rivermen scored three power-play goals en route to a 4-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals Sunday night at Carver Arena before 4,114 fans. T.J. Hensick, Brett Sterling and Danny Syvret all registered multipoint games to lead the Rivermen to their fourth win in their past five games. The Rivermen scored three times in the first 20 minutes to chase goaltender Atte Engren from the net and then relied on 33 saves from Jake Allen the rest of the way. Allen stopped 33 of the 35 shots he faced to grab his third win of the year while the Rivermen went 3-for-6 on the power play in the game. Click here for the official game stats.
-Bob
The Peoria Rivermen fought back twice to tie the game in the third period but the Milwaukee Admirals had the answer and beat the Rivermen 3-2 in AHL action at Carver Arena on Saturday night. After a scoreless second, Peoria used the power play to even the score at 8:15 of the third period. Less than 30 seconds after Gabriel Bourque was penalized for delay of game, Derek Nesbitt found Jonathan Cheechoo down low as Cheechoo came around the back of the net. From the left side, Cheechoo went top shelf past Admirals’ goaltender Ante Engren.
-Bob
The Peoria Rivermen opened the season at Carver Arena on Saturday night and dropped a 4-1 decision to the Milwaukee Admirals. Ryan Thang scored twice and Jeremy Smith made 22 saves as the Midwest Division rival Admirals spoiled the night for 7,029 fans. Peoria’s first power play of the season turned into a 5-on-3 advantage nearly halfway through the first period. At 9:06, Brett Sterling scored just seconds after the two-man advantage ended for a power-play goal in his Rivermen debut. T.J. Hensick made a quick pass to Danny Syvret at the point who fired the puck into traffic in front of Smith. Jake Allen made 26 saves on 29 shots.
-Bob
The Peoria Rivermen came in just two points behind the West Division leading Milwaukee Admirals. But the gap on the ice looked much larger than that for Peoria who were shut-out by the Admirals in a 3-0 loss. Ryan Reaves got the the crowd of 7,304 on their feet right off the opening face-off by dropping the gloves and exchanging heavy right hands with Kelsey Wilson. Blake Geoffrion scored his 11th goal of the year on the Admirals first power play of the game. Geoffrion is the grandson of Hockey Hall of Fame legend Bernie Boom-Boom Geoffrion.
-Bob
