Wolves Make Final Trip to Peoria Tonight
January 6, 2012
RIVERMEN (17-15-2-1) vs.
WOLVES (16-12-1-3)
BROADCAST: RADIO - CD 107.9 FM WATCH – AHLLIVE.COM
Last 10: Peoria 6-3-1-0; Chicago 7-3-0-0
Season series: Tonight marks the seventh of 10 meetings between the
Peoria Rivermen and Chicago Wolves this season. Overall, the Rivermen are
3-2-1-0 against Chicago after suffering an overtime loss in their last
meeting. In four previous games at
Carver Arena, the Rivermen are 2-1-1-0 against the Wolves. This is the 65th
overall meeting between the division rivals with the Rivermen holding a
25-31-3-5 record in those games.
Big story: The Rivermen enter tonight’s contest with points in
four straight games – a streak that dates back to their last meeting with the
Wolves in a 4-3 overtime loss on Dec. 26.
Team scope:
Rivermen: Peoria endured
their league-leading eighth three-games-in-three-days series last weekend and
managed to tally six points for the first time this season in such a series.
The Rivermen won their most recent matchup against Milwaukee -- their first in six meetings this season – last Sunday at the Bradley Center.
Ben Bishop stopped all 18 shots on goal en route to his league-leading fifth shutout while Rivermen captain Adam Cracknell scored the game’s lone goal.
Wolves: Chicago last came to Peoria just 11 days ago and captured an overtime win with just 47 seconds left.
More recently, the Wolves fell 4-1 against the Charlotte Checkers on Saturday, Dec. 31 and dropped to fourth place in the Midwest Division and remain one point behind the Rivermen.
Although Eddie Lack has received a majority of the starts for Chicago this season, goaltender Matt Climie started both games last weekend including a 5-3 win over Rockford.
Who's hot: Rivermen goaltender Ben Bishop won three games in three consecutive days last weekend and currently ranks third in the league in save percentage (.930) and seventh in GAA (2.23).
Follow Us