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Peoria Rivermen
Peoria Rivermen
City	Peoria, Illinois
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western Conference
Division	West Division
Founded	2005
Home arena	Carver Arena
Colors	Royal blue, dark blue, gold, white
Owner(s)	Sports Capital Partners Worldwide
General manager	Kevin McDonald
Head coach	Davis Payne
Media	Peoria Journal Star Hippie Radio 101.1
Affiliates	St. Louis Blues (NHL); Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Franchise history
1926 to 1951	Springfield Indians
1951 to 1954	Syracuse Warriors
1954 to 1967	Springfield Indians
1967 to 1974	Springfield Kings
1974 to 1994	Springfield Indians
1994 to 2005	Worcester IceCats
2005 to present	Peoria Rivermen

For other uses, see Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) and Peoria Rivermen (IHL).

The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.

[edit] History

This is the third franchise to use the "Peoria Rivermen" name as they began play in October 2005. In its previous incarnations as the Worcester IceCats and the Springfield Indians, it is the oldest minor league hockey franchise extant and the fourth oldest professional hockey franchise, behind the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.

This market was previously served by:

Peoria Blades of the CnHL (1972–1982)
Peoria Prancers / Peoria Rivermen of the IHL (1982–1996)
Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL (1996–2005)

[edit] Player records

According to the 2008–09 AHL Guide & Record Book...Updated after each season

[edit] All-time regular season leaders

Games Played: Trent Whitfield (2005–09), 269
Goals: Trent Whitfield (2005–09), 94
Assists: Trent Whitfield (2005–09), 139
Points: Trent Whitfield (2005–09), 233

Wins: Chris Beckford-Tseu (2005–08) / Marek Schwarz (2006–08), 33
Loses: Chris Beckford-Tseu (2005–08), 30
Shutouts: Jason Bacashihua (2005–07), 3
Lowest GAA (min. 35 games) : Chris Beckford-Tseu (2005-08), 2.73

[edit] Individual regular season

Most Goals: Trent Whitfield, 33 (2006–07)
Most Assists: Mike Mottau, 48 (2005–06)
Most Points: Trent Whitfield, 78 (2006–07)
Most Penalty Minutes: Hans Benson, 265 (2005–06)
Most Power-Play Goals: Trent Whitfield, 20 (2006–07)
Most Shorthanded Goals: Trent Whitfield, 4 (2008-09)
Most Game-Winning Goals: Mike Glumac, 7 (2005–06)

Most Appearances: Marek Schwarz, 34 (2006–07)
Most Minutes Played: Marek Schwarz, 1,912 (2006–07)
Most Wins: Marek Schwarz, 19 (2006–07)
Most Loses: Ben Bishop, 16 (2008-09)
Most Ties/SOL: Marek Schwarz / Jason Bacashihua, 4 (2006–07)
Most Shutouts: Manny Legace, 3 (2008–09)
Lowest GAA (min. 25 games): Chris Beckford-Tseu, 2.63 (2007–08)
Highest Save Percentage (min. 25 games): Chris Beckford-Tseu, .900 (2006–07)

[edit] All-time playoff leaders

Games Played: Several players tied, 7
Goals: Peter Sejna, 3 (2005–06)
Assists: Mike Zigomanis(2005–06), Danny Richmond (2008-09), 4
Points: Mike Zigomanis, 6 (2005–06)

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Regular season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	OTL	SOL	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
2005–06	80	46	26	3	5	100	253	226	3rd, West
2006–07	80	37	33	2	8	84	221	242	5th, West
2007–08	80	38	33	4	5	85	247	242	7th, West
2008–09	80	43	31	2	4	92	215	211	2nd, West

[edit] Playoffs

Season	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2005–06	L, 0–4, Houston	—	—	—
2006–07	Out of playoffs.
2007–08	Out of playoffs.
2008–09	L, 3-4, Houston	—	—	—

[edit] Team captains

2005–06: Brenden Buckley
2006-08: Aaron MacKenzie
2008-09: Trent Whitfield
2009-present: Yan Stastny

[edit] Coaches

2005–06: Steve Pleau
2006–08: Dave Baseggio
2008-Current: Davis Payne

[edit] Current roster

As of December 21, 2008. Data taken from team website. Rivermen.net: Players

Goaltenders
#	Player	Catches	Date of birth	Place of birth
30	Ben Bishop	L	November 21, 1986	Des Peres, Missouri
31	Manny Legace	R	February 4, 1973	Alliston, Ontario

Defensemen
#	Player	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
2	Danny Richmond	L	August 1, 1984	Chicago, Illinois
3	Jim Jackson	L	April 22, 1980	Marquette, Michigan
15	T. J. Fast	R	September 2, 1987	Calgary, Alberta
20	Ivan Vishnevskiy	L	February 18, 1988	Barnaul, Russia
36	Justin Fletcher	L	March 30, 1983	Maryville, Illinois
37	Alexander Hellstrom	L	April 17, 1987	Falun, Sweden
44	Jonas Junland	L	November 15, 1987	Linkoping, Sweden
49	Steve Wagner	L	March 6, 1984	Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Forwards
#	Player	Position	Shoots	Date of birth	Place of birth
7	Jori Lehterä	C	L	December 23, 1987	Helsinki, Finland
10	Nicholas Drazenovic	C	R	January 14, 1987	Prince George, British Columbia
11	Chris Porter	LW	L	May 29, 1984	Thunder Bay, Ontario
12	Julian Talbot	C	L	March 24, 1985	Wahnapitae, Ontario
14	Jeff Cowan	LW	L	September 27, 1976	Scarborough, Ontario
17	Tomas Kana	LW	L	November 29, 1987	Opava, Czech Republic
18	Cam Paddock	C	R	March 22, 1983	North Vancouver, British Columbia
19	Curtis Fraser	C	L	April 4, 1982	Surrey, British Columbia
23	Trent Whitfield	C	L	June 17, 1977	Estevan, Saskatchewan
33	Jonathan Filewich	RW	R	October 2, 1984	Kelowna, British Columbia
38	Ryan Reaves	RW	R	January 20, 1987	Winnipeg, Manitoba
41	Steve Regier	LW	L	August 31, 1984	Edmonton, Alberta
42	Eric Neilson	RW	R	August 18, 1984	Fredericton, New Brunswick

Staff
Title	Staff Member
Head Coach	Davis Payne
Assistant Coach	Brent Thompson

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Peoria Rivermen Official Website

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