PEORIA, IL – The Rivermen battled hard but were not able to overcome the Louisiana Ice Gators, suffering a 5-2 loss at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday night. Ice Gator’s John Daniels came out ready to throw down in … Continue reading
PEORIA, IL – The Peoria Rivermen came from behind twice to beat the Knoxville Ice Bears 3-2 in overtime at the Peoria Civic Center on Saturday night in front of 3,798 fans. Knoxville drew first blood at 6:12 of the … Continue reading
PEORIA, Ill – The 2004-2005 season was cancelled due to an owner’s lockout. The 1994-95 season was virtually cut in half for the same reason. In 1992, a brief 10-day strike of NHL players delayed the playoffs and set the … Continue reading
PEORIA, Ill – What to do? What to do? Big Ben Bishop is in his fourth full year with the Peoria Rivermen. The 25-year old goaltender has shown steady improvement each year, marching his Save % up from 0.897 … Continue reading
PEORIA, ILL – It isn’t just players that have NHL dreams. Matt Brooks started his career in professional hockey a few years ago as a student intern. He drove the 40+ miles to work from his college home in … Continue reading
PEORIA , IL – Covering professional ice hockey isn’t a bad gig. I get to watch hockey and write about. I’ve got a semi-reserved seat in the Peoria press box and have seen games from press row in six leagues. … Continue reading
