Knoxville, TN – The Peoria Rivermen used 26 saves from David Jacobson and three goals in the first two periods to top the Knoxville Ice Bears 3-0 Saturday night. The win, Peoria’s third in its last four games, improves the Rivermen to 37-12-4 with three games remaining in the regular season.
The Rivermen started the scoring late in the first after going on the power play. With former Rivermen winger Dennis Sicard in the penalty box for roughing, a scramble above the Knoxville crease led to a puck coming away to Cody Dion, who beat Ice Bears goaltender Bryan Hince at 14:19 of the first to make it 1-0.
The Rivermen doubled their lead with a short-handed tally the 18:39 mark of the second. After Peoria was down 5-on-3, Walker Wintoneak came streaking out of the penalty box to make it 5-on-4, and took a pass from Mike Gurtler to spring a breakaway. Wintoneak leaned into a wrister that found its way through Hince to make it 2-0 Peoria after one period.
The Rivermen continued building their lead with an even-strength goal late in the second period. With just over a minute to go in the period, Dave Pszenyczny entered the right wing of the Knoxville zone, and passed the puck to the slot, where Josh Harris rifled a one-timer past Hince to make the score 3-0.
Jacobson got the win in goal as he stopped all 26 Knoxville shots on goal. The shutout is Jacobson’s third of the season and second in a row after he shut out the Mississippi RiverKings in his last outing March 26.
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