By Wes Huett, Peoria Journal Star PEORIA — Mitch McPherson remembers the crowd. The noise. The Peoria native was 6 years old in 2000, when he stood among the seats inside Carver Arena and watched the Peoria Rivermen hockey team hoist the Kelly Cup as champions of the ECHL. Twenty two years later, McPherson had […]
By Dave Eminian, Peoria Journal Star (Photo credit: Tim Lester) ROANOKE, Va. — The weight is over. The Peoria Rivermen lifted the 22-pound President’s Cup on Tuesday and shed the heavy burden of 22 years without a title. The Rivermen won the SPHL championship, adding to their 40-year franchise legacy by beating the Roanoke Rail […]
ROANOKE, VA – It was a storybook ending. The Peoria Rivermen rallied from two goals down to defeat the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 3-2 in overtime to clinch their first-ever President’s Cup on Tuesday night at the Berglund Center. The first period went almost as wrong as it could have for Peoria, a turn-over in […]
ROANOKE, VA. – The Rail Yard Dawgs extended the series on Monday night, beating the Peoria Rivermen 4-3 in Game Three of the President’s Cup Final at the Berglund Center. Nick Ford netted a hat trick with his goals spanned across just 5:45 of the second period, while Brant Sherwood scored the game-winning goal for […]
PEORIA, IL – Peoria needed a stronger effort than on Thursday, they got that and then some on Friday. Jordan Ernst led the charge with three goals as Peoria dominated the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 7-3 in game two of the President’s Cup Finals at Carver Arena. Peoria unloaded an offensive blitzkrieg in the first […]
PEORIA, IL – Three unanswered goals and a former Badger goaltender. That was the key to victory on Thursday night as the Peoria Rivermen rallied behind their goalie Jack Berry and three unanswered goals to defeat the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs 3-2 at Carver Arena. Despite a few good shifts in the first few minutes, […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 23, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Saturday announced the schedule for the best-of-five 2022 President’s Cup Finals: #3 Peoria Rivermen vs. #8 Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs Game 1 – Thursday, April 28 at Peoria 7:15 pm Game 2 – Friday, April 29 at Peoria 7:15 pm Game 3 […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 21, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Thursday announced the following suspension: Peoria’s Kasey Kulczycki Peoria’s Kasey Kulczycki has been suspended one game under Rule 28, Supplementary Discipline, as a result of his actions in SPHL Playoff Game F-1, Peoria at Quad City, played on Wednesday, April 20. Kulczycki […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 21, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Thursday announced that Alec Baer of the Peoria Rivermen has been selected as the 2021-2022 SPHL Most Valuable Player. The SPHL Most Valuable Player award is presented annually to the player selected to be the most valuable to his team as determined […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (April 20, 2022) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) on Wednesday announced that Hunter Vorva of the Huntsville Havoc has been selected as the SPHL Goaltender of the Year in a vote of league representatives. Vorva led SPHL goaltenders in goals against average (1.93) and save percentage (0.934), both of which set […]
