KNOXVILLE, TN – The Marksmen headed west to Knoxville on Friday, for the fifth edition of the Smoky Mountain Showdown, in a battle for sole-possession of fifth-place in the SPHL standings. It didn’t take long for this game to show that it was going to be similar to every game these two have played thus far, […]
Macon, GA – The Peoria Rivermen trailed 1-0 until the 17:02 mark of the second period before tying the score and eventually overtaking the Macon Mayhem en route to a 3-1 win at the Macon Centreplex Friday night. The win, Peoria’s fourth in a row, lifts the Rivermen to 28-3-4 before tomorrow night’s weekend finale […]
HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville Havoc had to mount three different comebacks against the Quad City Storm on Friday, February 2, before finally prevailing 5-4. The Havoc never held the lead in the game until Nolan Kaiser scored the winner as time expired in sudden-death overtime. Quad City proved rested and ready after making the trip south from […]
Macon, GA – The Peoria Rivermen tallied two goals 46 seconds apart in the first period and never looked back en route to a 4-1 win over the Macon Centreplex in Macon, Georgia Thursday night. The win, Peoria’s third in a row and 10th in their last 11 outings, improves the Rivermen to 27-3-4 on the […]
HUNTERSVILLE, NC (January 29, 2019) – The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) today announced Brian Bowen of the Fayetteville Marksmen is the Warrior Player of the Week for January 21-27. Bowen scored five goals, including one game-winner, added two assists and was +3 as the Marksmen captured five of six points against Evansville last weekend. […]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Coming off Saturday’s shootout loss, the Marksmen were looking to take the series from the visiting Evansville Thunderbolts on Sunday afternoon. The opening period of the contest was nothing to marvel at; neither team recording anything until an Evansville penalty 5:30 into the game. That penalty gave the Marksmen life, and they used […]
Pensacola, FL – The Peoria Rivermen scored three goals in the second period and held off a late Pensacola Ice Flyers charge to earn a 4-3 regulation win at the Pensacola Bay Center Sunday.The win, Peoria’s eighth in their last nine games, lifts the Rivermen to 26-3-4 for the season and earns them five of […]
HUNTSVILLE – The first two periods on Saturday afternoon’s game at the Von Braun Center ended with the Havoc and Macon Mayhem tied. However, Huntsville took control in the third to secure the win and salvage a split of the weekend series with the Mayhem by a score of 5-4. “I loved the players’ response after a subpar performance […]
Knoxville, TN – Bryce Nielsen had two goals, including the eventual game winner and the Knoxville Ice Bears beat the Quad City Storm 4-3 at the Civic Coliseum Saturday night. Marcus Ortiz and Lucas Bombardier also scored for Knoxville. Danny Cesarz had three assists and Jason Pawloski made 30 saves. Shane Bennett, Austin Hervey and Sean […]
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Avenging their early season loss to Evansville on Friday, the Marksmen looked to seal another series victory Saturday at the Crown for OPERATION: 8LACKOUT (pres. by Rustic Burger) in front of 4,017 fans. The contest started the same as the previous night; uneventful. Both teams peppered the net with shots, putting both goaltenders to work. […]
