A great playoff run sadly resulted in another heartbreaking finish as the Peoria Rivermen reached the league championship series, but for a second straight season, watched another squad raise the President’s Cup for a second straight year. The Rivermen overcame a slow start and finished the season with a record of 32-13-11, tied for second
Peoria Rivermen Head Coach Jean-Guy Trudel has pretty much seen everything in the past six months in the Southern Professional Hockey League , including after Saturday, an overtime game winner that actually never happened. The same team that saw the Commissioner’s Cup escape its grasp this past spring on a controversial goal had a wacky
Midwest based teams played in seven North American 3 Hockey League games on Friday (Oct. 28) and all but one of them was decided by a single goal. The most exciting finish of the night might have been at Team Toledo Ice House as the host Toledo Cherokee got shootout goals from Ben Hamilton, 20,
Cody Dion‘s first goal of the Southern Professional Hockey League season came at a good time, the lone tally of the third period lifting the defending regular season champion Peoria Rivermen to a 4-3 win against the Macon Mayhem at Macon Centreplex on Friday (Oct. 28). Meanwhile, the other Midwest based team, the Evansville Thunderbolts
A frantic comeback attempt led by Logan Nelson, 19, from St. Michael, MN fell a goal short as the New Ulm Steel held on for a 6-5 win against the Alexandria Blizzard in NA3HL West Division action at the New Ulm Civic Center Thursday (Oct. 20) night. A quick start paid a big dividend for
The Peoria Rivermen saw a successful 2015-16 season end in sudden and a little controversial fashion this past spring but looks to regain its perch atop the standings in what is now a 10-team loop. Both the Evansville Thunderbolts, a second Midwest based entry and the Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs have entered the league this
