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
Seven different shooters contributed in a 7-3 win at the Peoria Civic Center as the host Rivermen captured a 7-3 victory in the third and deciding game of its Best of Three Southern Professional Hockey League Semi-Final contest against the Huntsville Havoc on Saturday (April 22). Home teams won all three games in the series,
The two Midwest based teams in the now 10-team Southern Professional Hockey League both opened the regular season with a couple of defeats on home ice. While the defending regular season champion Peoria Rivermen were thrashed by the Huntsville Havoc, 6-1 and 5-1 at the Peoria Civic Center Oct. 21-22, the expansion Evansville Thunderbolts fell