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
The Peoria Rivermen came up short for the first time in four Southern Professional Hockey League matches and will face a win or go golfing contest at the Peoria Civic Center Saturday. The host Huntsville Havoc forced the third and deciding game with a 4-3 overtime win at PharmacyFirst Ice on Friday night, Steven Phee
By Jim den Hollander Editor Midwesthockey.info The Peoria Rivermen might not have been the dominant team this season that is was last year, but the Illinois club finds itself one win away from another Commisioners Cup berth heading into play at PharmacyFirst Ice in Huntsville Alabama tonight. The Rivermen grabbed a 5-2 win in the
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
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
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
