Sejna leads Rivermen over Moose

Peoria Rivermen

Canadian Press

10/7/2005 11:24:03 PM

PEORIA, Ill. (CP) - Troy Riddle's shorthanded goal at 15:19 of the third period was the difference as the Peoria Rivermen edged the Manitoba Moose 4-3 in American Hockey League play Friday night.

Peter Sejna scored a pair of goals and added an assist for Peoria (2-0-0), with Colin Hemingway adding the other goal for the Rivermen.

Jesse Schultz, Craig Darby and Nathan Smith replied in the second period for Manitoba (0-1-0). Josh Green contributed a pair of assists for the Moose, who trailed 1-0 after the first period and were tied 3-3 following the second.

Rivermen goalie Curtis Sanford blocked 29 shots to earn the victory, while Wade Flaherty made 33 saves in defeat.

Each team had 10 power-play opportunities, with Peoria converting three and Manitoba one.

WooHoo, another sleepless night averted.

I have a better idea...why not talk about Peoria on a forum?

There are several of them to choose from.

Andrews was quoted in the Peoria Journal Star as saying that Worcester is still a very viable option and that there are some people looking at Worcester.

Although the beat writer (who is not well liked) has said in print that Worcester was left because it has a "lukewarm hockey market at best".

I still hope to see AHL hockey in Worcester next year b/c I think that we would have a very good rivalry!

Let's just say the Bluies didn't know how to run an AHL team, which resulted in a "lukewarm market".

Of course they also didn't look for any local owners to sell the team to despite saying they tried. (And before anyone asks, there is proof of that).

Okay, I can see this one getting ugly in the not too distant future, so let's just move on.

Yep, if anyone wants to talk about hockey in Peoria there's a great site for it:

http://rivermenforum.net/

Hi Brooks283. It's nice to see you still around on this board.

Hey I don't mind the Rivermen talk here, I think it should be basically klike TV - if you don't like it change the channel. People should just bypass the thread that's all.

However, there a couple things I need to point out.

As 210 said, that beat writer is dead wrong on this one. I think he has some good info from time to time, but on this one - wrongo. The Blues did nothing to try and sell the team to local people here. We had a local ownership group in place on Decemeber 1st to buy a team and relocate it here. Nobody heard that they were for sale.

And for Mr. Andrews (our "friend") - here's a quote from the Peoria paper:

So what he says I'm taking with a grain of salt. We need to act, I'm not waiting for Andrews to act.

I've been grinding my teeth trying to stay away from this one in order to look forward, but as far as how bad the Blues ran things to put the team in debt:

From the T&G April 18th, 2005 (yes, I clipped all the articles) "Even in the final days of this season they paid for a hotel in Providence the night before..." 

Putting the team in a hotel the night before to save a 40 mile bus ride the day of the game????

Sorry, had to do it. Lets move on.