2008-09 Peoria Rivermen Statistics
Team Record: 43-31-2 (SO: 0-4) - 92 points
in the AHL's West Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Davis Payne (43-31, 6 OTL)
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Attendance: 160,759, Avg. 4,019 in 40 home dates
The Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 43 wins and 31 losses (and 2 overtime losses), with a 0-4 showing in shootouts for 92 points in the AHL's West Division.
The Rivermen scored 215 goals and allowed 211. Steve Regier netted 22 goals for Peoria, while Trent Whitfield accounted for 30 assists. Ben Bishop topped the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.81 goals against average, leading goalies with significant playing time.
Davis Payne coached the team. The 2008-09 Peoria Rivermen lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Regier | L | 73 | 22 | 28 | 50 | 61 | +18 | 9 | 1 | 150 | 14.7 |
| Trent Whitfield | C | 69 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 37 | +5 | 6 | 4 | 179 | 11.2 |
| Julian Talbot | C | 65 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 43 | +7 | 10 | 0 | 136 | 14.7 |
| Nick Drazenovic | C | 76 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 43 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 126 | 9.5 |
| Justin Fletcher | D | 68 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 50 | +20 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 7.1 |
| Jonas Junland | D | 70 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 52 | -1 | 6 | 2 | 127 | 10.2 |
| Chris Conner | R | 30 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 10 | +3 | 4 | 0 | 81 | 19.8 |
| Chris Porter | C | 74 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 72 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 107 | 6.5 |
| Steve Wagner | D | 47 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 38 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 6.9 |
| Yan Stastny | C | 30 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 21 | +8 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 16.4 |
| Ivan Vishnevskiy | D | 67 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 28 | -5 | 3 | 1 | 74 | 8.1 |
| Nikolay Lemtyugov | RW | 27 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 8.9 |
| Ryan Reaves | RW | 57 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 130 | +9 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 14.8 |
| Jim Jackson | D | 45 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 38 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Andy Wozniewski | D | 56 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 56 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 84 | 1.2 |
| Cam Paddock | C | 60 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 96 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 8.9 |
| Josh Soares | F | 27 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 18.6 |
| Jeff Cowan | L | 71 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 94 | -11 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 5.8 |
| Jonathan Filewich | R | 49 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | -12 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 5.2 |
| Carl Corazzini | R | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 8.3 |
| Charles Linglet | L | 37 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 1.5 |
| Curtis Fraser | C | 65 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 90 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 4.1 |
| Jeff Woywitka | D | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Brad Winchester | L | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 46 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 11.1 |
| Tyson Strachan | R | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 67 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6.7 |
| T.J. Fast | D | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5.6 |
| Danny Richmond | D | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 21 | +8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Eric Neilson | RW | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 207 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Aaron Palushaj | RW | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Alexandre Imbeault | RW | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Ben Bishop | G | 33 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Matt Foy | R | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Bryan Miller | D | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Tomas Kana | C | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Ross Carlson | LW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Alexander Hellstrom | D | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Jori Lehtera | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Chris Holt | G | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marek Schwarz | G | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Bench | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jon Booras | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Manny Legace | G | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1604 | 209 | 346 | 555 | 1522 | -1 | 64 | 16 | 2210 | 9.5 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marek Schwarz | 10 | 523 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 3.56 | 235 | 204 | .868 |
| Ben Bishop | 33 | 1898 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 89 | 2.81 | 860 | 771 | .897 |
| Manny Legace | 23 | 1290 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 2.00 | 658 | 615 | .935 |
| Chris Holt | 20 | 1111 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 1.73 | 467 | 435 | .931 |
| Totals | 86 | 4822 | 43 | 33 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 195 | 2.43 | 2220 | 2025 | .912 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Regier | L | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trent Whitfield | C | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julian Talbot | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Drazenovic | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Justin Fletcher | D | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonas Junland | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Porter | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wagner | D | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yan Stastny | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Vishnevskiy | D | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Reaves | RW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jackson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cam Paddock | C | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Cowan | L | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Filewich | R | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Corazzini | R | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Curtis Fraser | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyson Strachan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny Richmond | D | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aaron Palushaj | RW | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jori Lehtera | C | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Pietrangelo | D | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Legace | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 133 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 78 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Legace | 7 | 429 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.52 | 197 | 179 | .909 |
| Totals | 7 | 429 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.52 | 197 | 179 | .909 |
