The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team that played in the International Hockey League . They played in Peoria, Illinois at the Carver Arena . A new team with the Peoria Rivermen name currently competes in the Southern Professional Hockey League .
5-497: Peoria Rivermen is the name of four minor league hockey clubs: Peoria Rivermen (IHL) , named as such 1984–1996, formerly the Peoria Prancers 1982–1984 Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) , 1996–2005 Peoria Rivermen (AHL) , 2005–2013 Peoria Rivermen (SPHL) , 2013–present Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
10-805: The Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League broke the record by winning 28 consecutive games in 2012. Former owner Bruce Saurs died in July 2014. The St. Louis Blues owe their "Towel Man" tradition to the Rivermen. According to the Towel Man himself, Ron Baechle, he and friend Monsignor Matthew Mitas attended a Rivermen game in 1990 where they saw their post-goal tradition, which Mitas suggested Baechle copy in St. Louis. It's been
15-763: The International Hockey League, operating under owner Ken Wilson as the Peoria Prancers . The franchise was taken over by the Peoria Civic Center in 1984, which held a contest with the Peoria Journal Star newspaper to rename the team with Rivermen as the winner. The IHL's Peoria Rivermen began operations for the 1984–85 season and won the Turner Cup in their first season. They were bought by Bruce Saurs in
20-658: The summer of 1989, and he owned the club for 19 seasons. Following several season of financial losses, Saurs sold 50% of the ownership in the IHL franchise in 1996 and relocated it as the San Antonio Dragons . Saurs then launched the Rivermen in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) beginning with the 1996–97 season. They held professional hockey's longest winning streak at 18 games in 1991 until
25-516: The title Peoria Rivermen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peoria_Rivermen&oldid=948021390 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Peoria Rivermen (IHL) The Peoria Rivermen were founded in 1982–83 in
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