Also on the stage was Peoria City Councilman Denis Cyr, an ex-NHL winger who was IHL MVP for a Rivermen team that brought Peoria its first professional hockey championship in 1984-85.

Peoria-born Matty Schwegmann, a former Rivermen equipment manager, ... "I was born and raised a Rivermen fan, my parents were season ticket holders. I played travel hockey in the PYHA.

No one has more fingerprints on the game in central Illinois than Trudel, who brought Peoria its first pro hockey championship in 22 years when he led the Rivermen to an SPHL President's Cup in ...

PEORIA — A kid from the Peoria Youth Hockey Association program delivered an historic moment in United States hockey history on Sunday. Tage Thompson, who grew up playing in the PYHA program ...

If you think baseball is romantic, try this on for size: In the 40th year of Peoria hockey, Game 4 of the Finals in 2021-22, J.M. Piotrowski who wears No. 40 scores the overtime winner and cements ...

The Peoria Rivermen have signed a five-year deal with the Peoria Civic Center that will keep them in Carver Arena through the 2028-29 ... "The goal was to keep Peoria hockey in Peoria," Cyr said.

Life is like a playbook for Peoria Fire Chief and avid hockey player Gary Bernard. Before officially taking the title of fire chief last May, Bernard spent 31 years serving, protecting the city of ...

The Peoria Rivermen staged a downtown parade and then presented the President's Cup to the community in a celebration at the Peoria Civic Center. 'Dynasty': Rivermen celebrate hockey championship ...

Thompson's drive at 2:02 of OT sealed USA's first world championship gold medal in 92 years.. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound center-winger is the son of former Peoria Rivermen assistant coach Brent ...