Peoria Rivermen | |
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City | Peoria, Illinois |
League | SPHL |
Founded | 2013 |
Home arena | Carver Arena |
Colors | Red, navy, gold, white |
Owner(s) | CSH International Inc. |
General manager | Jean-Guy Trudel |
Head coach | Jean-Guy Trudel |
Media | Peoria Journal Star |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 5 (2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23) |
Playoff championships | 2 (2021–22, 2023–24) |
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the SPHL. They play in Peoria, Illinois, United States at the Carver Arena. The team replaced an American Hockey League franchise of the same name that was purchased by the Vancouver Canucks and moved out of Peoria to Utica, New York.[1][2]
The Rivermen are one of the few teams in the SPHL outside the southern United States, along with the Bloomington Thunder (2013–14 season only), the Evansville Thunderbolts (since the 2016–17 season), and the Quad City Storm (since the 2018–19 season).
Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rivermen were one of several SPHL teams to not participate in the 2020–21 season.[3]