Ice Bears fall in game four, will play in game five Sunday

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For more information, contact: Joel Silverberg, Director of Broadcasting (865) 525-7825,  joel@knoxvilleicebears.com.

The Knoxville Ice Bears dropped game four of the President’s Cup semifinals to the Peoria Rivermen 5-0 at the Knoxville Civic Coliseum Friday night and will play game five back in Peoria on Sunday afternoon.

With the series now tied at two games apiece, Sunday’s winner will advance to face defending champion Evansville in the President’s Cup Finals.

Cory Dennis scored on the power play for Peoria at 10:16 with a shot from the center point to put the Rivermen out in front. JM Piotrowski scored off an offensive zone face-off win by Matt Wiesner with a shot that deflected off a skate at 16:24 to make it 2-0 Rivermen at the first intermission.

Daniel Chartrand stole the puck in the Knoxville zone and slipped a pass to Kullen Daikawa to his right. Daikawa dropped it back to the high slot where Piotrowski smacked a one-timer past Stephen Mundinger at 4:54 of the second to make it 3-0.

Jordan Ernst scored from the left circle on the power play at 13:17 of the second to give the Rivermen a four-goal lead.

Garrett Devine split scored 20 seconds into the third period to push the score to 5-0. Mundinger was relived for Logan Flodell following the goal and finished the night with 18 saves. Flodell stopped all eight shots he faced.

ABOUT The Knoxville Ice Bears: The Knoxville Ice Bears organization began in 2002 and was an inaugural charter member of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) in 2004. As four-time SPHL Champions and five-time regular season champions, the Ice Bears are an experienced and established organization, offering the city and its visitors a balanced product of highlight-reel hockey, unique and exciting intermission activity and endless fan interaction, presenting the most affordable, family-friendly way to enjoy sports and entertainment. Season, Partial Season and Flex Tickets are now on sale. For more information, visit www.knoxvilleicebears.com or call (865) 525-7825.

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