PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen became champions of the SPHL on a Sunday night in which Peoria fell in love with its hockey ... play his final game and will the team to a championship on home ice.

The Rivermen will no longer play those two games at Huntsville, nor will they host Huntsville in a game at Carver Arena on March 9. Instead: Peoria will ... weekend's visiting teams around those ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily ... And that makes Peoria 12-0-3 on the road, the best road record in professional hockey in North America and the only team — from the NHL down through the AHL, ECHL ...