Austin Wisely News Today

PEORIA, IL. – The Rail Yard Dawgs (4-1) scored on their first possession of the night and never looked back, eliminating the top-seeded Peoria Rivermen (3-2) in a 5-3 victory at Carver Arena on Sunday evening. Nick DeVito and Gehrett Sargis each scored twice for Roanoke, Josh Nenadal opened the scoring just 15 seconds into

The Rivermen made a flurry of roster moves, but the biggest was the return of goalscoring ace Jordan Ernst, who spent most of last season in the ECHL.