Menorah lit at Rivermen game
PEORIA — The Peoria Rivermen, the Grand Rapids Griffins and a rabbi with a 500-pound ice-sculptured menorah walked into Carver Arena ...
In the end, the Rivermen got the last laugh, delivering the punch line with a 4-3 shootout tiebreaker victory Tuesday over the Grand Rapids Griffins to beat the North Division power for the first time in four tries this season.
A celebration of Hannukah, complete with a 500-pound ice sculpture of a menorah and a performance by a rabbi, kicked off the AHL team’s final home game before Christmas as 4,002 looked on.
Peoria City Councilman, George Jacob, lights a candle for a carved ice menorah before the Rivermen game as Rabbi Eli Langsam for the Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria watches at the Civic Center Tuesday night.
Rabbi Eli Langsam for the Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria speaks before lighting a carved ice menorah before the Rivermen game at the Civic Center Tuesday night.
Rabbi Eli Langsam for the Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria speaks before lighting a carved ice menorah before the Rivermen game at the Civic Center Tuesday night.
Rabbi Eli Langsam for the Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria lights a candle on a carved ice menorah before the Rivermen game at the Civic Center Tuesday night.
Rivermen Chief Operations Officer, Josh Morin, lights a candle on a carved ice menorah before the Rivermen game as Rabbi Eli Langsam for the Chabad Jewish Center of Peoria watches at the Civic Center Tuesday night. Rabbi Langsam said the Chabad Jewish Center had the sculpture made and brought it to the arena to celebrate the fifth night of Hanukkah and to expose many people to the holiday.
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