Question: The professional ice hockey league that the Peoria Rivermen are part of is based in what state?

Context articles: Worcester IceCats
Kayle Short
Shannon Finn
Southern Professional Hockey League
Peoria Rivermen (SPHL)
Jean-Guy Trudel
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Justin Fletcher (ice hockey)
Mike Hoffman (ice hockey, born 1980)
Peoria Rivermen (IHL)

The Worcester IceCats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
 They played in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the Worcester Centrum.
 In 2005 the team was renamed the Peoria Rivermen and moved to Peoria, Illinois.
Kayle.
 Short (born (1973--) 16, 1973 ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player.
 He played with the Dukes of Hamilton, Sudbury Wolves and Guelph Storm.
 Short attended the University of New Brunswick and played for the Canadian National Team.
 He was with the Portland Pirates of the American Hockey League (AHL) and Hampton Roads Admirals of the ECHL from 1996 to 1998, the Sheffield Steelers and the Manchester Storm of the Ice Hockey Superleague from 1998 to 2002, the Fresno Falcons of the West Coast Hockey League in 2002–03, and the Las Vegas Wranglers and Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL in 2003–04.
Shannon Finn (born January 25, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the International Hockey League and American Hockey League.
 He also played for the Minnesota Moose, Peoria Rivermen, Fort Wayne Komets, Utah Grizzlies, Milwaukee Admirals, Hershey Bears, Houston Aeros, and Detroit Vipers.
 He was drafted in the 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft by the Philadelphia Flyers.
The Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in Huntersville, North Carolina, with teams located primarily in the southeastern United States as well as Illinois and Indiana in the midwestern United States.
The Peoria Rivermen are a professional ice hockey team in the Southern Professional Hockey League.
 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.
Jean-Guy Andre Trudel (born October 10, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger.
 He played five games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Phoenix Coyotes and the Minnesota Wild.
 Trudel is currently the head coach of the Peoria Rivermen in the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL).
 He is also in charge of the Peoria Youth Hockey Association.
The Peoria Rivermen was a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.
 They played in Peoria, Illinois, USA at the Carver Arena.
 On June 14, 2013, it was announced that the team would relocate to Utica, New York after the 2012–13 AHL season, and be known as the Utica Comets.
Justin Fletcher (born 30 March 1983) is a professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for Tohoku Free Blades of the Asia League.
 He previously played with Augsburger Panther in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
 He has also played 179 regular-season games in the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons, Norfolk Admirals, Rockford IceHogs, and Peoria Rivermen.
 While with the Rivermen, Fletcher was signed to a NHL contract with affiliate, the St. Louis Blues.
Mike Hoffman (born September 20, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey player.
 After leaving the University of Connecticut in 2003, he began his first pro season playing with the Worcester IceCats in the AHL and the Peoria Rivermen of the ECHL.
 He signed a professional contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2005, but he has never played in the National Hockey League.
The Peoria Rivermen were an ice hockey team that played in the International Hockey League.
 They played in Peoria, Illinois at the Carver Arena.
 A new team with the Peoria Rivermen name currently competes in the Southern Professional Hockey League.