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Amarillo Bulls Weekend Preview - Closing out a Home Stand with Two Versus Corpus Chrisit Starting Sa

October 6, 2017 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Amarillo Bulls News Release


Here is the latest from the Amarillo Bulls concerning a preview of the weekend series that starts Saturday versus the Corpus Christi IceRays

WEEKEND PREVIEW - BULLS CLOSE OUT HOMESTAND WITH TWO VERSUS CORPUS CHRISTI

THE TEAMS: Corpus Christi IceRays @ Amarillo Bulls

WHERE: Budweiser Bull Pen Amarillo Civic Center

WHEN: Tomorrow night (Saturday) and Sunday at 7 pm

GOT TICKETS: Purchase tickets at the Bulls Office located at 301 South Polk, Civic Center Box Office and all Panhandle Ticket locations including United Supermarkets or online at www.panhandletickets.com. For further information on Group Rates, Season Tickets or Corporate Marketing Partnerships, please call the Bulls Office at 806-242-1122. Office hours at the Bulls Office are Monday thru Friday 9 am to 5:30 pm and Saturday (Game Days only) from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday from 1 to 4 pm.

PROMOTIONS: Saturday is the first Scout Night of the Year and it's also the Kids Zone with B's Bouncers and Seven Grill and Bar Bike Giveaway. Sunday is Faith and Family Night sponsored by Jimmy Fincher Body Shop. There will be $1 hotdogs available. Troop and Pack leaders can book their Scout tickets for $10 and $12 respectively and get the newly designed Scout Patch for $1.

THE SERIES: It's the first match-ups of the season between the Amarillo Bulls and the Corpus Christi IceRays. The two teams will see each other a total of 12 times including four during the month of October.

BULLS NOTES: Forward Jon Russell has been helping out offensively lately. In fact the Traverse City Michigan native has four goals in his last three games and overall six points to lead the team. The Amarillo Bulls are one of two teams to have netted the game's first goal in every contest this weekend. The Bulls are seven for seven while the Philadelphia Rebels are six for six. The Bulls have evenly distributed their offense this season with eight goals scored in the first followed by seven in the second and another seven in the third.

LAST WEEK IN REVIEW: The Amarillo Bulls split a pair of games with the defending National Champion Lone Star Brahmas dropping the first one 6-1 but taking the second 3-0. Brendan Michaelian netted the lone Bulls goal in the first game on the power play on Friday, while Brandon Bussi took the loss in goal. The following night Jason Grande was spectacular and Jon Russell scored twice. Marcus Chorney had the other goal. In South Texas, the Corpus Christi IceRays began their season at American Bank Center with back to back losses to the Odessa Jackalopes. On Friday the Jacks won 2-1 in overtime, while on Saturday the IceRays fell 5-3. Scoring for Corpus Christi on Friday was Blake Coffey, while on Saturday it was Aleksi Peltonen, Garrett Hallford and Noah Roofe.

ICERAYS LOOK TO BUILD MOMENTUM: The 2016-17 campaign was a memorable one for the Corpus Christi IceRays as the team had an outstanding season advancing to their first South Division Championship series before falling in game five to the eventual National Champion Lone Star Brahmas.

20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON: The Corpus Christi IceRays are celebrating 20 years of hockey in the coastal bend dating back to their days in the Western Professional Hockey League and the Central Hockey League. The IceRays first played their games at the cozy confines of the 3,300 seat Corpus Christi Memorial Coliseum before moving over to the roomy American Bank Center.

ACROSS THE SOUTH: There is plenty of action going on in the South Division this weekend. The Odessa Jackalopes finally open up their home portion of their schedule at Ector County Coliseum when they entertain the Shreveport Mudbugs on Friday and Saturday. Meantime at Kansas Expo Center Landon Arena the Topeka Road Runners host the Lone Star Brahmas.

NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING PRELIMINARY LIST: Amarillo Bulls defenseman Quinn Warmuth is one of 10 North American Hockey League players to be named the preliminary list of the NHL Central Scouting Watch List. Warmuth is the first Bulls player to be named to the list since Tristan Rostango in 2014-15 and Ivan Chukarov in 2013-14.

Denis J. Puska

Director of Broadcasting/Communications/Account Manager

Amarillo Bulls Hockey Club (NAHL)

2013 Robertson Cup Champions

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