Bucks, Bees Tangle On New Year's Eve
December 31, 2008 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO,TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League will host their 7th annual New Year's Eve Game tonight at the Laredo Entertainment Center when they host Rio Grande Valley. Game time is set for 7:30pm. After the game the Bucks will hold their First Ever Indoor Fireworks/Multimedia Extravaganza, along with a Silent Jersey Auction. You can get four tickets for just $40, call 718-BUCK (2825).
Wednesday December 31, 2008 (Game 30, Home Game 17)
Rio Grande Valley (13-13-2, 28pts) at Laredo (18-8-3, 39pts), 7:30pm, LEC
TICKETS: Four for $40: Call 718-BUCK (2825)
Radio: Imagen 94.1-FM (Pre-game show 7:10pm)
Internet Radio: www.laredobucks.com, or http://rmx.com.mx/_principal.asp?region=5
TV: TBA
All-time Series (Regular Season): Bucks lead 49-18-5
2008-09: Bucks lead series 4-3
Last Meeting: 12/22/08: @RGV 1, LAR 0
The Bucks return home from a four-game road trip that saw them go 0-2-2, including a 1-0 shutout loss to the Killer Bees on December 22nd.
Laredo enters tonight's game with a two-point lead (39 to 37) over Texas in the Southeast Division, but trail Odessa by five points for first in the Southern Conference.
The Bucks will be without their top goal producer, and second-leading scorer Darryl Smith, who was called up to the AHL's Houston Aeros on Tuesday. Smith had 39 points (19-19=38) in 29 games for the Bucks.
Jeff Bes enters tonight's game in third place in the CHL scoring race with 44 points (10-34=44).
The Bucks and Killer Bees have played seven games against each other this season, with the home team coming out victorious in each one. Laredo has won all four games at the LEC, while Rio has taken all three meetings at the Dodge Arena.
Home cooking might be just what the Bucks need, as they have a a CHL-best 13-3 home mark, including a five-game home winning streak.
Team Captain Serge Dube is expected to play tonight. Dube was a healthy scratch in Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss in Rocky Mountain.
Rio comes into tonight's game winning two of their last four games, including back to back shutouts last week. The Killer Bees beat the Bucks 1-0 last Monday, before blanking Texas 3-0 on Friday.
Robin Bouchard, the Bees leading scorer with 28 points, left the team prior to Tuesday's game with Corpus Christi due to a family illness. As a result Rio has just 13 skaters for tonight's match-up.
The Bucks will play their first game of 2009 on Saturday, when they host the Texas Brahmas in a big Southeast Division match-up.
*Help Sell Out "Pink In The Rink Jan 9th*
The Bucks announced that they will donate $10,000 to Wings if the January 9th "Pink in the Rink" game at the LEC is sold out. If the Bucks sell out the game with 8,002 fans, the team will donate $10,000 to Wings.
WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing) is a non-profit organization that provides top-quality, comprehensive breast cancer treatment services to uninsured and underinsured breast cancer patients. WINGS has served Central and South Texas for over nine years, and now, WINGS Laredo is the newest chapter to bring these life-saving services directly to the women and men of Laredo.
The Bucks will hold a "pink out" that night, as they will wear pink jersey's, and they will ask fans to wear pink to the game to support the cause. Before the game pink thunder stix will also be handed out to fans.
Central Hockey League Stories from December 31, 2008
- Emond Stops 42 of 43 as Sundogs End New Year's Drought - Arizona Sundogs
- Rage Let Third Period Lead Slip Away - Rocky Mountain Rage
- Scorps End 2008 On A Losing Note - New Mexico Scorpions
- Bucks Provide Fireworks In 8-3 Win - Laredo Bucks
- RiverKings Roll Over Mudbugs in Mississippi - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Gorillas Fail to Break New Year's Eve Jinx in 5-2 Loss - Amarillo Gorillas
- RiverKings Ring Out The Mudbugs, 6-0 - Mississippi RiverKings
- RiverKings Ring Out The Mudbugs, 6-0 - Mississippi RiverKings
- Jacks Close Out 2008 With 5-2 Win - Odessa Jackalopes
- Brahmas Special Teams End 2008 with Win - Fort Worth Brahmas
- IceRays Fall to Brahmas 5-2 in Final Game of 2008 - Corpus Christi IceRays
- Third Period Pounding Leads to Thunder Win - Wichita Thunder
- RiverKings Spotlight American Cancer Society - Mississippi RiverKings
- MacInnis Named to CHL All-Star Team - New Mexico Scorpions
- Moyer, Leveille Named to All-Star Game - Odessa Jackalopes
- Dumoulin Named to CHL All-Star Team - Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees
- Clayton Headed to Seventh All-Star Game - Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs
- Duda Selected to All-Star Team - Wichita Thunder
- Rycroft Named to CHL All-Star Team - Rocky Mountain Rage
- Sundogs Announce Several Roster Adjustments - Arizona Sundogs
- Dumont Selected CHL All-Star Reserve - Mississippi RiverKings
- Bucks Centomo Named CHL All-Star - Laredo Bucks
- All-Star Reserves Announced - CHL
- Rapid City's Rich Hansen Named Starter On All-Star Team - Rapid City Rush
- Bucks, Bees Tangle On New Year's Eve - Laredo Bucks
- Ftorek named to starting lineup for CHL All-Star Game - Amarillo Gorillas
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