Bucks Blast Rayz 6-1

March 26, 2006 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release


LAREDO, Texas - The Laredo Bucks delighted a sellout crowd of 8,002 by hammering the Corpus Christi Rayz 6-1 on Sunday night and giving everyone in attendance a free frosty courtesy of Wendy's in the 2005-06 CHL regular season finale for both squads. Laredo got goals from six different players as they won for the eleventh time in thirteen games. The Bucks end the regular season with a record of 43-15-6 with 92 points. Games One and Two of the first round of the playoffs are set for this Friday and Saturday at the LEC. Laredo will take on the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in the best of seven series. Face off both nights set for 7:30 p.m. For Laredo Bucks playoffs tickets stop by the LEC Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet or log onto www.laredobucks.com.

The Bucks wasted no time getting things going. Defenseman Serge Dube converted a backdoor pass from forward Jeff Bes for a power play goal at 4:35 of the first. It was the 14th of the season for Dube and his first goal since January 20th. The Rayz tied it on a power play when forward Chris Robertson redirected a shot from defenseman Tim Laurila at 8:48.

In the second period the Bucks took the lead for good. Forward Ladislav Kouba took a long breakaway pass from Dube and streaked in to score his 26th of the season at 6:56. Then forward Chris Grenville found forward Brent Cullaton all alone in front of the Corpus Christi net for a 3-1 lead and Cullaton's 20th of the year at 14:57. The Bucks continued to add to their lead. Dube setup Grenville for a power play one-timer that went in off the bottom of the crossbar at 16:26. It was the fifth straight game with a goal for Grenville and his team leading 35th. The Bucks tacked on again as forward Frank Lukes worked a give and go with Cullaton for Luke's 5th of the season at 18:56 for a 5-1 Laredo advantage.

In the third period the Bucks gave everyone a free frosty when forward Igor Agarunov swatted in a loose puck at 9:13 to complete the scoring. FINAL SCORE Laredo 6, Corpus Christi 1.

David Lemanowicz stopped 30 of 31 shots and got the win to improve to 18-5-3. Brent Zelenewich allowed six goals on 43 shots and took the loss to fall to 7-18-2. The Bucks went 2-4 on the power play while Corpus Christi was 1-3. The Bucks out shot the Rayz 43-31.

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