Bucks Flatten Ice Bats 5-1, Laredo Makes CHL History With 16th Straight Home Win
February 3, 2004 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO, Texas â The Laredo Bucks set a CHL record as they posted their 16th straight win on home ice with a 5-1 victory over the Austin Ice Bats in front of 5,601 fans at the Laredo Entertainment Center. Forward Jeff Bes had a hat trick as the Bucks improved to 22-1-1 at home. The Bucks are a CHL best 37-5-4 with 78 points and need just seven more points to clinch a playoff berth and the Southeast Division title. The Bucks travel to the Texas panhandle this weekend as they are in Lubbock on Friday and Amarillo on Saturday. Laredo returns home on Wednesday, February 11th, against the Fort Worth Brahmas in an 11 a.m. game at the LEC. Call (956) 718-BUCKS (2825) for tickets or more information or go online at www.laredobucks.com.
Looking to make history the Bucks got it going early. Forward Chris Grenville slipped a pass to the top of the crease that Bes tipped into the back of the net just 66 seconds into the game. It was the 27th of the year for Bes and extended his CHL best point streak to 21 straight games. Later in the period forward James Hiebert received a pass at the top of the left circle, he moved to the face off dot and then cut hard to the slot and slipped the puck around Austin goalie Jonathan Forest for his ninth of the year at 9:36 for a 2-0 Laredo lead.
In the second period the Bucks got the only goal. Bes scored his second of the night as he fired a shot from the right wall that went in five-hole on Forest at 12:56 to make it 3-0 Laredo.
The Bucks continued their strong play in the third. Bes capped off the hat trick by slamming home a feed from Grenville 4:43 into the period for his 29th goal. Less than 90 second later Bes returned the favor as he set up Grenville for a slam dunk goal at 6:00. It was the fourth straight game with a goal for Grenville and his CHL leading 31st. The Ice Bats spoiled the shut out when forward Chris Richards gunned home a wrist shot at 9:27. FINAL SCORE Laredo 5, Austin 1.
Bucks goalie David Guerrera was outstanding stopping 24 of 25 shots to improve to 22-3-2. Forest allowed five goals on 21 shots to fall to 15-13-5. The Bucks went 3-6 on the power play, while the Ice Bats were 0-4.
BUCKS NOTABLES
* Forward Jeff Bes now has points in a 2003-04 CHL season high 21 straight games. The CHL record is 40 straight games by Paul Jackson of Wichita.
* Forward Patrik Nilson has points in 13 straight games.
* Forward Chris Grenville scored a goal for the fourth straight game and the 16th time in the last 19 games.
* The Bucks have scored 78 goals in the last 15 games, 5.20 per game, and gone 13-0-2.
* The Bucks have outscored teams 119-47 on home ice.
* Bes has recorded both of the Bucks hat tricks this season. Tonight's is the first hat trick at home for Laredo this year.
* Listen to the highlights of Laredo Bucks games on http://laredobucks.com/multimedia/ in the multimedia section.
POINTSTREAK BOXSCORE
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