Bucks Look To Unwrap A Win Tonight Against Bats
December 22, 2007 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League will play their last game before Christmas tonight when they host the Austin Ice Bats at the Laredo Entertainment Center. Game time is 7:30pm.
December 22, 2007
Austin (6-19-1, 13pts, 4th in Southeast Div., 8th in Southern Conf.) at Laredo (19-7-2, 40pts, 1st in Southeast Div., 1st in Southern Conf.), 7:30pm, Laredo Entertainment Center
Radio: Norteno 1490 (Pre-game 7:10pm)
Listen in Arena: 105.3-FM
Internet Radio: www.laredobucks.com (Courtesy of Sportsjuice)
TV: CHL Network (www.nifty-tv.com/chl)
All-time series (regular season)
Bucks lead series 38-14-2
2007-08: Bucks lead series 3-0
Last Meeting: December 21, 2007: (@LAR 4, AUS 2)
The Bucks look to go on their Christmas break on a high note, as they look to win their second game in a row, and fourth in their last five.
Last night Laredo beat Austin 4-2, getting goals from four different players. Jeff Bes, Andrew Desjardins, Serge Dube, and Adam Rivet tallied for the Bucks. Desjardins finished with a goal and an assist, while James Hiebert handed out three helpers.
Kevin Beech improved to 8-1-1 in the net as he set aside 19 of 21 Ice Bat shots.
Jeff Bes picked up a goal and an assist last night, moving him into a tie for third in the CHL scoring race with 39 points (15-24=39).
Dustin Traylen will start in net tonight for the Bucks. On the season Traylen is 11-6-1, with a 2.27 goals against average, and a .918 save percentage, to go along with three shutouts. Traylen is 1-0 against Austin this season.
Austin comes into tonight having lost four straight games, and six out of their last seven. In last night's loss to the Bucks Kurtis Kisio and Mike Bartlett tallied goals for the Ice Bats.
The Ice Bats are led in scoring by Jaimie Thompson (9-9=18), Jason Tessier (8-10=18), Brendan Cook (7-11=18), who each have 18 points.
Miguel Beaudry is 4-12 with a 3.83 goals against average, and a .893 save percentage in the Ice Bats net this season.
The race for the Southern Conference head coaching position comes down to the next two days. The team's coach with the best winning percentage after tomorrow's games will coach the Southern Conference All-Stars next month. Going into tonight Terry Ruskowski's Bucks trail Marco Pietroniro's Arizona Sundogs, by a .740 to .714 mark. In order for Ruskowski to coach in the all-star game the Bucks must win tonight, and the Sundogs must lose in regulation tomorrow to Rio Grande Valley.
Family four pack tickets are available for tonight's game for $48. The Family four pack includes four tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas.
The Bucks will wear specialty Christmas Jersey's that will be auctioned off after the game tonight.
There will also be a special surprise on-ice entertainer to perform during both intermissions tonight.
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