Bucks Tripped Up In Austin: Lose 4-1
February 9, 2008 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
AUSTIN, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League fell to the Austin Ice Bats 4-1 Saturday night, in front of a sell out crowd of 1,900 fans at the Chaparral Ice Arena. The loss was the second straight for the Bucks, and third in a row in Austin.
Laredo falls to 30-15-2 (62 points) overall, and 11-10-2 away from home.
The Bucks outshot the Ice Bats 34-29.
Compared to Friday night's third period, Saturday's first period was tame, as both teams played very defensively keeping it scoreless.
Laredo outshot Austin (18-26-1, 37 points) in the first 20 minutes 10-7, with both goaltenders stopping each shot that came their way. Bucks goaltender John Ceci set aside all seven Ice Bats shots, while Austin netminder Miguel Beaudry stopped all 10 Laredo attempts.
Each team had one power-play opportunity in the opening period, and went 0-1.
Austin took a 3-0 lead in the second period over Laredo.
The Ice Bats took a 1-0 lead 6:16 into the second period, as R.G Flath took a long rebound in the right side of the slot and sent it by Ceci. Austin made it 2-0 at the 12:28 mark when Zech Klann took a feed at the left side of the slot from Taylor Reska and tipped the pass in past Ceci. Ausitn would make it 3-0 when Brendan Cook poked home a rebound from the right side of the crease past Ceci. Cook's goal was on a five-on-three power-play.
The Ice Bats outshot the Bucks in the second period 15-9.
The Bucks pulled to within 3-1 with 1:59 left in the third period when Steve Simoes sent a slap shot from the top of the left circle that deflected past Beaudry. It was Simoes fifth goal of the season and it was unassisted.
After Simoes'goal the Bucks pulled Ceci to gain an extra attacker but Austin's Mike Bartlett sent in an empty net goal from center ice to make it 4-1.
Ceci took the loss in net setting aside 25 of 28 Austin shots, while Beaudry stopped 33 of 34 Bucks attempts.
The Bucks were without the services of forward James Hiebert, who was serving game one of a three game suspension by the league. Hiebert was suspended for a hit in Friday night's game, and he will miss Sunday's game against Austin, and Tuesday's game in Rio Grande Valley.
Bucks all star defenseman Serge Dube missed his second straight game with a stomach virus. Dube may be back in the line up Sunday.
The Bucks and Ice Bats will do battle again Sunday at the LEC. For Sunday's game Family Four Pack tickets are available for $48 (a $79 value). The Family Four Pack consists of four tickets, four hot dogs, and four sodas for $48. Call 718-BUCK (2825) to order yours today.
**Penner Eligible To Play Sunday** Bucks rookie forward Alex Penner is eligible to play in Sunday's game against Austin. Penner's 10 game suspension ended Saturday night. The rookie has not played since January 12th against Bossier Shreveport.
**Bucks Back On Norteno 1490** As of Saturday night's game the Bucks radio broadcasts will be back on Norteno 1490-AM. Nine Bucks games were broadcasted on 94.9-FM The Works, due to technical problems at Norteno. Fans can still listen to the home games at the LEC on 105.3-FM.
*Vote For The Bucks On www.centralhockeyleague.com* Last Friday's 5-4 come-from-behind overtime win by the Bucks over Mississippi has been nominated for the CHL's Performance of the Week on the league's website, www.centralhockeyleague.com.
The comeback was the biggest in Bucks history, as they trailed the Riverkings 4-0 in the first period and came all the way back to win.
If you want the Bucks to win the performance of the week, visit www.centralhockeyleague.com, and cast your vote for Laredo's win. Voting will end Sunday night so log on now and vote for the Bucks.
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