Dube & Bucks Beat Rayz 2-1 In OT, Laredo Wins Season High Ninth Straight
Published on March 4, 2007 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Laredo Bucks News Release
LAREDO, Texas - The defending CHL President's Cup Champion Laredo Bucks rallied for a 2-1 overtime victory in Corpus Christi against the Rayz at the American Bank Center on Sunday. Forward Serge Dube scored at 2:56 of sudden death to give the Bucks their season high ninth straight win. It was Laredo's fifth straight win on the road and they are 13-1-2 in their last 16 road games. Overall Laredo improved their Southern Conference best record to 37-13-5 with 79 points, and they lead Corpus Christi by eleven points with one game in hand in the Southeast Division race. The Bucks are in Odessa on Tuesday. Laredo returns home on Friday against the Colorado Eagles. The first 2,000 fans get a Bucks mouse pad courtesy of Doctors Hospital. If Laredo sells out the game they will donate $10,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, so pack the house for JDRF. The Bucks are offering season tickets starting at less than $79. For more info call (956)-718-BUCK (2825).
The Rayz potted the only goal of the first period as forward Matt Turek took a pass in front and wristed home the puck at 15:09.
Neither team scored in the second period as Corpus Christi out shot the Bucks 11-10.
In the third period the Bucks drew even as forward Chris Korchinski led a two-on-one rush down the right side and snapped a shot home at 10:58. It was his 22nd of the season.
In overtime forward Jeff Bes cut into the Rayz zone, then dangled to the high slot to let Dube get in front. Bes fired a shot that Dube tipped five-hole into the cage to give the Bucks the victory at 2:56 of overtime. It was the sixteenth of the season for Dube. FINAL SCORE Laredo 2, Corpus Christi 1.
Eric Marvin stopped 33 of 34 to get the win in 62:56 of work and improve to 19-5-4. Brent Zelenewich allowed two goals on 35 shots in 62:56 and took the tough luck overtime loss to fall to 11-8-3. Laredo was 0-1 on the power play, while Corpus Christi was 0-2. The Bucks out shot the Rayz 35-34.
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