Greiner’s Goal Completes Sweep Against Odessa

November 9, 2013 - North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees News Release

HIDALGO, Texas - Aleksi Luhtalampi (Rauma, Finland) and Ben Greiner (Newport, Calif.) provided a goal a piece to lead a third period comeback victory. The Bees outshot Odessa 37 to 21.

Evan Schmidbauer (Surrey, British Columbia) in his 201st NAHL game got his sixth assist on the opening power play goal. Schmidbauer controlled the puck low on the Jackalope's end and moved the puck to Sean Mostrom (Wayzata, Minn.) who ripped a shot from the point that was initially saved by Erick Hancock but banged home by the Finnish native Luhtalampi.

Greiner scored his team leading ninth goal of the season with 2 minutes and 56 seconds in regulation to put the Bees up for good and complete the comeback victory.

Nick Schmit (Fargo, N.D.) made 20 saves on 21 shots to backstop the Bees for the win. The Bees improve to 12 - 4 - 5 and stands two points away from first place in the South Division.

The Killer Bees will face the South Division leading Amarillo Bulls next weekend at home, Friday, November 15 and Saturday, November 16. Faceoff is set for 7:05 p.m. To purchase tickets, visit www.ticketmaster.com or the State Farm Arena Box Office. For more information, contact the Killer Bees at (956) 843-5651 or email info@killerbeeshockey.com.

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