Killer Bees Annouce Schedule for 2011-12 Season

Published on August 15, 2011 under Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees News Release


The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in conjunction with the Central Hockey League (CHL) announced their schedule for the 2011-12 season on Monday. The Killer Bees will once again play a 66-game schedule evenly split between 33 at home and 33 on the road.

The season will open on October 21st at the State Farm Arena as the Bees play host to the Missouri Mavericks both Friday and Saturday night. The next weekend will be new Killer Bees General Manager and Head Coach Terry Ruskowski's return to Laredo at the Bees faceoff with the Bucks on Friday and Saturday night at the Laredo Energy Arena.

November is full of action at State Farm Arena as the Killer Bees have nine home dates in the first 19 days. Texas, Tulsa, Allen, Arizona and Laredo will all skate the State Farm Arena ice. Tulsa is returning to the Hive for only the third time ever, and the first since 2008-09.

During January the Killer Bees will make their first-ever trip to Rapid City, South Dakota to face the 2009-10 CHL Champion Rush at the Rushmore Civic Center. In February, both the Evansville IceMen and Bloomington Blaze will make their State Farm Arena debut.

In March, the Killer Bees continue their proud tradition of serving their community as they open their doors to the youth of the Valley in the ninth-annual Kids Day game. The Kids Day game is the final component of the Killer Bees Reading, Writing & Fitness Program in where the Killer Bees players and staff bring furthering education and physical fitness directly to elementary schools throughout the Valley.

At the end of March the Killer Bees will make their final northern road swing traveling to Bloomington and making their first-ever stops in Dayton and Quad Cities. The season will finish with a pair of home games against the Laredo Bucks on Saturday night and Sunday at 6:00 p.m.

"I am quite pleased with this schedule. We are bringing a ton of quality opponents to the Valley and have plenty of tough match-ups," said Killer Bees General Manager and Head Coach Terry Ruskowski. "I do however have full confidence that our team will be more than up to the challenge this season because of the type of team we are building. Tough teams and teams with character can win on the road and at home, that is the type of team we are building."

Full and half season tickets for the Killer Bees ninth season of play are now on sale by calling 956-843-7825 or visiting the Killer Bees website at killerbeehockey.com.

Below is the full schedule.

# Day Month Date Visitor Home Time

1 Friday October 21 Missouri Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

2 Saturday October 22 Missouri Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

3 Friday October 28 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

4 Saturday October 29 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

5 Friday November 4 Texas Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

6 Saturday November 5 Tulsa Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

7 Wednesday November 9 Allen Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

8 Friday November 11 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

9 Saturday November 12 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

10 Tuesday November 15 Allen Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

11 Wednesday November 16 Allen Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

12 Friday November 18 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

13 Saturday November 19 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

14 Friday November 25 Rio Grande Valley Arizona 7:05 PM

15 Saturday November 26 Rio Grande Valley Arizona 7:05 PM

16 Friday December 2 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

17 Saturday December 3 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

18 Tuesday December 6 Allen Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

19 Wednesday December 7 Texas Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

20 Friday December 9 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

21 Saturday December 10 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

22 Tuesday December 13 Rapid City Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

23 Friday December 16 Rio Grande Valley Wichita 7:05 PM

24 Saturday December 17 Rio Grande Valley Wichita 7:05 PM

25 Sunday December 18 Rio Grande Valley Allen 5:05 PM

26 Wednesday December 21 Allen Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

27 Friday December 23 Rio Grande Valley Allen 7:05 PM

28 Friday December 30 Rio Grande Valley Arizona 7:05 PM

29 Saturday December 31 Rio Grande Valley Arizona 7:05 PM

30 Tuesday January 3 Rio Grande Valley Arizona 7:05 PM

31 Friday January 6 Rio Grande Valley Rapid City 7:05 PM

32 Saturday January 7 Rio Grande Valley Rapid City 7:05 PM

33 Friday January 13 Texas Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

34 Saturday January 14 Texas Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

35 Sunday January 15 Rio Grande Valley Texas 5:00 PM

36 Tuesday January 17 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

37 Friday January 20 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

38 Saturday January 21 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 4:00 PM

39 Friday January 27 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

40 Saturday January 28 Rio Grande Valley Allen 7:05 PM

41 Sunday January 29 Rio Grande Valley Allen 5:05 PM

42 Tuesday January 31 Rio Grande Valley Tulsa 7:05 PM

43 Friday February 3 Wichita Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

44 Saturday February 4 Texas Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

45 Thursday February 9 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 11:00 A

46 Saturday February 11 Rio Grande Valley Allen 7:05 PM

47 Sunday February 12 Rio Grande Valley Tulsa 4:05 PM

48 Tuesday February 14 Evansville Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

49 Wednesday February 15 Evansville Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

50 Friday February 17 Rio Grande Valley Texas 7:30 PM

51 Saturday February 18 Rio Grande Valley Texas 7:30 PM

52 Wednesday February 22 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:00 PM

53 Friday February 24 Bloomington Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

54 Saturday February 25 Bloomington Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

55 Tuesday February 28 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:00 PM

56 Friday March 2 Rio Grande Valley Texas 7:30 PM

57 Saturday March 3 Rio Grande Valley Texas 7:30 PM

58 Wednesday March 7 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 10:00 A

59 Friday March 9 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

60 Saturday March 10 Arizona Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

61 Wednesday March 14 Rio Grande Valley Bloomington 7:05 PM

62 Friday March 16 Rio Grande Valley Dayton 7:00 PM

63 Saturday March 17 Rio Grande Valley Quad City 7:05 PM

64 Friday March 23 Rio Grande Valley Laredo 7:30 PM

65 Saturday March 24 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 7:30 PM

66 Sunday March 25 Laredo Rio Grande Valley 6:00 PM

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