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March 14, 2011 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees News Release


THE SKINNY: The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees play the final game of their four-game homestand against the Odessa Jackalopes this Thursday evening in a game with huge playoff implications. The Bees and Jacks' will face-off in three of the next four games (over a six day time span) with the Bees currently four points behind Odessa. The Bees are 2-5-0 against Odessa this season but sport a 2-2-0 record against the Jacks' at the State Farm Arena.

The Bees are fresh off a 2-1 victory over the highly ranked Missouri Mavericks on Saturday night. Brett Clouthier and Zak McClellan each scored for the Bees and Jerad Kaufmann made 37 saves between the pipes for the victory. The victory was the first of the season over the Mavericks

The Killer Bees currently sit in eighth place in the Berry Conference with a two point advantage over South Texas rival Laredo. The Bees are three points out of seventh and four points from sixth place. The Bees have one game in hand against seventh ranked Arizona. The Bees are five points from fifth place with six games remaining.

BEES NEED TO KNOW:

. Special special teams; the Bees have one of the best combined special teams units ranking top five in power-play and penalty kill. The Bees have scored with the man advantage in four straight games and allowed only one power-play goal in that same span.

. The Bees captured the first-ever Cricket Mayor's Cup over rival Laredo with their 3-2 victory on Feb. 26. For the season the Bees finished with a 9-5-2 record against the Bucks, winning the cup with a 20-17 edge.

. There are plenty of Bees among the CHL league leaders; Aaron Lewicki leads all rookies in goals, assists and points. Lewicki's lead continues to grow and currently has 9 more points than any other rookie. Darcy Campbell leads defensemen in points and assists.

. Zak McClellan, who was named captain at the start of the season, now owns the Killer Bees all-time record for shorthanded goals with nine scoring two this season scoring most recently Feb. 11 in Wichita while the Bees were killing off a 5-on-3.

. The 2011 CHL Trade deadline has passed and prior to the deadline the Bees made three trades;

Jan. 15- Sean Muncy to Missouri for Dominic D'Amour

Jan. 17- Jake Obermeyer to Evansville for Bo Cheesman

Feb. 01- Future considerations to Quad City for Jerad Kaufmann

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