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December 9, 2002 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Lubbock Cotton Kings News Release


FOR THE WEEK OF DEC 9 – DEC 15TH COTTON KINGS FACE FIRST SUSPENSION

The Central Hockey League issued their first suspension today involving a member of the Cotton Kings, as ‘Kings forward and penalty minute leader Dave Ambler has been suspended for Tuesday night's contest in San Angelo. The suspension comes after Ambler collected his third fight instigation infraction this season Saturday night against Laredo. The fight instigation violation comes with an automatic 10-minute misconduct in a game. CHL rules state that if a player collects 3 game-misconducts under a specific infraction or three 10-minute misconducts for instigation penalties, an automatic one-game suspension is to be handed out. The Cotton Kings will not be allowed to supply an additional player in Ambler's absence and will only be permitted to dress a maximum of 17 skaters.

THE KINGDOM

The Cotton Kings have a home record of 7-2-0, which ties for second in the CHL's Southern Conference behind Laredo's 7-1-1 home record. Lubbock has allowed just 16 goals on home ice through nine games, which ranks them second overall in the CHL behind Austin's 13 allowed goals on home ice. FIRST ON THE BOARD

The Cotton Kings are the third lowest ranked team in the league when it comes to scoring first in contests. Of the 20 games played, the Cotton Kings have only been the first team to score in 9 of those, but they have taken advantage of the situation posting a record of 7-1-1 in the 9 games.

BROADCAST HOP

The Cotton Kings broadcast of their Saturday night contest against Memphis will be carried on two stations, but not at the same time. With Texas Tech basketball occupying four of the five Clear Channel Lubbock stations, the Cotton Kings broadcast will dance around the frequencies to make room for Tech. The ‘Kings broadcast will be carried live on Sportsradio 1340, as the Lady Raiders basketball game will be carried on KFYO 790. At 8:35 pm, the ‘Kings broadcast will switch over to KFYO 790 to make way for Texas Tech Red Raider basketball, but if the Lady Raiders broadcast is still airing, the Cotton Kings broadcast will be off the air until the Lady Raiders broadcast signs off. This change could affect the Cotton Kings television simulcast on Cox Communications Ch.9 and the live internet stream powered by Lubbock Internet.net. The Cotton Kings and Clear Channel Communications are trying the best they can to work through this and hope that everything will run smoothly. The Cotton kings will notify you if there are any changes.

‘KING OF THE WEEK

Lubbock left-winger Paul Fioroni has been awarded as the Lubbock Cotton Kings Player of the Week for the week of December 2 – 8th. Fioroni led the Cotton Kings' offense during the week contributing all of his points in Lubbock's 5-4 shootout win Saturday night over Laredo. The Calgary, Alberta native collected the ‘Kings first Gordie Howe Hat-trick of the season collecting a major (fight) penalty, an assist and a goal. He tallied a three point night overall to tie a career high with a goal and two assists (also tying a career best). His goal came as the 12th ‘Kings shooter in the overtime shootout, which gave him his first career overtime game winning goal.

WEEK IN REVIEW

Fri. Dec. 6 1-3 L @ Laredo Top Star: LAR-Eric Schneider 2 pts (1g,1a)

Sat. Dec. 7 5-4 W (so) vs Laredo Top Star: LUB-Paul Fioroni 3 pts (1g,2a)

WEEK AHEAD

Tue. Dec. 10 7:05 PM @ San Angelo Saints Radio: KFYO 790 AM

Notes: Lubbock meets up with San Angelo for the first time this season and the first time under the Saints nickname (formerly the Outlaws). Lubbock leads the all-time series 14-7-1 in 22 meetings, but San Angelo led the series last season 2-1-0 in 3 games. The Saints are one of two teams in the CHL that has allowed 100 or more (100) goals this season. The Saints have played a league high 25 games coming into this one.

Fri. Dec. 13 7:05 PM @ Corpus Christi IceRays Radio: KKAM 1340 AM

Notes: The ‘Kings meet the IceRays for the second time this season and the first time in Corpus Christi. Lubbock, 6-0-0 all-time overall and 3-0-0 all-time in Corpus Christi, looks to extend their series record to 2-0-0 this season after a 2-1 win over the IceRays on November 30 in Lubbock. This will be Corpus' first game under their new ownership WD Sports, who took over the team Monday. Sat. Dec. 14 7:05 PM vs Memphis RiverKings Radio: KKAM 1340 AM / KFYO 790 AM TV: Cox Cable Ch.9

Notes: These two teams will combine for over 900 miles of travel as the ‘Kings return home from Corpus Christi (535 miles) and the RiverKings travel into Lubbock after a Friday night contest in Oklahoma City (375 miles). The ‘Kings meet with the R'Kings for the first time this season. Lubbock is 1-0-1 all-time against the defending President's Cup Champion R'Kings, with their lone win coming via a 6-2 win on Jan. 11 of last season in Lubbock. It is "Bad Elvis Night" at the Coliseum, as fans dressed as Elvis will receive a special admission price of $6, and fans with either Elvis or Presley in their name can show their Driver's License as proof and receive free admission. Saturday will be Educators Appreciation Night with all educators receiving admission for $6.

PRACTICE TIMES FOR THE WEEK: TUE. 10 am – 11 am WED. 1 PM THUR. - FRI. In Corpus Christi



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