Rays' Report: IceRays Look to Rebound at Home
Published on January 2, 2013 under North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Corpus Christi IceRays News Release
The Corpus Christi IceRays traveled north to Frisco, Texas where they took the ice with the Tornado and were unable to finish off 2012 with wins. Texas won easily on Friday night 6-1 while on Saturday; the IceRays could not overcome a dominating goaltending performance by Hunter Leisner, falling 4-1.
GAME #31 - 12-28-12: Corpus Christi 1-6 Texas - After the IceRays had a goal called back on a hand pass, AJ Jarosz converted at 17:38 of the opening period on an assist from Andrew Paras to put Corpus Christi ahead 1-0 through 20min of action. The lead didn't last long in the second frame as Jason Eddy put home a loose puck just 7sec after the puck dropped to tie the game at one goal apiece. The defending National Champions took the lead at 3:52 of the second as Brandon Platt picked up his third goal of the year in just ten games with the Tornado for a 2-1 lead and Texas never looked back. Brandon Hawkins scored his first goal of the night on a nice back-hander he sent by goaltender Hayden Stewart at 13:47 of period two with the lone assist to Scott Conway who hit Hawkins with the breakout pass. The leading scorer struck again as Andrew Paras sat in the box with 3:39 left in the second. Hawkins took a pass below the left wing circle and fired it by a sprawling Hayden Stewart to move the Texas lead to three goals. In the final period the Tornado would strike twice. First, Andrew Mayer at 10:10 of the third, and then Hawkins picked up the hat-trick with 7:40 left in the game to put Texas up 6-1, which ended up the final score in front of 2,324 fans. Stewart stopped 24 of 30 in the loss
GAME #22 - 12-29-12: Corpus Christi 1-4 Texas - The scoring started just 50 seconds into the game on a shot from the point that got deflected by Mitchell Mueller and past Ben Myers to give the Tornado a 1-0 lead. They moved out to a 2-0 lead as Andrew Mayer picked up his first of the night on a loose puck in front of the net that Mayer slid under the right leg pad of Myers at 11:17 of the first frame. In the second period Perry D'Arrisso split the lead in half just 55 seconds in. After forcing a turnover, D'Arrisso picked up the puck and fired it top shelf on Hunter Leisner decreasing the lead to 2-1. Mayer then struck again at 3:52 of the second. After blocking a shot, he walked in on a breakaway and beat Ben Myers increasing the lead back to two goals. In the third, Jason Eddy tacked on an empty net goal to seal the 4-1 win. Ben Myers stopped 33 of 36 shots in the loss.
UPCOMING PROMOTIONS:
Friday, January 11th @ 7:05PM vs. Texas Tornado
- Frosty Friday - Half off 20oz domestic beer & 24oz soda!
Saturday, January 12th @ 7:05PM vs. Texas Tornado
- Caller Times 4-pack Night - 4 tickets, 4 hotdogs, 4 soda's for $44
- Teen Night - Presented by WHATABURGER
AROUND THE SOUTH DIVISION :
Team GP W L OTL PTS PCT GF GA PIM HOME AWAY
Amarillo 32 26 3 3 55 .859 140 65 591 14-1-1 12-2-2
Texas 35 24 10 1 49 .700 136 92 703 11-6-1 13-4-0
Topeka 33 20 8 5 45 .682 102 72 773 10-6-3 10-2-2
Corpus Christi 32 13 14 5 31 .484 97 113 787 5-10-1 8-4-4
Wichita Falls 30 10 18 2 22 .367 81 113 491 4-7-1 6-11-1
Odessa 32 5 25 2 12 .188 58 145 616 1-14-1 4-11-1
CORPUS CHRISTI'S RECORD AGAINST OPPONENTS :
AMARILLO : 2-2-0
TEXAS: 1-7-0
TOPEKA : 0-2-0
WICHITA FALLS : 1-1-2
ODESSA: 2-0-0
FAIRBANKS: 1-1-2
KENAI RIVER: 4-0-0
ICERAYS LEADERS :
GOALS : Perry D'Arrisso & Rudy Sulmonte - 15
ASSISTS : Perry D'Arrisso - 19
POINTS : Perry D'Arrisso - 34
PLUS/MINUS : Jalen Schulz - +5
PENALTY MINUTES : Mike Economos - 90min
SHOTS : Rudy Sulmonte - 109
WINS : Hayden Stewart - 6
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE : Ben Myers - 3.10
SAVE PERCENTAGE : Hayden Stewart - .911
NINE OF ELEVEN... AJ Jarosz has recorded a point in nine of the last eleven games... In that time, the 2nd year IceRay picked up 11pts total.
PLAYOFF RACE... Corpus Christi is still 9pts in front of Wichita Falls after this past weekend and remains in 4th place with 31pts.
COPLEY GETS MVP... Former IceRays goaltender Pheonix Copley recorded two shutouts over the weekend as Michigan Tech captured the Great Lakes Invitational, and earned tournament MVP.
FIRST USHL GOAL... Former IceRay defender Travis Maxwell picked up his first USHL goal with the Lincoln Stars against Tri City.
COMMITTING... Current IceRays forward Beau Walker and former IceRay Dmitry Ermakov have both committed to top D3 schools. Walker will attend the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point wile Ermakov will skate for Norwich, who currently is ranked #1 in the country.
COMMITMENTS
2013-2014
- Beau Walker - Wisconsin-Stevens Point (D3 - NCHA)
- Dmitry Ermakov - Norwich University (D3 - ECAC East)
2014-2015
- Matthew Weis - Ohio State University (D1 - CCHA)
ALUMNI REPORT
NCAA D-I...
- Anthony Stolarz (U. of Nebraska-Omaha) - (2-5-0, 2.56GAA, .898%)
- Michael Benedict (Niagara University) - (6G, 0A) - 16GP
- Frank Misuraca (U. of Alabama-Huntsville) - (2g, 4a) - 15GP
- Pheonix Copley (Michigan Tech) - (3-6-0, 3.30GAA, .892%)
- Mychal Monteith (Mercyhurst) - (0g, 2a) - 11GP
- Colton Saucerman (Northeastern) - (1g, 4a) - 13GP
NCAA D-III...
- Greg Chapman (St. Mary's U.) - (0g, 0a) - 9GP
- Luc Neitenbach (Worcester State) - (0g, 0a) - 6GP
- Kevin Crowe (Wentworth College) - (5g, 3a) - 12GP
- Derrek Schartz (Tufts University) - (1g, 0a) - 6GP
- Josh Obregon (Johnson & Wales U.) - (2g, 7a) - 12GP
- Anton Olsson (Lawrence College) - (0-1, 6.00GAA, .838%)
- Navarone Copley (St. Mary's U.) - (0g, 0a) - 7GP
- Jonathan Sdao (Colby College) - (3g, 2a) - 9GP
USHL...
- Matthew Weis (Green Bay Gamblers) - (7g, 12a) - 24GP
- Danny Fetzer (Chicago Steel) - (2g, 4a) - 18GP
- Travis Maxwell (Lincoln) - (1g, 4a) - 5GP
- Roman Uchyn (Des Moines) - (3g, 2a) - 8GP
QMJHL...
- Phil Pietroniro (Shawinigan) - (2g, 4a) - 20GP
WHAT'S ON TAP... The IceRays return home this weekend as they host the Odessa Jackalopes at 7:05PM on Friday and Saturday night. Pregame show starts 15 minutes prior to ALL IceRays home games on ustream.com, sportsjuice.com, the TuneIn Radio APP, or on the league's pay-per-view website, www.fasthockey.com . Be sure to get your tickets now by calling the IceRays front office at 361.814.PUCK (7825) or crash the net at www.goicerays.com .
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