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RiverKings close out road schedule with loss

March 23, 2006 - Central Hockey League (CHL)
Mississippi RiverKings News Release


Bossier City, LA --- Blair Manning scored four goals to lead the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs to a 6-3 win over the Memphis RiverKings Thursday night at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City. Manning added an assist to finish with a five point night. Brad Wanchulak scored two of the RiverKings' goals to give him 8 goals in his 12 games with Memphis.

Wanchulak and Taras Foremsky gave the RiverKings a 2-0 lead with first period goals. The Mudbugs would follow with five unanswered tallies to take a 5-2 lead into the third period. Wanchulak cut the lead to two with his second of the evening at 11:17 of the third, but Milan Vodrazka's empty net goal with 1:11 left sealed win, the Mudbugs' 40th on the season.

The RiverKings finished the 12-game season series with Bossier-Shreveport 3-8-1 and finished the road portion of their schedule with an 11 game winless streak (0-8-3).

Memphis (21-36-5) closes out the regular season at home with the Austin Ice Bats on Friday night and the Tulsa Oilers on Saturday night. Both games start at 7:05

Upcoming Promotions: The regular season finale on Saturday, 3/25 is Fan Appreciation Night. The first 1,000 fans receive a free DAC/RiverKings T-Shirt. There will be many other giveaways, too.

Don't forget to head to TGI Fridays on Goodman Road after every home game for the "Official RiverKings Post-Game Party."

You can hear all regular-season RiverKings games on Sports 56 WHBQ (AM 560).



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