Archive for October, 2007
The Great Locker Room Controversy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007By now, most fans have read Brian Sandalow’s article “Bees Shrug off Locker Room Altercation.”
http://www.themonitor.com/sports/_6278___article.html/_.html
Truth is, this type of thing happens more often than you’d think. That’s not to say the Bees are a dysfunctional group; I’m talking about in general, in any locker room, with any pro (or even college) team. Put 20 […]
Upcoming Community Events
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Cookin’ for the Cure
Saturday is Cookin’ for the Cure day at the Dodge. Cooking teams will arrive at the Arena the night before and cook throughout the night. The first 1500 fans receive BBQ aprons at the door. There’s still room for a few cooking teams. The team will also auction […]
BEES FALL 4-1 TO BATS
Sunday, October 28th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas– Mike Looby scored the lone goal for the Bees while Austin was 2-for-5 on the power play, as well as nabbing a shorthanded and empty netter to defeat the Bees 4-1 Saturday night at the Dodge Arena.
Neither team scored until almost midway through the second period when Brendan Cook notched […]
Updated Notes, TV Time
Saturday, October 27th, 2007Updated notes and stats. I usually will post just the notes, but I decided today to include the full stats pack. I’ll do so from time to time.
Don’t forget tonight’s game is on TV - XERV-9, cable 19. Ask for it at the bar if you aren’t coming to the Hive tonight. The radio broadcast […]
LEMANOWICZ MAKES 46 SAVES AS BEES NIP GORILLAS 3-2
Friday, October 26th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—David Lemanowicz made 46 saves in net and Rob Voltera scored twice to lead the Killer Bees to a 3-2 victory Friday night over the Amarillo Gorillas at the Dodge Arena.
Amarillo struck first just 1:04 into the game when Chris Lipsett connected on a pass from Shaun Arvai to put the Gorillas […]
Game Notes, Oct. 25
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Game Notes for this weekend’s games posted here.
game-notes-102507.pdf
Also, updated roster and bios posted below. Thanks to those who looked at the other ones and helped pick up on fixes.
2007-08-rgv-bios.pdf
2007-08-rgv-roster.pdf
—Don’t forget about the NEWSCHANNEL $5.55 section…show up at the box office beginning at 5 p.m. on game days and you can get tickets for $5.55 (excluding […]
McNeill To Be Placed on IR
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Coach Fixter just informed me that defenseman Dan McNeill will be placed on the 30-day injured reserve, retroactive to last Saturday. The transaction may not actually go thru for anoother day or two. McNeill was either slashed or went hard into the boards Saturday and his arm was placed in a cast after the game. […]
Re-Entry, No Re-Entry, and Yes, We Know You Can Hear Us
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Couple of quick notes, especially for season ticket holders…
–The Dodge Arena now has a new “No Re-Entry Policy.” This means once you’re in the arena, you’re in. It’s never been enforced in the past, but we’ve gotten word from a few angry fans so far this season that don’t like the new rule. For better […]
Go Sox!
Sunday, October 21st, 2007Down 3-1 in the ALCS, somehow the Red Sox have come back to advance to the World Series. Besides me, I know at least one Bees player is thrilled. I’ll be keeping tabs as things unfold, so for those of you could care less, bear with me.
Three Out Of Four A’int Bad (and other cliches)
Sunday, October 21st, 2007With opening weekend out of the way, I can say that those were two of the most entertaining games, regular season or otherwise, that I’ve seen in a while. Alot of opening week games plod along with sloppy play and a general feeling of “getting to know you.” Not these two games. That said, […]
Bees Fall 4-3 in Shoot Out
Saturday, October 20th, 2007 By Chelsea Wagner
Corpus Christi, Texas — Geno Parrish scored in the final round of the shootout to lift the Corpus Christi Rayz past the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-3 at the American Bank Center Saturday night. This game was only the second of 12 games the two teams will play this year.
Brent […]
Photos, Video and More
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Video and photos from last night’s game is up…check it out. Files might be large so give it some time…
BEES OPEN SEASON WITH A BANG
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Hidalgo, Texas-Â David Masse scored the game winner in the Bees 3-2 victory against the Corpus Christi Rayz Friday night at Dodge Arena in front of 5401 fans.
Chris Mei opened up the scoring 3:54 in the first period, to give the Rayz the early lead. Bees newcomer Adam Edinger evened up the score at the […]
BEES SET OPENING NIGHT ROSTER, NAME CAPTAINS
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced its opening roster and team captains for the 2007-08 Fifth Anniversary Season, which begins tomorrow at Dodge Arena.
The Bees open the season with 18 players on the active roster and two more on injured reserve. Teams may carry up […]
A Cut, A Signing, More Cuts
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The Bees waived center Tristan Senior and signed defenseman Jason Slusher.
Slusher played last season with Pee Dee in the SPHL (6-2, 212) and also played two games with Trenton (ECHL). He also played briefly with New England College (with Nick Warriner and Travis Banga) before going on to Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania.
That means 20 […]
Listen in the Arena - 93.5FM
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007If you were at the game last night you may have noticed me walking around the arena, apparently lost, with an old school walkman on. I wasn’t rocking out to the best of Autograph; I was checking the new low-power radio signal in the building.
We’ve had a number of fans tell us over the past […]
Preseason Game 2 - Rayz 3, Bees 1
Monday, October 15th, 2007by Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas– In their second preseason matchup the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees fell to the Corpus Christi Rayz 3-1 Monday night at the Dodge Arena.
Both teams were scoreless midway through the game with Corpus striking first on a penalty shot by Joe Blaznek at 10:51 after Rio’s Mark O’Leary fell on the […]
Bees Make First Cuts
Sunday, October 14th, 2007Just got word that Anthony Sarno, Matt Spezza and Patrick Steinmayr have been waived. That means Monday’s game becomes a battle for one, or maybe two roster spots. Teams can carry 19 players (18 is still the maximum per game), although the Bees may go with the minimum.
The goaltending positions are set with Lemanowicz and […]
Preseason Game 1 - The ride home
Sunday, October 14th, 2007One preseason game in the books, another this Monday at the Dodge. By the time the regular season hits Day 2, the Bees and Rayz will have seen each other four times. That’s a little more Greg Rajan than I can take (Kidding GR, you’re the dean of CHL writers). Tonight was more about shaking […]
Rayz 4, Bees 1
Saturday, October 13th, 2007Corpus Christi, Texas — In their first preseason test in nearly two years, the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees fell to the Corpus Christi Rayz 4-1 at American Bank Center Saturday night.
The teams traded first period goals before the Rayz opened up a two-goal lead in a span of just over a minute. Derek […]
Preseason Game 1 - Faceoff
Saturday, October 13th, 2007We’re underway in Corpus Christi. Van Nynatten gets the start in goal with Spezza backing up. Lines, in no particular order, look like this…
Steinmayr-Senior-Stastny
Masse-Banga-Voltera
O’Leary-Warriner-Joseph
Silver-Edinger-Bonar
Looby-Sarno
Van Hoof-Eason
McNeill-Blanchette
Scratches are Maxwell, Lemanowicz and Fuller.
Asst. Coach Sean Gillam running the bench with Lemanowicz assisting. Coach Paul Fixter taking this one in from the stands.
Preseason Game 1 - Travel
Saturday, October 13th, 2007On the way to Corpus Christi for tonight’s preseason game vs. the Rayz. Had a friendly visit from the Border Patrol agent at the Falfurrias checkpoint. Young guy, checked the visas and sent us on our way. Sometimes they recognize us and send us on our way, other times they do a quick check like […]
CHL vs. ECHL
Friday, October 12th, 2007Four games on the docket tonight featuring CHL vs. ECHL teams. It might only be preseason action, but I think it’ll be interesting to see how things match up. I can’t remember a preseason with so many interleague games. Youngstown/Cincy makes sense, as does Arizona/Phoenix. But Mississippi (ECHL) at Texas? Mississippi (CHL) at Florida? Makes […]
Welcome to The Buzz Blog
Thursday, October 11th, 2007Welcome to the first official post of The Buzz Blog! Make sure to bookmark or rss us. Many thanks to Abel, Roxy and everyone at Imagine It Studios in McAllen for their hard work and efforts in the website redesign.
Why the Buzz Blog? Our amazing web design team got tired of staying up late on […]