Archive for November, 2007
BUCKS UPSET BEES 2-1
Friday, November 30th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Laredo’s Paul Elliot captured the game-winner to lead the Bucks over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 2-1 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Laredo moves 15 points ahead of the Bees, who hold second place in the Southeast Division.
The game was scoreless until Laredo’s Andrew Desjardins nabbed his sixth goal […]
TONIGHT’S LINEUPS
Friday, November 30th, 2007I’ve gotten some response from fans who like to print out the game notes and take them to the game. They asked that the lineups be made available here as well. So, when I can, I’ll make the lineup sheets available here on home game days. So, here’s tonight’s lineup. If you need one when […]
BEES RAISE OVER $4K FOR MAKE-A-WISH
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League, along with Outback Steakhouse in McAllen, helped raise over $4000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the first ever Tip-A-Bee Night on Wednesday, November 28.
Killer Bees players filled in as waiters and bartenders at the event, which ran from 6-10 p.m. All […]
GAME NOTES, NOV. 30
Thursday, November 29th, 2007Here’s this weekend’s game-notes-113007.pdf(early edition).
Also updated the player bios. Enjoy, and if something doesn’t make sense, feel free to let me know.
Last night’s TIP-A-BEE at Outback in McAllen was a lot of fun. I’ll post some pictures in a bit.
Here’s something I want to put together for our TV broadcasts. It was a staple of […]
TIP A BEE TONIGHT
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Hope to see everyone out at tonight’s Tip-A-Bee event at Outback in McAllen from 6-10 p.m. The team will be your waiters and all the tips they collect go directly to the RGV Make-A-Wish Foundation. Good food, good fun and a good cause.
Around minor pro and other nonsense….
Here’s this week’s CHL Chalk Talk. Nice new […]
BUCKS SHUT OUT BEES
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007Laredo, Texas — Andrew Desjardins scored twice and Dustin Traylen made 25 saves as the Laredo Bucks shut out the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 5-0 Tuesday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
Desjardins scored both shorthanded and on the power play. Jeff Bes and Rane Carnegie each collected two assists.
David Lemanowicz […]
GAME NOTES, NOV. 27
Monday, November 26th, 2007game-notes-112707.pdf
Here’s this week’s game notes, nice and early for tomorrow’s game at Laredo.
Heck of a comeback win Saturday night. Ken McRae must be losing his mind in Corpus. He’s a good coach and a good guy. Speaking of Corpus, fellow blogger Greg Rajan wrote a very interesting piece about the comparisons between recruiting in college […]
BEES STAGE THIRD PERIOD COMEBACK, WIN 6-4
Saturday, November 24th, 2007Corpus Christi, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees came back from a 4-2 deficit in the third period to take a 6-4 victory over the Corpus Christi Rayz at American Bank Center Saturday night.
Adam Edinger scored the game-winner on the power play, while Dennis Maxwell and Rob Voltera each had four points. Goalie […]
GAME NOTES, Nov. 24
Friday, November 23rd, 2007Here’s tomorrow’s game-notes-112307.pdf.
Tough game tonight; Texas wins their eighth one-goal game. They are 8-4-0 on the season. And one of those losses was a one-goal game.
I wasn’t sure whether or not Texas had a CHL Network feed; they didn’t. As far as I know, it’s Austin, Wichita and Texas as the only teams with no […]
BRAHMAS 3, BEES 2
Friday, November 23rd, 2007North Richland Hills, Texas — Greg McConnell scored twice and Grant Jacobson had two assists as the Texas Brahmas defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Friday night at the Nytex Ice Centre.
Travis Banga scored for the Bees 1:50 into the second period after a scoreless first period, but Texas […]
SAVE ME SOME STUFFING
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007I hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving and trying to remember what it’s all actually supposed to be about. Which is to say it wasn’t originally intended as a day to rest up so you can get up at 4 a.m. on Friday and go stand in line at (insert big box store name here) […]
MASSE PLACED ON TEAM SUSPENSION
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced that, at his request, LW David Masse has been placed on team suspension to tend to family issues in Quebec.
“We support David in this difficult time and wish him the best,” said Killer Bees […]
BEES TOP SCORPIONS 5-2
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas— Dennis Maxwell had three assists and Jeff Van Nynatten made 32 saves to lead the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees past the New Mexico Scorpions 5-2 Wednesday night at the Dodge Arena. Mark O’Leary skated away with the game-winner for the Bees who have now won three in […]
Game Notes, Nov. 21
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Here’s the early version of Wednesday’s game-notes-112107.pdf.
Remember, if you are a season ticket holder you have a “bring a friend on us” coupon in your book. If you plan on using it, redeem it early since this game usually sells out.
The game will be a net-only broadcast, both on the CHL Network (video) and allinbroadcasting.net […]
VAN NYNATTEN EARNS GOALIE OF THE WEEK AWARD
Monday, November 19th, 2007Hidalgo, Texas — Killer Bees goaltender Jeff Van Nynatten has been named the Central Hockey League’s Oakley Goalie of the Week for the period of Nov. 12-18.
The Killer Bees earned five of six possible points during the week with a record of 2-0-1, thanks in part to the strong play of the second-year netminder […]
Weekend Thoughts
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Well, for a team that couldn’t buy a goal thru the first 10 games of the season, 11 goals in two games is amazing. The addition of Lance Herauf is a big boost; what a sparkplug of a player.
Nice to see Jeff Van Nynatten pick up two wins. Sometimes I think he has the worst […]
BEES START STREAK IN 6-4 WIN OVER RAYZ
Sunday, November 18th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees move farther ahead in the standings after their 6-4 win over the Corpus Christi Rayz Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Veteran Rob Voltera posted three points in the contest (1-2-3) and nabbed the game-winner at the 17:10 mark in the second period, en route to […]
BEES SNAP WINLESS SKID WITH WIN OVER ICE BATS
Saturday, November 17th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—TJ Eason netted his first pro goal and the eventual game winner en route to a 5-2 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bee win over the Austin Ice Bats Friday night at the Dodge Arena.
With the win Rio now has 10 points in the standings and snapped a four game winless streak, […]
A Warm, Fuzzy Feeling
Friday, November 16th, 2007Ah, the weather is changing, the leaves are turning colors and the holidays are upon us. By “weather is changing” I mean it’s gone from “unbearably $#*!%$! hot” to “anyone not from here thinks it hot, but everyone here has a coat on.” And of course, the leaves have turned, just not down here.
It’s getting […]
Game Notes, Nov. 16-17
Thursday, November 15th, 2007Here’s an early look at this weekend’s game notes.
game-notes-111607.pdf
As for the Herauf-Looby trade, I like it. This team desperately needs goal scoring. Herauf was an all star last season and a rookie of the year candidate. Hopefully he can recreate last season’s success with the Bees. I’ll miss Looby being around though. He’s a good […]
BEES ACQUIRE HERAUF FROM TULSA
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced the team has acquired LW Lance Herauf from the Tulsa Oilers in exchange for D Mike Looby.
Herauf played 10 games for the Oilers this season and posted two goals and an assist. Last season […]
Bees Fall 3-2 in Overtime
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007By: Chelsea Wagner
Laredo, Texas- Laredo’s Serge Dube netted the game-winner in overtime as the Bucks edged the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Tuesday afternoon at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
Rio’s Travis Banga opened up the scoring 4:30 in to the first period with an unassisted, shorthanded goal. Igor Agarunov tied things up at […]
OFFICE SPACE SPECIAL
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Today marks the first office space special of the year. Game time at the Laredo Entertainment Center is 11 a.m. Broadcast is on ESPN Radio 1240 AM.
STEELHOUNDS DEFEAT BEES 4-2
Monday, November 12th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—The Youngstown Steelhounds remain the only undefeated team in the Central Hockey League as they defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-2 Sunday afternoon at the Dodge Arena. The Steelhounds notched three unanswered goals in the third period coming from a 2-1 deficit with Petr Pohl scoring the […]
Game Notes, Nov. 11
Sunday, November 11th, 2007Today’s notes game-notes-111107.pdf
So, Youngstown is the last of the undefeated in regualtions. 9-0-1 is a pretty impressive start. All over Laredo, people are taking cover because the sky is falling. Oh, I mean the Bucks lost a home game. Same thing. The Bucks really poured it on in the third period last night, but […]
Strap Those Kids In
Saturday, November 10th, 2007I arrived at HEB Plus in San Juan around 7:30 a.m. Saturday for the car seat giveaway. First thing I see? A car rolling by with a three-year-old in the front seat with no seat belt. In the back seat? An infant being held by someone. My first reaction was “are you kidding me?” Then […]
Blog Comments
Saturday, November 10th, 2007I went in and allowed blog comments today. Thought I had done so before, but…
Once I figure out how to respond to individual comments, I’ll do so…I appreciate all the response.
One thing I’ll say quick is to look at the community page if you want to know when the guys will be out and about., […]
BEES SHUT OUT BY JACKALOPES 3-0
Friday, November 9th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—It was all Odessa Jackalopes as they shut out the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-0 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Alex Dunn nabbed the game winner early in the first at 2:24 while Odessa went 2-for-8 on the power play for the win. Jacks goalie Alex Vincent […]
Game Notes, Community Events
Thursday, November 8th, 2007Here’s the early version of this weekend’s game notes.
game-notes-110907.pdf
Make sure to visit the community events section of the website to see what’s coming up. This Saturday is the car seat giveaway. I’m amazed at how often I see kids in cars jumping around in the back seat, so I’m happy that the team is […]
COACH’S SHOW TONIGHT
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007Make sure to come by RA’s (3000 N. McColl in McAllen) for the Killer Bees Coach’s Show, tonight from 6-7 p.m.
We’ll talk to Coach Fixter about the team, plus as previously mentioned, the return of POINTLESS TRIVIA. Tonight’s contestants are Nick Warriner and Trainer Jorge Garcia in a rematch of last season’s championship finale. The […]
Some Thoughts on the CHL Network
Monday, November 5th, 2007I’ve been reading a lot of negative comments about the CHL Network, so I thought I’d chime in with a few observations.
1. It’s FREE.
2. Streaming live video and audio over the internet is still in its infancy. Networks are just starting to to be able to handle the bandwidth needed to pull it off properly. […]
BEES SUFFER 4-2 LOSS TO BUCKS
Sunday, November 4th, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—In their second match-up in three days the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees could not overcome the power of the Laredo Bucks suffering the 4-2 loss Saturday night at the Dodge Arena.
Jeff Bes came up with the game-winner at the 4:45 mark in the second, with Brent MacSween sealing […]
Tonight’s Notes
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007Here’s tonight’s notes.
game-notes-110307.pdf
As far as transactions go, yesterday’s moves were not nearly as eventful as it seemed they might be.
n The Bees signed defenseman Jon Hedberg prior to Thursday’s game at Laredo and placed F Marlon Joseph on the 14-day injured reserve, retroactive to October 27, prior to […]
BEES TOP RAYZ 5-4
Friday, November 2nd, 2007By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas— Mark O’Leary nabbed the game-winner with 1:05 left on the clock on the power play to push the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees past the Corpus Christi Rayz 5-4 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Travis Banga paced the Bees with two goals and two assists.
The first period was […]
Pink Sticks and Game Notes
Friday, November 2nd, 2007A quick turnaround today after last night’s loss at Laredo. The bus pulled into the Dodge a little after 1 a.m. and the guys were back on the ice this morning at 10 a.m. They practiced with pink-taped sticks today and signed them after morning skate. We’ll auction those off in the lounge Saturday […]
BEES FALL 5-1 IN LAREDO
Thursday, November 1st, 2007By Chelsea Wagner
Laredo, Texas — Rane Carnegie netted the game-winner in the Laredo Bucks 5-1 victory over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Thursday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
After a scoreless first period that saw both teams with nine shots on goal, Adam Rivet opened up the scoring 39 seconds into the second period. […]
BEES SIGN DEFENSEMAN HEDBERG
Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced the signing of defenseman Jon Hedberg. Hedberg will be in the lineup tonight as the Bees visit Laredo at 7 p.m.
A 6-0, 210-pound native of Duluth, Minnesota, Hedberg played three seasons (1999-2002) of major junior hockey in the Ontario […]
Game Notes, Nov. 1
Thursday, November 1st, 2007Click to view this weekend’s game notes.
game-notes-110107.pdf
The Bees travel to Laredo tonight for their first test against the 6-0 Bucks. Three shutouts in six games, outscoring their opponents 37-9…I don’t how they’ll be able to keep that pace up, but if they do, look out. Personally, I’m hoping they pull a Colorado Rockies and […]