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BEES TOP RAYZ 5-4
By Killer Bee Hockey | November 2, 2007
By: 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 a battle of the offense with six goals scored between the two teams, a new franchise record for most goals in one period. Brent Howarth gave the Rayz a very early lead just 39 seconds into the game, followed by Banga with his first of the night at the 2:45 mark. Just 59 seconds later Evan Stoflet netted one giving Corpus Christi the lead once again. Banga nabbed his second on the night at the 6:45 mark followed by the Rayz pulling ahead 4-2 with two more to finish out the first.
Corpus wouldn’t score again. David Masse notched the lone second period goal on a power play at the 4:55 mark, narrowing the Rayz lead to one going into the final period.
Dennis Maxwell tied things up at the 4:46 mark, but it was O’Leary with the final Bees goal and the eventual game-winner with just 1:05 left in the game that would give the Bees the win 5-4. Josh Bonar got the primary helper, one of three on the night.
David Lemanowicz captured his third win on the season ending the night with 24 saves on 28 shots, while Jason Tapp suffered the loss for the Rayz with 34 saves on 39 shots.
Next up the Bees face the rival Laredo Bucks Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Game time is set for 7:30 p.m.
NOTES
-Travis Banga now has seven assists and three goals in just six games with the Bees. His second goal marked the 200th point of his pro career, and he now needs 13 goals to reach 100 for his career.
-The Bees scored three supposed goals in tonight’s game that were eventually ruled no goal, including a potential go-ahead goal by Adam Edinger with just 2:55 left in the game.
-Dennis Maxwell added some marks tonight ending the game with three points (1-2-3), including assisting Mark O’Leary on the game-winner. Maxwell now needs six goals to reach 200 for his career, 32 assists for 300 and 38 points for 500.
- Rio’s power play connected twice tonight, giving them three goals in the last two games.
- David Masse needs seven goals for 100 career tallies and 23 games to reach 300.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
great comeback Bees y’all had to be there to see it !! gotta get off to a better start tomorrow against the Bucks though. see y’all there !!
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:47 am
couldn’t make it to the game. Was there any interesting fights though?
November 3rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm
good luck Bees couldn’t be at the game last night but will be there today GO BEES GO!!!!!!!!
November 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pm
That was one of the best games! It was a bumpy start but it got better by the minute. We fought tooth and nail for that win even though we had 3 “supposed” no goals we still bagged it. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Corpus! GO BEES GO!!!