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BEES STUCK IN MUD; LOSE 5-1 TO BOSSIER
By admin | January 12, 2008
By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—The Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs notched four unanswered goals between the second and third periods en route to a 5-1 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Brett Smith skated away with the game-winner; his first of two goals in the contest. Rio is now eight points behind
Things were even 1-1 at the end of the first, with Bossier scoring first on a Kevin Cooper shot coming from behind the net to beat two Bees defenders and netminder Jeff Van Nynatten at 3:41. With 2:54 left in the period
It was all Mudbugs after that, for they posted four unanswered goals, two each in the remaining periods, two of which were on the power play.
At 11:41 in the second it was Smith with the game-winner on the power play, with Warriner having the chance to tie things up at the 12:01 mark with a penalty shot that goaltender Ken Carroll stopped. Cooper picked up his second of the night on a power play with just two seconds left in the period to give Bossier the 3-1 lead.
The Mudbugs went on to score two more in the third, one by Joe Ori at 10:37, and Smith with his second at 16:41 to give Bossier-Shreveport the convincing win 5-1.
Ken Carroll nabbed the win in net with 22 saves, including Warriner’s penalty shot, while Van Nynatten suffered the loss with 35 saves.
The Bees take on the New Mexico Scorpions for the last of their back-to-back home weekend Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. The game will be televised on Televisa with game time set for 7:35 p.m.
NOTES
-Lone All Star representative for the Bees Travis Banga picked up his 200th career pro game appearance tonight, win which he posted his 20th assist of the season.
-Robin Big Snake’s debut as a Bee was rather quiet tonight; he posted one shot on goal, and a surprising zero penalty minutes.
-Both teams combined for 3-of-10 on the power play with Bossier 2-of-5 and
-Mike Tuomi, posting the lone goal for
COACH FIXTER SOUNDBITES
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Thoughts on how the Bees skated tonight:
    “We didn’t get the puck out tonight. We turned it over and there were three turnovers tonight that killed us that ultimately lead to a penalty. We got beat off the wall and it was very poor coverage down low.”
On the lack of wins:
    “I am sure you can see it on my face; it s frustration. Its very frustrating to have a lack of wins. We need a win right away. We need to start winning hockey games, and worry about being good later.”
Final thoughts:
   “We are an ugly team but we have good players. It’s up to those players in the room to prove that they want to play hockey. Corpus shouldn’t be eight points ahead because we have been a brutal team for the last whatever games.”
What was the turning point in tonights game?:
“It’s tough to pin point one single turning point. Their second and third goals, but the biggest thing is our lack of passion to play and desire to be the best. If you have that desire and that passion you give yourself a chance. If you don’t have that then you don’t have a chance and we don’t have that right now. You can only kick someone so much but it ultimately has to come from within. There is an old saying “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink”, well Sean and I have taken the horses to the river an awful lot, but they have to drink on their own.”
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January 12th, 2008 at 2:02 am
Mr. Fixter
You haven’t led every horse to the trough yet, because you still need to make some moves with the defensive core to find some that want to drink. This defense is not skilled enough to allow the team to excel. The other thing is the passion of your captain. Its time to sit him down and discuss if he really wants to continue a career in hockey. Maybe take away the C. It may be too much pressure on him to play the game the way he should be playing it. Or better yet maybe not play him as much as you do. Stick some of the younger guys out there more often.
January 12th, 2008 at 2:41 am
Its time to unload Van Hoof or teach HIM to play defense he plays like a little girl my sister hits harder than he does. I know he’s not the only out there but, he’s the only one that is not doing his job to best of his ability. The captain has been drinking from the trough and doing a good job. I think he’s been trying to drag the rest of the horses with him but, there always one or two that just don’t want to go.
Send them to twelve week of marine corp boot camp teach them TEAM work thats whats needed.
I love your passion, both of you, but this isn’t the NHL. You can’t just make a trade. Voltera as a captain is fine and plays his heart out every day. I have seen bad teams in my my day, but I can honestly tell you I have never seen a team with so much talent do so poorly. And I don’t feel it’s the coaching staff either. It’s truly befuddling. I’ve said before that Fix and Gilly are two of the most prepared coaches I have worked with. At this level of hockey, you recruit and hope you get what you recruited for. That hasn’t been the case this season in several cases. RB
January 12th, 2008 at 3:59 am
<p><p><p><p><p>so in your professional broadcast opinion it’s not a coaching snafu it’s the players? i realize that this isn’t the NHL but we’re still paying as season ticket holders. just play with some heart. what i saw tonight was embarrasing and i felt the team just wanted to pack it up and go him asap. if that’s the case maybe you can post something in your game notes on the moral of the team. if they’re not going to show up and play hockey (like they’re paid to do as professionals) then let the paying public know so we won’t waste our time. as time has gone on and your friends at the monitor are always preaching, this is no longer the only game in town. we have crappy baseball in edinburg, a crap team in mcallen convention center, an nba d league team that’s doing okay i guess, and the bees that are there only in spirit.
Yeah, so in my “professional broadcast opinion” it isn’t the coach, it is the players. OK? There, I said it. The players are not getting it done. But no heart? Winning is contagious and so is losing. Email me and I’ll set it up so you can come by the locker room before the game to see the “heart” that’s there. Seriously. I wish I knew why that is not translating into wins. As far as this not being the NHL, you misunderstood what I wrote. At this level there are so many issues that factor into a trade. It isn’t millionaire for millionaire. And it’s not like there are 40-goal scorers just sitting around or Ray Bourque-types just twiddling their thumbs. As a season ticket holder you do deserve better than this but no one can guarantee wins. Or maybe you can if you circumvent things.
January 12th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
YOU MIGHT NEED TO LET SOME PEOPLE GO INCLUIDING THE COACH . AND DO SOME REORGANIZATION IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME WHERE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE –.
DEFENSIVE–NEEDS A LOT OF WORK.
January 13th, 2008 at 1:50 am
Heard that you might need a good therapist for your mascot and your zamboni driver.
Let me know if I can be of any assistance. I can come down on March 5th, if that would help.
By the way, I’d put my money on the bee.
Good luck until the 27th…
Love,
The Rapist
February 25th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Do yall have any instresting facts on Joe Ori, plays for the Mudbugs. My little girl (5th) grade has do a report on a famous American. She picked Brett Smith first, then found out he is from Canada. I have limited bio info….
Thanks,
Janet Martin
Mom of a Mudbug fan!
February 25th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Do yall have any instresting facts on Joe Ori, plays for the Mudbugs. My little girl (5th) grade has do a report on a famous American. She picked Brett Smith first, then found out he is from Canada. I have limited bio info….
Thanks,
Janet Martin
Mom of a Mudbug fan!