Archive for February, 2008
MAXWELL SCORES OT WINNER AS BEES EDGE RAYZ
Friday, February 29th, 2008Corpus Christi, Texas — Dennis Maxwell’s goal 38 seconds into overtime boosted the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees to their second consecutive win 5-4 over the Rayz Friday at American Bank Center.Â
AJ Bucchino made 36 saves on goal in his second CHL win while Travis Banga added a goal and an assist. Joe Blaznek […]
GAME NOTES, FEB 29
Friday, February 29th, 2008Game notes for this weekend.
Hopefully the team can play the same type of game they played in Odessa. Lots of heart, passion and effort. I, like you and the coaching staff, wonder why that only seems to show up once every 10 games or so.
Bees Owner/President Troy Nelson was quoted in the paper as saying […]
ONLINE CHAT WITH ROB VOLTERA
Thursday, February 28th, 2008There’s still some time to get your questions in for the online chat with Rob Voltera that I mentioned on the air the last few games. Get them in quick! Now’s your chance to get the answers you want straight from the captain.
http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/fanzone/chats/
MAXWELL COLLECTS 500TH CAREER POINT IN BEES WIN
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Odessa, Texas — Dennis Maxwell collected his 500th career point on Mike Tuomi’s game-winning goal as the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees defeated the Odessa Jackalopes 4-2 Tuesday night at the Ector County Coliseum.Â
The Bees led 2-1 heading into the third period on goals by Josh Garbutt and Travis Banga, who scored on a breakaway […]
GAME NOTES, FEB 26
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008Game notes for Feb. 26 at Odessa. Tonight’s game is at 7:05 PM on KURV 710 Talk Radio, www.allinbroadcasting.com and the CHL Network. Probably a short pre game as we follow The Drive Home with Davis Rankin.
MINOR OBSERVATIONS, FEB. 24
Monday, February 25th, 2008There really hasn’t been a dull day in Bee Nation lately. I’m going to paraphrase some of the questions I’ve gotten lately so as not to ruffle anyone’s feathers…
IT’S ABOUT TIME THE COACH HAD SOMETHING POSITIVE TO SAY IN THE PAPER ABOUT HIS TEAM. WHERE’S THAT BEEN ALL YEAR? COACHING BY FEAR IS NO WAY […]
BUCKS TOP BEES 3-1
Sunday, February 24th, 2008 By: Rachel Reida
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Hidalgo, Texas—Three different Laredo Buck skaters notched a goal with Matt Summers coming away with the game winner as the Bucks defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-1 in front of a sold out crowd Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. It is the ninth time in ten […]
BATS DOWN BEES 5-3
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008By: Rachel ReidaHidalgo, Texas—Austin’s Brendan Cook had yet another solid night with the hat trick as he led the Ice Bats 5-3 over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Cook (3-1-4) ended the night with four points and was helped by Mike Bartlett (1-2-3) and Ted […]
NO MORE ICE BATS?
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Just want to clear something up here friends. I don’t call people out or “make examples of” people. If I see something in a comment that i think is off base, I say so. This is a blog and the goal is interaction. Like they say in show biz, “give the nice people what […]
BATS 5, BEES 1
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Austin, Texas — The Austin Ice Bats rolled to a 5-1 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Thursday night at the Chaparral Ice Arena in Austin. Brendan Cook led the way for the Bats with two goals.
The Bats took a 2-0 lead after the first period on goals by R.G. Flath and […]
GAME NOTES, FEB. 21
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Here’s this weekend’s game notes.
I know some of you bring headsets to the games to listen to the radio feed in the arena. I want some feedback. How is it working out?
How is the customer service at the arena? How is the customer service from the team’s front office? Let me know your thoughts.
Same thing […]
FINALLY, SOME LIFE
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Looks the like the large wooden spoon has the soup bubbling a bit over at www.killerbeefans.com.
Everyone has their opinions about what’s wrong, whose fault it is, etc. I’d like to point to my response to yamaha1’s recent blog post as a decent indicator of what the “problem” is.
Discuss away.
KILLER BEES PRESENT McALLEN NORTH ROTARY TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER SHOOTOUT
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced details of the Second Annual McAllen North Rotary Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Shootout to take place on Saturday, March 8, at Dodge Arena.
The Top 5 finishers will participate in the Killer Bee Poker Shootout at the end of the […]
BUCKS STOMP BEES 4-1
Sunday, February 17th, 2008By:Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas — Matt Summers nabbed the game-winner nearing the end of the first period en route to a 4-1 Laredo Buck defeat of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Travis Banga picked up the lone goal for the Bees at the 13:00 mark giving […]
GAME NOTES, FEB 16
Saturday, February 16th, 2008Good news everyone! The Bees finally won a game!
Here’s tonight’s game notes along with my patented, copyrighted, trademarked, formatted Pointstreak text stats.
What a weird night around the league Friday. Odessa gets throttled, Wichita beats Colorado and Tulsa beats up on the RiverKings. Top that off with a Rio road win and you’d think there was […]
BEES 5, BATS 2
Friday, February 15th, 2008Austin, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees earned their third road win of the season and ended a six-game winless slide with a 5-2 win over the Austin Ice Bats Friday at Chaparral Ice.
Dennis Maxwell scored the game-winning goal with 50 seconds remaining in the second period after Lance Herauf broke a […]
BORDERFEST JERSEYS
Friday, February 15th, 2008Here’s a look at the BORDERFEST JERSEYS the Bees will wear on Feb. 23. The team will hold a post-game jersey auction in the Arena Lounge. The game will also feature $1.50 beer and collector goalie masks for the first 1000 fans.
THE COACH IS AN IDIOT
Friday, February 15th, 2008Doc Rivers’ (Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic) amazing turnaround from idiot to genius is chronicled in this recent story from the Orlando Sentinel. Tell me if you think any of it applies here.
MINOR OBSERVATIONS, FEB. 15
Friday, February 15th, 2008The team had a lot of fun bowling with the fan club the other night. If you missed out, well, you missed out. A good time was had by all. KVEO News (NBC 23) was there and posted the report on their website. Some guy at the end of the video even rolled a strike […]
GAME NOTES, FEB. 15
Friday, February 15th, 2008What better way to spend the morning than sitting in the ice cold “press box” at Chap Ice in Austin? So begins the eight-game pre-playoff playoffs between the Bees and the Ice Bats. Can the Bees magically snap out of their funk? Can they at least play spoilers to Austin’s playoff bid?Can they run the […]
BUCKS DOUBLE UP BEES
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Jeff Bes (2-1-3) led the way for the Laredo Bucks with three points as well as the game-winner to defeat the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-2 Tuesday night at the Dodge Arena. Laredo snapped a three game winless skid (0-2-1), while Rio remains winless in their last six (0-5-1).
Picking up his […]
TONIGHT’S GAME NOTES
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Here you go, tonight’s gamenotes hot off the presses.
20 GAMES LEFT, PLAYOFF BOUND?
Monday, February 11th, 2008The first 44 games this season have had many of us shaking our heads. Of course, David Masse’s departure hasn’t helped things. There were also two other players, D-men I might add, that at the last second decided they liked their other options better than the CHL.
The Bees have tried everything this season; the coaching […]
BEES SEND HEDBERG TO RIVERKINGS FOR WEITZEL
Monday, February 11th, 2008Â
Hidalgo, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League today announced that the team has acquired the rights center Jason Weitzel from the Mississippi RiverKings in exchange for defenseman Jon Hedberg.
Weitzel, 27, had a goal and two assists in 13 games with the RiverKings this season. The 5-foot-10, 182-pound native […]
THUNDER 3, BEES 1
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Wichita, Kansas — The Wichita Thunder snapped an eight-game losing skid with a 3-1 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees at the Kansas Coliseum Saturday night. Jason Duda had a pair of goals while Bill Zaniboni made 35 saves for the win.
The Thunder took a 2-1 lead into the third period on goals […]
OILERS 4, BEES 3
Friday, February 8th, 2008Tulsa, Okla. — David Alexander Beauregard’s 4-on-4 goal at the 14:48 mark of the second period stood up as the game-winner as the Tulsa Oilers defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-3 Friday night at the Tulsa Convention Center.
Beauregard, Paul Kelly and Warren McCutcheon combined for 10 points, with Kelly bagging two […]
SOLUTIONS, AND THIS WEEKEND’S GAME NOTES
Thursday, February 7th, 2008I’ve gotten a few emails, phone calls, etc. regarding Saturday’s incident.
Despite the actions of one presumably intoxicated cementhead, Killer Bees hockey is a fun, affordable, safe, family entertainment option. We, and the Dodge Arena, will not tolerate that type of behavior.
We are working to identify the one fan who was responsible. That said, SOMEONE […]
A COMPLETE EMBARRASSMENT
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008By now most of you have heard about Coach Fixter’s wife being assaulted at the last game. My understanding of it is that some knucklehead verbally attacked her and as she was trying to walk away, he put his hands up to stop her, causing her to fall. Whatever the case, surveillance video is being […]
EVENTS, EVENTS, EVENTS
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
2nd ANNUAL BOWLING WITH THE BEES
at Flamingo Bowl
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
6:00-8:30pm
Come bowl with your favorite Killer Bees player as the Killer Bees Fan Club hosts their final fundraising event of the year!
The cost is $7.50 per person and includes 2 hours of bowling […]
COACH’S SHOW TOMORROW
Monday, February 4th, 2008Just a reminder to join us tomorrow at RA’s for the Coach’s Show from 6-7 PM (3000 North McColl, McAllen). We’ll’ broadcast it live on ESPN Radio 1240 AM.
RAGE DEFEAT BEES 5-3
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008By: Rachel ReidaHidalgo, Texas—The Rocky Mountain Rage notched five unanswered goals between the first two periods en route to a 5-3 victory over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Rio ventured a comeback with three unanswered goals in the third, but fell short in front of […]
OILERS OVERCOME BEES 3-2 IN SHOOTOUT
Friday, February 1st, 2008By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Jeff Christian nabbed the game-winner in the shootout for the Tulsa Oilers as they defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Â
Rio came back from a 2-0 deficit in the third period with Bernie Chmiel, in his Bees home debut, posting both Rio goals at […]