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ODESSA JACKS BEES 4-1

By admin | March 13, 2008

Odessa, Texas — The Odessa Jackalopes used three power play goals to skip past the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-1 Thursday night at the Ector County Coliseum. Olivier Proulx scored the game-winner and assisted on two others.

The win for Odessa snaps a five-game losing skid and pulls the club back into second place in the Southwest Division, trailing Division leader by three points. 

The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period on goals by Rio’s Nick Warriner and Odessa’s Brian Swiniarksi.

Warriner’s goal at 1:14 was his first since Dec. 31 and fourth of the year. He rifled a shot past Jacks goalie Alex Vincent from 15 feet away. Swiniaski tapped home a rebound to tie things at 1-1 just 1:35 later while Rio’s Jason Weitzel was in the box for holding. 

That score held up through the second period until Olivier Proulx stole the puck at the Rio blue line and beat AJ Bucchino for his 10th goal with 1:21 left in the middle stanza.

The Jacks scored twice in the third with Alex Dunn bagging his fourth of the season at the 1:40 mark. Colin Circelli closed out the scoring with his sixth goal of the year at 10:11.

The Jacks went 3-for-5 on the power play while holding Rio 0-for-6.  

Bucchino made 30 saves for Rio while Vincent, a nominee for both the CHL’s Goalie of the Year and Rookie of the Year Awards, making 31 stops.

The Bees return home for games Friday and Saturday against the Austin Ice Bats. Both games at Dodge Arena begin at 7:35 p.m. 

The first 1000 fans on Friday get Killer Bees collector card sets, while the first 1000 kids 12 and under on Saturday get Killer Bees jerseys.

NOTES: Rob Voltera sat out tonight’s game, recovering from surgery on Tuesday…Josh Garbutt missed his third straight game…Rio was outshot 34-32, marking the 48th time this season that has happened. 

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