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BEES END SEASON WITH 6-2 LOSS TO BUCKS
By admin | March 23, 2008
By: Rachel Reida
It was all Laredo Bucks for most of the game with Goupil picking up his first point of the night on a shorthanded goal just eight seconds into the second period. Steve Weidlich added one more for the Bucks at the 14:40 mark to up the lead 2-0
The third period was where most the scoring took place with
Slusher put the Bees on the board with his second goal of the season late in the final period at 15:54 with helpers from Jason Weitzel and Lance Herauf. Goupil picked up his second goal of the night on the power play at 17:38, but Voltera fired back with his team leading 27th goal of the season at 18:35, but
John Ceci nabbed the win in net for the Bucks with 24 saves, while David Lemanowicz suffered the loss with 39 saves.
NOTES: Laredo went 4-for-6 on the power play while Rio was 0-for-5…Alex Goupil’s first goal of the night was a new franchise record for fastest goal by an opponent from the start of a period at just eight seconds in. The old record was set back on January 8, 2005 by Adam Paiment ironically from
COACH FIXTER SOUNDBITES
Thoughts on the final game of the season and how the Bees skated…
“We started well and then it just kind of went south on us. It was a good first period, but then that goal eight seconds into the second period killed us. It was a momentum killer, and then we had some penalties that killed us. We lost to a team that was much better then us.”
How do you feel now that season is over?
“Since we have known that we were not going to make the playoffs I’m glad that the season is over. It hasn’t been fun for anyone involved from ownership on down through the last player, the trainers and certainly the coaching staff. It’s a season to bury and put away in the garbage and move on and try to get back.”
What were some of the highlights of the season?Â
“Well there’s lots of examples. I try to focus on the positive and the most recent I suppose was Mark O’Leary getting called to the American League and playing quite well. The guys that accomplished milestones in terms of 500 points and X number of games; those are personal milestones. The raising of Sean Giliam’s jersey, the tremendous support, the fans and having the 5,000 average are all positives. There’s been lots of positives in the season and positives to build off of.”
What are you looking forward to for next season?Â
“More wins, and a lot more fun.”
Any final thoughts on the season?
“No… it’s over and now we move forward with smiles on our faces, and our hard hats and work boots on because now we have a lot of work that needs to be done.”
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March 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Well, this is finally over, we would like to know which very few players, (if any), will be staying with the team?