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Rich Bocchini is the Broadcaster and Media Relations Director for the Killer Bees. Now in his third season with the team, he'll try to keep you up to date with an inside look at the team from a PR standpoint without getting himself in hot water with the coaching staff.

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BEES END SEASON WITH 6-2 LOSS TO BUCKS

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas — The Laredo Bucks handed the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees a 6-2 loss for their final game of the 2007-08 season. Jason Slusher and Rob Voltera each posted goals late in the third for the Bees tallies, while Alex Goupil (2-1-3) and Paul Elliot (0-3-3) ended their night with three […]

BUCKS CLINCH NO. 1 SEED IN SOUTH

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Laredo, Texas — The Laredo Bucks clinched the No. 1 seed in the Southern Conference playoffs with an 8-2 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
Laredo scored six consecutive goals to earn the win after the Bees tied the game in the second […]

RAYZ SWAT BEES 6-2

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas — Justin Quenneville (0-4-4) and Nicklas Lindberg (2-0-2) led the way for the Corpus Christi Rayz as they blew out the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 6-2 Wednesday night at the Dodge Arena. Dennis Maxwell added his 12th goal of the season, while Josh Garbutt added his seventh for Rio’s two […]

BATS DOUBLE UP BEES 4-2

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

By:Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas — The Austin Ice Bats nabbed four points this weekend as they defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for the second time 4-2 Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Brendan Cook (2-0-2) skated away with the game-winner in the contest, while Mike Bartlett (1-3-4) posted four points in […]

BATS DOMINATE BEES 4-1

Friday, March 14th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida 
Hidalgo, Texas—The Austin Ice Bats bagged two power play goals en route to a 4-1 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Dodge Arena. 
Austin started early as R.G. Flath connected on a power play at 2:48 into the first period. Henry Kuster followed at the 6:11 mark on […]

ODESSA JACKS BEES 4-1

Thursday, March 13th, 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 […]

MUDBUGS CLINCH DIVISION WITH 7-3 WIN OVER BEES

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Hidalgo, Texas — Jason Campbell and Kevin Cooper each scored twice as the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs clinched the Northeast Division title with a 7-3 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Tuesday at Dodge Arena.  
The Mudbugs opened up the scoring quick into the first with three players netting four goals all within 1:59 of […]

BONAR’S OT PENALTY SHOT WINS IT FOR BEES

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Austin, Texas — Josh Bonar’s penalty shot in overtime vaulted the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees to their second win in a row over the Austin Ice Bats in 3-2 final at Chaparral Ice.
Bonar drew the penalty shot 1:13 into overtime after being hooked from behind by Bats defenseman Darryl McArthur on a breakaway.  
The […]

BEES 5, BATS 3

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Jason Weitzel nabbed the game-winner as the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees defeated the Austin Ice Bats 5-3 Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Lance Herauf (1-1-2) and Weitzel (1-1-2) each posted two points for the Bees, while Austin’s Brendan Cook (2-0-2) picked up two goals in the contest. 
The win was the […]

BUCKS 5, BEES 1

Friday, March 7th, 2008

Laredo, Texas — Andrew Desjardins bagged a hat trick while he and Alex Goupil both recorded their 20th goals of the season as the Laredo Bucks defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 5-1 Friday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center. 
Laredo scored three times in the second period after the teams entered the middle stanza […]

RAYZ, TAPP, END RIO’S STREAK

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Corpus Christi — Justin Quenneville scored twice and added an assist as the Corpus Christi Rayz ended a six-game winless skid with a 5-3 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Sunday at American Bank Center. The loss for Rio ended a three-game winning streak. 
Quenneville tied things in the first on the […]

BEES EDGE BATS 3-2

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Austin, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees won their third game in a row with a 3-2 victory over the Austin Ice Bats Saturday at Chaparral Ice. Rio had not won three games in a row since November. 
Rio took a 1-0 lead into the second period on Mike Tuomi’s ninth goal of the […]

MAXWELL SCORES OT WINNER AS BEES EDGE RAYZ

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Corpus 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. 
AJ Bucchino made 36 saves on goal in his second CHL win while Travis Banga added a goal and an assist. Joe Blaznek […]

MAXWELL COLLECTS 500TH CAREER POINT IN BEES WIN

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Odessa, 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. 
The Bees led 2-1 heading into the third period on goals by Josh Garbutt and Travis Banga, who scored on a breakaway […]

BUCKS TOP BEES 3-1

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
 
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, 2008

By: 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 […]

BATS 5, BEES 1

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Austin, 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 […]

BEES 5, BATS 2

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Austin, 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 […]

BUCKS DOUBLE UP BEES

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

By: 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 […]

THUNDER 3, BEES 1

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Wichita, 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, 2008

Tulsa, 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 […]

RAGE DEFEAT BEES 5-3

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

By: 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, 2008

By: 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.  
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 […]

BUGS SHUT DOWN BEES

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Bossier City, La. — John DeCaro made 28 saves for his CHL-leading seventh shutout  the Bossier-Shreveport MudBugs defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 2-0 Sunday at the Century Tel Center. 
Joe Ori scored the only goal the Bugs needed at 8:46 of the second period to lead the home club to their 17th straight […]

VOLTERA’S FOUR-POINT NIGHT HELPS BEES END SKID

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Corpus Christi — Travis Banga’s goal at 11:28 of the third period stood up as the game-winner as the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees ended an 0-8-1 skid with a 6-4 victory over the Corpus Christi Rayz at the American Bank Center. Rob Voltera contributed with a four-point effort (2-2-4) while David Lemanowicz turned aside […]

VOLTERA SCORES TWICE IN 7-5 LOSS

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Loveland, Colo. — Riley Nelson led the way for the Colorado Eagles with a four-point night as the Eagles edged the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 7-5 Wednesday night at the Budweiser Events Center. Rob Voltera led the Bees with two goals and a helper and now has points in five straight games.
Voltera gave Rio […]

RAGE 6, BEES 3

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Broomfield, Colo — Daymen Rycroft and Brent Cullaton each scored twice for the Rocky Mountain Rage in a 6-3 win over the Rio Grande Valley Bees Tuesday night at the Broomfield Event Center.  
The Bees drew first blood with just 32 seconds elapsed in the first period on Rob Voltera’s 26th of the season, but […]

GORILLAS SLIP PAST BEES 5-3

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Amarillo, Texas — Bill Vandermeer led the Amarillo Gorillas with a goal and two helpers in Saturday night’s 5-3 win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees at the Cal Farley Coliseum.
The Gorillas snap a four-game losing streak while Rio’s winless skid extends to seven (0-3-1). Travis Banga scored twice for the Bees, with […]

BRAHMAS DOUBLE UP BEES

Friday, January 18th, 2008

North Richland Hills, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees scored twice on the power play but still dropped a 4-2 decision to the Texas Brahmas Friday night at the NYTEX Sports Centre.
The Bees had a pair of two-man advantages in the second period but couldn’t capitalize. Texas took that momentum and […]

SOUTH WINS IN CHL ALL STAR GAME

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Broomfield, Colo. – The stars were bright in Broomfield on Wednesday night with the CHL and the Rocky Mountain Rage hosting the 2008 CHL All-Star Game.  The game featured outstanding offensive play and in the end the Southern Conference ended a four-game losing streak with an 11-6 victory.

2008 All-Star Game Box Score
The Sher-Wood Most Valuable […]

SCORPIONS STING BEES 4-2

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Dominic Osman posted a empty netter with 29 seconds left on the clock to seal the deal for the New Mexico Scorpions as they went on the defeat the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-2 Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Chris Robertson nabbed the game-winner, while three Bees (Rob Voltera, newcomer […]

BEES STUCK IN MUD; LOSE 5-1 TO BOSSIER

Saturday, January 12th, 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 […]

SUNDOGS EDGE BEES 6-5

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Led by Tyler Redenbach’s (2-1-3) three points and Tyler Liebel’s empty net game-winner the Arizona Sundogs were able to hold on to defeat the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 6-5 Tuesday night at the Dodge Arena.
Josh Bonar (3-0-3) picked up his first professional hat trick in the contest while veteran […]

EAGLES EDGE BEES 3-2 IN OVERTIME

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Hidalgo, Texas— Aaron Schneekloth nabbed the game-winner one minute into overtime to lead the Colorado Eagles 3-2 over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Colorado fought back from a 2-0 hole to come away with the overtime win.
Mike Tuomi put the Killer Bees […]

BEES END SKID; UPSET BUCKS 3-2

Friday, January 4th, 2008

By: Rachel Reida 
Hidalgo, Texas—Led by the stellar play of goaltender David Lemanowicz and Lance Herauf’s two goals the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees upset the Laredo Bucks 3-2 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Rio battled back from a 2-0 deficit to notch three consecutive goals midway through the second to end their eight game […]

BUCKS 6, BEES 2

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Laredo, Texas — The Laredo Bucks handed the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees a 6-2 loss on New Year’s Eve at the Laredo Entertainment Center. Rane Carnegie had the game-winner along with another goal and one assist. Rio’s winless streak extended to eight games (0-6-2) with the loss.
The Killer Bees took a 1-0 lead […]

RAYZ 5, BEES 4

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

By: Rachel ReidaHidalgo, Texas—Joe Blaznek nabbed the game winner in a shootout to give the Corpus Christi Rayz a 5-4 win as they took both games over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees this weekend with the win Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Corpus battled back from a 4-2 deficit at […]

BEES DOUBLED UP BY RAYZ

Friday, December 28th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Joe Blaznek (1-2-3) and Brent Howarth (0-3-3) each notched three points for the Corpus Christi Rayz en route to a 6-3 victory over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Dodge Arena. The Bees are now 0-5-1 in the past six games and four points behind Corpus in […]

BEES DROP 8-1 DECISION TO DOGS

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007

Prescott Valley, Arizona — Olivier Latendresse had a hat trick and an assist  to help lead the Arizona Sundogs past the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 8-1 Sunday at Tim’s Toyota Center. 
The Dogs, who are now 10-1 at home, opened up a 6-0 lead by the end of the second period. Latendresse punched home his […]

Bees Burned by Sundogs in 10-6 Loss

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007

By: Chelsea Wagner
Prescott Valley, Arizona- Jon Landry scored the game winning goal in the Arizona Sundogs 10-6 victory over the Killer Bees Friday night at Tims Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. This is the second game in a row the Bees have allowed ten goals to be scored. The Bees now fall to 8-11-4 […]

SCORPIONS BITE BEES

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Rio Rancho, New Mexico — The New Mexico Scorpions scored seven unanswered goals in the first period en route to a 10-3 thrashing of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Saturday night at the Santa Ana Star Center.
Craig MacDonald had a hat trick for the Scorpions, while Andrew Smale and Vladimir Hartinger each added two […]

BEES FALL IN OT

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Amarillo, Texas — The Amarillo Gorillas scored four unanswered goals to take a 4-3 overtime win over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Friday night at the Cal Farley Coliseum. Grant Selinger scored twice, including the OT winner.
Rio opened up a 3-0 lead by the 2:20 mark of the second period on goals by Mark […]

BATS SNUFF BEES 5-2

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

Austin — Jamie Thompson led the way with a goal and two assists as the Austin Ice Bats defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 5-2 Saturday night at Chaparral Ice.
Austin opened up a 4-0 lead before Rio’s Lance Herauf converted on the power play with three minutes remaining in the second period. Rio’s […]

BEES EDGE SUNDOGS 4-3

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Hidalgo, Texas—Lead by netminder David Lemanowicz the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees captured a very important home win, topping the Arizona Sundogs 4-3 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Lance Herauf nabbed the game-winner early in the third to seal the deal for the Bees as they head out on a five-game […]

HOUNDS POUNCE BEES

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—In a hostile match-up the Youngstown Steelhounds blew past the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 7-2 Sunday afternoon at the Dodge Arena. Former Bee Kurtis Dulle posted three points in the contest (0-3-3), while Chris Richards skated away with three points (2-1-3).
Youngstown notched one goal late in the first […]

BEES FALL IN SHOOTOUT

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Austin, Texas — Henry Kuster scored in the seventh round of the shootout to take the extra point for Austin as the Ice Bats defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Saturday night at Chaparall Ice Arena.
The Bees took a 1-0 lead at 4:39 of the first on Lance Herauf’s fourth goal of the […]

BUCKS UPSET BEES 2-1

Friday, November 30th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—Laredo’s Paul Elliot captured the game-winner to lead the Bucks over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 2-1 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Laredo moves 15 points ahead of the Bees, who hold second place in the Southeast Division.
The game was scoreless until Laredo’s Andrew Desjardins nabbed his sixth goal […]

BUCKS SHUT OUT BEES

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Laredo, Texas — Andrew Desjardins scored twice and Dustin Traylen made 25 saves as the Laredo Bucks shut out the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 5-0 Tuesday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
Desjardins scored both shorthanded and on the power play. Jeff Bes and Rane Carnegie each collected two assists.
David Lemanowicz […]

BEES STAGE THIRD PERIOD COMEBACK, WIN 6-4

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

Corpus Christi, Texas — The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees came back from a 4-2 deficit in the third period to take a 6-4 victory over the Corpus Christi Rayz at American Bank Center Saturday night.
Adam Edinger scored the game-winner on the power play, while Dennis Maxwell and Rob Voltera each had four points. Goalie […]

BRAHMAS 3, BEES 2

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

North Richland Hills, Texas — Greg McConnell scored twice and Grant Jacobson had two assists as the Texas Brahmas defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Friday night at the Nytex Ice Centre.
Travis Banga scored for the Bees 1:50 into the second period after a scoreless first period, but Texas […]

BEES TOP SCORPIONS 5-2

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas— Dennis Maxwell had three assists and Jeff Van Nynatten made 32 saves to lead the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees past the New Mexico Scorpions 5-2 Wednesday night at the Dodge Arena. Mark O’Leary skated away with the game-winner for the Bees who have now won three in […]

BEES START STREAK IN 6-4 WIN OVER RAYZ

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees move farther ahead in the standings after their 6-4 win over the Corpus Christi Rayz Saturday night at the Dodge Arena. Veteran Rob Voltera posted three points in the contest (1-2-3) and nabbed the game-winner at the 17:10 mark in the second period, en route to […]

BEES SNAP WINLESS SKID WITH WIN OVER ICE BATS

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—TJ Eason netted his first pro goal and the eventual game winner en route to a 5-2 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bee win over the Austin Ice Bats Friday night at the Dodge Arena.
With the win Rio now has 10 points in the standings and snapped a four game winless streak, […]

Bees Fall 3-2 in Overtime

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

By: Chelsea Wagner
Laredo, Texas- Laredo’s Serge Dube netted the game-winner in overtime as the Bucks edged the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-2 Tuesday afternoon at the Laredo Entertainment Center.

Rio’s Travis Banga opened up the scoring 4:30 in to the first period with an unassisted, shorthanded goal. Igor Agarunov tied things up at […]

STEELHOUNDS DEFEAT BEES 4-2

Monday, November 12th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—The Youngstown Steelhounds remain the only undefeated team in the Central Hockey League as they defeated the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-2 Sunday afternoon at the Dodge Arena. The Steelhounds notched three unanswered goals in the third period coming from a 2-1 deficit with Petr Pohl scoring  the […]

BEES SHUT OUT BY JACKALOPES 3-0

Friday, November 9th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—It was all Odessa Jackalopes as they shut out the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 3-0 Friday night at the Dodge Arena. Alex Dunn nabbed the game winner early in the first at 2:24 while Odessa went 2-for-8 on the power play for the win. Jacks goalie Alex Vincent […]

BEES SUFFER 4-2 LOSS TO BUCKS

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—In their second match-up in three days the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees could not overcome the power of the Laredo Bucks suffering the 4-2 loss Saturday night at the Dodge Arena.
Jeff Bes came up with the game-winner at the 4:45 mark in the second, with Brent MacSween sealing […]

BEES TOP RAYZ 5-4

Friday, November 2nd, 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 […]

BEES FALL 5-1 IN LAREDO

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

By Chelsea Wagner
Laredo, Texas — Rane Carnegie netted the game-winner in the Laredo Bucks 5-1 victory over the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Thursday night at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
After a scoreless first period that saw both teams with nine shots on goal, Adam Rivet opened up the scoring 39 seconds into the second period. […]

BEES FALL 4-1 TO BATS

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas– Mike Looby scored the lone goal for the Bees while Austin was 2-for-5 on the power play, as well as nabbing a shorthanded and empty netter to defeat the Bees 4-1 Saturday night at the Dodge Arena.

Neither team scored until almost midway through the second period when Brendan Cook notched […]

LEMANOWICZ MAKES 46 SAVES AS BEES NIP GORILLAS 3-2

Friday, October 26th, 2007

By: Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas—David Lemanowicz made 46 saves in net and Rob Voltera scored twice to lead the Killer Bees to a 3-2 victory Friday night over the Amarillo Gorillas at the Dodge Arena.
Amarillo struck first just 1:04 into the game when Chris Lipsett connected on a pass from Shaun Arvai to put the Gorillas […]

Bees Fall 4-3 in Shoot Out

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

By Chelsea Wagner
Corpus Christi, Texas — Geno Parrish scored in the final round of the shootout to lift the Corpus Christi Rayz past the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-3 at the American Bank Center Saturday night. This game was only the second of 12 games the two teams will play this year.
Brent […]

BEES OPEN SEASON WITH A BANG

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

Hidalgo, Texas-  David Masse scored the game winner in the Bees 3-2 victory against the Corpus Christi Rayz Friday night at Dodge Arena in front of 5401 fans.
Chris Mei opened up the scoring 3:54 in the first period, to give the Rayz the early lead. Bees newcomer Adam Edinger evened up the score at the […]

Listen in the Arena - 93.5FM

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

If you were at the game last night you may have noticed me walking around the arena, apparently lost, with an old school walkman on. I wasn’t rocking out to the best of Autograph; I was checking the new low-power radio signal in the building.
We’ve had a number of fans tell us over the past […]

Preseason Game 2 - Rayz 3, Bees 1

Monday, October 15th, 2007

by Rachel Reida
Hidalgo, Texas– In their second preseason matchup the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees fell to the Corpus Christi Rayz 3-1 Monday night at the Dodge Arena.
Both teams were scoreless midway through the game with Corpus striking first on a penalty shot by Joe Blaznek at 10:51 after Rio’s Mark O’Leary fell on the […]

Rayz 4, Bees 1

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

Corpus Christi, Texas — In their first preseason test in nearly two years, the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees fell to the Corpus Christi Rayz 4-1 at American Bank Center Saturday night.

The teams traded first period goals before the Rayz opened up a two-goal lead in a span of just over a minute. Derek […]

Preseason Game 1 - Faceoff

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

We’re underway in Corpus Christi. Van Nynatten gets the start in goal with Spezza backing up. Lines, in no particular order, look like this…
Steinmayr-Senior-Stastny
Masse-Banga-Voltera
O’Leary-Warriner-Joseph
Silver-Edinger-Bonar
Looby-Sarno
Van Hoof-Eason
McNeill-Blanchette
Scratches are Maxwell, Lemanowicz and Fuller.
Asst. Coach Sean Gillam running the bench with Lemanowicz assisting. Coach Paul Fixter taking this one in from the stands.

Welcome to The Buzz Blog

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Welcome to the first official post of The Buzz Blog! Make sure to bookmark or rss us. Many thanks to Abel, Roxy and everyone at Imagine It Studios in McAllen for their hard work and efforts in the website redesign.
Why the Buzz Blog? Our amazing web design team got tired of staying up late on […]