Ten Points Back

The Texas Brahmas beat the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4-1 in today's Southeast Division showdown.

As far as the Bucks (22-12-4, 48 pts.) go, the good news is that the Killer Bees (19-7-4, 42 pts.) didn't gain any more points on them...but, of course, the bad news is that the Brahmas (27-10-4, 58 pts.) are now 10 points ahead of them for first place in the division.

The Bucks get a chance to move two points closer when they play one of their three games in hand on the Brahmas tomorrow night against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs (23-13-3, 49 pts.) at the CenturyTel Center.

But there's bad news there, as well, due to the fact that the Bucks have never won at CenturyTel during the regular season and have been struggling on the road lately regardless of where they play.

Coach Ruskowski told me on Thursday that the most important things his team has to do against the Mudbugs are control the pace and pass well. Defense, of course, is another point he wants to be the focus.

Sebastien Centomo should have met up with the team at some point today while they enjoyed (or maybe not) a day in their casino/hotel and will likely start tomorrow for the first time since his son was born.

I'll have a preview running into tomorrow's Times, and I'll be sure to report back at night with some information about the game. No guarantees as to what time and how much just yet.

Tonight's CHL Scores: Brahmas 4, Killer Bees 1; Rage 5, Rush 4.

Tonight's NHL Score: Eastern Conference All-Stars 12, Western Conference All-Stars 11 (SO). Yes, I did watch that whole game.