Winning last night was big for the Bucks, but tonight's shutout win over the Texas Brahmas is huge, especially with two home games against the Brahmas later this week.
The Bucks increased their lead for the No. 3 seed to six points with the win. Guess Coach Ruskowski chose the right goalie for this game.
Tonight's recap, courtesy of Bryan Benway:
Bucks, Martin Shutout Brahmas
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS - The Laredo Bucks shut out the Texas Brahmas 2-0 Saturday night at the NYTEX Sports Centre.
The Bucks' win coupled with the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees' 4-1 loss to the Corpus Christi IceRays increases the Bucks lead to six points over the Bees for the third playoff spot in the Southern Conference.
The Bucks won their second game in a row to improve to 33-22-5 (71 points).
Andrew Martin picked up his first shutout of the season as he stopped all 25 Brahmas' shots to lead the Bucks to the win.
The Brahmas lost their second straight home game as they fall to 40-15-5 (85 points).
The Bucks jumped out in front for the second straight game when Igor Agarunov struck again.
Agarunov sent a rifle slap shot from the slot past Brett Jaeger to give Laredo a 1-0 lead 11:23 into the first. The goal was Agarunov’s 18th of the season.
It was just the 11th time the Bucks had scored first in their last 35 games.
Laredo is now 21-7 when scoring first this season.
The Bucks outshot the Brahmas 9-5 in the first period, with Texas not recording their first shot until seven minutes left in the period.
Laredo would increase its lead to 2-0 11:18 into the second when James Hiebert pulled up at the right circle on the power-play and slammed a slap shot past Jaeger. The goal was Hiebert’s first since returing to the Bucks.
The two teams combined for 47 penalty minutes in the second period, with Hiebert receiving a game misconduct penalty (Fighting aggresor) for fighting Nathan Saunders.
The Bucks were outshot 10-9 in the period.
The Brahmas pulled Jaeger for the final 1:30 of the game to try and tie the score, but could not get the equalizer.
The win gives Bucks President/General Manager and Head Coach Terry Ruskowski his 498th career coaching win.
Laredo outshot the Brahmas 26-25, with Jaeger stopping 24 of 26 Bucks shots.
The Bucks conclude their four-game road trip Monday night at Corpus Christi.
More on this and Monday's game tomorrow.
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