First Period: Sorry for the delay in starting with this, but the Bucks took a 1-0 lead on Shawn Snider's first goal with the team on a feed from Alex Goupil just 67 seconds into the game, and no one has scored since. However, James Hiebert, who also assisted on that goal, did get in a fight with Garrett Gruenke 13 seconds later, and it appears he was kicked out of the game. Rick Kozak took a slashing penalty a bit later, but the Bucks killed off that penalty, just as they had killed Hiebert's instigator minor. Snider and Ryan Palmer took simultaneous high-sticking calls at 8:50, but the Bucks have yet to go on the power play. Andrew Martin and Juha Toivonen are tonight's goalies. ... Jean Bourbeau has tied it up at 16:27 with a goal assisted by Mike Ramsay and Phillippe Plante. The goal came on the Jackalopes' 11th shot. The Bucks have taken six so far. ... The Bucks have finally gotten that first power play with a holding call against Kory Karlander with 2:44 to play in the period. ... And now it'll be a 5-on-3 for 16 seconds and some additional power-play time as Kenny Bernard was called for high sticking with one minute left. ... Nothing doing on those chances, but the Bucks will have a minute more on the advantage when the second period begins. Shots read 15-8 in the Jackalopes' favor after one.
Second Period: This time, it's Bobby Russell getting a first early, as he has scored his first goal since coming off the IR at 3:38 to give the Bucks a 2-1 lead. Devin Featherstone and Darryl Smith get the assists. ... Josh Chase took an interference penalty at 5:46 to give the Bucks another power play, but nothing doing on that one, either. ... Well, Coach Ruskowski said he wanted this to be physical, but I'm not sure he's getting his desired result as Rick Kozak fought Mike Lesperance, then Erick Lizon joined him in the sin bin 26 seconds later to put the Jackalopes on a power play at 9:41. Jeff Pierce only needed 17 seconds to take advantage of that by scoring a goal assisted by league scoring leader Sebastien Thinel and Plante. Game tied 2-2. Jackalopes have taken 23 shots to the Bucks' 10. ... Okay, I guess Hiebert's misconduct was actually only 10 minutes because he just got called for charging a goalie...and then Martin got called for leaving the crease. I'm guessing there's some crazy stuff going on, but my work computer does not work well with Nifty, so I'm missing it. Goupil went off for holding at 11:11, then Plante, Hiebert and Martin all took calls at 13:17. Plante's was for roughing, and I'm not sure who's serving Martin's penalty. ... And now Ryan Salvis has been called for slashing at 13:43, which puts the Jackalopes on a 5-on-3 for 1:34. ... Okay, that got changed to a spearing major and a game misconduct. Something is seriously up, I guess I'll try to pick up the feed at least for a little while. ... What the heck? Is there a new new Nifty? Because I downloaded the old new one, but now it's making me download another. Hmmm. ... That worked for all of two seconds. Good times. ... The clock's been stuck at 0:36 for a while now, so I'm guessing more fighting is going down. ... Okay, it is finally the second intermission, and the Bucks somehow survived all those penalties. Hiebert fought Gruenke again, Lizon "intervened" and got a game misconduct, and Hiebert got an additional roughing minor, so the Jackalopes will be on the power play again when the third begins. Game's tied 2-2 with the Jackalopes up 30-16 on shots.
Third Period: The Bucks are on their second power play of the period, with Bernard going off for interference at 4:50 and Ramsay for holding at 6:47. They failed to score on the first but still have time on this one. ... And of course it would be Hiebert to score the go-ahead goal at 8:10 on assists from Adam Rivet and Russell. Bucks lead 3-2 but are still getting outshot like crazy. ... And now Kozak has tacked on another on an assist from Russell at 10:19. Apparently taking misconduct penalties is the way to go, after all. ... Tack on an empty netter from Rivet with Hiebert picking up another assist. He nearly had two Gordie Howe hat tricks tonight, haha.
Game Over: Bucks win 5-2, finish the regular season 36-23-5 (77 points) and more importantly make a statement to the Jackalopes heading into the Southern Conference Semifinals, which begin on Friday.
The Corpus Christi IceRays beat the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs 3-2 in a shootout to clinch the final Southern Conference playoff spot. They will face the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees in the three-game first-round series.
Here is the finalized playoff lineup.
Oh, and the Colorado Eagles won, while the Texas Brahmas lost, so the Eagles get the Governors Cup outright. I'm pretty wiped out right now, and I'll be out of town tomorrow, so I'll post more about tonight's events around the league and everything else on Monday.
Last Night's CHL Scores: Mudbugs 4, RiverKings 0; Jackalopes 3, Blazers 2; Thunder 6, Oilers 2; Killer Bees 3, IceRays 1; Rush 6, Eagles 4; Gorillas 5, Rage 4; Sundogs 2, Scorpions 1.
Last Night's NHL Scores: Hurricanes 5, Islanders 4; Devils 4, Wild 0; Flyers 6, Sabres 4; Penguins 4, Kings 1; Red Wings 6, Thrashers 3; Oilers 5, Blackhawks 4 (SO); Blues 3, Flames 2.
Tonight's Other CHL Scores: Rage 8, Gorillas 7; IceRays 3, Mudbugs 2 (SO); RiverKings 5, Oilers 1; Blazers 5, Thunder 2; Killer Bees 3, Brahmas 1; Eagles 6, Rush 2; Scorpions 7, Sundogs 1.
Today's NHL Scores: Sharks 5, Stars 2; Rangers 5, Sabres 3; Hurricanes 4, Capitals 1; Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 2; Blue Jackets 3, Panthers 1; Senators 5, Islanders 2; Thrashers 4, Lightning 3 (SO); Coyotes 5, Canucks 1.
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The only statement they made is that they are a bunch of low class goons. Spitting t the crowd? And squirting water at fans holding two young children under the age of 5? A security guard had to be put IN THE PENALTY BOX. Classless display.
Wow, sounds like the Bucks are starting to act like the Laredo fans.
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