Bes on All-Decade Team

Not surprisingly, Bucks player/assistant coach Jeff Bes has been named to the Central Hockey League's All-Decade Team.

The 17-year veteran and two-time league MVP is the Bucks' franchise scoring leader and has proven to be an invaluable asset to the team on and off the ice.

Here's what the CHL press release had to say about him:

Bes is in his seventh season with the Laredo Bucks and he has been nothing short of their MVP in each season. In 2004 and 2008 he was named the CHL Most Valuable Player and in 2006 was named the CHL Playoff Most Valuable Player. He led the league in scoring in 2004 and has helped the Bucks to two CHL Championships (2004, 2006) that included four straight Finals appearances. In 361 games in the decade, Bes has scored 542 points (190-352=542).

You can read Bryan Benway's press release for more on Bes's career with the Bucks and check out his Hockey DB page to see what he accomplished before arriving in Laredo.

Bes joins another man who has spent his entire career with the same team, recently-retired Greg Pankewicz of the Colorado Eagles, and Travis Clayton, who currently plays for the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs after a historic career with the Wichita Thunder on All-Decade forward lineup.

Derek Landmesser, a long-time RiverKing who spent time in Memphis and Mississippi, and Bernie John, who played for the now defunct Indianapolis Ice and the Corpus Christi Rayz for the final seven seasons of his career, were named All-Decade defenseman yesterday, and lifetime Mudbug Ken Carroll is the league's All-Decade goaltender.

The second-team honorees are all listed at the bottom of their position's press releases; no Bucks were named to the second team.

The league also announced the reserves for the CHL All-Star Team today, and the list includes a couple of All-Decade players in Carroll and Landmesser.