Bucks Bring In Cullaton

The Bucks have signed a former player of theirs on several occasions, forward Brent Cullaton, to play with the team in its three games in Colorado and South Dakota this week.

Cullaton played three seasons with the Bucks before going to Europe then signing with the Rocky Mountain Rage, then returned to Laredo to "finish" his career the second half of last season.

Cullaton retired over the summer to coach the Boulder Jr. Bison, so this gives the Bucks two "retired" players on their roster and ups the number of players on the team who were also here last season to four.

In addition to his former Bucks teammates, which also include a few guys who were not here last year but were before and now are again, Cullaton will be reunited with former Rage defenseman Jarred Mohr.

Cullaton is expected to be in pretty good shape, as his other job requires plenty of skating, and he'll be in the lineup when the Bucks (16-12-7, 39 points) take on the Colorado Eagles (23-7-3, 49 points) tonight.

Here's the text from Bryan Benway's press release:


Cullaton Returns To Bucks
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced Wednesday that they have signed former team captain Brent Cullaton. Cullaton, who retired at the end of last season, is expected to be in the line-up Wendesday when the Bucks travel to face the Colorado Eagles.
 
Cullaton, who Captained the Bucks to two President’s Cup Championships in 2004 and 2006, returned to play for Laredo in February thanks to a trade with Rocky Mountain. Cullaton will continue to be the Head Coach for the Boulder Jr. Bisons of the Western States Hockey League (WSHL).
 
“We are shorthanded right now and we need help this week,” said Bucks President/General Manager and Head Coach Terry Ruskowski. “Cully will give us a lift.”
 
Cullaton, a three-time CHL All-Star, is near the top of the Bucks record books in several categories. Cullaton is sixth in Bucks history in goals (71), assists (122), and points (193) in 130 regular season games.
 
The 35 year-old Cullaton put up 16 points (5-11=16) in 20 games in his return to Laredo this season. In his first game back in a Bucks uniform on February 5th, Cullaton picked up an assist in the Bucks 7-1 rout of Corpus Christi at the LEC.
 
Cullaton recorded 802 points (281-521=802) in his 12 professional seasons.  
 
In 2007-08 with the Rage, Cullaton notched a career-high 92 points (21-71=92), and was named a finalist for CHL-MVP.
 
Cullaton led the Bucks in scoring in the 2004 playoffs, putting up 20 points (4-16=20). Cullaton scored points in five of the seven games in the Finals, including handing out two assists in Laredo’s game-seven win. Cullaton assisted on Dion Hyman’s overtime game-winning goal to clinch the Bucks first Championship.
 
In the 2006 Playoffs, Cullaton scored at least a point in 15 of the Bucks 16 games, to help lead them to their second President’s Cup Title.