Coming off their 6-4 road loss to the Allen Americans last night, the Bucks are back home to host the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees tonight.
The Bucks (25-18-9, 59 points) have not lost to the Killer Bees (21-24-8, 50 points) in regulation this season, posting a 9-0-3 record against them, and tonight would not be a good time to let that happen with the Texas Brahmas (28-19-5, 61 points) coming to the LEC tomorrow night.
Though the only way the two teams will be tied for third place when they face off tomorrow is if the Bucks beat the Killer Bees and the Brahmas lose their game against the Corpus Christi IceRays tonight, tomorrow's contest promises to be pretty crucial for the Bucks.
With that said, I guess I should give you all a heads up that I will not be allowed to cover that game because there are several high school Border Olympics tournaments going on this week, and due to a wedding being attended by my co-worker, only two people will be working for sports, meaning I need to stay in on desk.
Meanwhile, I guess it wouldn't be too much of a surprise to see the IceRays (24-21-7, 55 points) beat the Brahmas tonight considering they've won five of six, including their last three by five goals each.
That might be even worse for the Bucks, though, with the IceRays creeping up on them in the standings. If they have to face a team that has done so well against them this season in the play-in round of the playoffs, I imagine they'd prefer to do so with home-ice advantage.
Anyway, tonight is "Rivalry Night" at the LEC, resulting in some promotions you can read more about in Bryan Benway's preview.
Pier-Olivier Pelletier is expected to start in goal for the Bucks, marking just his second home start with the team and first since a 5-3 loss to the IceRays on Dec. 31.
I'll be at the arena to live blog tonight, and you can also follow the game on Pointstreak, watch on CHL-TV or listen on Imagen 94.1 FM.
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