Sorry I didn't get around to posting this sooner, but the Bucks lost their second straight in the third game of their 3-in-3 yesterday against the Odessa Jackalopes.
The final result of the game was just 4-3 in the Jackalopes' favor, which seems to imply the Bucks put up a pretty good fight considering they were down two forwards and working on very little rest after arriving in Odessa yesterday morning following an overnight bus trip.
The Bucks' third goal, though, was scored with Pier-Olivier Pelletier (0-4-1) pulled in favor of an extra attacker.
Pelletier, by the way, allowed four goals on 30 shots, while Joel Martin (18-3-2) did a great job controlling the Bucks with 45 saves on 48 shots.
All of the Bucks' goals against him came on a man-advantage, whether via power play or extra attacker.
You can read more about the game in Bryan Benway's press release and Lee Scheide's story for the Odessa American.
With the win, the Jackalopes improved their league-leading record to 34-6-4 (72 points), while the loss dropped the Bucks to 19-15-7 (45 points)
They fell back into fourth place as the Texas Brahmas improved to 21-17-5 (47 points) with a 5-2 win over the Tulsa Oilers.
The Bucks did not practice today after having to make the trek back from Odessa last night, but they will be out there tomorrow and Wednesday to prepare for their second straight 3-in-3 this weekend, which begins with a home game against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees (18-18-6, 42 points) on Thursday.
The Killer Bees fell into a tie for fifth place in the Southern Conference, just three points behind the fourth-place Bucks, with a 6-0 loss to the Corpus Christi IceRays (18-18-6) yesterday.
Those former Southeast Division rivals now share a record, and the Killer Bees could make a move on the Bucks with the teams facing each other three times this weekend.
That 6-0 loss for the Killer Bees was a 6-0 win for former Buck Kevin Beech in his debut with the IceRays, who the Bucks will play again next Tuesday for their Kid's Day game.
I'll be sure to check for injury updates on Igor Agarunov and Mark O'Leary at practice tomorrow, but Benway offered this note about Agarunov on his blog yesterday:
As you might have expected Rosco put the game DVD in. But as might not expect he didn't have the guys watch the whole thing (which is normally what happens after a loss). Instead Rosco fast forwarded to the hit at the end of the second period that sent Igor Agarunov head first into the boards and kept him lying face down on the ice for about two minutes. Thankfully the enigma was not seriously hurt. He did not make the trip here to Odessa and it's not known how long he will be out.
That should do it for now; I'll be back with notes after tomorrow morning's practice. And just because this is already up on YouTube, you should treat yourself to watching it.
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That was an amazing comeback, Crosby is quite a talent.
His last goal was sick!!
how tough is Terry in practice with this team? Do u think it's because the players don't wanna be here that's why they don't wanna work hard?
Joy your thoughts on this?
I think this question deserves to be answered in its own post, and I plan to do that as soon as possible. But I can assure you Coach Ruskowski does not mistreat his players, and at this point, he's honestly handling them very sensitively in practice because of all the injuries and all the nagging problems that could result in even more guys falling out of the lineup.
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