Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
First Roadtrip of the New Year
In our first road trip of 2011 we had three games, two against New Mexico on Thursday and Friday and one against Amarillo Saturday night.
Thursday night was disappointing in many ways, Coach came up to me before the game and told me that they wanted to give Fitzpatrick our newest defensmen a shot at proving himself because he had yet to have a game under his belt. I was told that I would be sitting out that game, unfortunately my parents had drove down for the game to see me play but i was able to sit with them. We ended up losing the game 6-0 an embarrassing loss to the last place team.
However the next day we came out with a fire under us. We came out hard, dumped pucks, finished hit and were defensively sound. we won in a deciding 4-1 final. Coach was pleased with our 3 period comeback effort and spirits were high going into Amarillo, currently ahead of Wichita falls in the 3rd place seed.
High spirits would not last long however, we blew a 2-1 lead going into the second period in a 6-3 loss to the Bulls.
We have a two game weekend at home against the Bulls this coming weekend. Looking for a much needed four points to tie in the points race with Wichita Falls for the final playoff seed.
Thursday night was disappointing in many ways, Coach came up to me before the game and told me that they wanted to give Fitzpatrick our newest defensmen a shot at proving himself because he had yet to have a game under his belt. I was told that I would be sitting out that game, unfortunately my parents had drove down for the game to see me play but i was able to sit with them. We ended up losing the game 6-0 an embarrassing loss to the last place team.
However the next day we came out with a fire under us. We came out hard, dumped pucks, finished hit and were defensively sound. we won in a deciding 4-1 final. Coach was pleased with our 3 period comeback effort and spirits were high going into Amarillo, currently ahead of Wichita falls in the 3rd place seed.
High spirits would not last long however, we blew a 2-1 lead going into the second period in a 6-3 loss to the Bulls.
We have a two game weekend at home against the Bulls this coming weekend. Looking for a much needed four points to tie in the points race with Wichita Falls for the final playoff seed.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Big Sweep Against New Mexico
With a much needed 4 point sweep this weekend against New Mexico, our team has put ourselves back into the playoff hunt with Wichita Falls for the final playoff seed.
In our first game we had a decisive 5-2 Win. As a team we started off really slow and were only up 1-0 at the end of the first. But we came through as a team and I received my first NAHL point with an assist to Brandon Marshall on his empty net goal. Also one of my hits in the first period was voted hit of the game.
In the second game however New Mexico came out with a harder push and we were playing extremely poorly. The first two periods of the game we couldn't make a pass or get anything rolling as a team. Luckily we finally received some help from the officials and scored a power play goal from Beau Walker with seven minutes left immediately following an even strength goal to tie it up. With 15.7 seconds left Beau Walker again buried the puck to win it in a huge last minute come from behind win
Now only 5 points out of forth place in the Southern Division, we go into another weekend with New Mexico, this time at their own barn, immediately followed by another road game against Amarillo.
In our first game we had a decisive 5-2 Win. As a team we started off really slow and were only up 1-0 at the end of the first. But we came through as a team and I received my first NAHL point with an assist to Brandon Marshall on his empty net goal. Also one of my hits in the first period was voted hit of the game.
In the second game however New Mexico came out with a harder push and we were playing extremely poorly. The first two periods of the game we couldn't make a pass or get anything rolling as a team. Luckily we finally received some help from the officials and scored a power play goal from Beau Walker with seven minutes left immediately following an even strength goal to tie it up. With 15.7 seconds left Beau Walker again buried the puck to win it in a huge last minute come from behind win
Now only 5 points out of forth place in the Southern Division, we go into another weekend with New Mexico, this time at their own barn, immediately followed by another road game against Amarillo.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Disappointing First Weekend After Break...
On our first series back from break, against The Topeka Roadrunners, we had a disappointing 0-3 weekend.
Our first game Friday night we lost 7-1. All of us agree we were not ready to play and our legs just couldn’t get going throughout the game. It was an embarrassing loss and we felt ready to come out and play for the next game.
However, although we played a very good game the second day we didn’t get any bounces and definitely no help from the officials. It was a much more physical game, which was very exciting from my point of view. I left the game with only six PIM even though I was involved in a full out line brawl and a fight. As a team we finished the game in a 6-3 loss even though two goals were called back for us and Topeka ran over our Goaltender, Anton Olson and capitalized while he was down. Take away the empty net goal, and have a fair officiated game and it was a very close game.
The very next day we came out with no intensity, and with 7 PP goals for Topeka we dropped the game 9-4. Our coach was obviously very displeased with our performance and we had a three hour bag skate the very next day.
This next weekend we play the New Mexico Mustangs, the team I made main camp for and was cut during the past summer. They are last place in the southern division, we also picked up my roommate Joe Smereck from them right before the break in a trade with our old Goaltender, so it should be a competitive weekend in which we hope to get four points out of and put us back in the playoff seed we are battling for with Wichita Falls.
Our first game Friday night we lost 7-1. All of us agree we were not ready to play and our legs just couldn’t get going throughout the game. It was an embarrassing loss and we felt ready to come out and play for the next game.
However, although we played a very good game the second day we didn’t get any bounces and definitely no help from the officials. It was a much more physical game, which was very exciting from my point of view. I left the game with only six PIM even though I was involved in a full out line brawl and a fight. As a team we finished the game in a 6-3 loss even though two goals were called back for us and Topeka ran over our Goaltender, Anton Olson and capitalized while he was down. Take away the empty net goal, and have a fair officiated game and it was a very close game.
The very next day we came out with no intensity, and with 7 PP goals for Topeka we dropped the game 9-4. Our coach was obviously very displeased with our performance and we had a three hour bag skate the very next day.
This next weekend we play the New Mexico Mustangs, the team I made main camp for and was cut during the past summer. They are last place in the southern division, we also picked up my roommate Joe Smereck from them right before the break in a trade with our old Goaltender, so it should be a competitive weekend in which we hope to get four points out of and put us back in the playoff seed we are battling for with Wichita Falls.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Chance Creger Mentioned in Rays Report
RAYS REPORT WEEK #7: ‘STANGS COMING TO TOWN!
..."BE POSITIVE…Chance Creger has provided strong defensive play in his first 10 games for Corpus Christi. The youngest member of the team (17 years old), Creger is also plus-one (+1) through 10 games played which is second on the team behind Mychal Monteith."
..."BE POSITIVE…Chance Creger has provided strong defensive play in his first 10 games for Corpus Christi. The youngest member of the team (17 years old), Creger is also plus-one (+1) through 10 games played which is second on the team behind Mychal Monteith."
Cole Creger Boulder Bison Squirt B Navy at Int. Silver Sticks
Congrats to my brother Cole's Boulder Bison Squirt hockey team making it to the Semi Finals at International Silver Sticks! The family was able to listen to our game from the hotel and they checked in with Ryan Holt, the Ice Rays' announcer, on 1440 Keys. Here's his shout out to the team!
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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