Happy Holidays From The Corpus Christi IceRays!!

First road trip with Corpus Christi

This last week I had my first road trip with the Icerays. We played Wichita Falls Wednesday and Friday and then traveled to Dallas Friday night playing the Tornado the next night before heading home for Christmas!

Wednesday night we won 4-3 in a very chippy physical game against the Wildcats, I received my first penalty as an Iceray on a kneeing call of an awkward hit in our zone.

Friday night was a more disappointing game, losing 3-2 to the wildcats, with a late goal in the third period. This loss put us 7 points behind Wichita in the standings who we are chasing for a playoff spot.

Friday's game against the Tornado however, proved to be an extremely upsetting loss! We ended the first period up 2-0 with momentum and energy but, in the second we let up, took some bad penalties and the puck just wouldn't bounce our way. We again lost in the last minute to a shorthanded goal to lose 4-3 to the Tornado. We also ended our streak of 17 straight penalty kills when Texas scored their 5 on 3 goal in the third to take the lead.

Now i am back in Colorado, visiting friends and family, finishing final exams and working with Coach Cully after Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Corpus Christi Logo

Here's an animate logo my pop made!

It's an animated GIF so you have to let it load the animation. 



Witchita Falls Wildcats vs Corpus Christi Icerays

Another eventful weekend in Corpus! We played The Wichita Falls Wildcats this weekend, the first game was disappointing. We couldn't bury a puck the entire game and ended up losing 4-0. However, with 12 min left in the third period I had my first NAHL fight! Coach called out five guys that we needed to fight, myself being one of them. The fight went very well and lasted a long time. The crowd went completely crazy, there isn't a place that I have ever played that has shook like that!

The next day proved to be a much better outcome for our team. We won the second game 5-4 in an OT/shootout. As a team we performed much better and although losing the lead we gained in the second period, we finished strong after a close call in OT where Phoenix Copley our Goaltender(also named NAHL player of the Month in November) came up strong when we needed him most.

We go on a road trip tomorrow with 3 games against Wichita Wednesday and Friday and Texas Tornado Saturday before our Christmas break!

Chance Creger Fight Corpus Christi Ice Rays

Here are a few images of this weekend's fight. Photos by Mark Locke II. Thanks again Mark!

Creger wins a convincing fight

CORPUS CHRISTI BLANKED BY WICHITA FALLS, 4-0

"Corpus Christi won two fights as Brandon Marshall and Chance Creger both dropped the gloves."

"Creger won a convincing fight against Sentyurin in his first fight for the IceRays."

Corpus Christi Ice Rays Hockey

"In the Crease" blog article ~ by Greg Rajan

Check out Greg Rajan blog "In the Crease" from Corpus Christi Caller Times (caller.com).

"Another one in"


"The latest newcomer is defensemand Chance Creger, a product of Brent Cullaton's Boulder Jr. Bison, Creger is expected to make his debut on Friday against Amarillo." -Greg Rajan