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September 09, 2010

Ice Bats within Two Points of Killer Bees

Forward Mike Tucciarone’s third period hat trick led the Ice Bats back

from a three-goal deficit, and gained the Bats a valuable standings

point in a 4-3 shootout loss Sunday at Rio Grande Valley. The comeback

keeps the Ice Bats within two points of the Killer Bees and the final

playoff spot in the Central Hockey League Southern Conference.

The Killer Bees scored twice in a fiery first period, as the teams

played up to the game’s importance. Forward Rob Voltera rebounded Mike

Looby’s shot off the crossbar at 8:08, and David Masse added a goal from

the high slot at 12:16. The Ice Bats, already short two skaters with

injuries to defenseman Adam Davis and forward Mike Possin, lost two more

as a result of first period fights. Forward Chris Murphy received a game

misconduct penalty early in the first, and Marty Doyle earned a

ten-minute misconduct inside the final minute of the period.

The Ice Bats (20-24-14, 54 points) continually missed on open scoring

chances, and the Killer Bees (24-26-8, 55 points) padded their lead on

Masse’s breakaway goal 6:31 into the second period. But Tucciarone

scored consecutive power play goals early in the third to start the

comeback. He slammed in Henry Kuster’s centering pass from the slot at

1:54, then two minutes later, scored from the left circle off an Aaron

Wilson pass.

Tucciarone brought the Ice Bats even with 1:18 remaining in regulation,

redirecting Aaron Davis’ centering feed between the pads of Rio goalie

Jeremy Symington.

After a scoreless overtime, the Killer Bees scored on three of four

shootout chances, while John McNabb netted Austin’s only goal in four

tries on Symington. The team’s 14th overtime or shootout loss ties a CHL

record.

The Ice Bats return to play with a pair of games against Southern

Conference leading Laredo next week, Friday in Laredo, and next Sunday

at Chaparral Ice Arena.

DATE Sun, Mar 11, 2007 Austin (3) Rio Grande Valley (4)

SCORE BY PERIODS

Austin 0 0 3 0 0 -- 3

Rio Grande Valley 2 1 0 0 1 -- 4

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: RGV-Voltera (Looby, Reynolds) 8:09. RGV-Masse

(Voltera) 11:16. Penalties: Warriner, RGV (Holding, Minor, 2 min) 1:55. Joseph, RGV (Fisticuffs, Major, 5 min) 1:55. Murphy, AUS (Fisticuffs,

Major, 5

min) 1:55. Joseph, RGV (No Category, Game Misconduct, 10 min) 1:55. Murphy, AUS (No Category, Game Misconduct, 10 min) 1:55. Doyle, AUS (High Sticking, Minor, 2 min) 15:55. Maxwell, RGV (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 19:34.

Picard, AUS

(Elbowing, Minor, 2 min) 19:34. Voltera, RGV (Fisticuffs, Major, 5 min)

19:34.

Doyle, AUS (Fisticuffs, Major, 5 min) 19:34. Voltera, RGV (Abuse of

Officials,

Misconduct, 10 min) 19:34. Doyle, AUS (Abuse of Officials, Misconduct,

10 min)

19:34.

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring: RGV-Masse (Symington, Butland) 6:31. Penalties: Mathieu, RGV (Roughing, Minor, 2 min) 2:58. Kuster, AUS (Cross Checking, Minor, 2 min) 15:51. Warriner, RGV (Holding, Minor, 2 min) 18:05.

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring: AUS-Tucciarone (powerplay) (Kuster, Davis) 1:54. AUS-Tucciarone (powerplay) (Wilson, Kuster) 4:15. AUS-Tucciarone (Davis,

McIver) 18:42. Penalties: Maxwell, RGV (Slashing, Minor, 2 min) 1:28. Blanchette, RGV (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 2:41. Medley, RGV (Slashing,

Minor, 2

min) 8:42.

OVERTIME -- Penalties: Masse, RGV (Hooking, Minor, 2 min) 2:46.

SHOOTOUT -- Scoring: RGV-Cirone.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Austin 6 15 12 1 0 -- 34

Rio Grande Valley 16 10 9 4 1 -- 39

POWER PLAY STATS PPG ADV SHG

Austin 2 7 0

Rio Grande Valley 0 2 0