The CHL announced that Justin Bowers of the Allen Americans and Andy Franck of the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees were the player and goaltender of the week (respectively). Here is the league press release on the announcement: *** (Tempe, Arizona) – The Central Hockey League announced today that the recipients for the Oakley...
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The Allen Americans added another page to the growing rivalry with their cross-town foes, the Texas Brahmas, on Saturday night. In a physical, emotionally-fueled game, the teams had to go to the overtime frame and then the shootout to determine the winner. The Americans struck hard and fast, netting three in the shootout, and...
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They’d practiced the play a hundred times, and worked on it as recently as that morning. When Derek Landmesser, a defenseman for the Mississippi RiverKings, shot the puck around the boards in the third period, Allen Americans goalie Chris Whitley went out to cut off the puck. Whitley expected to stop the puck and...
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The Central Hockey League handed out their weekly ‘Player of the Week’ and ‘Goaltender of the Week’ awards today, and both awards went to players on Texas-based CHL teams. Rio Grande Valley’s Grant Goeckner-Zoeller won the Player of the Week honor, while Allen’s Chris Whitley picked up the ‘Goaltender of the Week’. Goeckner-Zoeller averaged...
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The Allen Americans hosted the Corpus Christi IceRays at the Allen Event Center on Saturday night, in the second game of a “home-and-home” series. On Friday night, the Americans went down to South Texas and got a gritty win on the road, 2-1. By the end of the game, the attitude on the ice...
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Before the Allen Americans called to offer him a contract on Thursday afternoon, Mike Willemsen was sitting on his couch, trying to figure out where his hockey career would take him next. Later that evening, in an Americans uniform, Willemsen scored the first three goals of his professional career – a hat trick –...
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Hey hockey fans! BDH will be live-tweeting from the game at the Allen Event Center tonight, as the Arizona Sundogs are in town visiting the Americans. The puck drops at 7:30 PM CST. Once again, I’ll be available if you have questions or want to join in the discussion about the game. Follow us...
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The Allen Americans announced a trade and a signing today. The Americans traded defenseman Jason Seerey to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for future considerations. They also signed defenseman Kurtis Dulle. Here is the release out of Allen: *** ALLEN, Texas – The Allen Americans announced the signing of defenseman Kurtis Dulle (pronounced...
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The CHL presented its’ weekly Performance of the Week Award yesterday. The Corpus Christi Ice Rays’ goaltender, Kevin Desfosses, was given the honor for his play against the Allen Americans in their home opener on November 7th. Desfosses was stellar in net that night, turning away all but one of the Americans’ shots, and...
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The Allen Americans have done the difficult job of winning on the road several times this season. When they opened up their home schedule on Saturday against the Corpus Christi IceRays, they were hoping to continue that trend in their new home. The IceRays had different plans, and handed the Americans just their second...
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