The Allen Americans began a stretch of four games in five nights, and eight games over the next twelve nights, by hosting the Laredo Bucks on Thursday evening. In a physical, high-scoring match, Allen came out on top, 6-4. With the win, the Americans cut Odessa’s first-place lead in the Southern Conference to four...
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The Bucks announced a signing today – Veteran puck wielder Sylvain Deschatelets will join the team, and is expected to be active against the Allen Americans when the Bucks face them on Thursday. I’m familiar with the forward by name alone, but hadn’t really looked at his stats – pretty impressive when you look...
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It’s been a while since I’ve had some news to report. But, hopefully you are all still in a hockey mood with the Olympics in full-swing, and lots of CHL action around Texas. In the meantime, the CHL announced some weekly awards, and the recipients were from Texas teams. Corpus’ Chad Woollard and Texas’...
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Have you been to an Allen Americans game yet? I’ve been fortunate enough to see many games this season at the new Allen Event Center in Allen, TX. Now, the Americans are offering readers of Big D Hockey a discounted opportunity to do the same. Discounted tickets are available by clicking here, and following...
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Forward Mike Ramsey of the Odessa Jackalopes was named the Oakley CHL Player of the Week on Monday. Ramsay had seven goals in the three games he played last week, and also added an assist for a total of eight points. Here is the CHL’s release: *** Tempe, AZ – The Central Hockey League...
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On Monday, the Allen Americans shipped goalie Charlie Effinger to the Missouri Mavericks to complete the trade they made at the end of last year to bring in defenseman Sean Perkins. The Americans waived Perkins at the end of last month, but still needed to complete the trade with the Mavs. Although I wasn’t...
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One night after a physical, hard-fought win against the Mississippi RiverKings, the Allen Americans hosted the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees for a Saturday night bout. The Americans are fighting several injuries to key players from the past week, and came into the game against the Bees with a short bench. Thanks to a...
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Allen Americans forward Justin Bowers was announced today as the January recipient of the CHL Oakley Three Stars Award. Bowers had an outstanding January offensively with 14 points in 10 games, highlighted by a five-assist performance on January 23rd against the Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs. The five assists set a franchise record and CHL season-high for...
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The CHL Player of the Month for January was announced today, and the honors went to Darryl Smith of the Laredo Bucks. Smith, who is currently second in the league in goal-scoring, racked up 16 points in 12 games in January. Here is the CHL’s press release on the award: *** Tempe, AZ –...
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This afternoon, the CHL got a bit of a surprise – the Laredo Bucks announced their former team captain, Serge Dube, is returning to play with the team. Dube retired this past fall, but will begin skating with the team immediately, as the Bucks announced he is expected to be in the lineup for...
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