The Laredo Bucks are off to a great start this season with a perfect 6 points for their 3 game road trip.
The last time the Bucks began with 3 victories in a row (actually was 5 in a row) was the 2003-2004 season when they tallied a total of 48 wins, 8 losses,8 overtime losses and won the President's Cup.
It was the year that Jeff Bes won the CHL's Most Valuable Player award amassing 117 points. Of those 117, 78 were assists. I like to think of him as "Mr. Assist"--always there to anchor the goal. Congratulations to Jeff---he's off to a great start this season again.
The Bucks face the Corpus Christi Rayz aka Coors Light team Friday night for our home opener. Amarillo will visit the LEC on Saturday.
I shouldn't make fun of the Rayz being the Coors Light team. With all the special event nights planned at the LEC home games this season, I have the feeling that we will never see any more specialty jerseys like the Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, New Year's, President's Day, Valentine's, Mardi Gras, & St. Patrick's Day jerseys of years past. No more Pepto Pink hearts or cutesy clovers in plaid.
Nope, I fear that the sponsor's logo will replace the Buck in the chest of the boy's jerseys. I know, scary thought. But think of the money they will save. The sponsors pay for the jerseys, and then they are auctioned off and guess who keeps the money? Aha......that's who.
Seriously, how much money can a sponsor's tacky logo on a jersey bring in? We will become just like any other CHL team who loses their identity in exchange for promoting their sponsors and showing off hideous jerseys.
Oh well............bring it on! We're ready for some hockey!
On a side note: I saw the fancy intro before the first Colorado Eagles home game. Mama mia.......they spent a fortune on that. Awesome pyro and laser show. Dancing figures on the ice. Hollywood style videos too. Maybe, we will have......nah.....we never will......::sigh::
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