SHREVEPORT, LA- The Bugs donned in New Orleans Saints Gold, Black, and White took down the New Mexico Ice Wolves by a final score of 5-2 on Saturday Night inside George’s Pond at Hirsch Coliseum.
In the first period the Ice Wolves jumped out to a first period lead with a goal from Max Stracar at 16:56. Ten minutes later Ryan Baert continued where he left off last night and evened things up for the Bugs at 06:07. From there it went into the second period which saw a lot more both in goals and in terms of penalties. Evan Hoglund put the Bugs up 2-1 at 18:20 off the feed from Jason Simons. The Ice Wolves retaliated and tied things up at 09:04 with a goal from Oskar Edberg. Then, with 42 seconds left in the period, Evan Hoglund with his second goal of the night put the Bugs back in the drivers seat with a late goal to make it 3-2. The third period is when the Bugs put the put the preverbal stamp on the envelope of the game when Antoine Cormier put the Bugs up 4-2 at 15:58 in the period and finally Chase Secriskey put the Bugs up 5-2 and sent the fans home with a Free Route 44 from participating Sonic Drive-In locations. Kristers Plepis once again performed excellent in the net as he stopped 22 of 24 shots tonight and Blake Clark for the Ice Wolves stopping 36 of 41 shots. The Bugs after tonight improve to 7-1-1 on the season and move into first place in the South while the Ice Wolves drop to 1-7-0-1.
The Mudbugs are back in action on the road next weekend as they take on the Amarillo Wranglers from Amarillo, Texas inside the Budweiser Bullpen. Both games’ puck drops are scheduled for 7:14 PM Central Standard Time. Duncan Welker will have the call starting 15 minutes before puck drop time for the Landers Pregame Warmup Show. You can watch the game on NATV or listen to the game on the Audio-Only feed from the Mudbugs Audio Network on our YouTube.
The next time the Bugs are back at home inside George’s Pond is October 16-17th for Glo-tober Fest Weekend against the Corpus Christi IceRays with Puck Drops set for 7:11 PM Central Standard Time. Tickets are available at tickets.georgespond34.com or by calling the front office at 318-636-7094