A bad first period doomed the Missouri Mavericks’ chances for a third straight win Friday.
The Mavericks fell 6-2 to the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees at Dodge Arena.
Killer Bees’ goaltender Andy Franck stopped 34 of 36 shots for his second win of the season and the Bees improved to 4-3-0 including three straight victories. The Mavericks couldn’t overcome four first-period goals and fell to 2-6-0 on the season.
“Tonight was a terrible performance,” Mavericks head coach Scott Hillman said. “We will be much better tomorrow. We must clean up our defensive zone and not allow multiple odd-man rushes.”
Andrew Schembri scored two goals and Daymen Rycroft had a goal and two assists to lead the Bees to the win. Rio Grande Valley had four goals on their first eight shots against Mavericks goalie Doug Groenestege. Missouri’s Carlyle Lewis scored his second goal of the season at the 10:38 mark to make it a 4-1 game heading into the first intermission.
Mavericks forward Derek Pallardy scored his first goal of the season at the 15:20 mark of the third period, but Missouri didn’t have enough time left.
Missouri’s 36 shots were its most this season, but the team was unable to score on the power play for the third straight game.
FRIDAY SUMMARY
RIO GRANDE VALLEY KILLER BEES 6, MISSOURI MAVERICKS 2,
At Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas.
MAVERICKS 1 0 1 — 2
KILLER BEES 4 1 1 — 6
First Period—1, Rio Grande, Justin Kanigan (Sean Muncy, Zak McClellan), 5:01; 2, Rio Grande, Grant Goeckner-Zoeller (power play) (Damen Rycroft, Nathan Ansell), 7:24; 3, Rio Grande, Daymen Rycroft (Tom Sawatske), 8:43; 4, Rio Grande, Sean Muncy (Aaron Lee, Zak McClellan), 10:05; 5. Mavericks, Carlyle Lewis (Jeff Christian), 10:38. Penalties—Derek Pallardy, Mavericks (tripping), 1:43; Carlyle Lewis, Mavericks (hooking), 7:17; Karl Sellan, Mavericks (roughing), 9:20; Karl Sellan, Mavericks (goalie interference), 9:20; Jesse Perrin, Rio Grande (roughing), 9:20; Andy Franck, Rio Grande (roughing), 9:20; Karl Sellan, Mavericks (stick holding), 13:43; Karl Sellan, Mavericks (roughing), 17:40.
Second Period—6, Rio Grande, Andrew Schembri (Tom Sawatske, Shaun Landolt), 13:31. Penalties—Andrew Schembri, Rio Grande (delay of game), 0:00; Karey Pieper, Mavericks (major, fighting), 2:30; Joel Irving, Rio Grande (major, fighting), 2:30; Tyler Fleck, Mavericks (holding), 4:59; Jesse Bennefield, Rio Grande (interference), 6:40; Sean Perkins, Mavericks (tripping), 7:16; Stacey Bauman, Rio Grande (interference), 16:23.
Third Period—7, Mavericks, Derek Pallardy (Brett Hammond), 15:20; 8, Rio Grande, Andrew Schembri (power play) (Mike Harr, Daymen Rycroft), 18:18. Penalties—Aaron Lee, Rio Grande (hooking), 5:24; Grant Goeckner-Zoeller, Rio Grande (hooking), 13:07; Carlyle Lewis, Mavericks (cross checking), 17:03; Carlyle Lewis (holding), 17:03; Carlyle Lewis (abuse of officials misconduct), 17:03.
Shots on goal—Mavericks 13-10-13–36; Rio Grande 14-10-8–32.
Power-play opportunities—Mavericks 0 of 5; Wichita 2 of 8.
Goalies—Mavericks, Doug Groenestege (30 shots, 25 saves), Mike Gorman (2-1); Rio Grande, Andy Franck (36-34).
Stars of the game—First: Sean Muncy, Rio Grande; Second: Andrew Schembri, Rio Grande; Third: Jesse Perrin, Rio Grande.
Time—2:47.
Attendance—3,927.
Referee—Ryan Hersey; Linesmen—Benjamin Dupuis, John Grandt.
