JOURNAL SPORTS

The Shreveport Mudbugs couldn’t recover after the Corpus Christi IceRays scored four unanswered goals enroute to a 5-1 road victory as the two-time Robertson Cup champs dropped their season opener Saturday night on George’s Pond at Hirsch Coliseum in Shreveport.

It was a scoreless affair until the second period when Corpus Christi exploded with goals at 4:53, 7:08, and 11:21 to grab a 3-0 edge. Will Reardon netted one in-between a pair of goals from Stepan Kuznetsov. The Bugs were 0 for 4 on the power play after 2 periods and were out-shot 22-20. 

It was 4-0 early in the third period when the ‘Bugs’ Andrew Seminara found some space in the slot and buried home his first goal of the season to make it 4-1 at 3:48. Brent Litchard and Lucas Deeb earned the helpers on the lone goal for Shreveport.

The Bugs will be back at George’s Pond to host a two-game series against the El Paso Rhinos beginning Friday night. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:11 p.m.  both nights.