Gorillas Drop Bucks, 6-4
The Amarillo Gorillas (15-31-3) ended a three-game slide on Saturday night defeating the Laredo Bucks (28-18-4) by a 6-4 score.
Gorillas/Bucks Box Score
The Bucks had a 1-0 lead after a period behind Darryl Smith’s 29th goal of the season (leader among all rookies), but the joy was short-lived as the Gorillas Joe Guenther and Stuart McRae scored in the second period giving the Gorillas 2-1 lead.
The third period saw six total goals scored with Amarillo accounting for four of them. A pair of empty-net goals sealed the deal as the Gorillas went 2 for 7 on the power play.
A.J. Buchhino earned the win stopping 23 shots.