2013-14 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees Statistics
North American Hockey League (NAHL)
Team Record: 35-18-7 - 77 points
in the NAHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Joe Coombs (35-18, 7 OTL)
Location: Hidalgo, Texas
2013-14 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees RosterTeam Record: 35-18-7 - 77 points
in the NAHL's South Division
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Joe Coombs (35-18, 7 OTL)
Location: Hidalgo, Texas
The Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the North American Hockey League ended the 2013-14 season with a record of 35 wins and 18 losses (and 7 overtime losses) for 77 points in the NAHL's South Division.
The Killer Bees scored 150 goals and allowed 121. Ben Greiner netted 22 goals for Rio Grande Valley and contributed 29 assists. Olli Kalkaja topped the squad with 18 wins, while Nick Schmit added 15 or more wins, too. Nick Schmit recorded a 1.66 goals against average, pacing qualifying goaltenders.
Joe Coombs coached the team. The 2013-14 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Greiner | F | 60 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 12 | +26 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 233 | 9.4 |
| Evan Schmidbauer | F | 57 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 38 | +8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 114 | 14.9 |
| Anthony Croston | F | 59 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 58 | +19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 148 | 8.1 |
| Aleksi Luhtalampi | F | 59 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 6 | +10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 92 | 9.8 |
| Tyler Bruneteau | F | 45 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 42 | +3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 16.5 |
| JB Baker | F | 53 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 23 | +6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 9.0 |
| Sean Mostrom | D | 41 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 78 | +8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 7.7 |
| Dylan Abood | D | 58 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 40 | +23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0.0 |
| Jared Dedenbach | F | 34 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 39 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 11.5 |
| Marcus Ericsson | D | 51 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | +5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 7.0 |
| Brenden Dunning | F | 25 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | +9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 |
| Ian Janco | D | 41 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 39 | +4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 4.6 |
| Nathan Flynn | F | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 7.4 |
| Kevin Antipov | F | 21 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 31 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7.5 |
| Matt McArdle | D | 21 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Kucerovy | F | 13 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | +4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14.3 |
| Connor Pelkey | D | 41 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 56 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 13.6 |
| R.J. Burns | F | 18 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 21 | +7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5.7 |
| Will Clark | F | 15 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9.1 |
| Luke Bafia | D | 49 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 50 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3.0 |
| Austin Hoff | F | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 62 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Joe Llaurado | F | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | +2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 13.0 |
| Rob Marsanico | F | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 32 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12.5 |
| Nicklas Balboa | F | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Trent Dillinger | F | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9.5 |
| Mason Van Tuyl | D | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | +4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.0 |
| Cam Ashley | F | 27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 111 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 |
| Sami Pokka | F | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 |
| Adam Morrison | F | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 142 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| Dean Balsamo | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 |
| Kevin Clare | D | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | +11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7.7 |
| Austin Fletcher | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Truman Gonzales | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Carter Lukenda | F | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 |
| Nick Szopinski | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Dallas Gerads | F | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sven Jung | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Ryan Mulka | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Cesarz | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Kenny Curtis | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Jones | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Niklas Kumpu | D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Dak Dice | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Nick Picinic | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ian Ecklund | F | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Perry Holcombe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Olli Kalkaja | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Milks | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nick Schmit | G | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1148 | 144 | 236 | 380 | 1095 | 160 | 31 | 1 | 29 | 1652 | 8.7 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olli Kalkaja | 37 | 2034:07 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 63 | 1.86 | 744 | 681 | .915 | |
| Nick Schmit | 30 | 1556:32 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 1.66 | 581 | 538 | .926 | |
| Ryan Mulka | 1 | 58:56 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.14 | 16 | 12 | .750 | |
| Totals | 68 | 3648 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 110 | 1.81 | 1341 | 1231 | .918 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | GWG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Greiner | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 |
| Evan Schmidbauer | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20.0 |
| Anthony Croston | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aleksi Luhtalampi | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Tyler Bruneteau | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| JB Baker | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Sean Mostrom | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Dylan Abood | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Jared Dedenbach | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Marcus Ericsson | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Brenden Dunning | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Antipov | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Matt McArdle | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Daniel Kucerovy | F | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 |
| Connor Pelkey | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.J. Burns | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Luke Bafia | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Joe Llaurado | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Mason Van Tuyl | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Olli Kalkaja | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 56 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 28 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 5.0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olli Kalkaja | 2 | 124:28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.45 | 43 | 40 | .930 |
| Nick Schmit | 2 | 75:31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.00 | 32 | 27 | .844 |
| Totals | 4 | 199 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.41 | 75 | 67 | .893 |
