Mississippi RiverKings Trounce Texas Brahmas 4-1 - CHL

(Southaven, MS) -- Mississippi stopped Texas' six-game winning streak with a 4-1 victory over the Brahmas in Central Hockey League action at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven. Matt Summers scored a pair of goals, and goaltender Kevin Beech added a pair of assists in addition to picking up the victory for the RiverKings.

Texas opened the scoring on a shorthanded goal from Grant Jacobsen at 4:55 for a 1-0 lead, but Mississippi answered with a goal from Matt Summers at 7:35 to tie the game at 1-1, followed by a power play score from Jeff Alcombrack at 12:07 for a 2-1 lead after twenty minutes.

There was no scoring in the second period, but the RiverKings put the contest away in the final period

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with Summers' second goal of the night at 11:59 and Garrett Larson scoring a power play goal at 15:21 for the final score.

Mississippi out shot the Brahmas 27-23 for the game, including 12 shots in the third period. The RiverKings also were 2-for-10 on the power play, while stopping all six Texas power play chances.

Kevin Beech won his 17th game of the season (17-8-0) with a 22-save performance, while Brett Jaeger stopped 23 of 27 RiverKings shots on net, as his record fell to 16-5-3.

Mississippi is now 22-12-0 for the season and has a two-game winning streak going into a late Sunday afternoon game against the Blazers in Oklahoma City. Texas fell to 22-10-3 with the loss.

The RiverKings host Northeast Division rival Oklahoma City next Friday night, beginning at 7:05 PM. For ticket information, call the RiverKings at 662-342-1755, or email tickets@riverkings.com.

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