Mark Rupnow ranks 3rd in the league with 33 goals, is 12th in overall scoring, and leads the league with 13 power play goals. Toby Burkitt has thrown in 49 points. Stone wall goalie Ken Carroll is 17-6, with an unbelievable 1.87 GAA and .937 save percentage, after getting his third shutout last Tuesday against Monroe. That performance made him an obvious choice as January Goalie of the Month. 15-8 on the road, the Bugs face a busy week, home against Tupelo and El Paso, at Monroe Friday and at Austin Saturday.
Corpus loves to play on specialty teams.
Kurt Wickenheiser leads the team with 23 goals and 25 assists, while All-Star defenseman Jamie Hearn has added 34 points. Layne Roland enters this week with a 9-game point streak. The Bats won five straight to open the season series, dropped the next three meetings against the Brahmas, then won the last two. The Bats won the first two meetings in Fort Worth, but have lost their last two played there. The Scorpions edged the Bats in the President's Cup Semifinals last year, with four of the five games in the series tied 2-2 into the final period.