Iowa Stars Report

Monday, January 14, 2008

The past week

Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
1/9 At Chicago Lost 6-4
1/11 Milwaukee Won 3-2 (OT)
1/12 Quad City Lost 3-2 (SO)

The Iowa Stars went 1-1-1 over the past week to stay at the .500 mark on the season and tread water as far as the standings.

Iowa lost 6-4 in Chicago and then returned home to begin a seven-game homestand. The Stars opened with a 3-2 overtime win over Milwaukee and then followed that up with a 3-2 shootout loss to Quad City.

Iowa, which is 19-19-2-2 on the season, remains in last place in the West Division based on winning percentage.

"We have to keep pushing," Iowa forward Janos Vas told the Des Moines Register. "It’s going to be tough to get into the playoffs."
Taste of the NHL
After wrapping up their Texas road trip last weekend, the Iowa Stars stopped in Dallas to watch the Stars play the Wild, spend some time at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco and then fly with the Dallas Stars to Chicago, where both teams played Wednesday.

"It was quite a trip," Iowa center Marty Sertich said on the team's weekly radio show. "To go to Dallas and use the facilities unbelievable. To see those guys, that doesn't get old for me. And then to top it off and ride the jet with them was unbelievable. It was first class treatment all the way."

It was also a chance to catch up with some of the ex-teammates from Iowa like Loui Eriksson, Niklas Grossman, Krys Barch and Mike Smith.

"They are all doing real well," said forward B.J. Crombeen. "They are liking it up there and it's great to see them doing well up there. They worked real hard when they were down here, got their chance and have done real well with it."

The trip also provided inspiration to the guys in Iowa.

"To get little taste of it, the jet and being around the locker room gives you the motivation to go the extra mile and hopefully one day get up there," said Sertich.

Silverthorn is the backup for now
Steve Silverthorn was called up to Iowa from Idaho of the ECHL last week and it looks like he will be sticking around for a while as the backup to Tobias Stephan. That's because Philippe Sauve, who had been backing up Stephan, refused his assignment to the ECHL and was suspended by Iowa according to the Des Moines Register. 
Injury update
  • LW James Neal (knee) could be out until mid-February.
  • RW Junior Lessard (upper body) is day-to-day.
  • D Nolan Baumgartner (back) is day-to-day.

Forwards Aaron Gagnon and Tom Wandell, who had both been out with injuries, were cleared to play and sent to Idaho of the ECHL last week.

Notes
  • Forward Toby Petersen will be Iowa's lone representative in the AHL All-Star Classic, which will be played January 28 in Binghamton, NY.
     
  • Right wing Konstantin Pushkarev has five goals and three assists in seven games since returning to Iowa from the Russian Super League.
     
  • Tom Wandell scored three goals, including two power play goals, in his first three games with Idaho of the ECHL.
Transactions
  • D Mark Fistric was recalled by Dallas on January 11
  • G Philippe Sauve assigned to Idaho of the ECHL on January 11
  • G Steve Silverthorn recalled by Iowa on January 8
  • F Tom Wandell and F Aaron Gagnon assigned to Idaho on January 8
Upcoming Schedule
January 15
Toronto at   Iowa 7:07 pm CST
January 18
Rockford at   Iowa 7:07 pm CST
January 19
Rockford at   Iowa 7:07 pm CST
January 21
Rochester at   Iowa 5:05 pm CST
Statistics
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Player

 Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG
19 Toby Petersen C 42 16 21 37 -3 18 5 0
7 Marty Sertich C 41 13 14 27 -8 18 5 0
21 Janos Vas LW 42 12 14 26 -7 20 4 1
22 Junior Lessard RW 36 10 11 21 -6 15 6 0
24 Vojtech Polak RW 30 6 9 15 -7 16 1 0
4 Chris Lee D 31 5 10 15 -6 26 3 0
13 Konstantin Pushkarev RW 15 6 8 14 +2 8 2 0
44 B.J. Crombeen RW 40 6 7 13 -2 101 0 0
14 Nolan Baumgartner D 38 3 10 13 -9 35 3 0
15 Perttu Lindgren C 36 2 11 13 -11 0 0 0
8 Jussi Timonen D 30 0 13 13 -10 22 0 0
18 James Neal LW 32 5 7 12 -7 24 3 0
26 Bryce Lampman D 39 5 7 12 -12 16 2 0
25 Chris Conner LW 17 4 8 12 +1 0 0 1
10 Marius Holtet RW 37 6 4 10 -14 12 1 0
46 Mario Scalzo D 15 1 8 9 +1 10 0 0
3 Trevor Byrne D 41 1 6 7 -9 55 0 0
20 Joel Lundqvist C 8 2 4 6 -3 2 0 0
12 Paul Szczechura C 29 2 3 5 -3 15 0 0
5 Mark Fistric D 30 1 4 5 -9 48 0 0
47 Mark Bomersback LW 7 1 3 4 +3 4 0 0
16 Loui Eriksson LW 2 1 2 3 +1 2 0 0
6 Ethan Graham D 30 1 2 3 -5 24 0 0
17 Richard Clune LW 15 0 3 3 -5 62 0 0
23 Tommy Wandell C 18 2 0 2 -4 8 0 0
33 Vadim Khomitski D 7 1 0 1 -1 10 0 0
9 Jon Booras F 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 John Lammers LW 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Brad Winchester LW 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0
1 David McKee G 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
27 Jeremy Scherlinck D 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Mathieu Beaudoin RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Steve Silverthorn G 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Brett Westgarth D 6 0 0 0 -6 23 0 0
11 Aaron Gagnon C 10 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0
2 Nicklas Grossman D 10 0 0 0 +1 10 0 0
30 Philippe Sauve G 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
31 Tobias Stephan G 32 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
No.

Player

 GP Mins W L SOL Avg. GA SA SVS % SO
31 Tobias Stephan 32 1776 14 12 2 2.70 80 852 772 .906 2
30 Philippe Sauve 12 550 5 5 0 4.25 39 269 230 .855 0
1 David McKee 2 115 0 2 0 5.22 10 62 52 .839 0
40 Steve Silverthorn 2 90 0 2 0 6.03 9 54 45 .833 0
ECHL Statistics
No. 

Player

 Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG
24 Aaron Gagnon C 14 5 8 13 +3 2 0 1
8 Richard Clune LW 19 1 9 10 +5 41 0 0
19 Alexander Naurov RW 30 1 5 6 +4 12 0 0
11 Tom Wandell C 3 3 0 3 +1 2 2 0
20 John Lammers (In Finland) LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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