Iowa Stars Report

Monday, January 07, 2008

The past week

Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
1/4 At Houston Won 3-1
1/5 At San Antonio Lost 3-2 (SO)
1/6 At Houston Lost 5-0

The Iowa Stars went 1-1-1 during a three-game swing through Texas this past weekend.

After opening the trip with a 3-1 win in Houston on Friday, the Stars lost 3-2 in overtime in San Antonio on Saturday and then were shutout 5-0 in Houston on Sunday. The loss on Sunday was the fifth time this season that Iowa had lost a game by five goals or more this season.

The Stars are 18-18-2-1 on the season. They are currently sixth in the eight-team West Division based on points, but are in eighth place based on winning percentage.

Although Iowa has struggled at times the first half of the season, Dallas co-GM Les Jackson think they will come on during the second half of the season.

"When you continue to put a bunch of young guys in there it takes time for them to develop," Jackson said on a recent Iowa Stars radio broadcast. "They are around .500 now and the past two years they have been the same and they always make their mark in the second half. That says a lot about our coaches. Dave [Allison] is a good, firm and tough coach. He holds guys accountable. If you are going to win you've got to some way push the guys into the action and he some how, some way gets them do it."
Iowa hooks up with Dallas
After Iowa's game in Houston on Sunday they headed to Dallas, where they took in the Dallas game against Minnesota on Monday. They will also practice in Frisco. The Dallas Stars and Iowa Stars will then fly together to Chicago, where both teams play on Wednesday. The Dallas Stars play the Chicago Blackhawks and the Iowa Stars play the Chicago Wolves. Iowa heads back to Des Moines after that. Dallas will be kicking off a five-game road trip.
Neal out with Knee injury
Iowa forward James Neal will be out for extended time with a knee injury. He was injured in a December 30 game in Peoria when he was checked along the boards.

"He was playing well and it's a big loss for us. He's a big strong forward," Iowa coach Dave Allison said on an Iowa game broadcast. "James is going to take this time and get his core muscles stronger, he's going to come a better player and we are going to look forward to him coming back because he was starting to make an impact on our team. He was making an impact five-on-five, he was starting to kill penalties and he was playing the power play. It was great to see, but we'll get a bump when he comes back."

Among the other injuries:

  • F Aaron Gagnon (shoulder): Missed ten games
  • F Tom Wandell (ribs): Out since late November
Notes
  • Toby Petersen is tied for ninth in the AHL with 16 goals and is tied for 11th with 36 points.
  • Goalie Tobias Stephan is tied for 8th in the league with 13 wins.
Transactions
  • D Mark Fistric assigned to Iowa by Dallas on January 6
  • LW Chris Conner assigned to Iowa by Dallas on January 4
  • D Brett Westgarth signed to professional tryout contract on January 4
Upcoming Schedule
January 9
Iowa at   Chicago 7:00 pm CST
January 11
Milwaukee at   Iowa 7:07 pm CST
January 12
Quad City at   Iowa 7:07 pm CST
Statistics
No. 

Player

 Pos GP G A PTS +/- PIM PPG SHG
19 Toby Petersen C 39 16 20 36 -2 18 5 0
7 Marty Sertich C 38 12 13 25 -9 18 5 0
21 Janos Vas LW 39 12 13 25 -6 20 4 1
22 Junior Lessard RW 35 10 11 21 -5 15 6 0
4 Chris Lee D 30 5 9 14 -6 26 3 0
44 B.J. Crombeen RW 37 6 7 13 -3 96 0 0
14 Nolan Baumgartner D 36 3 10 13 -10 35 3 0
24 Vojtech Polak RW 27 5 7 12 -9 16 1 0
18 James Neal LW 32 5 7 12 -7 24 3 0
8 Jussi Timonen D 27 0 12 12 -12 18 0 0
26 Bryce Lampman D 36 4 7 11 -13 12 2 0
25 Chris Conner LW 14 3 7 10 +2 0 0 1
15 Perttu Lindgren C 33 2 8 10 -12 0 0 0
10 Marius Holtet RW 34 5 4 9 -13 12 1 0
13 Konstantin Pushkarev RW 12 3 6 9 -1 8 1 0
46 Mario Scalzo D 15 1 8 9 +1 10 0 0
3 Trevor Byrne D 39 1 6 7 -10 55 0 0
20 Joel Lundqvist C 8 2 4 6 -3 2 0 0
12 Paul Szczechura C 27 2 3 5 -1 15 0 0
5 Mark Fistric D 29 1 4 5 -6 46 0 0
16 Loui Eriksson LW 2 1 2 3 +1 2 0 0
6 Ethan Graham D 27 1 2 3 -6 22 0 0
17 Richard Clune LW 14 0 3 3 -5 62 0 0
23 Tommy Wandell C 18 2 0 2 -4 8 0 0
29 Mark Bomersback LW 5 0 2 2 +3 2 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
40 Steve Silverthorn G 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 Mathieu Beaudoin RW 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 Brett Westgarth D 3 0 0 0 -1 9 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 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
No.

Player

 GP Mins W L SOL Avg. GA SA SVS % SO
31 Tobias Stephan 29 1600 13 11 1 2.62 70 760 690 .908 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 12 5 5 10 +3 2 0 1
8 Richard Clune LW 19 1 9 10 +5 41 0 0
19 Alexander Naurov RW 27 1 3 4 +4 10 0 0
20 John Lammers (In Finland) LW 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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