The past week

The Iowa Stars lost both their games last week, dropping them to two games below .500 and well out of the playoff picture.

Iowa is 31-33-4-2 on the season and is 13 points out of the final playoff spot with just ten games remaining in the regular season.

Iowa hosts Quad City on Friday and then has a home-and-home series with Rockford on Friday and Saturday.

The Dallas Stars signed two prospects last week who also signed amateur tryout contracts with Iowa.  Dallas signed forward Tyler Shelast of Michigan Tech University to a two-year entry-level deal and inked goaltender Matt Climie of Bemidji State University to a one-year contract.

Shelast, 23, received a $175,000 that will be paid out at $87,500 each year of the contract. His NHL level salary will be $787,500 each season and his minor league salary will be $65,000 each season. Shelast also has the potential to earn bonus money for making the NHL All-Rookie Team and Individual League "B" Bonus money.

Climie, 25, received a $150,000 signing bonus. He will be paid $650,000 at the NHL level and his minor league salary will be $75,000.

Both players debuted with Iowa last week. Shelast had no points in two games. Climie made his pro debut at Peoria, stopping 35 of 41 shots in a 6-2 Iowa loss.

• When RW Konstantin Pushkarev potted a goal in the March 21 game at Milwaukee he set an Iowa franchise mark by registering a point in a ninth straight game. Pushkarev, who had six goals and eight assists during his streak, broke the record of points in eight straight games set by Loui Eriksson in 2005-06. Pushkarev's streak ended March 22 in Peoria.
   
• LW James Neal scored one goal in two games played last week, giving him 11 goals in his last 23 games played.

• RW B.J. Crombeen recalled by Dallas on March 24
• G Matt Climie signed to ATO on March 20
• F Tyler Shelast signed to ATO on March 19
• C Aaron Gagnon assigned to Idaho (ECHL) on March 18