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Monday, March 15, 2010-11:08:pm
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Brent Krahn was back in the net for the first time since November and won two starts for the Texas Stars last week. Here's our weekly update on the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League, the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL and other minor league notes.

The past week

Brent Krahn, who had been out since late November due to sports hernia surgery, stopped in 29 of 31 shots in his return to the net on Wednesday as the Texas Stars beat Peoria 3-2.

Recent Games

Date	Opponent	Result
3/10	Peoria	W 3-2
3/12	At San Antonio	L 2-1
3/13	San Antonio	W 5-4

Colton Sceviour, Francis Wathier and Aaron Gagnon scored goals in the game. Gagnon's goal early in the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and held up as the game-winner.

The Stars lost Friday in San Antonio. Matt Climie was in net for that game, stopping 29 of 31 shots. Gagnon scored the lone goal for the Stars.

The Stars hosted San Antonio Saturday and won five four behind two goals and one assist from Wathier and one goal and one assist from Gagnon.

Krahn picked up the win in goal, stopping 30 of 34 shots. Krahn is now 12-2-0 with a 1.64 goals against average and .951 save percentage.

Gagnon, who had three goals and two assists in three games last week, has eight goals and five assists in his last 14 games. He now leads Texas in scoring with 46 points (20 goals, 26 assists) in 66 games.

The Stars (37-23-3-4) are in 3rd place in the West Division. They trail second place Rockford by five points, but have four games in hand.

Texas Clear Day Roster

The Texas Stars released their Clear Day Roster last week.

According to the AHL:

"Only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the AHL regular season and in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs, unless emergency conditions arise as a result of recall, injury or suspension.

"Teams may also add signed junior players or players on amateur tryout contracts after Clear Day, but only once their respective junior or college seasons are complete."

The roster released by the Stars was this:

Goaltenders: Matt Climie, Brent Krahn

Defensemen: Maxime Fortunus, Ethan Graham, Andrew Hutchinson, Dan Jancevski, Trevor Ludwig, Garrett Stafford, Matt Stephenson

Forwards: Mathieu Beaudoin, Jamie Benn (recalled), Aaron Gagnon, Sergei Korostin, Perttu Lindgren, Scott McCulloch, Travis Morin, Warren Peters, Greg Rallo, Raymond Sawada, Colton Sceviour, Francis Wathier, Landon Wilson

Players in Residence but not on the Clear Day list: Luke Gazdic, Mathieu Tousignant

West Division Standings (Through Monday March 15)

Teams	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	HOME	ROAD	L 10
Chicago	67	42	19	1	5	90	0.672	25-7-0-2	17-12-1-3	6-2-1-1
Rockford	71	40	25	3	3	86	0.606	24-8-1-1	16-17-2-2	6-3-1-0
Texas	67	37	23	3	4	81	0.604	21-11-1-2	16-12-2-2	6-4-0-0
Milwaukee	66	35	24	1	6	77	0.583	17-12-0-3	18-12-1-3	5-4-0-1
San Antonio	69	32	28	3	6	73	0.529	17-12-1-3	15-16-2-3	6-4-0-0
Peoria	67	31	28	2	6	70	0.522	18-13-1-2	13-15-1-4	5-3-1-1
Houston	68	29	29	6	4	68	0.500	16-14-3-0	13-15-3-4	2-5-0-3

Texas Stars: Upcoming Schedule

Day	Date	Visiting Team	Home Team	Time
Thursday	March 18	Milwaukee	Texas	7:30 pm
Saturday	March 20	Texas	Rockford	7:00 pm
Sunday	March 21	Texas	Peoria	3:00 pm

Injury watch

RW Landon Wilson (upper body) missed the last three games.

Transactions

3/15: RW Tyler Shelast recalled by Texas from Allen (CHL)
3/10: D Ethan Graham signed to PTO

Texas Stars Statistics (players with * are under contract to Dallas)

No.	Player	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SHG	GW	SOG	S%
11	Aaron Gagnon*	C	66	20	26	46	10	38	7	1	4	130	0.154
23	Travis Morin	C	67	19	24	43	11	26	4	1	3	109	0.174
27	Greg Rallo	C	66	18	24	42	3	25	6	0	2	138	0.130
17	Perttu Lindgren*	C	63	11	30	41	9	12	2	0	4	80	0.138
26	Mathieu Beaudoin	RW	64	16	24	40	13	22	7	0	2	138	0.116
38	Francis Wathier*	LW	63	14	18	32	11	85	6	0	3	133	0.105
10	Andrew Hutchinson*	D	66	6	24	30	7	42	2	0	0	112	0.054
7	Colton Sceviour*	RW	67	7	21	28	13	15	1	1	2	84	0.083
25	Warren Peters*	C	50	15	10	25	-1	39	6	0	3	110	0.136
5	Garrett Stafford*	D	48	6	18	24	10	16	2	0	1	73	0.082
32	Sergei Korostin*	RW	51	12	9	21	9	35	1	0	4	69	0.174
18	Maxime Fortunus*	D	60	11	9	20	7	22	3	0	1	89	0.124
12	Scott McCulloch	LW	50	5	12	17	4	75	0	0	1	62	0.081
4	Dan Jancevski*	D	66	2	15	17	9	61	1	0	0	63	0.032
13	Raymond Sawada*	RW	51	6	9	15	-3	68	0	0	0	46	0.130
24	Trevor Ludwig*	D	34	3	4	7	6	43	0	0	0	42	0.071
40	Mathieu Tousignant	F	33	3	3	6	-7	48	0	0	1	32	0.094
21	Ethan Graham	D	7	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	6	0.167
22	Landon Wilson	LW	8	4	1	5	-3	7	0	0	0	28	0.143
19	Tyler Shelast*	RW	32	2	3	5	-11	20	0	0	1	19	0.105
16	Fabian Brunnstrom*	LW	8	1	4	5	-2	2	0	0	0	20	0.050
34	Luke Gazdic*	LW	39	2	1	3	-4	129	0	0	0	23	0.087
33	Matt Climie*	G	38	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000
20	Matt Stephenson	D	50	0	2	2	-18	40	0	0	0	36	0.000
9	Kevin DeVergilio	C	9	0	1	1	-2	12	0	0	0	11	0.000
41	Brent Krahn*	G	14	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000
15	Michael Neal*	LW	4	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	3	0.000
30	Richard Bachman*	G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000

No.	Goaltenders	GP	MIN	W	L	SOL	SO	GA	GAA	SA	SVS	SV%
41	Brent Krahn*	14	824	12	2	0	3	23	1.64	467	444	0.951
30	Richard Bachman*	6	347	3	3	0	1	12	2.07	165	153	0.927
33	Matt Climie*	38	2252	18	16	3	3	91	2.42	1143	1052	0.920
1	Todd Ford	12	608	4	5	1	2	29	2.86	315	286	0.908

ECHL Update

The Idaho Steelheads won all three of their games over the past week, running their winning streak to five games. The Steelheads are 42-13-1-4 and lead the league in points (89) and points percentage (.742).

D Guillaume Monast had an assist and was a plus-five in a 7-1 win over Victoria on Friday. G Richard Bachman made his only start of the week in that game, stopping 22 of 23 shots. Bachman is 18-5-3 on the season with a league-best 2.13 goals against average. His .914 save percentage ranks fourth in the league.

ECHL Statistics (players under contract to Dallas)

No.	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG	S%
28	Michael Neal	51	5	9	14	-5	33	61	0.082
13	Trevor Ludwig (AHL)	14	1	5	6	+6	24	19	0.053
13	Sergei Korostin (AHL)	4	4	2	6	+4	2	21	0.190
3	Luke Gazdic (AHL)	4	1	1	2	+4	10	2	0.500
23	Guillaume Monast	56	0	4	4	+26	61	50	0.000

No.	Goalie	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	SO	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
33	Richard Bachman	28	1604	18	5	3	3	57	2.13	660	.914

Allen Americans Notes

The Allen Americans won two of three games over the past week to improve to 40-16-5 on the season. The Americans, who have clinched a playoff spot, are currently second in the Southern Conference. The team reported Monday that RW Tyler Shelast had been recalled by the Texas Stars. Shelast had two goals and one assist in five games with Allen.

CHL Statistics (players under contract to Dallas)

No.	Player	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	SOG	S%
19	Tyler Shelast (AHL)	5	2	1	3	-2	2	2	0	14	0.143