Stars fall to Avalanche 4-2

Thursday, September 25, 2008-11:58:pm
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The Dallas Stars fell to 0-2 in preseason play, falling 4-2 to the Colorado Avalanche at the Americans Airlines Center Thursday night.

The Stars' top line produced all the offense in the game. Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow each had a goal and an assist and Fabian Brunnstrom chipped in two assists.

Ribeiro opened the scoring when he tapped in a pass from Morrow to put the Stars up 8:29 into the game.

Morrow scored a power play goal off a rebound with 30 seconds left in the second period to tie the game at 2-2.

Colorado's T.J. Hensick scored what would hold up to the be the game-winner on the power play 5:56 into the third. The Avalanche scored an empty net goal late to round out the scoring.

Marty Turco played the first two periods for the Stars, and stopped 11 o 13 shots. Matt Climie played the final period and gave up one goal on six shots.

The Stars played a lot of their younger players in the game including James Neal, Ray Sawada, Jamie Benn, Ivan Vishnevskiy, Aaron Gagnon and Lauri Tukonen.

Game Notes

• Brenden Morrow and Sean Avery led the Stars with four shots on goal each.

• James Neal had three shots on goal and some very good scoring chances in the game.

• Highly touted prospect Jamie Benn also had some good scoring chances for the Stars.

• Stephane Robidas led the Stars with 28:37 of ice time.

• Mike Ribeiro led all forwards with 20:03 of ice time.

• Robidas led Dallas with seven hits.

• The Stars announced they signed defensemen Trevor Ludwig and Guillaume Monast to entry level contracts.

Stars lineup

Here was the Stars lineup for Thursday night's game against Colorado.

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