Texas Stars beat Houston 5-2

Sunday, February 28, 2010-1:17:am
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The Texas Stars scored three goals on their first three shots to build a 3-1 lead Saturday night in Houston and went to beat the Aeros 5-2, sweeping a weekend home-and-home series.

Francis Wathier, Andrew Hutchinson, Dan Jancevski, Perttu Lindgren and Mathieu Tousignant scored for Texas, which got a 31-save performance for goalie Matt Climie.

The Stars chased Houston starter Wade Dubielewicz 14:38 after Wathier, Hutchinson and Tousignant scored on the team's first three shots of the game. Wathier set up a Jancevski power play goal in the second period to extend the lead to 4-1. Lindgren scored an empty net goal late in the game to round out the scoring in the game.

The Stars host San Antonio Sunday after at 5 pm. The game is scheduled to be broadcast on Fox Sports Southwest in certain parts of the state. Check your local listings. 

Box Score
Texas Stars 5 At Houston Aeros 2
Feb 27, 2010 - Toyota Center

Texas    3 1 1 - 5
Houston 1 0 1 - 2

1st Period-1, Texas, Wathier 11 (Stafford, Hutchinson), 2:04 (pp). 2, Houston, Fraser 4 (Daoust, Gunderson), 3:24. 3, Texas, Hutchinson 6 (Sceviour, Korostin), 5:05. 4, Texas, Tousignant 3 (Beaudoin, Morin), 14:38. Penalties-Milroy Hou (holding), 0:34; Morin Tex (roughing), 10:19; Kassian Hou (charging), 10:19; McCulloch Tex (hooking), 16:40.

2nd Period-5, Texas, Jancevski 2 (Wathier, Rallo), 3:42 (pp).
Penalties-Earl Hou (tripping), 2:05; McCulloch Tex (goaltender interference), 6:56; Beaudoin Tex (hooking), 9:44; Ludwig Tex (hooking), 16:56; Daoust Hou (roughing), 17:54.

3rd Period-6, Houston, Sifers 2   15:43 (sh). 7, Texas, Lindgren 11   19:04 (en).
Penalties-Morin Tex (hooking), 5:21; Gagnon Tex (tripping), 9:13; Rallo Tex (fighting), 10:24; Stafford Tex (roughing, roughing), 10:24; Almond Hou (fighting), 10:24; Daoust Hou (roughing), 10:24; Peters Tex (slashing), 11:15; Sifers Hou (boarding), 13:38; Falk Hou (hooking), 14:30; Almond Hou (roughing), 16:29; Sawada Tex (fighting), 19:19; Wathier Tex (roughing), 19:19; Falk Hou (charging, fighting), 19:19; Kassian Hou (roughing, misconduct, game misconduct - third man in), 19:19.

Shots on Goal-Texas 3-10-5-18. Houston 9-9-15-33.
Power Play Opportunities-Texas 2 of 7; Houston 0 of 8.
Goalies-Texas, Climie 16-14-3 (33 shots-31 saves). Houston, Dubielewicz 12-12-0 (3 shots-0 saves); Brust 6-6-0 (14 shots-13 saves).
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Game Stats
Players Pos. G A +/- SH PIM
Jancevski, Dan D 1 0 +1 1 0
Stafford, Garrett D 0 1 -2 3 4
Sceviour, Colton RW 0 1 0 0 0
Hutchinson, Andrew D 1 1 0 1 0
Gagnon, Aaron C 0 0 0 2 2
McCulloch, Scott LW 0 0 0 0 4
Sawada, Raymond RW 0 0 0 1 5
Lindgren, Perttu C 1 0 0 1 0
Fortunus, Maxime D 0 0 0 0 0
Stephenson, Matt D 0 0 +3 1 0
Morin, Travis C 0 1 +2 2 4
Ludwig, Trevor D 0 0 0 0 2
Peters, Warren C 0 0 -1 1 2
Beaudoin, Mathieu RW 0 1 +1 0 2
Rallo, Greg C 0 1 0 2 5
Korostin, Sergei RW 0 1 +1 1 0
Wathier, Francis LW 1 1 0 1 2
Tousignant, Mathieu F 1 0 0 1 0
Goaltenders
Players Mins GA SA SVS SV% PIM
Climie, Matt 60:00 2 33 31 .939 0
Ford, Todd - - - - - -