Texas Stars fall 5-4 at Grand Rapids

Sunday, February 21, 2010-7:19:pm
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The Texas Stars dropped to 2-2-0 on their current road trip with a 5-4 loss at Grand Rapids Sunday evening. The loss was the fifth in the last seven games for the Stars, who are now nine points out of first place in the West Division.

Aaron Gagnon scored two goals and Ethan Graham and Greg Rallo also tallied for the Stars, who had a 2-0 lead after the first period but couldn't hold it.

Richard Bachman got the start in goal, stopped 30 of 35 shots and was pulled with 11:08 left in the game after Grand Rapids forward Justin Abdelkader scored to make it a 5-3 game.

The Stars conclude their road trip Tuesday in Peoria.

Box Score
Texas Stars 4 At Grand Rapids Griffins 5
Feb 21, 2010 - Van Andel Arena

Texas            2 0 2 - 4
Grand Rapids 0 3 2 - 5

1st Period-1, Texas, Gagnon 14 (Rallo, Graham), 3:35. 2, Texas, Graham 2 (Beaudoin), 11:16.
Penalties-Vigilante Gr (hooking), 7:54; Morin Tex (hooking), 14:42.

2nd Period-3, Grand Rapids, Tatar 12 (Newbury, Williams), 0:44. 4, Grand Rapids, Janik 6 (Abdelkader, Pare), 10:37. 5, Grand Rapids, Williams 19 (Newbury, Kindl), 17:21 (pp).
Penalties-Kindl Gr (delay of game), 4:16; Hutchinson Tex (hooking), 16:10.

3rd Period-6, Texas, Rallo 18 (Wathier), 0:23. 7, Grand Rapids, Rissmiller 14 (Pare, Janik), 6:06 (pp). 8, Grand Rapids, Abdelkader 3 (Pare, Emmerton), 8:52. 9, Texas, Gagnon 15 (Beaudoin, Hutchinson), 19:34.
Penalties-Stephenson Tex (hooking), 5:17; Abdelkader Gr (interference), 6:36; Mursak Gr (roughing), 10:43.

Shots on Goal-Texas 9-13-12-34. Grand Rapids 14-13-12-39.
Power Play Opportunities-Texas 0 of 4; Grand Rapids 2 of 3.
Goalies-Texas, Bachman 3-3-0 (35 shots-30 saves); Ford 4-4-1 (4 shots-4 saves). Grand Rapids, Larsson 17-18-1 (34 shots-30 saves).
A-5,687
Game Stats
Players Pos. G A +/- SH PIM
Jancevski, Dan D 0 0 0 3 0
Stafford, Garrett D 0 0 +4 1 0
Sceviour, Colton RW 0 0 0 1 0
Hutchinson, Andrew D 0 1 -1 4 2
Gagnon, Aaron C 2 0 +1 4 0
McCulloch, Scott LW 0 0 0 1 0
Sawada, Raymond RW 0 0 -2 1 0
Lindgren, Perttu C 0 0 +1 2 0
Fortunus, Maxime D 0 0 -2 1 0
Stephenson, Matt D 0 0 -1 2 2
Graham, Ethan D 1 1 +2 2 0
Morin, Travis C 0 0 +2 0 2
Peters, Warren C 0 0 -2 3 0
Beaudoin, Mathieu RW 0 2 +2 0 0
Rallo, Greg C 1 1 +1 4 0
Korostin, Sergei RW 0 0 0 2 0
Wathier, Francis LW 0 1 +1 2 0
Tousignant, Mathieu F 0 0 0 1 0
Goaltenders
Players Mins GA SA SVS SV% PIM
Bachman, Richard 48:52 5 35 30 .857 0
Ford, Todd 8:55 0 4 4 1.000 0