Texas Stars/Minor League Report

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 PP SH SOG S%
28 Michael Neal 51 5 9 14 -5 33 0 0 61 0.082
13 Trevor Ludwig (AHL) 14 1 5 6 +6 24 0 0 19 0.053
13 Sergei Korostin (AHL) 4 4 2 6 +4 2 0 0 21 0.190
3 Luke Gazdic (AHL) 4 1 1 2 +4 10 0 0 2 0.500
23 Guillaume Monast 56 0 4 4 +26 61 0 0 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