Texas Stars/Minor League Report

Sunday, November 22, 2009-11:07:pm
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The Texas Stars fell 3-1 in Chicago Sunday, ending the past week with a 2-2-0 record. 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: Texas Stars

Sunday's loss in Chicago, which ended Brent Krahn's winning streak at ten games, wrapped up a tough bit of scheduling that saw the Stars play seven of their last eight games on the road and twice play four games in five days stretches.

Recent Games
Date Opponent Result
11/18 at Rockford Won 3-1
11/20 at Grand Rapids Lost 4-1
11/21 at Rockford Won 4-3 (OT)
11/22 at Chicago Lost 3-1

They began the last week with a 3-1 win at Rockford Wednesday behind a 31-save effort from Krahn and two goals from Warren Peters, who was called up the next day by the Dallas Stars.

On Friday the Stars fell 4-1 at Grand Rapids ending the Stars' 12-game points streak.

Saturday Krahn stopped 41 shots and the Stars got two goals Maxime Fortunus, including the game-winner in overtime, in a 4-3 win at Rockford.

Sunday In Chicago they took the early lead on a goal from Francis Wathier, but appeared to run out of steam as Chicago got two pucks by Krahn and then scored an empty net goal late to win 3-1.

Despite the loss, the Stars are still tops in the league in points with a 14-4-2-2 record and rank second in points percentage at .727.

The Stars have a lighter schedule this coming week, playing two home games against the Milwaukee Admirals.

Texas Stars: Upcoming Schedule
Day Date Visiting Team Home Team Time
Wed 11/25 Milwaukee Texas 7:30 PM
Fri 11/27 Milwaukee Texas 7:30 PM
West Division Standings (Through Sunday November 22)
Team GP W L OTL SOL PTS PCT GF GA Last 10
Texas 22 14 4 2 2 32 0.727 61 42 6-2-2-0
Chicago 19 10 8 0 1 21 0.553 52 48 7-3-0-0
Peoria 19 9 7 1 2 21 0.553 59 65 5-5-0-0
Houston 21 10 10 1 0 21 0.500 49 44 4-5-1-0
Rockford 22 9 10 2 1 21 0.477 56 60 4-5-1-0
Milwaukee 17 8 6 1 2 19 0.559 46 49 5-3-1-1
San Antonio 18 6 9 2 1 15 0.417 48 62 0-8-1-1
Texas Stars Team Statistical Notes
  • The Stars lead the league in points with 32.
  • The Stars are tied with Rochester for most wins at 14.
  • The Stars rank second in points percentage at .727.
  • The Stars are 7-3-1-1 on the road and are tied for third in road points percentage at .667/
  • The Stars lead the AHL with a 1.91 goals against average.
  • The Stars rank fourth in the league in penalty killing at 90.5 percent.
Texas Stars Individual Statistical Notes
  • G Brent Krahn leads the league in goals against average (1.41), save percentage (.958), is tied for the league lead in shutouts (3) and ranks second in wins (10).
  • RW Sergei Korostin is tied for seventh in the league with nine goals. He is tied for the lead among AHL rookies.
  • Korostin's longest stretch without a goal this season has been three games.
  • RW Colton Sceviour is tied for ninth in rookie scoring with 13 points (three goals, ten assists).
  • Korostin is tied for tenth in rookie scoring with 12 points (nine goals three assists).
  • Sceviour is tied for sixth in the league with a plus-12 rating.
  • Aaron Gagnon has registered at least on point in 12 of his last 17 games. He has 14 points (four goals, ten assists) during that stretch.
  • Prior to be calling up to Dallas, Warren Peters had a five-game goal scoring streak.
Transactions
  • C Warren Peters recalled by Dallas (November 19)
Texas Stars Statistics
No. Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH SOG S%
11 Aaron Gagnon 21 4 10 14 0 10 3 0 37 0.108
17 Perttu Lindgren 22 5 8 13 9 2 0 0 27 0.185
7 Colton Sceviour 22 3 10 13 12 2 1 0 32 0.094
27 Greg Rallo 21 9 3 12 2 6 3 0 40 0.225
32 Sergei Korostin 22 9 3 12 8 25 1 0 34 0.265
25 Warren Peters 16 7 4 11 4 10 2 0 31 0.226
37 Brad Lukowich 18 1 10 11 5 6 0 0 22 0.045
38 Francis Wathier 21 5 5 10 4 22 2 0 50 0.100
26 Mathieu Beaudoin 22 1 9 10 3 8 0 0 44 0.023
29 Ivan Vishnevskiy 22 4 5 9 -2 8 3 0 47 0.085
23 Travis Morin 22 1 8 9 3 8 0 0 27 0.037
12 Scott McCulloch 13 2 5 7 2 15 0 0 16 0.125
5 Garrett Stafford 18 2 4 6 5 4 1 0 33 0.061
18 Maxime Fortunus 22 3 2 5 -1 10 1 0 29 0.103
10 Andrew Hutchinson 21 1 3 4 8 14 0 0 36 0.028
4 Dan Jancevski 21 0 4 4 7 28 0 0 21 0.000
22 Landon Wilson 3 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 10 0.200
19 Tyler Shelast 14 1 1 2 -6 7 0 0 5 0.200
13 Raymond Sawada 10 0 2 2 2 13 0 0 11 0.000
34 Luke Gazdic 15 1 0 1 -2 44 0 0 5 0.200
9 Kevin DeVergilio 8 0 1 1 -2 12 0 0 11 0.000
41 Brent Krahn 11 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0.000
24 Trevor Ludwig 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0.000
15 Michael Neal 3 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 2 0.000
21 Chris Neiszner 3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 3 0.000
33 Matt Climie 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
20 Matt Stephenson 13 0 0 0 -1 20 0 0 8 0.000
No. Goaltenders GP MINS W L SOL SO GA GAA SA SVS SV%
41 Brent Krahn 12 722 10 2 0 3 17 1.41 402 385 0.958
33 Matt Climie 10 611 4 4 2 2 21 2.06 311 290 0.932
ECHL Update
The Idaho Steelheads won two of three over the past week to improve to 13-3-1 on the season. The Steelheads lead the ECHL in points (27) and rank second in points percentage (.794).

G Richard Bachman won both his starts over the past week, including a 22-save shutout over Victoria. It was Bachman's first professional shutout.

Bachman is now 8-2-1 on the season with a 2.11 goals against average and a .911 save percentage. He leads the ECHL in wins, is third in goals against average and is tied for seventh in save percentage.

ECHL Statistics
No. Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH SOG S%
28 Michael Neal 16 3 5 8 -1 15 0 0 19 0.158
13 Trevor Ludwig (AHL) 11 2 4 6 +8 24 0 0 17 0.118
23 Guillaume Monast 13 0 0 0 +3 10 0 0 15 0.000
No. Goalie GP MIN W L OTL SO GA GAA SVS SV%
33 Richard Bachman 11 674 8 2 1 1 25 2.22 255 .911
Allen Americans Notes
The Allen Americans won all three of their games over the past week, improving to 10-3-1 on the season. The Americans are second in the Southern Conference with 21 points and rank third in the CHL overall in both points and points percentage.