Texas Stars top Houston

Saturday, February 27, 2010-1:20:am
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The Texas Stars returned home to Cedar Park Center Friday, beat the Houston Aeros 3-2 and snapped a three-game losing streak.

Matt Climie returned to action and stopped 26 of 28 shots. Mathieu Beaudoin, Travis Morin and Sergei Korostin scored goals to spot the Stars a 3-0 lead in the game.

Beaudoin and Morin scored in the first period and Korostin tallied in the second. Houston scored twice in the second to cut the Stars lead to 3-2.

The two teams meet Saturday night in Houston at 7:35 pm. The game will be carried on Fox Sports Southwest.

Box Score
Houston Aeros 2 At Texas Stars 3
Feb 26, 2010 - Cedar Park Center

Houston 0 2 0 - 2
Texas 2 1 0 - 3

1st Period-1, Texas, Beaudoin 15 (Hutchinson, Stafford), 10:32 (pp). 2, Texas, Morin 15 (Hutchinson, Stafford), 12:50 (pp).
Penalties-Irmen Hou (interference), 0:00; Sifers Hou (roughing), 2:30; McCulloch Tex (major - cross-checking, game misconduct - cross-checking), 5:28; Smith Hou (goaltender interference), 10:19; Zingoni Hou (slashing), 12:15; Beaudoin Tex (tripping), 18:31.

2nd Period-3, Texas, Korostin 12 (Gagnon, Sceviour), 8:47. 4, Houston, Fraser 3 (Smith, Milroy), 10:03. 5, Houston, Almond 7 (Irmen, Buck), 15:13.
Penalties-Irmen Hou (interference), 1:17; Falk Hou (hooking), 5:52; Peters Tex (interference), 12:32; Peters Tex (tripping), 19:54.

3rd Period- No Scoring.
Penalties-Sifers Hou (interference), 2:41; Almond Hou (elbowing), 8:18; Peters Tex (boarding), 15:29.

Shots on Goal-Houston 13-7-8-28. Texas 13-11-13-37.
Power Play Opportunities-Houston 0 of 5; Texas 2 of 7.
Goalies-Houston, Brust 6-6-0 (37 shots-34 saves). Texas, Climie 15-14-3 (28 shots-26 saves).
A-6,510
Game Stats
Players Pos. G A +/- SH PIM
Jancevski, Dan D 0 0 +1 1 0
Stafford, Garrett D 0 2 -1 3 0
Sceviour, Colton RW 0 1 +1 3 0
Hutchinson, Andrew D 0 2 -1 2 0
Gagnon, Aaron C 0 1 +1 2 0
McCulloch, Scott LW 0 0 0 0 15
Sawada, Raymond RW 0 0 -1 0 0
Lindgren, Perttu C 0 0 -2 0 0
Fortunus, Maxime D 0 0 -1 1 0
Stephenson, Matt D 0 0 0 1 0
Graham, Ethan D 0 0 0 1 0
Morin, Travis C 1 0 0 4 0
Peters, Warren C 0 0 0 3 6
Beaudoin, Mathieu RW 1 0 -1 3 2
Rallo, Greg C 0 0 0 4 0
Korostin, Sergei RW 1 0 +1 4 0
Wathier, Francis LW 0 0 0 1 0
Tousignant, Mathieu F 0 0 -2 4 0
Goaltenders
Players Mins GA SA SVS SV% PIM
Climie, Matt 60:00 2 28 26 .929 0
Ford, Todd - - - - - -