Texas Stars top Syracuse 3-1

Wednesday, February 17, 2010-10:21:pm
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The Texas Stars made it two straight on the road, topping the Syracuse Crunch 3-1 Wednesday night. Richard Bachman won his second straight start, stopping 23 of 24 shots.

Bachman has stopped 40 of 41 shots in the Stars' first two games on the trip and is now 3-1-0 with a 1.25 goals against average and a .948 save percentage in the AHL this season.

Aaron Gagnon, Mathieu Beaudoin and Greg Rallo scored the goals for the Stars, who improved to 31-18-3-4 on the season.

Gagnon's goal with 9:25 remaining snapped a 1-1 tie and held up as the game-winner. The Stars continue their road trip Friday at Toronto. 

Box Score
Texas Stars 3 At Syracuse Crunch 1
Feb 17, 2010 - Onondaga County War Memorial at Oncenter

Texas 0 1 2 - 3
Syracuse 0 0 1 - 1

1st Period- No Scoring.
Penalties-Sawada Tex (holding), 0:41; Gazdic Tex (fighting), 7:21; Mirasty Syr (fighting), 7:21; Blunden Syr (boarding), 10:17; Wathier Tex (holding), 14:32; Blunden Syr (interference), 18:05.

2nd Period-1, Texas, Beaudoin 14 (Stafford, Lindgren), 13:08 (pp).
Penalties-Bell Syr (tripping), 6:11; Bell Syr (cross-checking), 12:41; Stephenson Tex (fighting), 19:06; Picard Syr (instigating, fighting, misconduct - instigating), 19:06; Picard Syr (game misconduct), 20:00.

3rd Period-2, Syracuse, Liffiton 3 (Fritsche, Blunden), 7:42. 3, Texas, Gagnon 13 (McCulloch), 10:35. 4, Texas, Rallo 17   19:23 (en).
Penalties-Ludwig Tex (holding), 3:01.

Shots on Goal-Texas 7-10-9-26. Syracuse 9-6-9-24.
Power Play Opportunities-Texas 1 of 5; Syracuse 0 of 3.
Goalies-Texas, Bachman 3-1-0 (24 shots-23 saves). Syracuse, Lalande 16-14-2 (25 shots-23 saves).
A-4,387
Game Stats
Players Pos. G A +/- SH PIM
Jancevski, Dan D 0 0 0 1 0
Stafford, Garrett D 0 1 +1 1 0
Sceviour, Colton RW 0 0 0 1 0
Hutchinson, Andrew D 0 0 +1 0 0
Gagnon, Aaron C 1 0 0 3 0
McCulloch, Scott LW 0 1 +1 1 0
Sawada, Raymond RW 0 0 0 2 2
Lindgren, Perttu C 0 1 0 1 0
Fortunus, Maxime D 0 0 +1 2 0
Stephenson, Matt D 0 0 -1 0 5
Morin, Travis C 0 0 0 2 0
Ludwig, Trevor D 0 0 0 0 2
Peters, Warren C 0 0 +1 3 0
Beaudoin, Mathieu RW 1 0 0 2 0
Rallo, Greg C 1 0 +1 2 0
Gazdic, Luke LW 0 0 0 1 5
Wathier, Francis LW 0 0 0 2 2
Tousignant, Mathieu F 0 0 0 2 0
Goaltenders
Players Mins GA SA SVS SV% PIM
Bachman, Richard 59:50 1 24 23 .958 0
Ford, Todd - - - - - -