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Stars Fall Short in Chicago After Fast Start

March 2, 2022 - American Hockey League (AHL)
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Texas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie vs. the Chicago Wolves
Texas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie vs. the Chicago Wolves
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ROSEMONT, Illinois - The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars, led two different times in the first period Wednesday, but suffered a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Wolves at Allstate Arena.

Josh Melnick scored eight seconds into the game when he rang a shot off the post and into the net for the fastest goal in Texas Stars franchise history. The previous record was 16 seconds into a game, set by Justin Dowling on April 17, 2015 against San Antonio.

The Wolves answered when Stefan Noesen fired a shot past Matt Jurusik for his league-best 29th of the season. The Stars regained the lead on their first power play when Jordan Kawaguchi snapped a shot under the crossbar behind Pyotr Kochetkov to make it 2-1.

The Wolves flipped the score with two goals in the second period to lead 3-2 after 40 minutes. C.J. Smith scored the game-tying goal just 4:29 into the frame and Ryan Suzuki gave the Wolves the lead when he blasted a rebound that hopped out to him in the left circle.

Chicago added to their lead during a Texas power play in the third period when Jack Drury jammed in a loose puck after Jurusik had lost his goal stick. 50 seconds later, however, Ty Dellandrea redirected a point shot past Kochetkov to give the Stars their second power play tally of the game. With the Wolves in front 4-3, Maxim Letunov provided an insurance goal to complete the scoring with 2:36 left in regulation.

The Stars' season-long seven game road trip continues Friday at 7:00 p.m. at UW Milwaukee Panther Arena as Texas takes on the Milwaukee Admirals before returning to Chicago Saturday at 7:00 p.m.

3 STARS OF THE GAME presented by Xerox Business Solutions Southwest

Jack Drury (CHI)

Ryan Suzuki (CHI)

Jordan Kawaguchi (TEX)

The Texas Stars are the primary development affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars. For more information, call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit TexasStars.com.

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Texas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie vs. the Chicago Wolves
Texas Stars left wing Curtis McKenzie vs. the Chicago Wolves
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