Stars hold out against Ice Hogs
March 29, 2008 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
The Stars allowed a first period powerplay goal for the second night in a row. Kris Versteeg got the Ice Hogs on the board with the first of two that were scored in the period at 7:02 with assistance from Petri Kontiola and Niklas Hjalmarsson. Troy Brouwer scored his powerplay goal at 9:31 off a pass from Justin Fletcher. Kontiola would get his second helper of the night on the goal as well.
The Stars kept themselves in it with a goal from Chris Conner just a minute later. Conner poked the puck in past Rockford goaltender Corey Crawford as he fell to the ice in front of the net. Janos Vas and Bryce Lampman picked up the assists on the score.
Both the Stars and the Ice Hogs went scoreless in the second. After nine penalties in the first period, only one player would visit the box in the second. Kenny MacAulay's holding penalty put the Stars on their second powerplay of the game, but they would not capitalize on the man advantage; eventually going 0 for 3 on the power play for the night and making them 0-28 over the last five games.
Tom Wandell evened the score at 2 with his sixth goal of the season. James Neal skated the puck into the zone off a feed from Bryce Lampman and fired across the ice in front of the net to Wandell who was able to snap it in. With his second assist of the night, Lampman now has six assists in the last seven games.
Just over two minutes later at 7:11 in the third, Janos Vas found the back of the net with assists going to Perttu Lindgren and Dan Jancevski. Chris Lee added a marker 37 seconds later as the Stars rolled on to take the 4-2 lead. The Ice Hogs were not finished however and Versteeg scored his second of the night at 13:38 in the period to bring them within one.
The Stars were outshot for game 45-26. The Star will make a quick turn and head to Rockford for a rematch of tonight's game at 4:05 PM on Sunday. They will return home to face the Quad City Flames for the second time in five days on Tuesday, April 1st at 7:07 PM.
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