Stars Roll to Fourth Straight

Published on November 12, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release


Tue, Nov 13 STARS vs. San Antonio Rampage

Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA

7:07 p.m. CST

Broadcasts: Jim Erickson online and on B2 Video at iowastarshockey.com; in-arena broadcast on 104.7 FM

Promotion: $1 Beer Night. One Dollar draft beer from when doors open to end of first period.

The Stars bring a four-game winning streak into their second straight matchup with the

Rampage. With their 6-3 win on Saturday, the Stars improved their season record to 8-6-0-0 while also improving to 1-2 versus the Rampage this season. The win also improved the Stars' all-time mark against San Antonio to 14-8-0-1 and 6-6-0-0 at Wells Fargo Arena. On Sunday, the Rampage dropped their third straight game, 8-3 at Rockford and are tied for second place in the West Division with the Ice Hogs. The Stars and Rampage will meet up four more times this season after Tuesday's game.

Fri, Nov 16 STARS vs. Chicago Wolves

Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA

7:07 p.m. CST

Broadcasts: Jim Erickson online and on B2 Video at iowastarshockey.com; in-arena broadcast on 104.7 FM

Promotion: Blank Children's Hospital Book Drive. Bring new or gently used children's book for hospital's Festival of Trees and Light book tree and receive a voucher for a free ticket to a future game.

The Stars and Wolves meet for the first time this season. Chicago has sprinted out of the gates to the tune of an 11-0-1-0 record in their first 12 games. The Wolves sit atop the West Division with 23 points, seven points ahead of the Stars. These two teams will see each other eight times this season, four in each other's arena. The Stars lead the overall series versus the Wolves at 12-8-0-0 and are 6-4-0-0 all-time at home.

Sat, Nov 17 STARS vs. Quad City Flames

Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA

7:07 p.m. CST

Broadcasts: Jim Erickson online and on B2 Video at iowastarshockey.com; in-arena broadcast on 104.7 FM

TV: Mediacom Connections Channel 22

This will be the first-ever regular season meeting between the Stars and their new, closest geographic rival. The two teams will face-off a total of 12 times this season, the most for the Stars versus a single opponent in 2007-08. The Flames replaced Omaha as the Calgary Flames' AHL affiliate this season. The Flames started their inaugural season slow, winning just two of their first 12, but enter this week having won their last two.

STARS RECAP

Tuesday, November 6

Stars 4 Peoria 3 (SO) at Wells Fargo Arena

Toby Petersen had a hat trick and Marty Sertich scored the only goal of the shootout to lead the Stars to the shootout win, the second for the Stars over the Rivermen in a shootout this season. It was also the second time that they have rallied from a two-goal third period deficit to take two points from Peoria. Petersen's hat trick was the first of his Iowa Stars career and the fourth in Iowa Stars history. The most recent three-goal effort was by Marius Holtet on March 18 of last season at San Antonio. Petersen's first goal gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 15:41 of the first period. Peoria then responded with two second period goals from Trent Whitfield followed by Nicolas Drazenovic's tally two minutes into the third period to make the score 3-1. That is when Petersen took over, scoring goals at 3:11 and 7:28, to force the game into overtime.

After a scoreless overtime, Stars netminder Tobias Stephan stopped all five shots he saw, running his shootout results to eight saves on nine shots against the Rivermen this season. Trevor Byrne and Junior Lessard each added two assists in the win.

Friday, November 9

Stars 6 Peoria 3 at Peoria

Toby Petersen scored twice and the Stars scored five unanswered goals on their way to their second win of the week over the Rivermen. After Petersen gave the Stars a 1-0 lead in the first period, the Rivermen scored three straight to take a 3-1 advantage. But, just 15 seconds after the Rivermen made it 3-1, James Neal scored his first pro goal, sending the game to the first intermission at 3-2. The Stars played a strong second period, scoring twice to tie the game then take the lead at 4-3. Janos Vas scored his fourth of the season shorthanded to tie the game at 12:41 with Chris Lee scoring on a delayed penalty 2:02 later to give the Stars the lead. Petersen and Joel Lundqvist added goals in the third period to wrap up the scoring. The Stars went 1-9 on the power play while Tobias Stephan stopped 20 of 23 shots to win his third in a row and fourth in his last five starts. The win put the Stars above .500 for the first time since 10/17 at 7-6-0-0 and gave them a 3-0 record versus Peoria this season. Lundqvist finished with a goal and two assists while Marty Sertich added a pair of assists for the Stars.

Saturday, November 10

Stars 3 San Antonio 1 at Wells Fargo Arena

Mario Scalzo scored the game winning goal, his first of the season, as Stars won their fourth straight. Goalie Phil Sauve made his first appearance since October 17 and turned in a 20 save performance to up his record to 4-1-0. Left Wing Loui Eriksson made his first appearance of the season with Iowa after being assigned by Dallas on Thursday and scored the first goal of the game at 15:42 of the second period. He also assisted on Scalzo's game winner at 2:50 of the third. Janos Vas added some insurance just 9 seconds later to make the final 3-1. The win was the first in three tries this season for the Stars over the Rampage. It is also the first time that the Stars have had a four game winning streak since March 16-23 of last season. The Stars are now 8-6-0-0 on the season and are back to .500 on home ice at 4-4-0-0.

STARS PROMOTIONS/APPEARANCES:

- Wednesday, Nov. 14 - Drake University, Stargazing with the Stars. Join the Iowa Stars at Drake University Observatory beginning at 7:30 PM!

- Thursday, Nov.15 - Shooter and Stars players will visit the Newton Public Library from 6:30 to 7:30 PM.

- Friday, Nov. 16 - Blank Children's Hospital Book Drive. Bring a new or gently used children's book for the Blank Children's hospital Festival of Trees and Lights book tree and receive a voucher for a free ticket to a future game.

- Monday, Nov. 26 - Listen to the Iowa Stars players on the radio from 8-8:30 AM on LAZER 103.3, STAR102.5 and KIOA 93.3. In case you missed it this week... Marius Holtet joined B-Sox on the Morning Moose while Moose was in Hawaii on his honeymoon. Phil Sauve visited with Ken, Colleen and Producer Kurt while a high school choir who sang Happy Birthday to him in his native French serenaded Mario Scalzo!

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