Stars Shut Out Griffins
Published on February 1, 2008 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
The Iowa Stars picked up their 22nd win on the season with a 3-0 shutout victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins at Wells Fargo Arena on Friday night. Tobias Stephan stopped 32 shots by the Griffins to earn his third shutout of the season; the fourth of his career with Iowa.
The Griffins outshot the Stars 15 to 7 in the first period, with neither team being able to capitalize on opportunities in their zone. The first goal of the game came from Stars rookie Richard Clune off assists from defenseman Jussi Timonen and fellow rookie Tom Wandell at 9:27 in the second. The goal was Clune's third of the season after he scored his first ever AHL professional goal just two weeks earlier.
The Stars came out strong in the third period registering 10 shots on goal to the Griffins' five. Janos Vas found the back of the net on a shorthanded opportunity with assists from Konstantin Pushkarev and Timonen. Pushkarev now has a point in four of the last five Stars games, while Timonen registered his first multipoint game since November.
It would be Perttu Lindgren, the Stars second leading scorer in the month of January, who scored the final goal for Iowa. Lindgren received a pass from behind the net from Chris Conner and was able to power it past Grand Rapids goaltender Jimmy Howard with less than six minutes to go in the game.
The Iowa Stars and Grand Rapids will face off again tomorrow night at Wells Fargo Arena with the puck-drop at 7:07 PM. The Stars will look to put together back-to-back wins at home for the first time since defeating Manitoba on November 30.
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