Stars Thump Stockton in 5-2 Final

December 12, 2015 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release

CEDAR PARK, Texas - In just his third game of the season, Brett Ritchie tallied the hat trick to propel the Texas Stars to a 5-2 win on Saturday night over the Stockton Heat in front of 4,698 at Cedar Park Center.

The win snapped a four-game winless skid for the Stars (13-10-2-1). Along with Ritchie, Julius Honka (goal, assist), Justin Dowling (two assists) and Travis Morin (two assists) also finished with multi-point games.

The Stars close out their three-game weekend Sunday when they visit the San Antonio Rampage at 4 p.m.

The Stars took control early in the first when Ritchie tapped home a centering feed from Dowling just 1:20 into the game. Radek Faksa made it a 2-0 Texas lead on a rebound goal in the right circle at 10:40 and the Texas offense was off and running for the night.

In the second, Honka scored a power play goal at 8:08 from Morin and Curtis McKenzie extend the Texas lead to 3-0. Stockton (8-9-0-2) found the scoreboard at 14:12 from Pat Sieloff, but Ritchie returned fire at 17:33 on the power play with a blast from the slot to make it 4-1.

Bryce Van Brabant added a second Stockton goal at 8:21 of the third. Ritchie competed the hat trick performance with an empty-net tally in the game's closing minutes.

John Muse earned the win stopping 32 of 34 shots. Joni Ortio suffered the loss, stopping 31.

The Stars finished 2-for-6 on the power play. Stockton was scoreless on six man-advantage chances.

The Texas Stars are the primary development affiliate of the NHL's Dallas Stars and currently in their seventh season at Cedar Park Center. Full season, 24-game and 12-game ticket packages for the 2015-16 campaign are on sale now. For more information, call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit TexasStars.com.

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