Stars win fifth straight
April 3, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release
CLEVELAND, OH - The Iowa Stars departed Milwaukee, Wisconsin Friday night and traveled to Cleveland, Ohio to play the Cleveland Barons on Saturday night. With a third period goal by Loui Eriksson, the Stars were able to post a 3-1 win and extend their win streak to five straight games. Coupled with an Omaha Knights shootout loss, the Stars pulled to within two points of the fourth and final playoff spot held by Omaha.
After a scoreless first period that saw Iowa outshoot the Barons 10-2, the Barons were able to grab a 1-0 lead at 7:37 of the second period when Shane Joseph scored his 11th of the season. Rookie defenseman Nicklas Grossman scored his first of the season to even the score at one just over 10 minutes later. Chris Conner and Vojtech Polak picked-up the assists.
At 12:33 of the third period, Mario Scalzo sprung Loui Eriksson for a long breakaway. The Swedish-born rookie then raced into the Cleveland zone and stuffed-home a shot through the legs of Cleveland goaltender Nolan Schaefer. The goal gave Iowa a 2-1 lead. Eriksson's goal, his 24th of the year, ties him with Junior Lessard for the team lead.
Toby Petersen sealed the victory with an empty-net goal at 19:58 of the third period. With an assist on the goal, Lessard extended his points-streak to four games.
Shots - IOWA: 32; CLEVELAND: 22 Power-play chances: IOWA: 0 for 5; CLEVELAND: 0 for 5
STARS NEXT GAMES: The Iowa Stars play the Cleveland Barons again on Sunday afternoon. Game time is 4:05 PM CST. The Stars then play in Omaha on April 7th. Iowa's next home game is Tuesday, April 11th against Chicago. Game time is 7:05 PM. All ticketing information can be obtained by calling 515-23-STARS or by visiting iowastarshockey.com.
American Hockey League Stories from April 3, 2006
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- Knights face four-game week - Abbotsford Heat
- Monarchs Report - Manchester Monarchs
- Binghamton Senators Weekly - Binghamton Senators
- Pennsylvania Blues for Lowell last week - Albany Devils
- Phantoms weekly - Adirondack Phantoms
- Aeros loan Courchaine to ECHL Gwinnett - Houston Aeros
- Eriksson named AHL Rookie of the Month - Iowa Chops
- Wolves Weekly Notes - Chicago Wolves
- Howard's perfect March nets Goaltender of the Month - Grand Rapids Griffins
- In tough agains the North - Manitoba Moose
- Pirates' Hurme named CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week - AHL
- Griffins' Howard named Koho/AHL Goaltender of the Month - AHL
- Stars' Eriksson named Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month - AHL
- Griffins' MacLean earns CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month - AHL
- Pushkarev And Petiot Called To Los Angeles - Manchester Monarchs
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- Cleveland Barons Weekly Report - Cleveland Barons
- Bruins Announce Sale of Playoff Tickets - Providence Bruins
- Binghamton's Denis Hamel recalled on emergency basis - Binghamton Senators
- Battle For Home Ice Takes Center Stage - Syracuse Crunch
- Penguins magic number down to two for first division title - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
- Bulldogs face three North Division opponents - Hamilton Bulldogs
- Aeros Weekly Report - Houston Aeros
- Rampage sign Winnik to ATO - San Antonio Rampage
- Rampage Receive Spiller and Jones After Emergency Recalls - San Antonio Rampage
- Stars win fifth straight - Iowa Chops
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