Stars Win Streak Comes to an End

Published on November 19, 2007 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release


THE STARS TELESCOPE - A LOOK AHEAD

Wed, Nov 21 STARS at Quad City Flames

I Wireless Center, Moline, IL

7:05 p.m. CST

Broadcasts: Jim Erickson online and on B2 Video at iowastarshockey.com

The Stars will face-off with the Flames for the second straight game as they hit the road for a busy Thanksgiving weekend. The two teams met on Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena for the first of their 12-game season series and for the first time ever. Goalie Curtis McElhinney made 27 saves to earn the shutout and rookie Brett Sutter scored twice in a 6-0 Flames win. Wednesday's game starts a stretch where the Stars play eight of their next 11 on the road. The squad just completed playing nine of their last 11 at home. The Flames enter the week having won four of their last five, while the Stars have gone winless in their last three (0-2-1). The Flames are in their first season as the AHL affiliate of the Calgary Flames after the NHL team moved their top development affiliate from Omaha during the offseason.

Fri, Nov 23 & Sat, Nov 24 STARS at Grand Rapids Griffins

Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI

Both games at 6:00 p.m. CST

Broadcasts: Jim Erickson online and on B2 Video at iowastarshockey.com

The Stars will be making their only appearance of the season in Grand Rapids this weekend with a pair of games on Friday on Saturday. The Stars and Griffins play four times this season with the final two being February 1 and 2 in Des Moines. The Griffins enter this week with a 5-9-0-1 record, but are winless (0-7-0-1) in their last eight games and winless (0-6-0-0) at home. Last season, the Stars were 1-3-0-0 versus the Griffins and are 3-5-0-0 all-time against them. Vojtech Polak led the Stars in last season's series with three points (1 goal/2 assists). Joel Lundqvist also scored two goals against the Griffins last season.

STARS RECAP

Tuesday, November 13

San Antonio 4 Stars 3 (OT) at Wells Fargo Arena

Nolan Baumgartner forced overtime with 23 seconds left in regulation, but it was San Antonio's David Spina who would score in the overtime to give the Rampage a 4-3 victory over the Iowa Stars Tuesday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Spina finished with a pair of goals to help the Rampage end the Stars' four game winning streak. The Stars had to battle back after being down 2-0 and 3-2 in the contest. Janos Vas and Marty Sertich each picked up their sixth goals of the season in the second period to tie the game at two. Baumgartner's equalizer late in the third, his first goal of the season, tied the game at three and came with the Stars on the power play and with an extra attacker. The goal also assured the Stars of securing a point, extending their unbeaten streak to five games. Stars netminder Tobias Stephan took the overtime loss, stopping 22 of 26 shots. San Antonio's David LeNeveu picked up the win in his first appearance versus the Stars this season on the strength of 28 saves. The Stars outshot the Rampage 31-26 for the game, including 13-6 in the third period.

Friday, November 16

Chicago 7 Stars 5 at Wells Fargo Arena

The Chicago Wolves remained undefeated in regulation and snapped the Iowa Stars' five-game unbeaten streak with a 7-5 win over the Stars Friday at Wells Fargo Arena. The Wolves finally dropped a game in regulation this past Sunday, 4-0 to San Antonio. The Stars/Wolves game on Friday was one of ups and downs for the home team. The Stars jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead on goals by Marius Holtet and Toby Petersen. After the first period ended with a 2-1 score, Chicago broke out with four goals in the second period and took a 5-2 advantage into the third. Petersen scored his AHL leading 11th goal of the season, and second of the game, to cut the Wolves' lead to 5-3 51 seconds into the third period. The Wolves capitalized on a 5-on-3 power play to regain their three-goal margin just over two minutes later. The Stars would not sit tight, as they rallied again. This time it was goals from Junior Lessard at 10:57 and Joel Lundqvist 43 seconds later at 11:40, shrinking the Chicago lead to one. The Stars came close to tying the score on more the one occasion, but could not get the equalizer. An empty net goal by Kevin Doell with 1.4 seconds left closed out the scoring. Chicago's Jason Krog led his club with a pair of goals.

Saturday, November 17

Quad City 6 Stars 0 at Wells Fargo Arena

Curtis McElhinney made 27 saves, registering his 11th career shutout as the Quad City Flames defeated the Iowa Stars 6-0 Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena in front of 6,093 fans. It was the first time the Stars have been shutout this season and the first time since April 14 of last season versus Chicago. The Flames scored two goals in each period as they won for the fourth time in the last five games. Brandon Prust added three assists for the Flames. Quad City had the shots on goal advantage at 39-27 and went two for four on the power play while holding the Stars scoreless on their three man advantages. Saturday night's game was the first ever between the Stars and Flames as well as the first of 12 this season.

IN THE COMMUNITY: Out and Around Des Moines & Neighboring Communities

STARS PROMOTIONS/APPEARANCES:

Þ Tuesday, Nov. 27- Corona Zone Happy Hour! 5:30-6:30 at River's Edge Restaurant

Þ Friday, Nov. 30 - Corona Zone Happy Hour! 5:30-6:30 at River's Edge Restaurant

Þ Friday, Nov. 30 - Allegaint Air Trip Giveaway. One lucky Iowa Stars fan will be packing their bags!

Þ Saturday, Dec .15 - Bring your dog to the game! The first 100 dogs to the game will receive a bandana, courtesy of the Animal Rescue League.

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