Stars winning streak snapped at six

Published on October 26, 2006 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Iowa Chops News Release


OMAHA, NE - The Iowa Stars made their first Regular Season trip to Nebraska to face the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights in the first game of a home-and-home series on Thursday. Iowa suffered a 4-3 loss to the Knights and saw their six-game winning streak come to a halt. The Stars still have a four-game win streak at Wells Fargo Arena and look to push that to five with a win on Friday night.

For the fifth time in seven games, the Stars have scored the game's first goal. Center Joel Lundqvist gave the Stars a 1-0 lead at 13:43 of the first period. Lundqvist's marker established a new franchise record with the team's seventh consecutive game with power-play tally and gave him a personal six-game points-streak. Defenseman Vadim Khomitski and Center Toby Petersen grabbed the assists. Khomitski now has one goal and six assists in his last four games: 4(1/6/7). The Stars took the 1-0 lead into the first intermission.

Omaha's Cam Cunning evened the score at one just 3:36 into the middle period. Iowa's Mike Green capitalized on an Omaha turnover in the neutral zone when he skated in on a two-on-one on Omaha Goaltender Brent Krahn. Using the second Iowa player as a decoy, Green fired a shot glove-side for a 2-1 Iowa lead. Lundqvist and Marius Holtet earned the assists. Omaha's Brandon Prust evened the score at two at 14:40. Defenseman Richie Regehr gave the Knights a 3-2 lead with a slap-shot from the right point. Iowa Goaltender Dan Ellis was screened on the power-play goal. Just :22 seconds later, Iowa's Junior Lessard registered his League-leading 13th point of the season when he banged home a rebound of a Marty Sertich shot. Lessard leads the AHL with seven goals and six assists: (7/6/13). Petersen also picked-up his second assist of the game.

Omaha's Carsen Germyn scored the lone and game-wining goal at 3:55 of the third period. Iowa out-shot the Knights 11-3 in the final period.

Iowa Goaltender Dan Ellis saw his personal four-game winning streak snapped. He faced 25 shots in the loss.

With Thursday's first loss of the season: Iowa is 4-1 when scoring first; 4-1 when leading after the first period; 5-1 versus the West Division; outscored opponents 18 to 6 in the first period and have scored a League-leading 34 goals this season.

Attendance: 1,687 Shots: IOWA: 28; OMAHA: 25

Game Sheet - http://stats.theahl.com/stats/game-summary.php?game_id=1002311

IOWA STARS INFO: The second game of the home-and-home series with Omaha is Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Friday's game time is 7:00 PM. The first 500 kids will receive a special safety glow-in-the-dark Halloween Trick-or-Treat bag from the Iowa Stars. All kid fans can enter-to-win a chance to have a night of Trick-or-Treating with the Stars mascot, Shooter! Also, any child dressed in costume will be invited down to the ice for a parade. It's also Group Incentive Night! Bring a group of 20 or more and everyone in your group receives a FREE ticket to the November 9th game versus Houston. Season ticket packages are on sale now at the Stars office, located at 833 5th Avenue in Downtown Des Moines. Full season packages begin at only $336, with 12-game mini-plans as low as $168. Discounted group tickets are available for all 40 home dates. Call 515-23-STARS or visit IowaStarsHockey.com for more information.

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