AHL Texas Stars

Texas Sinks Chicago 4-3 in Overtime, Stars Take 1-0 Series Lead

Published on May 1, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release


Chicago, IL - The Texas Stars defeated the Chicago Wolves 4-3 in overtime on Friday night in front of 3,576 fans at the Allstate Arena. Defenseman Garrett Stafford scored a power-play goal 2:22 into overtime to give Texas the 4-3 victory. The Stars now lead the best-of-seven series 1-0. Texas goalie Brent Krahn made 32 saves in the team's fifth straight playoff win. Rookie forward Jamie Benn scored and assisted on the game-winning goal for the Stars. Forwards Colton Sceviour and Francis Wathier also scored as Texas improved to 3-0 on the road in the playoffs. Chicago goalie Peter Mannino suffered the loss with 24 saves. Wolves forwards Anthony Stewart, Joey Crabb and Jason Krog each scored in the Wolves defeat.

West Division Finals Schedule (best of seven)

Game 1 - Texas 4 at Chicago 3 (OT) (TEX leads series 1-0)

Game 2 - Sun., May 2 - Texas at Chicago, 3:00 p.m.

Game 3 - Tue., May 4 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Game 4 - Wed., May 5 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Game 5 - Fri., May 7 - Chicago at Texas, 7:30 p.m. - X

Game 6 - Sun., May 9 - Texas at Chicago, 3:00 p.m. - X

Game 7 - Tues., May 11 - Texas at Chicago, 7:00 p.m. -X

X = If Necessary

Manchester Takes Control in Atlantic Division

Manchester looks to ride the momentum of Friday's 5-0 win over Worcester into Saturday night as the teams collide at Verizon Wireless Arena for Game 4 of the Atlantic Division Finals... The Monarchs, who dropped the series opener on Apr. 25, have come back to take two straight victories and improve to 6-1 overall this postseason, including a perfect 3-0 mark on home ice... Baz Bastien Award winner Jonathan Bernier, who led the AHL with nine shutouts during the regular season, made 26 saves on Friday for his first career postseason whitewash... It also marked just the second shutout suffered by the Sharks all season long and the first since a 4-0 loss to Hartford on Nov. 14...Worcester forward Dan DaSilva racked up five points (2-3-5) in his first three playoff games but is scoreless in four straight contests since... Sharks goaltender Alex Stalock (5-3, 2.51, .915), who took the loss in both Games 2 and 3, has not lost three outings since dropping a season-high five in a row from Nov. 11-18.

Saturday Night's Game 5-1-10:

Game 4 - Worcester at Manchester, 7:30 pm (EDT) (MAN leads series tied 2-1)

FRIDAY'S SCORES:

Game 1 - Texas 4 at Chicago 3 (OT) (TEX leads series 1-0)

Game 3 - Worcester 0 at Manchester 5 (MAN leads series tied 2-1)

SERIES SUBPLOTS.......

- Texas is 5-0 when scoring the first goal of the game in the playoffs. Manchester has scored the game's first goal in six of its seven playoff games thus far and is 5-1 in those contests, the lone loss coming in Game 1 of its series vs. the Sharks.

- The Stars have never trailed in the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs.

- Defenseman Garrett Stafford had not scored a goal in the playoffs in his seven-year career until the 2010 playoffs. Stafford scored the game-winning goal on Friday night, his second of the post season.

Playoff Format.......

Four rounds, with each round slated as a best of seven series. The top four teams in each division qualify for playoffs. The teams play within their division for the first two rounds. The division winners will meet in the conference finals. The winner of the Western Conference will play the winner of the Eastern Conference for the Calder Cup. In order to take the Calder Cup, a team must win 16 games.

The Calder Cup.......

The coveted Calder Cup has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League's 73-year history. It is one of our sport's greatest challenges and ultimate honors to hoist the Calder Cup in victory.

The trophy is named for Frank Calder, who served as the National Hockey League's first President from 1917 to 1943. During the 1920's, Mr. Calder was instrumental in guiding hockey into the mainstream of America's major cities including Boston, New York, Detroit and Chicago, while helping in the formation of the American League.

The Calder Cup trophy itself was actually first awarded in 1938 to the Providence Reds for winning the second International-American Hockey League championship. (In 1996, George Parsons of the Syracuse Stars was presented the Calder Cup in a ceremony at the Onondaga County War Memorial, as it is believed the Stars never received a trophy for their 1937 championship.

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