AHL Texas Stars

Texas Stars and Hamilton Bulldogs Meet On May 14th

Published on May 13, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
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The puck will drop at Copps Coliseum on Friday night with the Hamilton Bulldogs meeting the Texas Stars for the American Hockey League's Western Conference championship.

The first-year Stars earned a trip to the AHL's final four with a dramatic 6-5 overtime victory in Chicago on Tuesday night, rallying from 2-0, 4-2 and 5-4 down to advance on rookie Jamie Benn's goal 4:57 into the extra session. The 20-year-old Benn, who notched 22 goals and 19 assists while skating for Dallas in the NHL during the regular season, is tied for second in the entire AHL in playoff scoring with 8-7-15 in 11 contests and tied with teammate Maxime Fortunus for the league lead with a plus-10 rating.

Brent Krahn (7-3, 2.32, .928) started every playoff game for Texas before an injury in Game 6 vs. Chicago returned Matt Climie to the crease. Climie, who helped Houston to the Western Conference Finals last spring, had a 2.46 GAA and a .919 save percentage in 42 regular-season appearances for the Stars and got the win in Game 7 on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs are in the conference finals for the fourth time in nine years, tied with Hershey and Chicago for the most appearances since the league's 2001 expansion, after the North Division champions finished off Abbotsford with a 4-0 win in Game 6 on Monday night. Curtis Sanford (2-0, 1.00, .968), who along with Cedrick Desjardins (6-4, 2.62, .902) formed the top goaltending tandem in the AHL during the regular season, earned his first career playoff shutout in the series clincher.

Mike Glumac leads the Bulldogs with eight postseason goals, Andre Benoit is first with eight assists and David Desharnais is atop the scoring page with 13 points as Hamilton has gotten offensive contributions from 19 different players during their playoff run so far.

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