TV Schedule for AHL Lone Star Faceoff

Back in December, Fox Sports Net Southwest announced that they will televise games from the AHL Lone Star Faceoff Rivalry. Recently, the TV Schedule has been finalised on which games and who will be covering the games in the final 2 months and change of the regular season.

It will be sponsored by State Farm Insurance and it will televise 6 games starting in late Feb with each team playing 3 times on a combination of FSN Southwest, FSN Houston and FSN Plus. Each of the home Teams will provide the Play by Play while former Dallas Star Brent Severyn will be the color analyst for all 6 games that the networks will air. The first of which will be on February 27 when the Houston Aeros play host to the Texas Stars.

The schedule breaks down to having 2 games in late February, 2 in early March and then 2 in early April to help bring you the road to the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs which will begin in mid April after the regular season ends on April 11. Currently the West Division is cleary the tightest and will have the most exciting playoff races in the West Division with everyone having at least a decent chance of making the playoffs.

Texas is in the midst of the division Title Race as the Stars are just 1 point back of the Milwaukee Admirals after a 5-2 win earlier this week, while the Houston Aeros have been along the playoff cut line all year long with the Aeros in 5th place just 5 points back of a surging Chicago Wolves team.

Finally the San Antonio Rampage are looking to return to the playoffs after being one of the league's worst teams last year. They currently in last, but are quickly gaining ground on the rest of the Division with 45 points.

"As part of our Hockey Night in Texas initiative, we're excited to showcase the talented AHL Teams and players across the state." said FSN Southwest Senior VP/GM Jon Heidtke. "This series will gave fans throughout the state a chance to witness the exciting style of hockey played in Texas and will allow to follow the future Stars of the NHL on Television. We look forward to a successful partnership as we continue to promote hockey in Texas.

At the end of the regular season, the winning team will receive a payments from the 2nd and 3rd place teams to benefit a charity of the team's choice. Currently the Texas Stars have been leading the Lone Star Faceoff with 19 points, Houston is currently in 2nd place with 17 points and the San Antonio Rampage are in 3rd with 13 points with each team playing in between 45 and 50 games into the regular season.


Lone Star Faceoff TV Schedule

2/27: Texas Stars VS. Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

2/28: San Antonio Rampage VS. Texas Stars 5:00 PM

3/3: Houston Aeros VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

3/5: San Antonio Rampage VS. Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

4/3: Houston Aeros VS. Texas Stars 7:00 PM

4/8: Houston Aeros VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

New Poll Question about the AHL

It's time for a new poll question as we will take on the 3 AHL Teams from the Lone Star State. It's a simple question as it takes on the Lone Star Faceoff. The Question is, Who Will win the Lone Star Faceoff rivalry at the end of the season. Be sure to answer the question and provide some feed back on your thoughts as all 3 Texas teams in the AHL are off to a pretty good start and could be some future playoff matchups come spring time.

The next game in the Lone Star Faceoff will come on tomorrow night as the San Antonio Rampage will host the Texas Stars at 7:00 PM at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

I want to see your picks and comments on this rivalry.

Tonight's DFW High School Schedule

Here's a look at tonight's HS Hockey Schedule in the D/FW Area. This will be a new feature as the Dallas area HS Hockey Games will be scheduled.

Varsity Gold Division

Allen VS. Frisco 6:45 PM @ Frisco Starcenter

Dallas Jesuit VS. Coppell 7:15 PM @Farmers Branch Starcenter

Plano West VS. Mckinney ISD 7:15 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter

Southlake Carroll VS. Highland Park 8:15 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

Plano Senior VS. Flower Mound 9:00 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter


Varsity Silver Division

Rockwall VS. FM Marcus 5:30 PM @ Farmers Branch Starcenter

Arlington Martin VS. Garland ISD 6:30 PM @ Richardson Ice Training Center

Grapevine VS. Colleyville Heritage 7:00 PM @ Euless Starcenter

Mansfield ISD VS. Plano Senior 7:00 PM @ Plano Starcenter

HEB-Birdville VS. Plano East 8:30 PM @ Frisco Starcenter

Richardson ISD VS. Keller ISD 8:45 PM @ Euless Starcenter

Southlake Carroll VS. Denton Co. Spartans 9:00 PM @ Mckinney Starcenter

Update on Texas Rivals

With the poll question about the Dallas Stars finishing in the Pacific Division about to expire, the new poll question i'm going to put up is about the 3 AHL Team in the Lone Star State. It's going to be the about which of the 3 teams will eventually win the Lone Star Face Off.

As you know, the newly created rivalry was created after the Texas Stars came into the league in addition with the creative minds from the Houston Aeros who had a strong season last year and the San Antonio Rampage who finished last in the West Division last season.

So far this season in the AHL, the Texas Stars and San Antonio Rampage currently control the 1st and 2nd spots out west with some impressive performance's against each other and the rest of the league. Houston has been off to a slower start, but a strong SO Win over the Hamilton Bulldogs last night have put them in 3rd place out west.

The top of the west is very tight with the Texas teams controlling the top 3 spots at the moment and being separated by just 2 points. Below them in the West Division. Rockford and Peoria are in 4th and 5th place at 11 and 10 points. Bringing up the rear is the Chicago Wolves who have made a lot of changes recently which include the signing of 47 year old forward Chris Cheilos and a new coaching staff put in recently.

Upcoming games in the Lone Star Faceoff

10/30: Texas Stars VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

11/1: Houston Aeros VS. Texas Stars 5:00 PM

11/7: San Antonio Rampage VS. Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

11/15: Texas Stars VS. San Antonio Rampage 3:00 PM

Texas Brahmas VS. Allen Americans

In addition to the Lone Star Faceoff, the newest rivalry in the Central Hockey League will play against each other for the very first time ever on Saturday night at the NYTEX Sports Center in North Richland Hills, for the Brahmas, it's been a slow start so far with a 1-2-1 record after a very tough first 4 games against the Colorado Eagles and the Mississippi Riverkings.

Both the Eagles and Riverkings are looking to play a big factor in the Northern Conference this season.

For the Americans, a great 4-0 start has surprised a lot of experts as the early season road trip continues as the last minute work to the rink at the Allen Event Center is about to be completed for their first ever home game coming up on November 7 against the Corpus Christi Icerayz. So far for Allen, a pair of wins against the Arizona Sundogs on opening weekend, followed by a weekend set in Laredo and Bossier-Shreveport have gotten the team to 3rd place in the South so far.

After the game on Saturday at NYTEX, the Allen Americans will host the Brahmas for the first time at the Allen Event Center on November 11. Saturday's matchup will be the first of 9 throughout the regular season.

As of right now, they has been no official name for the Brahmas VS. Americans rivalry as of yet. However, If the teams come up with a name, I will post it here.

Texas Brahmas VS. Allen Americans Schedule

10/31: @ NYTEX Sports Center

11/11: @ Allen Event Center

11/28: @ Allen Event Center

12/9: @ NYTEX Sports Center

12/26: @ Allen Event Center

1/8: @ NYTEX Sports Center

2/13: @ NYTEX Sports Center

2/15: @ Allen Event Center

3/10: @ NYTEX Sports Center

NYTEX Sports Center is the Texas Brahmas Home Arena

Allen Event Center is the Allen Americans Home Arena