NAHL South Division Report: Tornado Trades paying off Quickly

Here's a look at the NAHL on the weekly South Division Report on the Texas Tornado recent trades that are paying off very quickly. After a bit of shaky start where the Tornado went 2-1-1 in the NAHL Blaine Showcase and then a weekend where they lost all 3 games the week after (2 In OT). The Tornado have made some moves like bringing in Jimmy Kruger.

Since then the Tornado have won 5 in a row and have gotten into a log jam with the Amarillo Bulls and the Topeka Roadrunners in a three way tie for 2nd Place with 15 points and is just one point back of Division leading Wichita Falls who have stumbled by losing 4 of their last 5.

As for the rest of the South Division, the Corpus Christi Icerays have been working overtime as 3 of the 4 games on their recent home-stand went to the SO, winning them all. In addition, they starting to bring in some of the biggest crowds in the NAHL so far this season. Averaging nearly 3,000 fans per game so far and brought in an impressive 5,762 fans for their game yesterday afternoon against the New Mexico Mustangs.

Speaking of New Mexico, after a bad start to the season, the Mustangs are in the bottom of the Division with 10 points (4-5-2). Part of that has to do with the lack of a foundation in net where the Mustangs have already played 4 different guys in net so far this season. If it weren't for 3 straight OT Games (1-2 in those games), it would be a huge mountain to climb for the Mustangs this season.

In addition to the Mustangs lack of goaltending, the scoring has been a bit anemic as well, just 5 players have scored more then 3 goals this season, with Jimmy Peplinski leading the team with just 8 points. While Joe Smereck has the team lead in goals with 5.


Here's the current standings in the NAHL South Division.

1. Wichita Falls       7-2-2    16 PTS      41-33

2. Amarillo              7-3-1     15 PTS      45-32

3. Topeka                7-2-1     15 PTS      33-22

4. Texas                   6-2-3     15 PTS      41-37

5. Corpus                 6-4-1     13 PTS       42-43
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6. New Mexico        4-5-2     10 PTS       29-47


In addition to the South Division Report, here's a look at what's going around the rest of the league.

North Division: Bandits Have High Expectations Again

Central Division: Wings celebrate first Ever Victory

West Division: Kenai River Showing Promise


By Zach Duncan of the NAHL Website

Tony Curtale said he hasn't made many moves in past seasons. But after the 2-2-3 start, the Texas Tornado Head Coach felt that changes were needed to be made, especially in the goaltending department.

So Curtale was quite busy last week, acquiring three impact players in separate trades in an effort to give his roster a boost.

"I felt we had outplayed every team we had played," Curtale said. "We had an issue with goaltending, but I had felt good with how we had playing. We just weren't getting results."

The initial aftereffects can't be argued with. The Tornado spoiled Topeka's home opening weekend with a sweep, edging the Roadrunners 3-2 in Overtime on Friday and claiming a 2-0 victory the next night.

Curtale's biggest acquisition was goaltender Jimmy Kruger, who was attained from Alexandria in a trade that happened on Friday.

Kruger's debut in a Tornado sweater couldn't have gone better, as he stopped all 20 shots he faced for his first NAHL Shutout that day.

"He had an excellent Minnesota High School Career, and he's pretty big and athletic, Curtale said of Kruger. "We hope he can continue on the line of great goaltenders we've had."

Kruger wasn't the only player picked up by the Tornado last weekend. Forwards Nathan Sliwinski (From Wenatchee) and Josh Royston (Kenai River) and a couple of 1990 born veterans who have combined to rack up 31 goals in the NAHL last season.

Royston scored scored Saturday's first goal almost eight minutes after Jack Prince cemented the outcome with a tally late in the third period.

Ralfs Freibergs and Tyler Rostenkowski are two defensemen Curtale has been pleased with, but the Tornado's biggest breakout player has been forward Rock Einersen.

No one in the NAHL has registered more points then Einersen's 17, and his 10 goals trail Fairbank's J.T. Osbourne by one for the league lead. Einersen scored all three goals in Friday's win, including the game winner with 42 seconds into Overtime.

"He did well for us last year, too. But there's a difference between rookie good and veteran good," Curtale said. "We knew he had a lot of talent. He came in here stronger and he has fantastic skill - Division 1 Skill for sure."

There was one downside to the weekend in Kansas. Captain David Rigatti broke his foot when he blocked a shot and J.D. Howard went down with a shoulder injury.

Both are expected to miss 4-6 weeks, but Curtale doesn't expect his team to miss a week.

"We have good leadership in the locker room," Curtale said. "When one guy goes down, the rest of the team knows it has to step up."

South Division Notebook

Amarillo Bulls: Through their first nine games, the Bulls have not trailed after the first or second periods, the only NAHL Team that can make that claim. Amarillo, which is tied for the division lead with 15 points, has killed off 26 of their last 27 penalties.

Corpus Christi Icerays: More then 3,000 fans came to the American Bank Center to witness the NAHL debut in Corpus Christi. The Icerays responded with a 4-3 victory over the Wichita Falls Wildcats capped off by Beau Walker's clinching goal in the sixth round of the shootout.

New Mexico Mustangs: Kevin O'Connor and Jimmy Peplinski scored first period goals for the Mustangs. New Mexico didn't find the back of the net after that against Amarillo, but it wasn't for a lack of opportunities. The Mustangs final 49 shots in the series were stopped.

Topeka Roadrunners: Michael Hill's Game tying goal forced overtime Friday in Topeka home debut against Texas, but the Roadrunners lost in the extra session 3-2. Topeka also had three first period shots bang off pipes in a 2-0 loss Saturday, which was Texas' first regulation win in Kansas since the team moved to Topeka in 2007, a span of 15 games.

Wichita Falls Wildcats: After scoring three goals in 31 games for the Wildcats last season, Sean Keane matched that total in a 20 minute time span with a hat trick in Saturday's 8-4 victory over Corpus Christi, the South Player of the week, now has a team high seven goals this season.

Chicago gives Texas Their first Playoff Loss in 2OT, Ties series at 1-1

It was another OT Game in the West Division Final as the Chicago Wolves gave the Texas Stars their first playoff loss in team history to even up the series at 1-1. Unlike Friday Night where the Stars won quickly, this one took double OT as the Stars had to comeback late to get it there.

After going down 2-0 early in the 2nd period, Aaron Gagon got the scoring going for the Stars with just 1:14 left in the 2nd period as the Chicago Goalie Peter Mannino who was looking to blank the Stars for the first time this post-season.

Just a few minutes later early on in the 3rd period it was another quick strike with Anthony Stewart giving the Wolves a 3-1 lead on the PP that was set up fantasitacly step up by Tim Stapleton on the One Timer.

After Stars Defensemen Andrew Hutchinson made it 3-2, it looked like that time would runout on this day. But Warren Peters emerged from a scrum with less then a minute left to tie the game at 3-3 as the Offical Scorers had a hard time determing who to give credit for the goal.

Chicago were getting their chances as they out-shot the Stars 19-9 where Antony Stewart scored his 2nd of the game to tie the series at 1-1. The Series now shifts back to the Cedar Park Center for Game 3 on Tuesday Night.

Game Story from the Texas Stars Website: www.texasstarshockey.com

From Chicago, Illinois: The Texas Stars were defated by the Chicago Wolves 4-3 in OT in-front of a crowd of 3732 fans at the All-State Arena. Chicago's Anthony Stewart scored his second of the game of the night at 12:21 of the 2nd OT to lift the Wolves over the Stars and tie the best-of-7 series at 1-1. Texas scored twice in the last 8 minutes of play to erase a two-goal deficit, including a goal with 54 seconds left to force OT in Game 2 of the West Division Final. Stars Goalie Brent Krhan made 42 saves in his first loss of the playoffs.

Chicago Goalie Peter Mannino picked up the win with 35 saves for the Wolves. Stars forward Warren Peters and Aaron Gagon each scored in a game that lasted 97:21, the longest in the team's short history. Defensemen Andrew Hutchinson scored a goal and added an assist in the first loss of the post-season. With the Chicago win, the series will stretch at-least five games, with the next three at Cedar Park Center. Game 3 of the West Division Final is Tuesday Night at 7:30 PM @ Cedar Park Center.

For the first time in the Calder Cup Playoffs, the Texas Stars surrendered the first goal of the game. At 8:36 of the first period, Chicago held the puck in the Texas Zone for a lengthy cycle, working the puck to the left point for Arturs Kulda. The Chicago Defensemen blated a shot from the blue line to the Texas net. Wolves forward Spencer Machacek tipped the shot, beating Goalie Brent Krahn for his third goal of the playoffs for a 1-0 Wolves lead.

The two teams traded goals in the 2nd period, starting with Chicago scoring 3:51 into the middle frame. Off a face-off in the Texas Zone, Wolves defensemen Ivan Vishnevskiy fired a shot to the net was tipped by center Jason Krog. The Puck redirected past Brent Krahn for Krog's fourth goal of the playoffs and a 2-0 lead for Chicago.

Texas countered late in the 2nd period with 1:14 left in the frame. Right wing Greg Rallo worked in a give-and-go with defensemen Andrew Hutchinson into the Chicago Zone. Rallo snapped a shot to the net was blocked by Peter Mannino. The rebound bounced in the crease and Stars Center Aaron Gagon poked the puck into the net for his first goal of the playoffs at 18:46, trimming the Wolves lead to 2-1.

In the third period, Chicago expanded its lead to 3-1 after Anthony Stewart snapped a loose puck into the Texas Net, finishing off a Wolves power play just 92 seconds into the 3rd period. Brett Sterling and Tim Stapleton set up Chicago's third tally of the night. The Stars cut the Chicago lead to 3-2 at 11:57 of the 3rd period. Captain Landon Wilson set up behind the Wolves net, dropping a pass to the bottom of the left-wing circle. Defensemen Andrew Hutchinson ripped a one-timer past Mannino for his third goal of the playoffs to make it a 3-2 score.

The Stars pulled goaltender Brent Krahn for the extra attacker with 1:30 left in regulation. Texas tied the game off a scramble in the Chicago slot with under a minute left. Center Warren Peters snapped the puck to the Chicago Net. Goalie Peter Mannino made the first save, but the puck trickled in behind him for the game tying goal. Left wing Francis Wathier set up the goal that forced OT.

After a scoreless first OT, Chicago finally broke the drought and ended the game. Anthony Stewart jammed a puck from the pads of Krahn and the puck trickled in behind the Stars goalie for the game winning goal with 7:39 left in the 2nd OT. Brett Sterling and Ivan Vishnevskiy were given credit for the assist on the game-winning goal at 12:21, the sixth of the playoffs for Stewart.


West Division Final Update

Game 1, Texas Stars 4 Chicago Wolves 3 (OT)

Game 2, Texas Stars 3 Chicago Wolves 4 (2OT)

Game 3, 5/4: @ Texas 7:30 PM

Game 4, 5/5: @ Texas 7:30 PM

Game 5, 5/7: @ Texas 7:30 PM

Game 6, 5/9: @ Chicago 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 5/11: @ Chicago 7:00 PM*

*If Necessary

To purchase Calder Cup Playoff Packages, which offers fans for all 16 possible home games, fans may call 512-GO-STARS. To rent a suite for a home playoff game or book a group, those interestred may call 512-GO-STARS. Ind. Tickets for playoff games at Cedar Park Center also can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000, visiting any Ticketmaster outlet or the Cedar Park Center Boxoffice, or online at www.ticketmaster.com


Series Tied 1-1, Game 3 will be Tuesday Night in Austin, Texas.


Game Boxscore

Texas Stars 3 Chicago Wolves 4 (2OT) (0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 0-0, 0-1)

0-1 CHI: Spencer Machacek (Kulda, Sterling) 8:36 1st

0-2 CHI: Jason Krog (Vishnevskiy) 3:51 2nd

1-2 TEX: Aaron Gagon (Rallo, Hutchinson) 18:46 2nd

1-3 CHI: Andrew Stewart (PP) (Stapleton, Sterling) 1:32 3rd

2-3 TEX: Andrew Hutchinson (Wilson) 11:57 3rd

3-3 TEX: Warren Peters (Wathier) 19:06 3rd

3-4 CHI: Anthony Stewart (Sterling, Vishnevskiy) 12:21 2OT


Game Stats

SOG: TEX 38 CHI 46

PP: TEX 0/3 CHI 1/2

PIM: TEX 10 Minutes on 5 Penalties CHI 12 Minutes on 6 Penalties

Goalies: TEX Brent Krahn 42 SVS on 46 Shots CHI Peter Mannino 35 SVS on 38 Shots

ATT: 3732

3rd Star: Andrew Hutchinson (TEX)

2nd Star: Brett Sterling (CHI)

1st Star: Anthony Stewart (CHI)

Texas Stars Complete Sweep of Rockford, Advances to Division Final

The Texas Stars completed the only series sweep of the AHL Division Semifinals with a 4-2 win over the Rockford Icehogs as the Stars used their strong defense & Goaltending to limit the Icehogs to just 5 goals in the 4 game series.

Andrew Hutchinson lead the way with 2 goals with Mathieau Beaudoin and Warren Peters scoring in the win as well, as for Jamie Benn, he also increased his scoring total to 6 points in the 4 games with another assist.

While another couple of guys who may challenge for NHL Roster Spots for next year in Raymond Sawada and Aaron Gagon had strong games as well as they used their physicality and set up some of the goals as well.

Now the Texas Stars will get to rest up for a little bit as they await the West Division Semifinal between the Chicago Wolves & Milwaukee Admirals to wrap as they will play the 7th & deciding game tonight. The Division Final should get underway later this week.

From the Texas Stars Website: www.texasstarshockey.com

From Rockford, Illinois: The Texas Stars defeated the Rockford Icehogs on Friday Night in front of 2,403 fans at the Rockford Metro Center. The Stars completed the sweep of the Hogs, winning all four games in the best-of-7 series. Stars goalie Brent Krahn stopped 38 of 40 shots in the win. Texas Defensemen Andrew Hutchison scored two power play goals, helping the Stars advance to the 2nd round for the first time in their history.

Forwards Warren Peters and Mathieu Beaudoin also scored as Texas finished 10-2-0 against Rockford for the season. Rockford's Kyle Beach scored twice, as the Icehogs dropped their 10th straight playoff decision. Icehogs goalie goalie Corey Crawford made 20 saves on 23 Stars shots in his fourth straight loss. Texas will play the winner of the Chicago VS. Milwaukee Series. Those teams play Game 7 of their series tonight in Chicago.

The Stars scored the only goal of the 1st period, taking a 1-0 lead into the locker room. It marked the fourth straight night that Texas scored the first goal of the game. The Stars worked the puck around the Rockford Zone on the power play, striking for the power play tally at 3:56. Defensemen Andrew Hutchinson snapped a puck from the point, sending a shot through traffic and past Icehogs goalie Corey Crawford for the 1-0 lead. Hutchinson's first goal of the playoffs was set up be Landon Wilson and Travis Morin.

In the 2nd period, Texas tacked on two more goals to give the Stars a 3-0 lead after two periods of play. The Stars completed a rush with their 2nd goal of the night after a great passing play involving Jamie Benn & Perttu Lindgren, which was finished off by Mathieau Beaudoin. Lindgren dropped off the puck to the right wing and Benn feathered a pass to the left wing for Beaudoin, who buried his second goal in as many nights for a 2-0 Stars lead 8:38. Less then two minutes later, Texas struck again for a 3-0 lead at 10:23. Lindgren played the puck to the point and Hutchinson blasted a one-timer from the high slot for his 2nd of the night. Travis Morin picked up his 2nd assist on the power play goal.

In the Third period, Kyle Beach put the Rockford Icehogs on the board with his 2nd goal of the playoffs, trimming the Stars lead to 3-1 at 7:51. Beach added his second goal of the night with 25 seconds left in regulation, bringing Rockford within a goal at 3-2 lead. Texas sealed the win nine seconds left when as Warren Peters scored an empty net goal at 19:51 for the 4-2 final.

West Division Semifinal Schedule

Game 1: Rockford 1 Texas 2

Game 2: Rockford 1 Texas 3

Game 3: Texas 5 Rockford 1

Game 4: Texas 4 Rockford 2 (Texas Stars win Series 4-0)

Next up will be the winner of tonight's Game 7 between the Milwaukee Admirals & Chicago Wolves.

For Tickets for the Texas Stars: Dial 512-GO-Stars or Ticket Master at 1-800-745-3000

Jamie Benn has huge night, Puts Stars up 3-0 in Rockford

Jamie Benn led the way in Game 3 of the AHL West Division Semifinal as the Stars Rookie had 2 goals and 2 assists to help the Stars to a big 6-1 win over the Rockford Icehogs to move them to a 3-0 series lead and on the verge of the team's first ever playoff series victory.

Other players that had big nights included Mathieau Beadoin, plus Dan Jancevski and Aaron Gagon who each had two assists in the game.

Brent Krahn has contained his great showing with making 26 of 27 saves as his string of giving up 1 goal has continued throughout the playoffs.

Ben Smith had Rockford's only goal & Corey Crawford was pulled after the 2nd intermission. The Stars are looking to end the Icehogs season on Friday Night in Game 4 of the 1st Round Series.

From the Texas Stars Website: http://www.texasstarshockey.com/

From Rockford, Illinois: The Stars defeated the Rockford Icehogs 6-1 on Wednesday Night in front of 3232 fans at the Rockford Metro Center. The Stars now lead the best of 7 series 3-0. Texas forward Jamie Benn scored twice and added two assists, helping the Stars move within 1 win of the 2nd Round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Stars Goalie Brent Krahn stopped 26 of 27 Rockford Shots in the win.

Rockford Goalie Corey Crawford made 16 saves on 21 shots in two periods of play. Forwards Travis Morin and Aaron Gagnon, as well as defensemen Dan Jancevski, each added two assists as the Stars improved to 9-2-0 against Rockford this season. Texas will remain in Rockford for Game 4 on Friday April 23 at 7:05 PM.

After 19:35 of scoreless hockey, the Texas Stars took a 1-0 lead on a power-play goal by defensemen Garrett Stafford. The Stars worked the puck off a faceoff to the right point and Stafford unleashed a that found the back of the net and gave Texas a 1-0 lead with 25 seconds remaining in the 1st period. Defensemen Andrew Hutchinson and center Jamie Benn each had an assist on the play.

Texas exploded for four goals in the middle frame, starting with Jamie Benn's 2nd goal of the playoffs and his 1st on the night. Benn snapped a shot from the left wing, beating goalie Corey Crawford for the 2-0 Texas Lead at 1:26 into the middle period. Captain Landon Wilson made it 3-0 Texas at 12:14 of the third period with his first goal of the playoffs.

Forward Travis Morin set up the Stars captain lead to 4-0 just 3 minutes later. Rallo scored off a rebound in front of the Rockford net for his first goal of the playoffs. Benn snagged his 2nd goal of the night, putting in a rebound on his own shot at 19:34, giving the Stars a 5-0 lead through two periods of play.

In the third period, Rockford Spoiled Brent Krahn's shutout bid, scoring 5:47 into the final period. Rookie Ben Smith put in a rebound and cut the Texas lead to 5-1. The Stars extended their lead back to five goals as Mathieu Beaudoin buried a one-timer at 8:23, scoring his first goal of the playoffs in the 6-1 win

Texas Stars VS. Rockford Icehogs Schedule

Game 1: Rockford 1 Texas 2

Game 2: Rockford 1 Texas 3

Game 3: Texas 6 Rockford 1

Game 4, 4/23: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 5, 4/24: @ Rockford 7:05 PM*

Game 6, 4/26: @ Texas 7:30 PM*

Game 7, 4/27: @ Texas 7:30 PM*

*If Necessary

The Series remains in Rockford for Game 4, as well as Game 5 if necessary. Game 4 will be on April 23 starting at 7:05 PM. The Series would return to Cedar Park Center For Games 6 & 7 if needed. All Games can be heard on the Stars Flagship station ESPN Austin 104.9 FM and 1530 AM.

To Purchase a Calder Cup Package, which offers fans the same seat for all 16 possible home games, fans may call 512-GO-STARS. To rent a suite for a home playoff game or to book a group, those interested may 51-GO-STARS. Single Game Tickets for playoff games at Cedar Park Center also can be purchased by calling Ticket Master at 1-800-745-3000, visiting any TicketMaster outlet or by going online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/


Texas Stars Lead Series 3-0

Game Boxscore

Texas Stars 6 Rockford Icehogs 1 (1-0, 4-0, 1-1)

1-0 TEX: Garrett Stafford (PP) (Hutchinson, Benn) 19:35 1st

2-0 TEX: Jamie Benn (Gagon) 1:26 2nd

3-0 TEX: Landon Wilson (Morin, Jancevski) 12:14 2nd

4-0 TEX: Greg Rallo (PP) (Benn, Gagnon) 15:14 2nd

5-0 TEX: Jamie Benn (Jancevski, Fortunus) 19:34 2nd

5-1 RFD: Ben Smith (Kearns, Klinkhammer) 5:47 3rd

6-1 TEX: Mathieu Beaudoin (Lindgren, Morin) 8:23 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: TEX 26 RFD 27

PP: TEX 2/4 RFD 0/3

Goalies: TEX Brent Krahn 26 SVS on 27 Shots RFD Corey Crawford 16 SVS on 21 Shots Hannu Toivonen 4 SVS on 5 Shots

PIM: TEX 6 Minutes on 3 Penalties RFD 8 Minutes on 4 Penalties

ATT: 3232

3rd Star: Aaron Gagon (TEX)

2nd Star: Brent Krahn (TEX)

1st Star: Jamie Benn (TEX)

Fortunus, Lindgren & Sawada put the Stars up 2-0 against Rockford

Another great defensive showing plus goals by Sawada, Fortunus and Lindgren, along with 2 assists from Colton Sceviour have put the Texas Stars up 2-0 and have them half way to winning the team's first ever Playoff Series as the Series will shift to Rockford, Illinois for Games 3, 4 & 5 coming up this week.

Brent Krahn has been amazing so far in the playoffs. Giving up just 2 goals so far which gives him a .967 SV% and a rock solid 1.00 GAA and he has been next to impossible for him to beat. And the goals he has given up, have been generally late in the game where the result was pretty much determined.

If they can continue this great play in Rockford this week, expect this series to be a short one and getting ready for the West Division Final either against the Chicago Wolves or the Milwaukee Admirals in the 2nd Round.

From the Texas Stars Website: http://www.texasstarshockey.com/

From Austin, Texas: The Texas Stars defeated the Rockford Icehogs 3-1 on Saturday Night in front of 6212 fans at Cedar Park Center. The Stars now lead the best-of-7 series 2-0. Texas Forwards Travis Morin and Colton Sceviour each notched two assists as the Stars took Game 2 of the West Division Semifinal.

Texas Defensemen Maxime Fortunus and forward Colton Sceviour each scored in the first period, and right wing Raymond Sawada added a third period tally in the victory. Stars Goalie Brent Krahn stopped 31 of 32 Rockford Shots in the win. Icehogs goalie Corey Crawford made 31 saves in the loss. Texas travels to Rockford Game 3 on Wednesday April 21 at 7:05 PM.

Texas took a 1-0 lead 7:08 into the first period. Defensemen Maxime Fortunus picked up a rebound at the right point and blasted a shot past Icehogs goalie Corey Crawford. At 17:12 Stars Center Perttu Lindgren found a loose puck in front of the Rockford Net and fired a shot pass Crawford, increasing the Texas lead to 2-0. Forwards Travis Morin and Colton Sceviour assisted on both goals.

After a scoreless 2nd period, Texas extended its lead to 3-0 over Rockford just 1:06 into the frame. Winger Ray Sawada fired a shot past the Right-Wing circle, beating Crawford on the gloveside. Center Warren Peters set up Sawada's second goal of the playoff season. Rockford got on the board with 5:44 remaining in the 3rd period. Left Wing Kyle Beach scored from the right wing corner during a power for the 3-1 final score.

Current AHL West Division Semifinal Schedule

Game 1: Rockford 1 Texas 2

Game 2: Rockford 1 Texas 3

Game 3: 4/21 @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 4: 4/23 @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 5: 4/24 @ Rockford 7:05 PM*

Game 6: 4/26 @ Texas 7:30 PM*

Game 7: 4/27 @ Texas 7:30 PM*

*If Necessary

The Series shifts to Rockford, Illinois for Games 3 and 4, as well as Game 5 if Necessary. Game 3 is on Wednesday April 21st at 7:05 PM. Game 4 will be on Friday, April 23 at 7:05 PM. The Series would return to Cedar Park for Games 6 & 7 if needed. All Games can be heard on the Flagship station ESPN Austin 104.9 FM The Horn and on ESPN 1530 AM.

To purchase a Calder Cup Package, which offers fans the same seat for all 16 possible home games, fans may call 512-GO-Stars. To rent a suite for home playoff games or book a group, those interested may call 512-GO-Stars. Individual Tickets for Playoff Games at Cedar Park Center also can be purchased by calling Ticket Master at 1-800-745-3000, visiting any TicketMaster outlet or the Cedar Park Box Office, or online at http://www.ticketmaster.com/


Texas Stars Lead Series 2-0


Game Boxscore

Rockford Icehogs 1 Texas Stars 3 (0-2, 0-0, 1-1)

0-1 TEX: Maxime Fortunus (Morin, Sceviour) 12:52 1st

0-2 TEX: Perttu Lindgren (Sceviour, Morin) 17:12 1st

0-3 TEX: Raymond Sawada (Peters, Wathier) 1:06 3rd

1-3 RFD: Kyle Beach (PP) (Connelly, Cullen) 14:16 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: RFD 32 TEX 34

PP: RFD 1/3 TEX 0/5

PIM: RFD 34 Minutes on 10 Penalties TEX 30 Minutes on 8 Penalties

Goalies: RFD Corey Crawford 31 SVS on 34 Shots TEX Brent Krahn 31 SVS on 32 Shots

ATT: 6212

3rd Star: Maime Fortunus (TEX)

2nd Star: Perttu Lindgren (TEX)

1st Star: Brent Krahn (TEX)

Texas Stars Use strong Defense to win first ever Playoff Game

Calling Card all season for the Texas Stars has been a strong defense where the Stars have given up just 2 and a half goals per game during the regular season. In Friday Night's Game 1 of the AHL Calder Cup West Division Semifinals against the Rockford Icehogs, that trend continued with Jamie Benn and Raymond Sawada both scored late in the 1st & 2nd periods to go up 2-0 going into the 2nd intermission.

The 3rd period saw Brent Krahn step up his game to keep the Icehogs from coming back to attempt to win the opening game of the series. Only a Rob Klinkhammer goal 7 and a half minutes into the 3rd period was the only thing to get past Krahn where he stopped 27 of 28 shots in Game 1 to win the team's first ever playoff game.

The Texas Stars have shown they have the defense to get the job done to make a long run in the Calder Cup Playoffs. The Big question is do they have a strong enough offense with players like Jamie Benn, Aaron Gagon and Perttu Lindgren to keep up in high scoring games, should they have to play teams like the Chicago Wolves & Hamilton Bulldogs in the later rounds of the playoffs should they get past the Rockford Icehogs in the opening round.

From the Texas Stars Website: www.texasstarshockey.com

From Austin, Texas: The Texas Stars defeated the Rockford Icehogs 2-1 on Friday Night in front of a crowd of 5862 fans at Cedar Park Center. The Stars now lead the best-of-seven series 1-0. Texas Wingers Jamie Benn and Raymond Sawada each scored as the Stars won Game 1 of the West Division Semifinals. Stars goalie Brent Krahn stopped 27 of 28 shots Rockford Shots in the victory. Icehogs goalie Corey Crawford made 21 saves in the loss. Texas Hosts Game 2 of the series against the Icehogs on Saturday Night at 7:00 PM.

Texas took a 1-0 lead of the first period. Winger Jamie Benn finished off a backhander through the legs of Rockford Goalie Corey Crawford after bringing the puck through center in the Rockford Zone. Center Travis Morin set up Benn for the first goal of the playoffs.

Stars Winger Raymond Sawada increased the Texas lead to 2-0 with just nine seconds remaining in the 2nd period. Sawada found a rebound in the crease and fired a shot past Crawford on the stick side. The Power-Play Goal was assisted by defenseman Garrett Stafford.

The Icehogs cut the Stars lead in half at 7:56 of the 3rd period. Left Wing Rob Klinkhammer picked up a rebound in front of the Texas Net and sent a shot past Stars Goalie Brent Krahn. Pete Macarthur and Danny Richmond tallied assists on Klinkhammer's first goal of the playoffs.


Here's a look at the Best-of-7 series between the Texas Stars & Rockford Icehogs.

Game 1: 4/16 @ Rockford 1 Texas 2

Game 2: 4/17: @ Texas 7:00 PM

Game 3: 4/21: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 4: 4/23: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 5: 4/24: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 6: 4/26: @ Texas 7:30 PM

Game 7: 4/27: @ Texas 7:30 PM

The Stars will host Game 2 of the West Division Semifinal on Saturday, April 17 at 7:00 PM. The Series shifts to Rockford for Games 3 and 4, as well as Game 5 if necessary. The Series would returns to Cedar Park for Games 6 & 7.

All Games can be heard on the Stars Flagship station ESPN Austin 104.9 FM "The Horn" or ESPN Austin 1530 AM.

To Purchase a Calder Cup Playoff Package, which offer fans the same seat for all 16 possible home games, fans may call 512-GO-Stars. To rent a suite for a home playoff game or book a group, those interested may call 512-GO-Stars. Individual tickets for playoff games at Cedar Park Center also can be purchased by calling Ticket Master at 1-800-745-3000, visiting any TicketMaster Outlet, the Cedar Park Box Office, or online at www.ticketmaster.com


Texas Stars Lead Series 1-0

Game Boxscore

Rockford Icehogs 1 Texas Stars 2 (0-1, 0-1, 1-0)

0-1 TEX: Jamie Benn (Morin) 17:41 1st

0-2 TEX: Raymond Sawada (PP) (Stafford) 19:51 2nd

1-2 RFD: Rob Klinkhammer (Macarthur, Richmond) 7:56 3rd


Game Stats

SOG: RFD 28 TEX 23

PP: RFD 0/3 TEX 1/5

PIM: 27 Minutes on 8 Penalties TEX 10 Minutes on 5 Penalties

Goalies: RFD Corey Crawford 21 SVS on 23 Shots TEX Brent Krahn 27 SVS on 28 Shots

ATT: 5826

3rd Star: Raymond Sawada (TEX)

2nd Star: Jamie Benn (TEX)

1st Star: Brent Krahn (TEX)

USHL Divisional Finals Schedule & Preview

We are down to 4 in the United States Hockey League as the Divisional Semifinals ended last night as the Indiana Ice came back from a 2-0 series deficit to comeback to win 3-2 against the Cedar Rapids Roughriders.

Next up for Fallon, Coleman and the rest of the 3rd seeded Ice will be the Top Overall seed Green Bay Gamblers who have been off since April 10. The Green Bay Gamblers are hoping to use their size as the Gamblers are hoping to ride their regular season best 95 points all the way to the USHL Clark Cup Championship this year.

In the playoffs, you need to spread the scoring and 10 players have scored at least 1 goal so far in the 3 games they played against the Waterloo Blackhawks Leading the way on offense is Anders Lee who was a goal and 4 assists while Ryan Furne and Reed Seckel who each have 4 points in the post-season. Indiana is hoping to use their momentum with players like Max Cook has really picked up the pace since losing the first 2 against Cedar Rapids.

The West Division Final will have the Omaha Lancers & Fargo Force which are both coming off Division Semifinal Sweeps over the Tri-City Storm & Sioux Falls Stampede in the 1st Round.

Omaha is looking to a strong offense that has the likes of Seth Ambroz & Nick Oddo who's leading the playoffs with 4 goals. In all 17 goals were scored in the 3 game series against the Tri-City Storm as the Lancers are looking to continue their offensive fire power in the 2nd Round against Fargo. With the expectation of a 7-6 win in Game 2, the Force have given up just 2 goals in the rest of the series.

Ryan Massa has the good in net as he has an unbelievable 2.24 GAA and a strong .923 SV% in the games where he started. They now not to put in Dylan Belfour who's only game was the 7-6 game that the Force has to comeback to win in Game 2 against the Cedar Rapids Roughriders.

Expect the goaltender battle to be between Fargo's Ryan Massa and Jeff Teglia who's played in every minute of the playoffs so far and during the regular season. Teglia played 3/4 of the games during the regular season where he won an impressive 30 games. Just one back of Steve Summerhays who ended up 31 during the season with the Green Bay Gamblers. If both Green Bay & Omaha play for the Clark Cup Championship, that could be the marquee matchup to determine who wins the championship this year.

As for Southwest Based Talent, all the main players are still in the playoffs. Chase Grant had the best 1st Round as he had 5 points in the 3 games for Fargo with 3 Goals and 2 assists. He had 3 of his 5 points in Game 2 where he had 3 of those 5 points including the Winner with just 1:20 left which was part of a 4 goal 3rd period to complete a major comeback.


East Division Final

#1 Green Bay Gamblers VS. #3 Indiana Ice

Green Bay Gamblers Road to the Clark Cup

Regular Season Record: 45-10-5 95 PTS, 212 GF 140 GA

East DIV. Semifinals VS. Waterloo: Game 1 2-1 W, Game 2 5-1 W, Game 3 5-2 W


Green Bay Scoring Leaders
Anders Lee 3 GP 5 PTS (1G 4A, +2)
Ryan Furne 3 GP 4 PTS (2G 2A, +2)
Reed Seckel 3 GP 4 PTS (1G 3A, +3)

Green Bay Goaltending
Steve Summerhays 3-0 1.33 GAA .949 SV%


Indiana Ice Road to the Clark Cup

Regular Season Record: 33-24-3 69 PTS, 199 GF 187 GA

DIV. Semifinals VS. Cedar Rapids: Game 1 0-6 L, Game 2 3-5 L, Game 3 3-1 W, Game 4 6-1 W, Game 5 3-2 OTW

Indiana Scoring Leaders
Max Cook 5 GP 5 PTS (4G 1A, -3)
Shane Bershbach 5 GP 5 PTS (3G 2A, +3)
Anthony Bitetto 5 GP 5 PTS (2G 3A, +3)

Indiana Southwest Players
Jacob Fallon 5 GP 1 PTS (1G 0A, -3)
Blake Coleman 5 GP 1 PTS (0G 1A, +1)


Indiana Goaltending
Casey Desmith 4 GP 3-0 1.43 GAA .957 SV%
Cab Morris 2 GP 0-2 6.73 GAA .818 SV%


All Green Bay Gamblers Home Games are @ Green Bay Resech Center

All Indiana Ice Home Games are @ Pepsi Coliseum

Game 1, 4/16: @ Green Bay 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/18: @ Green Bay 3:05 PM

Game 3, 4/23: @ Indiana 6:05 PM

Game 4, 4/24: @ Indiana 6:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/27: @ Green Bay 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary


West Division Final

#1 Omaha Lancers VS. #2 Fargo Force

Omaha Lancers Road to the Clark Cup

Regular Season Record: 42-12-6 90 PTS, 238 GF 146 GA

DIV Semifinals VS. Tri-City: Game 1 7-1 W, Game 2 5-4 OTW, Game 3 5-2 W


Omaha Scoring Leaders
Matt White 3 GP 6 PTS (2G 4A, -1)
Erik Haula 3 GP 6 PTS (0G 6A, 0)
Dennis Brown 3 GP 5 PTS (2G 3A, +4)

Omaha Southwest Players
Ryan Daugherty 3 GP 3 PTS (0G 3A, +1)
C.J. Ludwig 3 GP 2 PTS (0G 2A, +4)

Omaha Goaltending
Jeff Teglia 3 GP 3-0 2.30 GAA .881 SV%


Fargo Force Road to the Clark Cup

Regular Season Record: 37-17-6 80 PTS, 227 GF 214 GA

DIV. Semifinals VS. Sioux Falls: Game 1 5-1 W, Game 2 7-6 W, Game 3 3-1 W


Fargo Scoring Leaders
Matt Leitner 3 GP 6 PTS (3G 3A, +7)
Corey Leivermann 3 GP 5 PTS (3G 2A, +1)
Chase Grant 3 GP 5 PTS (3G 2A, +5)

Fargo Southwest Players
Johnnie Searfoss 3 GP 0 PTS (0G 0A, -1)

Fargo Goaltending
Ryan Massa 3 GP 3-0 2.24 GAA .923 SV%
Dayn Belfour 1 GP 0-0 6.23 GAA .846 SV%

All Omaha Lancers Home Games are @ Omaha Civic Center

All Fargo Force Home Games are @ Urban Plans Center

Game 1, 4/16: @ Omaha 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/17: @ Omaha 7:05 PM

Game 3, 4/21: @ Fargo 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/22: @ Fargo 7:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/24: @ Omaha 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary

2010 AHL Calder Cup Playoffs: North & West Division Semifinals

Last night I showed the Playoff Matchups and Schedules for the East & Atlantic Divisions that make up the Eastern Conference. Now it's time for the North & West Divisions that make up the Western Conference as the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs that begin on Wednesday Night. For Southwest fans, the Texas Stars are looking to take the strong first season and take into a strong playoff run where they can give the West Division something to think about. Theirs 3 other big matchups that should be really great to follow.

After a horrible start which included a coaching change and bringing in Chris Chelios for a part of the middle part of the season. All of that has helped a lot as the Wolves took the West Division Top Seed as they will take on a Milwaukee Team who was in the Division Title Race for most of the season, but dropped off somewhat after the league All Star Game as the Admirals were never in danger of missing out in the playoffs, but they could have been a much higher seed and have had a much better situation.

Texas will be taking on a Rockford team who might have beat them in the final weekend of the season. But the Stars controlled the regular season series' by winning all but one other game during the regular season, and that other Icehogs win came in a very close game on the road. So the Stars should be going in very confident, the Stars will be going in on a strong team defense by giving up just 198 goals which was 2nd overall in the entire Western Conference only behind the North Division Champion who gave up a league low 182.

Hamilton is a very dangerous team as they could be the Western Conference's biggest threat if the Bulldogs make the Calder Cup, especially against the Hershey Bears as they could have the team that can challenge the Hershey Bears high flying offense. Hamilton has an all Canadian Matchup against Manitoba who have a lot of experience from last year's team that made it to the Calder Cup Final. Overall it's a younger team then last year, don't expect the Bulldogs to taken lightly.

In addition to Texas, Abbotsford has had a strong first season as the Heat were in a battle from 2nd to 5th where the Heat just finished 1 point back of Rochester who will have home ice in this series. I think the Rochester VS. Abbotsford Series has the ponetnital has the chance to be the best out of all the first round series as the Division Semifinals are getting underway.

North Division Semifinals


#1N Hamilton Bulldogs VS. #4N Manitoba Moose

Hamilton Bulldogs Regular Season Record: 52-17-11 115 PTS, 271 GF 182 GA

Hamilton Scoring Leaders
David Desharnais 60 GP 78 PTS (27G 51A, +30)
Brock Trotter 75 GP 77 PTS (36G 41A, +33)
P.K. Subban 77 GP 53 PTS (18G 35A, +46)

Hamilton Goaltending
Cedrick Desjardins 47 GP 29-9-4 2.00 GAA .919 SV%
Curts Sanford 41 GP 23-11-3 2.13 GAA .916 SV%


Manitoba Moose Regular Season Record: 40-33-7 87 PTS, 204 GF 232 GA

Manitoba Scoring Leaders
Marco Rosa 80 GP 55 PTS (22G 35A, +5)
Sergei Shirokov 76 GP 45 PTS (22G 23A, -1)
Peter Olvecky 70 GP 38 PTS (12G 26A, +12)

Manitoba Goaltending
Cory Schneider 60 GP 35-23-2 2.51 GAA .919 SV%
Daren Machesney 21 GP 5-14-0 3.34 GAA .894 SV%


All Hamilton Bulldogs Home Games are @ Copps Coliseum

All Manitoba Moose Home Games are @ MTS Center

Game 1, 4/15: @ Hamilton 6:30 PM

Game 2, 4/17: @ Hamilton 1:00 PM

Game 3, 4/19: @ Manitoba 7:30 PM

Game 4, 4/21: @ Manitoba 7:30 PM

Game 5, 4/23: @ Manitoba 7:30 PM*

Game 6, 4/25: @ Hamilton 6:00 PM*

Game 7, 4/27: @ Hamilton 6:30 PM*

*If Necessary


#2N Rochester Americans VS. #3N Abbotsford Heat

Rochester Americans Regular Season Record: 44-33-3 91 PTS, 253 GF 247 GA

Rochester Scoring Leaders
Jamie Johnson 80 GP 71 PTS (27G 44A, -7)
Chris Taylor 80 GP 61 PTS (17G 44A, -2)
Clay Wilson 75 GP 60 PTS (14G 46A, +22)

Rochester Goaltending
Tyler Plante 27 GP 12-12-1 2.66 GAA .914 SV%
Alexander Salak 48 GP 29-14-0 2.89 GAA .910 SV%


Abbotsford Heat Regular Season Record: 80 GP 39-29-12 90 PTS, 217 GF 231 GA

Abbotsford Scoring Leaders
Jason Jaffray 72 GP 54 PTS (25G 29A, +24)
David Van der Gulik 64 GP 40 PTS (16G 24A, +13)
Cam Cunning 69 GP 38 PTS (19G 19A, +4)

Abbotsford Goaltending
David Shantz 32 GP 15-10-4 2.75 GAA .908 SV%
Leland Irving 35 GP 14-17-2 2.76 GAA .905 SV%


All Rochester Americans Home Games are @ Blue Cross Arena

All Abbotsford Heat Home Games are @ Abbotsford Sports & Enterainment Center

Game 1, 4/15: @ Rochester 6:05 PM

Game 2, 4/17: @ Rochester 6:05 PM

Game 3, 4/19: @ Abbotsford 8:00 PM

Game 4, 4/21: @ Abbotsford 8:00 PM

Game 5, 4/23: @ Abbotsford 8:00 PM*

Game 6, 4/25: @ Rochester 4:05 PM*

Game 7, 4/27: @ Rochester 6:05 PM*

*If Necessary


West Division Semifinals


#1W Chicago Wolves VS. #4W Milwaukee Admirals

Chicago Wolves Regular Season Record: 49-24-7 105 PTS, 264 GF 214 GA

Chicago Scoring Leaders
Jason Krog 78 GP 75 PTS (14G 61A, +17)
Tim Stapleton 73 GP 59 PTS (30G 29A, +22)
Brett Sterling 55 GP 56 PTS (34G 22A, +20)

Chicago Goaltending
Drew Maclntyre 41 GP 20-17-2 2.54 GAA .917 SV%
Peter Mannino 38 GP 26-5-1 2.34 GAA .921 SV%


Milwaukee Admirals Regular Season Record: 41-30-9 91 PTS, 237 GF 220 GA

Milwaukee Scoring Leaders
Mike Santorelli 57 GP 59 PTS (26G 33A, +17)
Robert Dietrich 79 GP 43 PTS (6G 37A, -9)
Hugh Jessman 78 GP 42 PTS (20G 22A, +9)

Milwaukee Goaltending
Mark Dekanich 49 GP 27-16-4 2.33 GAA .914 SV%
Chet Pickard 36 GP 14-16-3 2.85 GAA .892 SV%


All Chicago Wolves Home Games are @ Allstate Arena

All Milwaukee Admirals Home Games are @ Bradley Center

Game 1, 4/14: @ Chicago 7:00 PM

Game 2, 4/16: @ Chicago 7:30 PM

Game 3, 4/17: @ Milwaukee 7:00 PM

Game 4, 4/19: @ Milwaukee 7:00 PM

Game 5, 4/21: @ Chicago 7:00 PM*

Game 6, TBD: @ Milwaukee 7:00 PM*

Game 7, 4/26: @ Chicago 7:00 PM*

*If Necessary


#2W Texas Stars VS. #3W Rockford Icehogs

Texas Stars Regular Season Record: 46-27-7 99 PTS, 238 GF 198 GA

Texas Scoring Leaders
Aaron Gagon 78 GP 58 PTS (27G 31A, +19)
Travis Morin 80 GP 52 PTS (21G 31A, +10)
Perttu Lindgren 74 GP 47 PTS (14G 33A, +3)

Texas Goaltending
Brent Krahn 22 GP 17-4-0 1.83 GAA .945 SV%
Matt Climie 43 GP 21-17-3 2.46 GAA .919 SV%


Rockford Icehogs Regular Season Record: 44-30-6 94 PTS, 226 GF 226 GA

Rockford Scoring Leaders
Mark Cullen 62 GP 53 PTS (21G 32A, +2)
Bracken Kearns 80 GP 51 PTS (15G 36A, +8)
Jack Skille 63 GP 49 PTS (23G 26A, -1)

Rockford Goaltending
Corey Crawford 45 GP 24-16-2 2.67 GAA .909 SV%
Hannu Toivonen 32 GP 12-15-3 2.85 GAA .902 SV%


All Texas Stars Home Games are @ Cedar Park Center

All Rockford Icehogs Home Games are @ Rockford Metro Center

Game 1, 4/16: @ Texas 7:30 PM

Game 2, 4/17: @ Texas 7:00 PM

Game 3, 4/21: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/23: @ Rockford 7:05 PM

Game 5, 4/24: @ Rockford 7:05 PM*

Game 6, 4/26: @ Texas 7:30 PM*

Game 7, 4/27: @ Texas 7:30 PM*

*If Necessary

Southwest Players in the USHL Playoffs

Here's a look at Southwest based players that will be playing the United States Hockey League Playoffs which begin tomorrow night. I will provide a short showing of what the different players and showing their chances of skating with the USHL Clark Cup Championship this year. The Playoffs will begin tomorrow night.



This year, the Southwest has 6 prominent players that are teammates on the Omaha Lancers, Fargo Force and the Indiana Ice for this year's post-season and they is high hopes that we have players on the top 2 seeds in the West Division plus the defending champion Indiana Ice.



Here's the first Round Matchups



East Division



#1 Green Bay Gamblers VS. #4 Waterloo Blackhawks



#2 Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. #3 Indiana Ice





West Division



#1 Omaha Lancers VS. #4 Tri-City Storm



#2 Fargo Force VS. #3 Sioux Falls Stampede





Omaha Lancers



F: Ryan Daugherty: http://ushl.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=2288314&seasonid=4429


Hometown: Allen, Texas


2009-2010 Season Stats: 52 GP 33 PTS (18G 15A)


College/Pro Path: Northern Michigan University



Ryan is a physical forward with an increasing scoring threat during his 2 seasons with the Omaha Lancers. From just 6 goals last year, he's been able to increase has goal scoring ability to 17 this season. He's also been fantastic at getting the tough goals right in front of the net in front of traffic and, being able to clear pathways for his teammates to help out players like Seth Ambroz and Matt White who just missed winning the scoring title by one point over Tri-City's Jaden Schwartz.



Last year he had to take a much bigger load defensively as this turned out to be a bit of a weaker spot in his game. But he has shown that he can be a strong defense, however, he increased the number in penalty minutes from 52 last year to 111 this year. He's also been able increase his ability on the power play where he had no points with the man advantage last year, this year the Lancers forward was able to get 14 of his 33 points (9G 5A) on the power play. He also notched 4 game winners.



He does have a tendency to be a bit streaky this season. Going into the playoffs where he has 6 points in his final 7 games, including a 2 goal game against Fargo back on March 17. Unfortunately, earlier this season he had a 7 game scoreless streak around Thanksgiving and shortly their after. Also a minor knee injury where he missed 7 games in early and mid Feb also affected his pace for most of Feb. and in early March.



After St. Patricks Day though he was able to get back up to his normal pace and if he can keep this point streak going into the playoffs, he may be able to have a big playoff run to help the Lancers and to show the coaching staff at Northern Michigan that he deserves to play a big role with NMU when he starts up their next year.







D: C.J. Ludwig: www.pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=2288310&seasonid=4429



Hometown: Little Elm, Texas

Season Stats: 58 GP 24 PTS (7G 17A)


College/Pro Path: Northern Michigan University



C.J. Ludwig has become a double threat at his time with the Omaha Lancers. In his 2 seasons, he was known for delivering the hits as he has racked up triple digit penalty minute totals in both season in Omaha (130 in 2008-09, 152 in 2009-10). He's not afraid to fight either as he has racked up 8 fighting majors this season, including games against the Green Bay Gamblers and Sioux Falls Stampede with 21 & 32 penalty minutes in different performances this season.



He's also been able to increase his scoring ability. He was 2nd in defensive scoring on the team with 24 points, only behind Dennis Brown with 31 points. However, he did have more goals with 7 while Brown only had 4. Because of his combo of being both a physical presence and bringing a scoring punch, he was named to the USHL West Division All Star Game for the Event that was played in Indiana back in January.


Helping to get involved with the scoring, not giving up goals has also improved greatly as well as he went from a +7 last season to +15 this season. His ability to help improve his puck moving abilities to help set up the teams top forwards like Erik Haula and Matt White who both finished in the top in league scoring this season.


He's also going to be able to tune up his team game with teammate and fellow D/FW Native Ryan Daugherty who will continue to be teammates at Northern Michigan University after their junior career ends this season.



Omaha's Playoff Hopes: The Lancers have loads of playoff experience with the leadership and guidance of Omaha Lancers Head Coach Bliss Littler. Also with Seth Ambroz who has been improving rapidly during his first two seasons and is expected to be a highly converted pick when he is up for the 2011 NHL Draft next year.



Omaha is looking for their 2nd championship in 3 years after beating Sioux City, Lincoln and Waterloo for the Championship back in 2008. Their chances of getting back to the Championship are great and this team maybe one of the few will be able to challenge Green Bay's size with their speed.


Fargo Force


F: Chase Grant: www.pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=2288285&seasonid=5158


Home Town: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


2009-2010 Stats: 59 GP 50 PTS (28G 22A)


College/Pro Path: Minnesota State University


Chase Grant leads a well balanced offense attack which has 8 players with double digit goals, 6 of which had 20 or more. Grant lead the team with 28 goals and when he gets going, he's very hard to stop, he had a steady hand as he had numerous point scoring streaks which included his best hockey of the season where he had a point in 12 of 13 games which started in late January through Early March as he scored goals in 10 of that time span.


Like Ryan Daugherty, he's had a strong power play, but he was able to increase has ability on the power play like a bullet from 3 power play points last year to 11 this season. However in his last 9 games since his points in 12 of 13 ended. He's scoring abilities have dried up as he has just 4 points (1G 3A) which dates back to March 12 against the Lincoln Stars, and in his last 4 games, he has 0 points and a minus 7 which is a string as the Force were going toe-to-toe with the Lancers for the top spot in the West Division Playoffs, but losses in 5 of the final 7 games ended those hopes.


He may be just 175 pounds, but hes been working on his hitting ability as he gets ready to head off to Minnesota State University to play in the WCHA. He should be a part of a balanced scoring attack to help his team get back to the Clark Cup Championship before losing to Indiana last year. However, if he can't get out of this slump his team is on, it could be a 1 and done to the Sioux Falls Stampede in the Division Semifinals.


F; Johnnie Searfoss: www.pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=2330628&seasonid=4429


Home Town: Colleyville, Texas

2009-2010 Player Stats: 60 GP 40 PTS (21G 19A)


College/Pro Path: University of Nebraska-Omaha


Johnnie Searfoss's job on the team has changed greatly this season. Last season despite getting 34 points last year, he was used mostly as a defensive minded forward. This season, he's been giving the green light to attack a lot more, even though his plus/minus ranking has fallen from +12 to -15 this season, his goal numbers are up to 21 and he's been able to be in his more natural role as a physical forward.



The Penalty Minute numbers were way up to 90 this season, but he's not much of a fighter. Most of the nights were he had the major penalty minute numbers were from nights when he something like a Checking from Behind Misconduct in a game against the Youngstown Phantoms back in January.



For the Force to be successful this year in the playoffs, the Force will need to be able to get out of this funk the team has been in that cost them a shot at the Top Seed. The team needs to allow Searfoss to have his combination of his scoring and hitting ability and being able to avoid the penalty box in the playoffs. Especially against a team like Sioux Falls who has fewest penalty minutes of the West Division Teams that are in the playoffs.



Fargo's Playoff Hopes: Fargo needs to have the ability to pull off another run like they did last year in the team's first year. The Force will need to be able to play a disciplined game against the Stampede and improve the team defense, the team has given up 4 or more goals in 8 of the teams 11 games of the regular season. Reports of internal fighting within the org might have been reported as well and could affect the team's performance as the playoffs get underway.


Also, some secondary scoring needs to start showing up. After the main scoring guys, no one has more then 6 goals during the season, so will fatigue be a growing concern going into the post-season.



Indiana Ice

Both of the Indiana Ice players came-over from different teams this season. First the Tri-City Storm traded Blake Coleman from the Tri-City Storm to the Indiana Ice back midway through the season. Then later in the season, Jacob Fallon left the USNTDP under mysterious circumstances who played just 6 games went to the Indiana Ice.





Blake Coleman: www.pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=3200319&seasonid=4429


2009-2010 Stats: 58 GP 28 PTS (10G 18A)

Home Town: Plano, Texas


College/Pro Path: Miami of Ohio University



After a slow start for the Tri-City Storm, he was traded to the Indiana Ice back in December and it has helped him out as he was able to help increase his goal scoring output as he had a 2 goal game in just his 3rd game against the Chicago Steel on New Year's Eve just after the Holiday Break ended. I also think being out of the lime light of being in Jaden Schwartz shadow who won the league scoring title this season with 83 points.



His strength though is a speed game where he can help set up breakaways and set up some of the teams goal scorers like Bryon Paulazzo and Max Cook. If Coleman is going to play a big role in the Ice's playoff hopes, his physical presence has been down played a little bit and be very discplined at the same time as the Ice will be probably be in some close games as 4 of the 5 games ended in 1 goal games.


Jacob Fallon: www.pointstreak.com/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=3213748&seasonid=4429

2009-2010 Stats: 32 GP 11 PTS (2G 9A)

Home Town: Southlake, Texas

College/Pro Path: Michigan University

Jacob Fallon almost never had a shot at a great season as he played in just 6 games during his time in the USNTDP with very little results as he didn't make his season debut till December. After his 6 games in December where he got just 2 points in his time.

He left under pretty mysterious circumstance's and was out of the league for a few weeks while pondering his future. He decided to go to the Indiana Ice where he made his debut back on 1/22 against the Tri-City Storm. He still had some issues taking over the game where had just 1 goal in his time with the Ice.

For him to help the team in the playoffs, he needs to basically put the regular season behind him and clear his mind to have a strong playoff run this year. He needs to use his speed to join the attack where he's not much of a defensive presence for the Ice. If he can't do those things, it may be a quick ouster for the Ice for the playoffs.

Indiana's Hopes: The Ice have the ability to match up well against Cedar Rapids as 4 of the 5 matchups ended up being one goal games. However, they must keep the scores low as the Roughriders won the only high scoring game. Expect to be a very close series and just like last year, don't be surprised to see this series go the full 5 games in this series.

USHL Divisional Semifinals Schedule & Preview

The United States Hockey League playoffs get underway on Wednesday night as all 4 series' will get underway as the East Division 1st Round Series' were set up back on March 31. One of the great things about the United States Hockey League is that this league gets it right when it comes down on how many teams make the playoffs. Unlike the Canadian Jr. A, Major Junior or the NAHL which basically allows nearly all the teams make it in.

This makes the 1st Round more exciting and more unpredictable more often and you see what happens. Last year we saw both of the #3 seeds in the Indiana Ice & Fargo Force make it to the Championship. With the talent gaps being a lot bigger then last year, I don't expect any thing like that to happen this year, but expect some great series' from a 1st round rematch as the Indiana Ice and Cedar Rapids Roughriders as both teams will be facing off for the 2nd straight year.

Also the Tri-City Storm will be looking to use their momentum who won the last 3 against the Lincoln Stars, Des Moines Buccaneers and Sioux Falls Stampede to hold off a hard charging Sioux City Musketeers team in the final weekend of the season. Even though the Storm are the #4 Seed, the Storm do have the league's scoring champion in Jaden Schwartz who had 83 points (33G 50A) during the regular season.

Fargo may have some problems looking to get back to the Clark Cup Championship as the Force are ending the regular season as the Force have lost 4 in a row and some reports of some internal fighting within the team may be distracting them. Sioux Falls may have a great shot as the Stampede are going into the playoffs by getting points in 6 of their final 7 (5-1-1). The Stampede almost took over the Force in the last couple of days of the season to take over home ice in the opening round of the playoffs. Expect this series to be the best of 4 Divisional Semifinal Series'.


Here's a look at the 1st Round Series' which all begin on Wednesday Night.


East Division Semifinals


#1 Green Bay Gamblers VS. #4 Waterloo Blackhawks

Green Bay Gamblers Regular Season Record: 45-10-5 95 PTS, 212 GF 140 GA

Green Bay Scoring Leaders
Anders Lee 59 GP 66 PTS (35G 31A)
Reed Seckel 54 GP 58 PTS (24G 34A)
Ryan Furne 60 GP 45 PTS (19G 26A)


Green Bay Goaltending
Steve Summerhays 39 GP 31-2-3 2.17 GAA .914 SV%
Ryan Mckay 24 GP 14-8-2 2.20 GAA .909 SV%


Waterloo Blackhawks Regular Season Record: 31-27-2 64 PTS, 227 GF 221 GA


Waterloo Scoring Leaders
J.T. Brown 60 GP 77 PTS (34G 43A)
Brock Montpetit 55 GP 69 PTS (28G 41A)
Tyler Barnes 60 GP 68 PTS (35G 33A)

Waterloo Goaltending
C.J. Motte 42 GP 21-15-0 3.28 GAA .897 SV%
Willie Yanakeff 22 GP 10-9-0 3.31 GAA .880 SV%


All Green Bay Gamblers Home Games are @ Green Bay Resech Center

All Waterloo Blackhawks Home Games are @ Waterloo Young Arena


Game 1, 4/7: @ Green Bay 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/9: @ Green Bay 7:05 PM

Game 3, 4/10: @ Waterloo 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/12: @ Waterloo 7:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/14: @ Green Bay 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary



#2 Cedar Rapids Roughriders VS. #3 Indiana Ice

Cedar Rapids Roughriders Regular Season Record: 38-19-3 79 PTS, 214 GF 154 GA

Cedar Rapids Scoring Leaders
Zach Lehrke 58 GP 58 PTS (25G 33A)
Bryce Aneloski 60 GP 54 PTS (15G 39A)
Jeff Costello 54 GP 48 PTS (29G 19A)

Cedar Rapids Goaltending
Troy Grosenick 44 GP 26-14-2 2.63 GAA .902 SV%
Cody Campbell 29 GP 17-8-1 2.40 GAA .905 SV%


Indiana Ice Regular Season Record: 33-24-3 69 PTS, 199 GF 187 GA

Indiana Scoring Leaders
Bryon Paulazzo 59 GP 54 PTS (21G 33A)
Max Cook 57 GP 49 PTS (23G 26A)
Antti Roppo 59 GP 45 PTS (27G 18A)


Indiana Goaltending
Cab Morris 38 GP 21-13-2 2.57 GAA .913 SV%
Casey Desmith 27 GP 11-11-1 3.18 GAA .897 SV%

All Cedar Rapids Roughriders Home Games are @ Cedar Rapids Ice Arena

All Indiana Ice Home Games are @ Pan American Plaza

Game 1, 4/7: @ Cedar Rapids 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/9: @ Cedar Rapids 7:05 PM

Game 3, 4/10: @ Indiana 6:05 PM

Game 4, 4/12: @ Indiana 6:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/14: @ Cedar Rapids 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary



West Division Semifinals

#1 Omaha Lancers VS. #4 Tri-City Storm

Omaha Lancers Regular Season Record: 42-12-6 90 PTS, 238 GF 146 GA

Omaha Scoring Leaders
Matt White 57 GP 82 PTS (35G 47A)
Erik Haula 56 GP 72 PTS (28G 44A)
Dakota Eveland 59 GP 59 PTS (20G 39A)

Omaha Goaltending
Jeff Teglia 45 GP 30-10-5 2.27 GAA .921 SV%
John Keeney 13 GP 8-1-1 1.98 GAA .916 SV%


Tri-City Storm Regular Season Record: 29-25-6 64 PTS, 172 GF 189 GA

Tri-City Scoring Leaders
Jaden Schwartz 60 GP 83 PTS (33G 50A)
Brett Mohler 60 GP 45 PTS (13G 32A)
Radoslav Illo 50 GP 43 PTS (24G 19A)


Tri-City Goaltending
Carsen Chubak 50 GP 21-19-6 2.98 GAA .903 SV%
Steven Bolton 20 GP 8-6-0 3.10 GAA .899 SV%


All Omaha Lancers Home Games are @ Omaha Civic Center

All Tri-City Storm Home Games are @ Viaero Event Center

Game 1, 4/7: @ Omaha 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/9: @ Tri-City 7:05 PM

Game 3, 4/10: @ Omaha 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/12: @ Tri-City 7:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/14: @ Omaha 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary


#2 Fargo Force VS. #3 Sioux Falls Stampede

Fargo Force Regular Season Record: 37-17-6 80 PTS, 227 GF 214 GA


Fargo Scoring Leaders
Matt Leitner 54 GP 66 PTS (25G 41A)
Corey Leivermann 59 GP 55 PTS (20G 35A)
Nate Condon 60 GP 51 PTS (23G 28A)

Fargo Goaltending
Ryan Massa 33 GP 19-7-2 3.18 GAA .896 SV%
Dayn Belfour 19 GP 8-3-4 3.41 GAA .881 SV%


Sioux Falls Stampede Regular Season Record: 33-15-12 78 PTS, 223 GF 182 GA


Sioux Falls Scoring Leaders
Michael Voran 60 GP 74 PTS (23G 51A)
Matt Lindblad 57 GP 70 PTS (24G 46A)
Mark Antoine 60 GP 52 PTS (27G 25A)

Sioux Falls Goaltending
Clay Witt 44 GP 24-12-7 2.66 GAA .906 SV%
Lino Chimienti 19 GP 8-3-5 3.10 GAA .879 SV%


All Fargo Force Home Games are @ Urban Plains Center

All Sioux Falls Stampede Home Games are @ Sioux Falls Arena

Game 1, 4/7: @ Sioux Falls 7:05 PM

Game 2, 4/9: @ Fargo 7:35 PM

Game 3, 4/10: @ Fargo 7:05 PM

Game 4, 4/13: @ Sioux Falls 7:05 PM*

Game 5, 4/14: @ Fargo 7:05 PM*

*If Necessary

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Divisional Round Schedule: Central & West Divisions

Despite most of the power being in the East & Atlantic Divisions in the QMJHL this year. The Drummondville Voltigeurs who are the defending QMJHL Champions have been been one of the best teams in the last part of the regular season by winning an amazing 16 in a row to end the regular season.

Even the they did they play some of the league weak links in teams like Val-dor and Lewiston, the Voltigeurs also beat the likes of Victoriaville, Quebec City and one of the league's biggest improvers in the P.E.I. Rockets the last part of the season. Expect the Voltigeurs to go deep again in the hopes of defending the QMJHL Title and have another shot at the Memorial Cup this season.

The other big time contender out of the West & Central could be the Victoriaville Tigers as for most of the year as the Tigers were neck-and-neck for the QMJHL Central Division Top Seed. The Tigers still won an impressive 46 games and have some great players Phillip-Michael Devos and Brandon Hynes to help the Tigers go deep this season. After getting sweeped by the Shawinigan Cataractes who got all the way to the QMJHL Final last year, look for the Tigers to have a big playoff run.

The Central Was known for having a very balanced Division, but no one really stood out as the Rouyn-Nornda Huskies won the West Division, they should be favored against the Val-dor Foures, but beyond that, I don't the see the Central Division getting very far this year.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League uses a different Playoff Format then the WHL & OHL. The QMJHL starts out with the Divisional Format as the Series will play #1 VS. #4 & #2 VS. #3 as the playoffs get underway. Then starting in the 2nd Round as the Playoffs will reseeded and will go from #1 through #8 with the Divisional Champions getting Home Ice for the first 2 Rounds.

Here's the Standings for the Quarterfinals as the teams get reseeded.

1. St. John Seadogs 109 PTS, Atlantic Division Champions

2. Drummondville Voltigeurs 104 PTS, Central Division Champions

3. Quebec City Ramparts 89 PTS, East Division Champions

4. Rouyn-Nornda Huskies 88 PTS, West Division Champions

5. Moncton Wildcats 102 PTS

6. Victoriaville Tigers 95 PTS

7. Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 87 PTS

8. P.E.I. Rockets 78 PTS

9. Rimouski Oceanic 75 PTS

10. Shawinigan Cataractes 70 PTS

11. Montreal De Junior 69 PTS

12. Gatineau Olympiques 65 PTS

13. Chicoutimi Sagueneens 61 PTS

14. Acadie-Bathurst Titans 56 PTS

15. Val-dor Foures 52 PTS

16. Lewiston Maineiacs 49 PTS


West Division

#1W Rouyn-Nornda Huskies VS. #4W Val-dor Foures

Rouyn-Nornda Huskies Regular Season Record: 41-21-6 88 PTS, 256 GF 205 GA

Rouyn-Nornda Leading Scores
Gabriel Levesque 67 GP 82 PTS (24G 58A)
Phillippe Cornet 65 GP 77 PTS (28G 49A)
Jeff Desjardins 67 GP 58 PTS (25G 33A)

Rouyn-Nornda Goaltending
Nicholas Champion 50 GP 26-21-0 2.96 GAA .907 SV%
Mickael Audette 42 GP 22-16-3 3.06 GAA .883 SV%


Val-dor Foures Regular Season Record: 22-38-8 52 PTS, 202 GF 296 GA

Val-dor Scoring Leaders
Alexandre Quesenel 57 GP 63 PTS (27G 36A)
Samuel Morneau 55 GP 62 PTS (30G 32A)
Jonathan Hazen 53 GP 59 PTS (24G 35A)

Val-dor Goaltending
Raffaele D'Orso 38 GP 12-24-0 3.86 GAA .883 SV%
Jacob Gervais-Chouinard 23 GP 7-11-0 3.88 GAA .842 SV%
Sean Coulton 18 GP 3-11-2 5.46 GAA ..842 SV%


All Rouyn-Nornda Huskies Home Games are @ Dave Keon Arena

All Val-dor Foerures Home Games are @ Creebec Air Center

Game 1, 3/19: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Val-dor 6:30 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Val-dor 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Val-dor 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Rouyn-Nornda 6:30 PM*

*IF necessary


#2W Montreal De Junior VS. #3W Gatineau Olympiques

Montreal De Junior Regular Season Record: 31-30-7 69 PTS, 215 GF 215 GA

Montreal Scoring Leaders
Jeremy Gouchie 67 GP 65 PTS (25G 40A)
Nicolas Chouinard 66 GP 59 PTS (29G 30A)
Trevor Parker 66 GP 47 PTS (27G 20A)

Montreal Goaltending
Jean-Francois Berube 45 GP 17-23-6 3.03 GAA .897 SV%
Etienne Marcoux 9 GP 3-3-0 3.41 GAA ..898 SV%

Gatineau Olympiques Regular Season Record: 30-33-5 65 PTS, 213 GF 217 GA

Gatineau Scoring Leaders
Tye Mcginn 50 GP 62 PTS (27G 35A)
Alexander Beaton 65 GP 46 PTS (16G 30A)
Hugo Laporte 67 GP 40 PTS (9G 31A)

Gatineau Goaltending
Maxime Clermont 59 GP 24-31-4 2.81 GAA .897 SV%
Dereck Tait 16 GP 5-7-2 3.97 GAA .866 SV%


All Montreal De Junior Home Games are @ Verdun Auditourm

All Gatineau Olympiques Home Games are @ Robert Guertin Auditourm

Game 1, 3/19: @ Montreal 6:35 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Montreal 6:35 PM

Game 3, 3/22: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Montreal 6:35 PM*

Game 6, 3/27: @ Gatineau 6:30 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Montreal 6:35 PM*

*If Necessary


Central Division

#1C Drummondville Voltigeurs VS. #4C Lewiston Maineiacs

Drummondville Voltigeurs Regular Season Record: 51-15-2 104 PTS, 307 GF 185 GA

Drummondville Scoring Leaders
Sean Couturier 68 GP 96 PTS (41G 55A)
Gabriel Dumont 62 GP 93 PTS (51G 42A)
Marc-Olivier Vachon 67 GP 74 PTS (30G 44A)

Drummondville Goaltending
Jake Allen 45 GP 29-14-4 2.20 GAA .922 SV%
Frederic Piche 22 GP 9-6-1 2.83 GAA .857 SV%


Lewiston Maineiacs Regular Season Record: 23-42-3 49 PTS, 212 GF 298 GA

Lewiston Scoring Leaders
Pierre-Olivier Morin 67 GP 65 PTS (20G 45A)
Michael Chaput 68 GP 55 PTS (28G 27A)
Billy Lacasse 61 GP 50 PTS (21G 29A)

Lewiston Goaltending
Adiren Lemay 60 GP 23-35-5 3.87 GAA .896 SV%
Jordan Kennedy 12 GP 0-7-0 5.90 GAA .848 SV%

All Drummondville Voltigeurs Home Games are @ Marcel Dionne Center

All Lewiston Maineiacs Home Games are @ Androscoggin Bank Coliseum

Game 1, 3/19: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Drummondville 6:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Lewiston 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Lewiston 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Lewiston 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Drummondville 6:30 PM*

*If Necessary


#2C Victoriaville Tigers VS. #3C Shawinigan Cataractes

Victoriaville Tigers Regular Season Record: 46-19-3 95 PTS, 296 GF 191 GA

Victoriaville Leading Scores
Phillip-Michael Devos 68 GP 93 PTS (35G 58A)
Joel Champagne 68 GP 79 PTS (38G 41A)
Brandon Hynes 68 GP 75 PTS (41G 34A)

Victoriaville Goaltending
Kevin Poulin 54 GP 35-16-4 2.63 GAA .916 SV%
Antonio Mastropietro 20 GP 11-6-0 2.92 GAA .901 SV%


Shawinigan Cataractes Regular Season Record: 31-29-8 70 PTS, 217 GF 240 GA

Shawinigan Scoring Leaders
Pierre-Alexandre Vandall 55 GP 75 PTS (31G 44A)
Dave Labrecque 63 GP 63 PTS (23G 40A)
Michael Bournival 58 GP 62 PTS (24G 38A)

Shawinigan Goaltending
Marc-Anthoine Gelinas 47 GP 30-15-2 2.60 GAA .915 SV%
Gabriel Girard 46 GP 16-22-5 3.40 GAA .895 SV%


All Victoriaville Tigers Home Games are @ Desjardins Coliseum

All Shawinigan Cataractes Home Games are @ Bionest Center

Game 1, 3/19: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM

Game 2, 3/20: @ Vicotriaville 3:00 PM

Game 3, 3/23: @ Shawinigan 6:00 PM

Game 4, 3/24: @ Shawinigan 6:00 PM

Game 5, 3/26: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM*

Game 6, 3/28: @ Shawinigan 3:00 PM*

Game 7, 3/30: @ Victoriaville 6:00 PM*

*If Necessary

2009-2010 Texas Stars Schedule

For the expansion Texas Stars, the team is looking to get a strong first season where they will play at the Cedar Park Center. After a year with no AHL Affiliate, the Dallas Stars are looking to Central Texas after being in Iowa for most of the decade. As for the Stars, they will open the season on October 2 against the San Antonio Rampage on the road.

For more info on the Texas Stars: www.texasstarshockey.com

Fore more info on the American Hockey League: www.theahl.com

The Texas Stars NHL Affiliate is the Dallas Stars



Texas Stars Home Games are at the Cedar Park Civic Center

All times are Central Time

October

10/2: @ San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

10/3: VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

10/9: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

10/10: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

10/15: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:30 PM

10/17: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

10/20: VS. Lake Erie Monsters 7:30 PM

10/23: VS. Lake Erie Monsters 7:30 PM

10/24: @ Hamilton Bulldogs 7:00 PM

10/30: @ San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

10/31: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

November

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

11/6: VS. Manitoba Moose 7:30 PM

11/7: VS. Manitoba Moose 7:00 PM

11/11: @ Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

11/13: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

11/14: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

11/15: @ San Antonio Rampage 3:00 PM

11/18: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

11/20: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 6:00 PM

11/21: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

11/22: @ Chicago Wolves 3:00 PM

11/25: VS. Milwaukee Admirals 7:30 PM

11/27: VS. Milwaukee Admirals 7:30 PM

December

12/4: @ Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

12/5: @ Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

12/6: @ San Antonio Rampage 5:00 PM

12/9: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:30 PM

12/11: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:30 PM

12/12: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:00 PM

12/15: VS. Houston Aeros 7:30 PM

12/18: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

12/19: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 PM

12/27: @ San Antonio Rampage 3:00 PM

12/29: VS. Syracuse Crunch 7:30 PM

12/31: @ Manitoba Moose 4:00 PM

January

1/2: @ Manitoba Moose 7:30 PM

1/6: VS. Houston Aeros 7:30 PM

1/8: @ Abbotsford Heat 9:30 PM

1/9: @ Abbotsford Heat 6:00 PM

1/12: VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:30 PM

1/15: VS. Toronto Marlies 7:30 PM

1/22: @ Lake Erie Monsters 6:30 PM

1/23: @ Lake Erie Monsters 12:00 PM

1/26: VS. Milwaukee Admirals 7:30 PM

1/29: VS. Abbotsford Heat 7:30 PM

1/30: VS. Abbotsford Heat 7:00 PM

1/31: @ Peoria Rivermen 6:00 PM

February

2/2: @ Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

2/5: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:30 PM

2/6: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

2/9: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:30 PM

2/12: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:30 PM

2/13: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

2/16: @ Hamilton Bulldogs 6:30 PM

2/17: @ Syracuse Crunch 6:00 PM

2/19: @ Toronto Marlies 6:00 PM

2/21: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 3:00 PM

2/23: @ Peoria Rivermen 6:00 PM

2/26: VS. Houston Aeros 7:30 PM

2/27: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

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

March

3/5: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:30 PM

3/6: VS. Houston Aeros 7:00 PM

3/10: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:30 PM

3/12: @ San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

3/13: VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:00 PM

3/18: VS. Milwaukee Admrials 7:30 PM

3/20: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

3/21: @ Peoria Rivermen 3:00 PM

3/23: @ Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

3/26: @ Chicago Wolves 7:30 PM

3/27: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 PM

3/28: @ Chicago Wolves 3:00 PM

3/31: @ Milwaukee Admrials 7:00 PM

April

4/2: VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:30 PM

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

4/6: VS. San Antonio Rampage 7:30 PM

4/9: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:30 PM

4/10: @ Houston Aeros

2009-2010 San Antonio Rampage Schedule

For the San Antonio Rampage, they are looking for a big strides after having a terrible year where they finished last in the West Division with a less then exciting 36-38-6 record for just 78 points and finishing well behind the playoff pace. Off the ice, the Phoenix Coyotes who are the teams NHL Affiliate have had their problems and it's affected the Rampage by having a lack of players to bring in to the team. For San Antonio, the playoffs have been a rare feat in recent years where the 2007-2008 season has been their only year they have made the playoffs at all in recent years. In a division that contains Houston, Milwaukee and Chicago who's looking to come back after a down year for the Wolves.

The Rampage will start the season on October against the expansion Texas Stars and then the next week, will play the Abbotsford Heat who recently moved from Quad City, Illinois where they will make their league debut in British Columbia.

For more info on the American Hockey League: www.theahl.com

Fore more info on the San Antonio Rampage: www.sarampage.com

The San Antonio Rampage NHL Affiliate is the Phoenix Coyotes

San Antonio Rampage schedule

All Home Games are at the AT&T Center

October

10/2: VS. Texas Stars 7:00 PM

10/3: @ Texas Stars 7:00 PM

10/9: @ Abbotsford Heat 9:30 PM

10/10: @ Abbotsford Heat 8:00 PM

10/13: @ Lake Erie Monsters 6:00 PM

10/16: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

10/17: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 PM

10/18: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 3:00 PM

10/23: VS. Hamilton Bulldogs 7:00 PM

10/24: VS. Houston Aeros 7:00 PM

10/25: VS. Houston Aeros 3:00 PM

10/30: VS. Texas Stars 7:00 PM

November

11/4: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

11/5: @ Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

11/7: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

11/13: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

11/15: VS. Texas Stars 3:00 PM

11/20: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

11/24: VS. Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

11/28: VS. Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

December

12/3: @ Houston Aeros 11:05 AM

12/4: VS. Houston Aeros 7:00 PM

12/6: VS. Texas Stars 5:00 PM

12/9: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 6:00 PM

12/11: @ Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

12/12: @ Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

12/16: @ Houston Aeros 7:05 PM

12/18: VS. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:00 PM

12/19: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

12/20: @ Milwaukee Admrials 4:00 PM

12/26: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

12/27: VS. Texas Stars 3:00 PM

12/30: VS. Syracuse Crunch 7:00 PM

January

1/1: VS. Abbotsford Heat 7:00 PM

1/2: VS. Abbotsford Heat 7:00 PM

1/6: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 6:00 PM

1/7: @ Milwaukee Admirals 7:00 PM

1/9: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:00 PM

1/12: @ Texas Stars 7:30 PM

1/14: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

1/15: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

1/17: VS. Toronto Marlies 3:00 PM

1/23: VS. Milwaukee Admrials 7:00 PM

1/24: VS. Milwaukee Admrials 3:00 PM

1/27: @ Toronto Marlies 10:30 AM

1/29: @ Syracuse Crunch 6:30 PM

1/30: @ Lake Erie Monsters 6:30 PM

February

2/3: @ Hamilton Bulldogs 6:30 PM

2/5: @ Manitoba Moose 7:30 PM

2/6: @ Manitoba Moose 7:30 PM

2/12: @ Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

2/13: @ Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

2/14: @ Milwaukee Admrials 4:00 PM

2/17: @ Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

2/19: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

2/20: @ Rockford Icehogs 7:05 PM

2/21: @ Chicago Wolves 3:00 PM

2/24: @ Grand Rapids Griffins 6:00 PM

2/26: VS. Manitoba Moose 7:00 PM

2/27: VS. Manitoba Moose 7:00 PM

2/28: @ Texas Stars 5:00 PM

March

3/3: VS. Houston Aeros 7:00 PM

3/5: @ Houston Aeros 7:35 PM

3/6: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:00 PM

3/7: VS. Rockford Icehogs 3:00 PM

3/9: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

3/12: VS. Texas Stars 7:00 PM

3/13: @ Texas Stars 7:00 PM

3/14: VS. Peoria Rivermen 3:00 PM

3/17: VS. Peoria Rivermen 7:00 PM

3/20: @ Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

3/21: @ Chicago Wolves 3:00 PM

3/27: VS. Lake Erie Monsters 7:00 PM

3/28: VS. Lake Erie Monsters 3:00 PM

April

4/2: @ Texas Stars 7:30 PM

4/3: VS. Chicago Wolves 7:00 PM

4/6: @ Texas Stars 7:30 PM

4/8: VS. Houston Aeros 7:00 PM

4/10: VS. Rockford Icehogs 7:00 PM

4/11: VS. Houston Aeros 3:00 PM