AHL Report: Long road stretch continues for Texas Stars

You can look at the Texas Stars' recent swing through California one of two ways. One, that they picked up points in three of four games, or, two, that they lost three of four games.
Either way, they went 1-1-2 in the first four games of a six-game road trip that concludes with two tilts in Manitoba this week. Texas is 20-15-6 on the season and is in fourth place in the AHL's Pacific Division.
Here's an update on the AHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars.

Wednesday, January 10: Bakersfield 2, Texas 1 (OT)

Denis Gurianov scored 4:56 into the game to stake Texas to a 1-0 lead in Bakersfield Friday, but the Condors tied the game 7:24 into the third period and then won it, 2-1, with 50 seconds left in overtime on a goal by Iiro Pakarinen. Mike McKenna made 36 saves for Texas, which lost for the fifth time in the last six games (1-3-2).

Friday, January 12: Texas 7, Stockton 2

Brent Regner scored two goals and Jason Dickinson had one goal and two assists as Texas won, 7-2, in Stockton Friday night. Denis Gurianov and Roope Hintz both had one goal and one assist for the Stars, and Justing Dowling and Samuel Laberge also tallied. Landon Bow stopped 24 of 26 shots to get the win in goal.

Saturday, January 13: Stockton 2, Texas 0

After putting up seven goals Friday night, the Stars couldn't find the back of the net Saturday and fell, 2-0, at Stockton. Austin Carroll scored the game-winning goal 6:01 into the game for the Heat, who added an empty-net goal in the third. Heat goaltender Jon Gillies stopped 28 shots for his third shutout of the season. Mike McKenna stopped 22 of 23 shots for the Stars.

Monday, January 15: Ontario 3, Texas 2 (SO)

Texas wrapped up its four-game swing through California with a 3-2 shootout loss to Ontario on Monday. Texas center Justin Dowling scored the game-tying goal with 1:02 left in regulation. After a scoreless overtime, Ontario's Mike Amadio scored the lone goal in the shootout. Travis Morin also scored in regulation for Texas. Landon Bow stopped 37 shots in regulation and overtime and two of three in the shootout.

Notes

Texas Lineup

Here is the Texas lineup from the last game.
Curtis McKenzie - Jason Dickinson - Denis Gurianov
Travis Morin - Justin Dowling - Brian Flynn
Tommy Thompson - Roope Hintz - Colin Markison
Samuel Laberge - Matt Mangene
Andrew Bodnarchuk - Brent Regner
Reece Scarlett - Michael Paliotta
Gavin Bayreuther - Niklas Hansson/Shane Hanna
Landon Bow
Mike McKenna

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Idaho Steelheads

The Idaho Steelheads went 1-1-1 last week and are 21-11-6 on the season, ranking second in the ECHL's Mountain Division. Stars goaltending prospect Philippe Desrosiers played in all three games, starting two. He went 1-1-1 and stopped 83 of 91 shots. Desrosiers is 15-4-3 on the season with a 2.48 goals against average and .913 save percentage. Forward Cole Ully has 10 points (5 goals, 5 assists) in 9 games since being assigned to Idaho from Texas.
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