AHL Report: Texas Stars split weekend series with San Antonio

The Texas Stars split a home-and-home series with San Antonio over the weekend and continue to hold down the fourth and final playoff spot in the AHL's Pacific Division.
The Stars, who are 34-23-10 on the season, have nine games remaining, five at home and four on the road. And the Idaho Steelheads had a good week, clinching a playoff spot in the ECHL.
Here's the latest on the minor-league affiliates of the Dallas Stars.

Friday, March 23: Texas 2, San Antonio 1

Landon Bow stopped 37 shots, and Denis Gurianov and Sheldon Dries scored goals as Texas rallied for a 2-1 win over San Antonio in Cedar Park on Friday. The Rampage led 1-0 after two periods, but Gurianov tied the game by scoring on a partial breakaway 5:45 into the third. Dries scored the game-winner at the 9:03 mark, tallying off the rush to put Texas up 2-1. Bow made 17 of his 37 saves in the third period.

Saturday, March 24: San Antonio 2, Texas 1

Goals were hard to come by as the Stars and Rampage met in San Antonio on Saturday, and this time the Rampage skated away with a 2-1 victory. Brent Regner scored the lone goal for Texas, and Landon Bow stopped 27 of 29 shots. Andrew Hammond stopped 31 shots for San Antonio.

Notes

Texas Lineup

Here is the Texas lineup from the last game.
Travis Morin - Roope Hintz - Brian Flynn
Denis Gurianov - Justin Dowling - Colin Markison
Robbie Payne - Sheldon Dries - Greg Rallo
Samuel Laberge - Austin Fyten - Max French
Andrew Bodnarchuk - Niklas Hansson
Gavin Bayreuther - Brent Regner
Andrew O'Brien - Reece Scarlett
Landon Bow
Philippe Desrosiers

Week Ahead

Wed. Mar. 28, Texas at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.
Fri. Mar. 30, Texas at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 31, Texas at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Transactions

3/22: F Robbie Payne signed to ATO by Texas (AHL)
3/20: LW Curtis McKenzie recalled to Dallas (NHL) from Texas (AHL)
3/19: G Mike McKenna recalled to Dallas (NHL) from Texas (AHL)

Idaho Steelheads

The Idaho Steelheads had a good week, winning all three of their games and clinching a playoff spot for the 21st consecutive season. The Steelheads, who have won five games in a row, are 40-20-7 and currently sit in second place in the ECHL's Mountain Division.
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