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The Texas Stars split the series with the Ontario Reign last weekend at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
Saturday, Texas opened the scoring when Sean Chisholm dumped the puck into the net from the crease for his first goal of the season 14:27 into the first period.
Harrison Scott doubled the Stars’ lead just two minutes into the middle frame, flipping the puck up from his knees in the slot past goaltender Erik Portillo. Kenta Isogai scored from the faceoff circle at 9:08, his first goal in the AHL, to put the Reign on the board. Three minutes later Cole Guttman notched a power play goal to tie the game with eight minutes remaining in the period.
Texas regained the lead just 2:23 later, when Michael Karow sent the puck sailing past Portillo from the blue line. Cameron Hughes earned the primary assist, his second helper of the game and fifth in the last two games.
Ontario pulled Portillo with 1:30 left in regulation for an extra attacker, looking to tie the game. Cole Guttman managed to get the equalizer with 14 seconds left. In stunning fashion, Jared Wright centered a puck into the Stars crease from the corner that ricocheted off a Texas player and into the net with 1.4 seconds remaining.
Remi Porier stopped 24 of 28 in the loss, while Portillo gave up three goals on 20 shots in the win.
Sunday, the two teams traded high-danger chances early in the contest. Kenny Connors skated in on a breakaway, but Arno Tiefensee had the answer, stopping Connors’ first and second attempt.
The Stars helped out their goaltender just 20 seconds later when Artem Shlaine slapped a Luke Krys feed past Pheonix Copley to open the scoring. Shlaine now leads the Stars with 11 goals. Texas has scored the first goal in 13 of their last 15 games.
Ontario earned a power play with six minutes remaining in the first frame. Cole Guttman stuffed home a rebound from a Connors shot, tying the game 1-1.
Texas earned their first power play four minutes into the middle frame. Trey Taylor held the puck in at the left point and fed Cameron Hughes at the goal line. Hughes walked out in front and swiped a backhander off of Copley, the rebound found its way into the back of the net to put the Stars back in front.
After a scoreless third period, Ontario pulled Copley with 2:15 remaining in regulation for an extra attacker, but Cross Hanas sealed the Stars victory with an empty net goal.
Tiefensee had 19 saves in the win for the Stars, and Copley had 12 saves in the loss for the Reign. The Stars allowed just 20 shots Sunday, the fewest they have allowed in a game this season.
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | SOL | POINTS |
| Grand Rapids Griffins | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 63 |
| Chicago Wolves | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 45 |
| Manitoba Moose | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| Rockford IceHogs | 16 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 36 |
| Texas Stars | 16 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
| Milwaukee Admirals | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 35 |
| Iowa Wild | 10 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
View league standings here.
The Texas Stars head North for two games this week. Wednesday, they'll visit the Iowa Wild and Friday, the Rockford IceHogs.
This season against Iowa, Texas is 1-4-0-0 through five games. The Wild are 10-24-3-1 overall this season with four of those 10 wins coming against Texas. Each of the three players responsible for the most points against Texas are currently not on Iowa's roster as they are suiting up for the NHL's Minnesota Wild—Hunter Haight, Nicolas Aube-Kubel, and David Spacek each have paced Iowa in the season series.
Iowa has lost their last seven games, going 0-4-3-0 in that span.
Friday, the Stars will visit the Rockford IceHogs for their sixth matchup of the season. Texas is 2-1-2-0 against Rockford this season. The first three games of the season series were decided by one goal in either overtime or a shootout. The last two have been definitive wins, one for each team, with the Stars winning 5-2 on November 22 while the IceHogs took the win 8-4 on December 27.
Rockford is 3-6-0-1 in their last 10 games.
| PLAYER | GP | GOALS | ASSISTS | POINTS | +/- |
| Cameron Hughes | 39 | 7 | 27 | 34 | -1 |
| Matthew Seminoff | 39 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 |
| Kole Lind | 38 | 7 | 11 | 18 | -13 |
| Antonio Stranges | 37 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -21 |
| Harrison Scott | 39 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| Cross Hanas | 30 | 7 | 10 | 17 | -2 |
View the full team statistics here.
| Date | Opponent | Time | Location |
| Wed, Jan. 21 | Iowa Wild | 7pm | Casey's Center |
| Fri, Jan. 23 | Rockford IceHogs | 7pm | BMO Center |
| Fri, Jan. 30 | Henderson Silver Knights | 7pm | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park |
| Sat, Jan. 31 | Henderson Silver Knights | 7pm | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park |
| Fri, Feb. 6 | Manitoba Moose | 7pm | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park |
| Sat, Feb. 7 | Manitoba Moose | 7pm | H-E-B Center at Cedar Park |
View the full schedule here.
We will round out January with two games against the Henderson Silver Knights on Jan. 30 and 31. Friday is Star Wars Night! Meet your favorite characters on the concourse, enjoy Star Wars concessions, and more! Saturday is the Stars Ice Mold giveaway presented by H-E-B!
View the full promotional schedule here.
Star Wars Night means another specialty jersey to add to your collection! Friday, January 30, the Stars will sport warmup jerseys based on the forest moon of Endor! Player-worn and issued jerseys will be auctioned online and a select number of replicas will be sold in the Team Store.
Learn more about the Texas Stars Foundation here.