Stars Fall Short in Chicago after Fast Start
Mar 2, 2022
ROSEMONT, Illinois – The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, led two different times in the first period Wednesday, but suffered a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Wolves at Allstate Arena.
Josh Melnick scored eight seconds into the game when he rang a shot off the post and into the net for the fastest goal in Texas Stars franchise history. The previous record was 16 seconds into a game, set by Justin Dowling on April 17, 2015 against San Antonio.
The Wolves answered when Stefan Noesen fired a shot past Matt Jurusik for his league-best 29th of the season. The Stars regained the lead on their first power play when Jordan Kawaguchi snapped a shot under the crossbar behind Pyotr Kochetkov to make it 2-1.
The Wolves flipped the score with two goals in the second period to lead 3-2 after 40 minutes. C.J. Smith scored the game-tying goal just 4:29 into the frame and Ryan Suzuki gave the Wolves the lead when he blasted a rebound that hopped out to him in the left circle.
Chicago added to their lead during a Texas power play in the third period when Jack Drury jammed in a loose puck after Jurusik had lost his goal stick. 50 seconds later, however, Ty Dellandrea redirected a point shot past Kochetkov to give the Stars their second power play tally of the game. With the Wolves in front 4-3, Maxim Letunov provided an insurance goal to complete the scoring with 2:36 left in regulation.
The Stars’ season-long seven game road trip continues Friday at 7:00 p.m. at UW Milwaukee Panther Arena as Texas takes on the Milwaukee Admirals before returning to Chicago Saturday at 7:00 p.m
Photo Credit: Chicago Wolves
| Game Info |
Shots |
Goaltenders |
3 Stars (Xerox Business Solutions Southwest) |
| Boxscore |
TEX: 34 |
W: Kochetkov (CHI) |
1: Jack Drury (CHI) |
| Photo |
OPP: 34 |
L: Jurusik (TEX) |
2: Ryan Suzuki (CHI) |
| Video |
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3: Jordan Kawaguchi (TEX) |