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Sunday, December 6, 2009

The Texas Stars shine...

Richard Bachman, goalie fir the Stars in his NCAA jersey

to make it sweet: The Stars won against the Rampage 4 to 1 in regulation.
First period started well, on a powerplay (Ludwig of the Stars sat for hooking) Perrault with help of MacLean put Rampage ahead, netting this goal on the first shot on goal.
But after that goalie Richard Bachman kept out all other 31 shots by Rampage in his first game with the Stars. At 5'11 and just 175 pd is he is another 'David versus the Goliad' of Justin Pogge at 6'3, but he was simply good, quick and agile.
Penalties in the 1.:
Rampage: Zimmerman for interference.
3 Stars:Ludwig for hooking, Gazdic for. slashing and Gagnon for tripping.
Both teams skated well, fluidly, even elegantly, and-surprisingly without fights. Nor did they play a very physical game., as we have come to see with Aeros.
At 8:30 in the second period, Nr.26 Beaudoin - yes, indeed, Beaudoin, put the Stars even with the Rampage, assisted by Morin and Lindgren. Now he has 15 points with 6 goals and 9 assists in 27 games played. Maybe not the whirlwind Locke with his 33, or by now more, points, but....
He and his pals seemed energized after this goal (or maybe they all chugged down some RED BULL in intermissison-LOL). Sceviour (Star) sat for hooking in the 2. No penalties for Rampage. at the end of the 2. it stayed 1 and 1.
AT 2:56 in the third, Shelast, unassisted, got goal Nr. 2, and at 15:43 Peters, with Hutchinson and Lindgreen(again) got goal Nr. 3 and with just 19 seconds to go, Wathier had an unassisted empty net gaol, after Pogge was pulled in favor of an additional Rampage player.
Powerplays:
Rampage 3 in first (one goal),1 each in 2. and 3. periods
Stars: 1 in the first, and 1 in the third period.
No penalties for roughing or fighting or instigating...as I said, a game where skating and scoring took precedence over the physical, by both teams. Although toward the end of the third period, the Rampage became a bit more physically aggressive-in desperation?
The 3. Stars of the Game: 1. Shelast #19 Stars, 2. Bachman #30 Stars and 3. #4 Perrault of Rampage.
It was a good, fast paced, clean game and showed the reason for the Stars success: cohesion, good passing, being in the right spot at the right time and excellent goaltending. Bachman is a name to watch out in the future.
IMO Shelast, Lundgren, Rallo, Fortunus, Vishnevsky seemed especially quick and on target.
For the Rampage: I liked Perrault, MacClean, Erikson and Porter. Pogge was good, just not good enough (22 saves of 23 sog and, of course that empty net gaol can't be blamed on him.

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