Despite the score line, Texas played a close game against the Grand Rapids Griffins this evening, coming out on the wrong side of a lopsided final. Facing the best team in the conference and coming off their longest road trip of the season, the Stars fell 5-2 to the Griffins tonight.
"They're a very good team, and they have a lot of depth," said newcomer Mark McNeill, who scored his first goal as a Star this evening. "A few mistakes in the third there cost us. They're able to capitalize because they have that skill."
Texas managed to strike first, Cole Ully's 9th of the year on a tip, and kept the game close even as Grand Rapids tallied a pair to close the first at a 2-1 advantage for the visitors.