Looking to take the weekend series and improve their standings in the Central division, the Texas Stars came away with a thrilling 5-4 victory against the Cleveland Monsters on Military Appreciation weekend at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. The evening would be one for the books as Texas’ Matëj Blümel would get his 29th, 30th, and 31st goals of the season, and his first professional hat trick.
The introductory frame found the Stars trading shots and skating hard, but it would be the Monsters who would get on the board first with a goal by Jordan Dumais from the left circle.