Cedar Park, TX - Goalie Adam Scheel turned away 35-of-the-36 shots he faced and Joel L'Esperance scored in his fifth straight game to lead the Texas Stars to a thrilling 3-1 victory over the visiting Manitoba Moose in front of 3,741 Wednesday night at the HEB Center at Cedar Park.
Scheel making just his third start since his disastrous outing January 15th at Charlotte when he gave up 5-goals in 15-plus minutes, was outstanding in net allowing just a single power-play goal late in the game, earning him First-Star honors.
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For the second time in as many nights, Joel L'Esperance opened up the scoring on the night when Riley Damiani had a shot blocked in front of the net and the bounding puck landed right in front of L'Esperance who without hesitation buried the puck in the net to Moose goalie Mikhail Berdin's stick-side giving the Stars the early 1-0 lead just 3:18 into the game.