For the first time in their history, the Texas Stars have dropped a home opener, losing 2-0 to the Tucson Roadrunners on Friday night. Amazingly, they had been 10-0-0-0 in such games up to this point. The Stars struggled to find offense as they dressed ten first-year players in their lineup.
“They’re a little bit older group than we are,” said Laxdal of Tucson. “We got a lot of first year players and I thought it showed a little bit. That’s part of the development. Every game we want to get better with this group.”
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Newly minted captain Dillon Heatherington agreed that the youth of his club was one of the differences in the contest.