Cedar Park, TX - Texas Stars goalie Adam Scheel overcame a slow start to turn away twenty-five Grand Rapids shots and center Ty Dellandrea added his to his career-high with his 9th goal, but Texas was unable to surmount enough offense to overcome a 2-goal first period deficit and lost 2-1 to the visiting division-rival Grand Rapid Griffins (Detroit Red Wings affiliate) Tuesday night at the H.E.B. Center at Cedar Park, in the opener of a 2-game set.
After spending the first half the first period in very much a feeling-out process, with 5:34 left Taro Hirose opened up the scoring, catching the defense (and Scheel) flat-footed on a 3-on-2 rush, burying his shot past Scheel to give the Griffins the 1-0 lead, and a lead they would not give-up.