Tucson, AZ - The Texas Stars opened their '21-'22 road schedule with a 4-0 loss to the Tucson Roadrunners in front of an opening night crowd of 5,097 at the Tucson Convention Center Saturday night. The shutout, the Stars second in the first three games, dropped their record to 1-2-0 (2 pts) on the season, falling to 6th place in the 7 team Central Division, 4 points behind the Iowa Wild, who beat Rockford 5-2 in Des Moines Saturday.
The Roadrunners led by rookie Ben McCartney's first career hat trick and a 19 save shutout effort from Russian goalie Ivan Prosvetov, his 2nd in a row, improved to 2-1-0 (4 pts), good for 5th in the 9 team Pacific Division.