Texas dropped both home games in their best-of-five series and now have to win all three on the road to advance in their pursuit of the Calder Cup defense...
Development versus winning has been a constant battle for the Texas Stars this season as they've become closer to the Dallas squad. It was no more typified than Game 2 against the IceHogs last weekend.
Players with tons of AHL playoff experience like Scott Valentine and Kevin Henderson found themselves scratched in favor of Mattias Backman and Mattias Janmark. Janmark was playing his first AHL game since the fall when he was with Grand Rapids.