The Texas Stars earned their eighth win of the season on Tuesday night. And then they scored some more.
The 8-2 win over the Chicago Wolves was a record-setting performance by the second-year squad and established some pretty decent benchmarks. The second period saw six Texas goals, a high thus far. The Stars also netted five while on the power play, significantly improving a woeful special teams unit. It took them until November 10 to score while on a man advantage, a stretch of 25 power play opportunities to start the season. Five in one night will help with the unit’s confidence, which had to have been thin.
The six-goal second period followed a first in which the Stars fell behind 2-1 to Chicago, but a good round of fisticuffs between Mathieu Tousignant and a Chicago winger seemed to light a spark. Texas capitalized on two quick goals by Francis Wathier and Travis Morin (the team’s leading point scorer with 12) to take the lead, and it was a coast downhill from there.
Seven different players scored goals, and 15 of the 17 skaters in a Texas sweater notched a point. Richard Bachman played well in net during his seventh appearance of the season, saving 26 shots.
Fabian Brunnstrom and Dan Spang each added three assists. Right wing Tomas Vincour scored his first two professional goals in the victory, a few days shy of his 21st birthday. He’ll get a few free drinks this weekend.
The Stars (8-6) play in Oklahoma City Friday but return to the Cedar Park Center Saturday and have several home games in the coming weeks.
Vs. Milwaukee: Sat., Nov. 20, 7pm. Vs. Houston: Wed., Nov. 24, 7:30pm. Vs. Milwaukee: Fri., Nov. 26, 7:30pm. Cedar Park Center, 2100 Avenue of the Stars, Cedar Park, 512/467-8277.
This article appears in November 12 • 2010.