(Credit: Henderson Silver Knights) The Texas Stars were steamrolled Sunday night by the Henderson Silver Knights in a 7-2 blowout. The Stars trailed the entirety of the game; simply exiting their own zone seemed like a monumental task at times. This was an especially astonishing dropoff in play after the Stars won a spirited 6-3 game against the Knights the night before. The common trope in a poor effort like this is to blame the netminder, but that would be a wild oversimplification. Arno Tiefensee was peppered all night with breakaways and odd-man rushes that would have been too much even for the league's top goalies. That being said, Tiefensee’s play did leave something to be desired, much like the rest of the team. It’s hard to find anything good in this one. The Stars could not break the Knights' forecheck all game. The only clean exits came in the form of high flips, a play where it’s very difficult to maintain possession. Their turnovers, misreads and general lack of ...
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