(Credit: Texas Stars) Looking to take the weekend series and improve their standings in the Central division, the Texas Stars came away with a thrilling 5-4 victory against the Cleveland Monsters on Military Appreciation weekend at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. The evening would be one for the books as Texas’ MatÄ›j Blümel would get his 29th, 30th, and 31st goals of the season, and his first professional hat trick. The introductory frame found the Stars trading shots and skating hard, but it would be the Monsters who would get on the board first with a goal by Jordan Dumais from the left circle. Texas was not able to capitalize on the first penalty of the evening against Cleveland, but they continued to maintain the pressure. Running a screen in front of the Cleveland net, Chase Wheatcroft tipped in a shot from Alex Petrovic to get the Stars on the board with under three minutes left in the period. “I saw [Petrovic] just rolling through and I was trying to get a stick on it," s...
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