Texas Stars 5-6-0-1, 11 pts, 0.458 #6 Pacific Division | at | San Diego Gulls 5-4-1-0, 11 pts, 0.550 #5 Pacific Division |
November 8th at 9:00 PM
Valley View Casino Center, San Diego, CA
Seasons are made up of moments. Tonight might be one of the biggest yet for this team.
Facing a squad that left them beaten and bloody (even though they took the victory), Texas is at a turning point. They're on a three-game skid and rank last in the league in both power play and penalty kill. Both goalies have GAAs over 3 and save percentages significantly under .900. Travis Morin is scoring as always, but there are several question marks on offense. Justin Dowling has a single assist in ten games. Denis Gurianov has six assists but no goals and a minus-7 rating and has seemed invisible at times on the ice. Recently assigned Julius Honka is without a point in three games, which doesn't seem like much but his stats would suggest he'd at least have an assist to his credit at this point.
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The turning point comes here. If Texas can get a point here, score a power play goal or keep the sheet clean on the PK, it would show life. If not, the weekend series against Grand Rapids could prove very painful.
Stars injury/call up report:
Dickinson, Elie (call up)
Gulls Web Resources:
Website: sandiegogulls.com
Twitter: @SDGullsAHL
Twitter: @619sports (PBP)
Twitter: @danarelAHL
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