Stars Complete Weekend Sweep of Wolves, Win 7-6 in Shootout

(Credit: Chicago Wolves)

In a game that would keep most defensive coaches up at night, the Stars managed to come up with one more save than Chicago, claiming a 7–6 shootout victory and sweeping the weekend series at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

Matthew Seminoff led the Stars offensively with two goals and an assist, while Cameron Hughes contributed three assists. In net, Rémi Poirier made several key stops in relief, including denying two of Chicago’s three shootout attempts to help secure the win.

After a slow start the night before, the Stars came out flying to open the first period, scoring twice in less than two minutes. The first goal came when Curtis McKenzie skated around the net and fed a pass to a crashing Antonio Stranges, who buried the puck past Chicago netminder Amir Miftakhov.

Less than 30 seconds later, Cross Hanas' sharp angle shot from the left circle gave the visitors a quick 2–0 lead.

Chicago responded later in the period when Bradly Nadeau cut the deficit in half, beating Stars goaltender Arno Tiefensee low on the glove side to make it 2–1. The home team found the equalizer with just over eight minutes remaining in the opening frame. Cal Foote fired a shot past Tiefensee on the blocker side to tie the game at 2–2.

Things didn’t get much better for Tiefensee. Shortly after, Noel Gunler scored from between the circles to give Chicago a 3–2 lead. The goal prompted Stars head coach Toby Petersen to make a change in net, sending Poirier into the contest with five minutes remaining in the period. The move appeared to settle things down briefly for the Texas, as the period closed without either side adding another goal.

The second period opened with two strong saves from Poirier, keeping the Texas Stars within one goal. Chicago was unable to extend its lead early, and just three minutes into the period the Stars pulled even. Seminoff poked a rebound past Miftakhov to tie the game.

The Wolves answered moments later when Nadeau deflected a wrist shot from the blue line by Domenick Fensore past Poirier on the glove side. The goal was Nadeau’s second of the night and restored Chicago’s lead at 4–3.

Pressing their advantage, Chicago struck again midway through the period. Juuso Välimäki capitalized on a roughing penalty by Kole Lind, scoring on the power play to extend the Wolves’ lead to 5–3.

Entering the final period trailing by two goals, the Stars needed a spark to get back into the game and they didn’t have to wait long. Just 12 seconds into the frame, Seminoff slid a shot past Chicago netminder Miftakhov for his second goal of the game. Shortly after, Curtis McKenzie tied the contest, beating Miftakhov high on the blocker side.

Not to be outdone, Michael Karow collected a rebound and buried it giving Texas a remarkable  6–5 lead, capping a stretch in which the Stars scored three goals in less than four minutes.

Chicago, quickly running out of time, caught a break when Harrison Scott was called for tripping with 1:29 remaining. With the Wolves desperate for a goal, Skyler Brind’Amour delivered, tipping in a shot to tie the game with just 42 seconds left sending the home crowd into a frenzy.

The overtime period saw a huge save by Poirier to keep the score level, eventually sending the game to a shootout, where clutch goals by Hughes and Lind secured the victory for the Stars.

Tonight’s lines

Hughes-Shlaine-Seminoff

Martino-Scott-Lind
Stranges-Becker-McKenzie
Hanas-Chisholm-McDonald

Taylor-Krys  
J. Poirier-Kolyachonok
Looft-Karow

Tiefensee (pulled)

Poirier

Injuries, scratches and notes
Hyry (recalled)

Ertel, Bertucci (scratch)

Tuomaala, Wheatcroft (injury)

Tonight’s attendance was 15,902

AHL Gamesheet- Texas at Chicago - March 8 2026