Cedar Park, TX - Sparked by a 26-save effort from rookie netminder Ben Kraws making his professional debut, the Texas Stars skated to a 2-1 victory over the Iowa Wild in front of a sold out 6,778 at the H-E-B Cener at Cedar Park Saturday night. The sell out was the eleventh of the season for Texas, a new club record.
"We responded with compete and details and were on point today." Texas head coach Neil Graham said after the game.
Both backstops were outstanding in the game. Iowa's goalie Jesper Wallstedt was the only reason the Wild stayed in the game, but all eyes were on the rookie from Cranbury, NJ, playing on an ATO, was the star of the game, The Hobey Baker candidate took a shutout to the final 4:46 of the contest.