The idle Texas Stars have been passed up this week by a few teams and find themselves in fifth place in the Pacific, even with a .571 points percentage. In fact, the 6th place Barracuda have a .559 percentage.
Rockford and the Stars have already played once this season in Illinois, a game Texas lost in their only shootout of the season so far. This weekend is the first and only visit the IceHogs will make to Texas. After this weekend, the two teams won't play again until the end of March.
Rockford is in last place in the Central Division, sitting five games below .