Stars head coach Derek Laxdal's word may describe the current state of the team best: "in a funk." After a pair of wins to enter the Christmas break, the Stars have just two goals in three games against middling competition, resulting in three losses and a drop to sixth place in the division.
"We're not going to score four or five goals a night," said Laxdal. "We have to learn how to grind out a 1-0 game. The league tightens up second half. Right now our guys aren't dealing with it well, and we have to get better.