Milwaukee, WI - Despite not playing their best game of the postseason, the Texas Stars stole Game Two, 5-3 over the Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville Predators affiliate), earning a split on the road in the best-of-five series in front of 4,900 at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena Saturday night.
After the teams traded unsuccessful power play chances early in the first period, for the fifth time in as many games in the postseason, Texas got on the scoreboard first. With the Stars in transition, Riley Damiani took the puck into the O-zone and fed Matej Blumel who sent a cross-ice pass to Curtis McKenzie where the Stars captain back-doored Admirals goalie Yaroslav Askarov to give Texas a 1-0 lead 7:23 into the game.