Admirals lose to Stars, Milwaukee's losing streak reaches 8 games
CEDAR PARK, Texas - The Texas Stars jumped out to a 3-0 first period lead and held off the Milwaukee Admirals, winning 5-2 Saturday at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
Milwaukee has now lost eight straight games.
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By the numbers:
Trailing 4-0 in the third period, Admirals forward Kalan Lind scored his first American Hockey League goal at 3:28 of the third period. Lind’s slap shot was assisted by Kevin Gravel and Andrew Gibson.
The Admirals added another at 12:01 of the third period when Daniel Carr slapped in a rebound for his 11th goal of the season. Gibson and Gravel assisted on that goal as well.
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Texas roared out of the gate to begin the contest, outshooting the Admirals 14-3 and scoring three goals. The first came on the power play at 2:36 from Arttu Hyry. Defenseman Gavin White made it 2-0 with a shot from the blue line at 9:19 and Cross Hanas shot from the left circle to score at 10:11 of the first stanza.
Stars forward Cameron Hughes deposited a rebound into the net at 5:24 of the second frame to give Texas a 4-0 lead.
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Jack Becker added an empty net goal at 19:33 of the third period to close the scoring.
What's next:
Milwaukee is off for a week. The Admirals return to UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena to host the Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday, Dec. 27.
The Source: The Milwaukee Admirals provided this report.