CEDAR PARK, Texas – The Stars defeated San Antonio 6-5 in overtime Friday night in front of 5,036 fans at Cedar Park Center. Right wing Greg Rallo scored the game-winning goal in overtime against the Rampage to supply the Stars with an additional point. Center Aaron Gagnon had a multi-point night, scoring the final regulation goal with 19 seconds left to force overtime. The Stars opened up the first period with four unanswered goals. Ray Sawada netted two, paired with Brandon Segal’s tally and Cody Chupp’s marker. Defenseman Maxime Fortunus provided an assist on each of the first three Stars goals for a three-point night. The Rampage scored five consecutive goals in the third period. Stars goalie Richard Bachman (22-14-4) stopped 28 shots to preserve the win. San Antonio goalie Matt Climie (22-16-0) stopped 7 of 10 shots and was pulled after 6:10 of play. Rampage goalie Joe Fallon (2-2-0) stopped 21 of 24 shots faced, taking the overtime loss.
Just 17 seconds into the first period, left wing Brandon Segal drove to the net to score the first goal of the night. Center Mathieu Tousignant and defenseman Maxime Fortunus each supplied an assist to give the Stars a 1-0 lead. Texas extended its lead to 2-0 with a redirected shot supplied by right wing Raymond Sawada. Fortunus and left wing Ondrej Roman each tallied an assist on the play at 2:43. The Stars pushed the lead to 3-0 with a goal from Sawada at 6:10. Fortunus and left wing Scott McCulloch each helped on Sawada’s second goal of the night and ninth goal of the season. Forward Cody Chupp rounded out the first-period scoring at 12:53 with an assist from left wing Luke Gazdic to end the first 20 minutes of play 4-0 Texas.
After a scoreless second period, San Antonio tallied an early third-period goal at 4:10 from right wing Viktor Tikhonov on the power play for a 4-1 score. Forward Alexandre Picard notched a power-play goal at 6:42 to cut the lead in half at 4-2 Texas. The Rampage rounded out the scoring on the power play with a goal from right wing Mathieu Beaudoin at 7:46 for a 4-3 Stars lead. San Antonio continued the scoring in the third with a goal from center Bracken Kearns at 9:28 to tie the game up 4-4. Defenseman Jonas Ahnelov tallied a late goal for the Rampage with 3:34 remaining to provide San Antonio with its first lead of the night at 5-4. Texas center Aaron Gagnon responded with just 19 seconds remaining in regulation, tying the game back up 5-5 and forcing overtime.
Right wing Greg Rallo scored the game-winning goal on the power play with 2:59 remaining in the extra session. Gagnon and defenseman Dan Spang each tallied an assist to lift the Stars past San Antonio 6-5 in overtime.
The Stars take on the Houston Aeros on Saturday at 7:00 PM.
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