On the Farm Report: 1-7-10

We take another look at the Stars’ prospects in minor league, college, junior and European hockey leagues.

Texas Stars (AHL):

Sceviour

The Texas Stars ended 2009 away from home with a 3-2 loss to the Manitoba Moose on Thursday. Manitoba took an early lead, but Colton Sceviour scored in the third minute of the game to tie the score. Texas took a 2-1 lead in the second but allowed the eventual game-winner with less than a minute left in the period. Matt Climie made 26 saves on 29 shots in the loss.

In Saturday’s rematch with the Moose, the Stars blew two leads before losing in the shootout 5-4. Fabian Brunnstrom scored a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Beaudoin tallied his ninth goal of the season, but Manitoba’s Mike Keane’s scored with 34 seconds left to send the game into overtime. Ivan Vishnevskiy was the only Star to score in the shootout, which took all five rounds before Manitoba’s Marty Murray scored the deciding goal.

The Stars took care of business at home Tuesday with a 3-2 overtime win against the Houston Aeros. Texas fell behind 2-0 early in the first period, but battled back. Warren Peters scored his 12th goal of the season, and Beaudoin recorded his 10th goal to tie the game before Vishnevskiy scored the game-winner with 39 seconds remaining in overtime. Brunnstrom assisted on the game-tying and game-winning goal. Climie made 19 saves on 21 shots, improving his record to 10-10-3.

The Stars travel to British Columbia to take on the Abbotsford Heat Friday and Saturday before coming home to host the San Antonio Rampage Tuesday.

Noteworthy:
Since being assigned to Texas on Dec. 30, Brunnstrom has one goal, four assists, 10 shots and an even rating in three games.

At 21-11-6, Texas is still first in the West Division with 48 points. The Stars’ +17 goal differential is second in the Western Conference.

The Stars are the least-penalized team in the Western Conference, with 494 penalty minutes in 38 games (13 per game). Abbotsford, the team the Stars play twice this weekend, is easily the most-penalized team in the league with 1,034 penalty minutes.

Texas is tied for second in the Western Conference with three overtime wins.

Friday, Texas reassigned right wing Sergei Korostin to the Idaho Steelheads (ECHL). Korostin has nine goals and five assists in 32 games with Texas this season. The Dallas Stars selected Korostin, 20, in the third round (64th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

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Idaho Steelheads (ECHL):
The Idaho Steelheads dropped two of three games to the Stockton Thunder over the weekend. Idaho won the middle game of the series, and all three games finished with a 5-1 score. Korostin scored two goals and an assist in Saturday’s win. The Steelheads go back on the road to take on the Victoria Salmon Kings Friday and Saturday before starting a four-game homestand Wednesday against the Utah Grizzlies.

Idaho head coach Derek Laxdal was selected to be the head coach for the National Conference in the ECHL All-Star game on Jan. 20. Head coaches for the All-Star game are selected based on winning percentage, and Laxdal’s Steelheads are atop the National Conference with 48 points (23-9-2), six ahead of second-place Bakersfield. Four Steelheads players will join Laxdal, including Stars’ goaltending prospect Richard Bachman.

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Elsewhere:

Center Tomas Vincour represented the Czech Republic at the 2010 IIHF World U20 Championship in Saskatchewan. Vincour finished the tournament with four assists in five games for the Czechs, who won the relegation round with wins over Austria, Latvia and Slovakia.

Defensemen Jordie Benn, the brother of Dallas Stars’ left wing Jamie Benn, plays for the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League. Benn did not score in any of Allen’s three contests this week, but was a plus-1 with six penalty minutes and eight shots on goal. Benn has four goals, four assists and 47 penalty minutes in 25 games this season.

Here is a list of Stars’ prospects playing in the minors, in junior leagues, in college or in Europe:

Player
ECHL	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Guillaume Monast	Idaho (ECHL)	D	30	0	1	1	36	4
Michael Neal	Idaho (ECHL)	LW	32	4	7	11	25	-1
Sergei Korostin	Idaho (ECHL)	RW	2	2	1	3	2	1
CHL	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Jordie Benn	Allen (CHL)	D	25	4	4	8	47	-4
Junior	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Scott Glennie	Brandon (WHL)	RW/C	38	16	27	43	18	19
Tristan King	Medicine Hat (WHL)	C	42	13	25	38	39	5
Hubert Labrie	Gatineau (QMJHL)	D	41	3	13	16	56	7
Matthew Tassone	Swift Current (WHL)	C	13	5	2	7	22	-2
Tomas Vincour	Edmonton (WHL)	C	32	16	9	25	31	0
College	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Mike Bergin	RPI	D	13	2	3	5	10	0
Alex Chiasson	Boston University	RW	14	5	4	9	14	2
Curtis McKenzie	Miami University	LW	20	4	11	15	36	4
Nico Sacchetti	Minnesota	C	19	3	6	9	8	-3
Austin Smith	Colgate University	RW	19	8	17	25	12	2
Reilly Smith	Miami University	RW	20	4	3	7	16	3
Scott Winkler	Colorado College	C	9	0	0	0	4	-4
Europe	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Philip Larsen	Frolunda (Swe)	D	23	1	5	6	14	3
Vojtech Polak	Trinec HC (Cze)	LW	37	8	8	16	42	1
Ondrej Roman	Vitkovice HC (Cze)	C	25	1	2	3	6	-2
Max Warn	HIFK Helsinki (Fin)	LW	17	1	3	4	10	-3
Goalies	Team/League	Pos	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	Save%
Tyler Beskorowany	Kingston (OHL)	G	35	1925	15	16	3	114	3.55	.899
Richard Bachman	Idaho (ECHL)	G	15	913	10	4	1	34	2.23	.915