On the Farm Report: 3-18-10

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

Texas Stars (AHL):

Climie

The Texas Stars fell to the San Antonio Rampage Friday by a score of 2-1. The Stars trailed 1-0 after the first period, but tied it up during a second period power play when Aaron Gagnon put in a rebound. San Antonio scored to take the lead in the third period, and held on for the win. Matt Climie made 29 saves on 31 shots, but was saddled with the loss.

The Stars rebounded on Saturday, beating San Antonio 5-4 after a wild third period that had five combined goals. Texas fell behind in the first period, but tied it on a Raymond Sawada goal midway through the opening frame. The Stars took the lead early in the second on Francis Wathier’s power-play goal, but the Rampage came back and eventually took a 3-2 lead in the third. In a span of five minutes, Texas scored three consecutive goals, including another by Wathier and Gagnon’s 20th of the season to go up 5-3. San Antonio scored once more, but could not get the equalizer past Brent Krahn, who made 30 saves on 34 shots and improved to 12-2-0.

The Stars host the Milwaukee Admirals on Thursday before starting a seven-game road trip against the Rockford IceHogs on Saturday, the Peoria Rivermen on Sunday and Milwaukee on Tuesday.

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Idaho Steelheads (ECHL):

The Idaho Steelheads enjoyed another successful week, finishing a three-game sweep of the Victoria Salmon Kings and winning both games earlier this week against the Utah Grizzlies. After beating Victoria 5-2 last Wednesday, the Steelheads took care of business Friday, winning 7-1, and Saturday, winning 5-3. After returning home from British Columbia, Idaho beat Utah 7-5 Tuesday and 5-4 Wednesday, extending their win streak to a season-high seven games.

After winning Saturday’s contest against Victoria, Idaho clinched the West Division, and Tuesday’s win against Utah clinched the National Conference Championship, earning the Steelheads a bye in the first round of the playoffs. Idaho (44-13-5, 93 points) goes on the road for three games against the Ontario Reign this weekend before coming home for the last home stand of the year, a three-game series against Victoria.

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Elsewhere:

Defensemen Jordie Benn, the brother of Dallas Stars’ left wing Jamie Benn, plays for the Allen Americans of the Central Hockey League. Benn is injured but is set to return next week in time for the CHL playoffs. Benn has nine goals and nine assists in 43 games this season with Allen.

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	58	0	4	4	61	25
Michael Neal	Idaho (ECHL)	LW	51	5	9	14	33	-5
CHL	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Jordie Benn	Allen (CHL)	D	43	9	9	18	55	1
Junior	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Scott Glennie	Brandon (WHL)	RW/C	66	32	57	89	50	32
Tristan King	Medicine Hat (WHL)	C	70	21	44	65	65	8
Hubert Labrie	Gatineau (QMJHL)	D	67	4	16	20	99	-5
Matthew Tassone	Swift Current (WHL)	C	33	12	7	19	72	-4
Tomas Vincour	Edmonton (WHL)	C	33	17	9	26	31	0
	Vancouver (WHL)		24	12	10	22	31	6
College	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Mike Bergin	RPI	D	30	4	7	11	68
Alex Chiasson	Boston University	RW	34	7	12	19	40	6
Curtis McKenzie	Miami University	LW	38	5	18	23	86	8
Nico Sacchetti	Minnesota	C	38	4	11	15	12	1
Austin Smith	Colgate University	RW	36	16	25	41	20	5
Reilly Smith	Miami University	RW	39	8	12	20	20	13
Scott Winkler	Colorado College	C	21	1	1	2	4	-6
Europe	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-
Philip Larsen	Frolunda (Swe)	D	42	1	9	10	20	6
Vojtech Polak	Trinec HC (Cze)	LW	49	10	9	19	48	-3
Ondrej Roman	Vitkovice HC (Cze)	C	26	1	2	3	6	-2
Max Warn	HIFK Helsinki (Fin)	LW	33	3	6	9	45	-2
Goalies	Team/League	Pos	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	Save%
Tyler Beskorowany	Kingston (OHL)	G	62	3461	29	25	4	203	3.52	.903
Richard Bachman	Idaho (ECHL)	G	30	1724	20	5	3	66	2.30	.908