Eagles Continue Road Trip Against the Stars
Mar 16, 2021
The Colorado Eagles will look to get back-to-back wins tonight against the Texas Stars. Colorado won the previous matchup on Saturday 5-3 against Texas. The Eagles netted four goals from four different goal scorers in the first period to propel them to a 5-3 victory over the Texas Stars on Saturday. Mike Vecchione, T.J. Tynan, Ian Scheid, Miles Gendron and Liam O’Brien all lit the lamp in the win, as Colorado halted a three-game slide while also stopping the Stars five-game winning streak in the process. Texas forward Riley Damiani netted a natural hat trick in the loss for the Stars.
Texas was paced by Riley Damiani who scored his first hat trick that pulled the game to 4-3 in the final minute of the third period. Stars goaltender Landon Bow was pulled once in the game as Tomas Sholl entered the game for almost four minutes and made one save. Bow opened the second period and never allowed another goal on the following 16 shots. He finished off the night with 23 stops while his counterpart Adam Werner earned the win with 26 saves.
Eagles at Stars
H-E-B Center - Cedar Park, Texas
Roster Report
Jayson Megna, Logan O’Connor, Kiefer Sherwood, Dan Renouf, Greg Pateryn, Jacob MacDonald, Conor Timmins, Kyle Burroughs, Peyton Jones, and Hunter Miska are all currently recalled by the Colorado Avalanche.
Forward Nick Henry and goaltender Kevin Carr were recalled from the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies on Monday.
By the Numbers
Tuesday’s matchup is the sixth matchup between the clubs since the Eagles joined the American Hockey League in 2018. Colorado has a 3-2 record against Texas. It is the third of eight times the teams will face-off this season.
Colorado - Texas Connections
Eagles forward Sheldon Dries played 92 games for the Texas Stars during the 2017-18 season. Dries signed an AHL contract with the Stars on May 10, 2017 after a four-year career with Western Michigan University.
