12-13 Texas Tale of the Tape
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Team Record: 12-10-0-2Last Game: 4-2 W at Grand Rapids (Dec. 11)
Season Series: 0-1-0-0Last Meeting: 1-4 Road Loss (Oct. 5)
Team Record: 14-8-2-2Last Game: 2-1 Win vs. Iowa (Dec. 7)
Season Series: 1-0-0-0Last Meeting: 4-1 Home Win (Oct. 5)
Storylines• Tonight marks the second of four matchups between the Wolves
and Stars this season and the 24th all-time regular-season meeting between the squads.
• Six of Chicago’s nine all-time regular-season wins against Texas have come at Cedar Park Center.
• The Texas Stars are one of three teams in the Western Conference Chicago head coach JOHN ANDERSON has not defeated; he has not faced Abbotsford or Utica in his career.
• The Wolves tallied two third-period goals to double up the defending Calder Cup Champion Grand Rapids Griffins 4-2
Wednesday night at Van Andel Arena.• The win was just Chicago’s third in its last seven contests, but its
second straight victory; the club sits with 26 points and a 12-10-0-2 record through 24 games this season.
• Eight of Chicago’s 12 victories this season have come on enemy ice and its .692 road winning percentage is the third-best in the Western Conference (8-3-0-2).
By The Numbers .850 - Winning percentage of the Wolves when scoring first this
season (8-1-0-1). 2 - Number of assists right wing MARK MANCARI dished out on
Wednesday, his first points since Nov. 15.
8 - Number of points defenseman DAVID SHIELDS has accrued in 22 games this season, which includes an assist on Wednesday; the 22-year-old blueliner is one point shy of matching his point production he achieved in his first two AHL seasons (2011-13).
Follow The Action Tonight’s game begins at 7:30 p.m. and can be seen on The
U-Too (WCIU-DT 26.2). U-Too also can be found on XFinity’s Chs. 248 and 360, RCN’s Ch. 35 and WOW’s Ch.
170. The game can also be streamed on www.ahllive.com.
Those away from a TV or computer can follow @Chicago_Wolves on Twitter for live in-game play-by-play.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT#49 ALEXANDRE BOLDUCCenter
Alexandre Bolduc dented thenet twice on Wednesday, hissecond multiple-goal effort thisseason and seventh of his AHLcareer; he has tallied 3 points(2G, A) in his last two outings.
The 28-year-old forward sharesthird on Chicago with 5 goalsand has accumulated 8 points in14 contests this season.
The Montreal native has neverplayed a game at Cedar ParkCenter and has posted an assistin two career games against theStars.
CHICAGO WOLVES TALE OF THE TAPEFriday, Dec. 13
7:30 p.m.Cedar Park Center
#23 TRAVIS MORINCenter
Travis Morin enters tonight’s tilthaving gone a season-high twogames without a point.
The 29-year-old forward hasnotched a point in 16 of his 20games this season and ranksthird in the AHL with 29 points(11G, 18A).
The Brooklyn Park, Minn., nativeamassed 2 goals and 4 points inthe Stars 4-1 win over theWolves on Oct. 5 at Cedar ParkCenter.