Dallas Stars Prospects Led by Lesser-Known in Game 2 Win

Jack Campbell, Scott Glennie, and Ondrej Roman are the big names for the Dallas Stars prospects in Traverse City this week, but through two games the three have little to "write home about", as they say.

Nevertheless, the Stars prospects bounced back this afternoon with a strong 4-1 win that saw them draw quite a few power plays and rectify their defensive deficiencies from the night before. With hardly any practice time, a new coach, a new system and unfamiliar teammates, the chemistry is understandably limited, and the results taken with a grain of salt.

Last year Jamie Benn had some issues at this tournament before wowing the Stars at training camp and claiming a roster spot.

Via Mark Stepneski, of ADSP and ESPN Dallas, the lines for this game were:

Backman-Roman-Glennie
Neal-T. King-Vincour
K. King-Tousignant-Hazen
Tassone-Frazee-Grbavac

Ondrej Roman and Scott Glennie are the feature pair here, and who many consider the most likely to make the Stars roster someday and have NHL careers. Through two games (it's really not fair to judge 20 year olds on two games, we know) these two are a combined -4. Roman has not recorded a shot on goal, while Glennie has only two.

Stats for the Stars are being kept here.

Instead of Roman and Glennie, Tomas Vincour has answered the bell with goals in consecutive games, and the Kings (Tristan and Kevin) each have points. Michael Neal, younger brother of James Neal is a +2 in one appearance.

The other big name at the tournament for the Stars, of course, is Jack Campbell, who allowed six goals in game one against the Red Wings. Tyler Beskorowany got the nod in game two and by all account was pretty good, stopping 26 of 27. Beskorowany is two years Campbell's senior, selected in the 2008 NHL entry draft by the Stars. He impressed at Stars training camp last season and will try to shine next week despite a logjam at the position in practice. (Lehtonen, Raycroft, Krahn, Campbell, Beskorowany).

Philip Larsen, highly touted Danish defenseman, has managed a +1 in the tournament so far and played point on the PP.

Dallas did not take nearly as many penalties are their opponents yesterday. The Stars. Not the Cowboys. The Stars were penalized 30 minutes total while St. Louis took a total of 54 and afforded Dallas a plethora of power play opportunities, particularly in the second period. The power play was unable to take advantage until the third when Tristan King put the Stars ahead 3-1 on a man-advantage.

The Stars will next face Tampa Bay on Tuesday afternoon, and I would speculate that Jack Campbell will be given a chance to bounce back. They will practice tomorrow (Monday) but have the night off.

The tournament will conclude on Wednesday, then it's back to Dallas (presumably) for physicals in Frisco on Friday and a flight to PEI for the start of camp on Saturday.

Be sure to visit Mark Stepneski, as he has video from the game yesterday.