Texas Stars surge into Calder Cup Playoffs

Needing to play nearly perfect hockey down the stretch of the regular season to make the Calder Cup Playoffs, the Texas Stars did just that. The fifth-seeded Stars won their last three games and will now head to Rockford for a three-game series against the IceHogs beginning 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening."That's a new shot of life for this time of year," said Stars Head Coach Neil Graham. "So you grind through 72 games, you do your job to get into the playoffs to have that excitement. You know, thi