Junior Capitals Fall to Stars

The Washington Junior Capitals fell to the Dallas Junior Stars 4-3 on Day 129. The loss drops Washington to 26-31-8 and six points out of the playoffs.

Washington got off to a good start in the opening period when Lance Moynch scored on the power play from Sean Kotary and Sean Bergenheim at 9:24. The Caps outshot Dallas 11-8 in the period.

After a scoreless second period, Washington went ahead 2-0 early in the third on Ivan Baranka's goal from Moynch and Cory Urquhart at 2:27. The Stars battled back to score three goals in under four minutes to take the lead. Taticek got the first from Sannitz and Umicevic at 6:13. Chernov tied the game from Ott and Blazek on the power play at 7:09, and Umicevic gave Dallas a 3-2 lead when he scored from Taticek and Vannelli at 10:03. The Capitals tied the game just eight seconds later on Bergenheim's marker from Patrick O'Sullivan and Matt Maglione, but Dallas got the winning goal from Vlcek at 13:55. The goal, Vlcek's 10th of the season, was assisted by Ott.

The final 20 minutes also saw a pair of fights as Fabien Laniel fought Barinka to a draw at 7:52, and Branko Radivojevic duked it out with Blazek at 9:56.

Brad Topping made 31 saves for Washington in a losing effort and fell to 14-22-4. Jason Bacashihua stopped 24 shots to earn the win for the Stars.

The Junior Capitals return to action on Day 131 against Toronto.