The Henderson Silver Knights dropped their season opener, 4-3, against the Texas Stars on Friday evening at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Rondbjerg scored twice and McLain notched his first in a Henderson sweater.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
The Texas Stars got on the board first with an unassisted goal from Krys late in the first. They doubled their lead with another tally from Petrovic, assisted by Hryckowian, just 20 seconds later. But Henderson made it 2-1 less than 30 seconds into the second period with a goal from Jonas Rondbjerg, their first of the season. He was assisted by Grigori Denisenko and Christoffer Sedoff. The Stars re-extended their lead to two with an unassisted goal from Wheatcroft at 13:01 in the second. Mitch McLain made it a one goal game in the third period, with Sedoff picking up his second assist of the night on the play. Blümel, assisted by Hryckowian and Pettersen, put the Stars up by two again with the first power-play goal of the evening. The Silver Knights answered back with a power-play goal of their own, Rondbjerg’s second of the night, assisted by Tanner Laczynski and Denisneko. Despite the Knights outshooting the Stars 13:6 in the third period, Texas hung on to secure a 4-3 win.
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 12 | 5 p.m. | at Texas Stars
Friday, Oct. 18 | 7 p.m. | vs Calgary Wranglers | Tickets
Saturday, Oct. 19 | 6 p.m. | vs Calgary Wranglers | Tickets
Wednesday, Oct. 23 | 7 p.m. | vs. San Jose Barracuda | Tickets
Friday, Oct. 25 | 11 a.m. | vs. San Jose Barracuda | Tickets
Sunday, Oct. 27 | 3 p.m. | at Ontario Reign
NOTES ON THE KNIGHT
Jonas Rondbjerg: Rondbjerg scored two goals in the Silver Knights’ season opener. He was assisted by Denisenko and Sedoff on the first and Laczynski and Denisenko on the second.
Mitch McLain: McLain tallied his first goal as a Silver Knight in the third period, assisted by Sedoff.
Christoffer Sedoff: Sedoff recorded a two-point night (0G, 2A), tying his career single-game high.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Silver Knights will again face the Texas Stars on Saturday on the road for the second half of their back-to-back. Fans can watch on FloHockey or tune in on 1230 The Game. Puck drop is set for 5 p.m. PT.