(Credit: Logan Foust/Texas Stars) Sometimes, three periods are not enough time to decide the outcome of a game. The two-time defending Western Conference champions, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, forced the Texas Stars to play an extra period for the second night in a row. Once again, the Firebirds did not lead for a single minute in regulation. Coachella Valley still found a way to top the Stars, this time by a 3-2 margin in overtime Saturday night at the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park. “Second half of the year, we’re going to have to find ways to win those games,” Kole Lind reflected after tonight’s loss. “That’s playoff hockey right there.” To open the first period, it was all Stars. The two former Firebirds on the roster, Lind and Cameron Hughes, each found the back of the net to give Texas a quick 2-0 lead over Coachella Valley. “It felt great,” Lind said about getting a goal over his former team. “It was a great play by [Curtis McKenzie]; he made an unbelievable pass to me on the ba...
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