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15 November 2004
STARS COACH HOPEFUL
Dundee Texol Stars are celebrating after their first four-point weekend in a while, and coach Roger Hunt said today he expects the team to start moving up the league table (writes Katherine Trail).
Saturday’s 5-2 home win against Hull was the first with new imports Derek Bekar and Cory Morgan.

Bekar impressed as he scored twice, despite only arriving in Dundee on Friday after travelling from Canada. Morgan also impressed. Last night, Stars travelled to Peterborough for the return leg of a Challenge Cup game. In the first game, Stars took Phantoms apart.

Last night was much the same, as Phantoms failed to get on the scoresheet, while Stars managed to get eight past Stephen Wall.

Hunt was very pleased with the show, stating, “It was a great performance. It was good to get two points to set us up with what could be the re-start of Stars’ season.

“This was one of the first weekends all season where we were playing with eight imports, so it was nice to be back to full strength in that department.

“We’re still suffering from injury problems, but Paddy Ward is close to being back, as is Chad Reekie. Patric Lochi is a little bit further away, but, hopefully, the team will be back to full strength soon.

“I thought the new guys played very well. I think Bekar will get better, as this was his first weekend with the team, and he only arrived on Friday morning after a long flight from Canada. We were lacking in scoring punch and the team owners gave me the resources to rectify that. Hopefully, we’ve done that with Cory and Derek.

“I think things are looking good for the rest of the season. We can’t go back down that injury route, we need the gods to smile on us and for the guys to stay healthy. If we can stay healthy, we’re capable of moving up the table.”

Stars’ next game is on Saturday when they travel to Hull to take on Stingrays again. On Sunday, Stars are at home for a huge game against Sheffield Steelers.

When the Stars played Steelers in Sheffield, team co-owner Steve Ward described the 3-2 win as, “one of the best performances from a Stars team ever.”

Sheffield are one of the best sides in Britain, and won both the league and play-off championships in the Elite League last year.