Coming off a 4-1 loss to Innsbruck, the LA Stars were looking to bounce back at home hosting the Graz 99'ers. Gernot Wegerer would get the start but the highly motivated Stars would need some time to find their rhythm. A turnover at the blue and a missed check would lead to a chance for the 99'ers and in the second minute of the game they would capitalize on their chance. This would be the theme of the night. 10 minutes later after many missed Star opportunities the 99'ers would get another partial break and the puck would find a hole between the legs of Wegerer.  With a little over a minute remaining in the first Florian Wallner would put one upstairs after Phillip Poeschmann outbattled the Grayer in the corner. 2-1 for Graz after one but the Stars had found their groove and the feeling in the dressing room was it was just a matter of time.

The Second period the Stars came out with authority and started getting more pucks to the net but Michael Bischoff was having his best game of the year between the pipes for the 99'ers, kicking all pucks aside. 10 minutes in to the second with Ben Sera sitting in the penalty box for a hooking call, the  99'ers would capitalize on the Power Play taking the wind out of the Sails of the Stars for the rest of the Period.

The third period was pure domination. For over 18 minutes of the period we were in the 99'er zone pressuring, hitting, winning pucks and getting an astounding 22 shots on net. But it was not our day, we couldn't get another puck past the netminder. Graz on the other hand would get one chance and would score on a nice 2 v 1 giving Wegerer no chance. It was one of those games you dread. We outshot Graz 42-17, but all that counts in this game is the number of goals you score. Graz cashed in on their chances and we didn't. But once again the real intensity didn't start until the third period, if we play like that all the time we will win a lot of games.

LA 1 : GRAZ 1:4 (1:2, 0:1,0:1)