DALLAS — Roughly a year ago Maxime Lagace’s NHL career nearly fizzled out completely. Then playing for the Texas Stars in the AHL the goalie lost his focus. Typically a composed, strong-willed goalie, something went wrong between the ears and Lagace couldn’t stop the puck at a reasonable rate. “I wasn’t good enough,” Lagace said. […]
Stars Fall to Golden Knights 5-3 and Drop Third Straight
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators on Friday evening, then waltzed into Dallas to dispatch the Stars 5-3 on the second night of a back-to back. Maxime Lagace, who formerly spent significant time developing in the Stars’s farm system, got the start in the crease for the Golden Knights and finished with 36 […]
Morning Skate: Stars shuffling top lines for meeting with Golden Knights
DALLAS — While there was a slight backtrack on Friday, the Dallas Stars are going to make lineup changes when they host the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Devin Shore is moving onto the first line with Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin. Alexander Radulov was moved to the second line with Mattias Janmark and Jason […]
Ben Bishop vs. Ryan Hatch: An oral history of the fight in Frisco
Ben Bishop was a fan favorite in Frisco more than a decade before he signed with the Dallas Stars. During his senior of high school Bishop played for the Texas Tornado in the North American Hockey League. The Tornado were located in Frisco, sharing the same facility as the Dallas Stars, and during that season […]
STARS MAILBAG: Expansion, injuries, and hope for the #FreeHonka movement?
The NHL’s 32nd team may have breathed it’s first breath on Thursday when the NHL said that it would accept an expansion application from Seattle. It’s going to cost $650 million, a bit of a price hike after Bill Foley paid $500 million to get Vegas into the league, but with an arena on the […]
Changes are coming, and that should include putting Faksa between Benn and Radulov
Changes are coming. Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock made that clear after a 3-0 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. After an encouraging five-game win streak, the Stars have lost back-to-back games against Central Division opponents and have fallen to 0-6-0 against the top three teams in their division. Stars captain Jamie […]