The last time there was a major brawl in Dallas, Brent Severyn was on the other side. Sparked by a bad hit on Teemu Selänne by Craig Ludwig, the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Mighty Ducks squared off in a line brawl with a little more than three minutes remaining. Here was the hit that started […]
With a full fight card and an EBUG, Stars win a weird, or fun, game against Panthers
DALLAS — This one was weird. Ok, well, Ken Hitchcock didn’t agree with me. “I didn’t find it weird,” Hitchcock said. “In a very sick way, it was fun.” So, I guess we’ll go with fun. In the first period alone there were four fights, a goalie injury, 84 penalty minutes, a pair of game […]
Mattias Janmark and Others Collect Three Points in 7-1 Stars Win Over Sabres
The Dallas Stars completed a successful four game road trip, collecting seven of a possible eight points, by thoroughly gutting the Buffalo Sabres to the tune of 7-1. A slew of Stars had multiple points in the game. Mattias Janmark (2 G, 1 A) Esa Lindell (1 G, 2 A), and John Klingberg (3 A) all […]
Overturned goal puzzles Hitchcock, but Stars battle back for a point in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — It was good hockey play. A hard drive to the net, creating a chance, and crashing for a rebound. It’s the type of play you practice all the time, and want your players to execute. That was Ken Hitchcock’s view of an overturned goal that would have tied the game at 1-1 […]
Defining Play: Bernier makes timely save, Bishop doesn’t in Stars loss to Avalanche
A 25-second stretch defined the third period in the Dallas Stars 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. When the Stars needed a big goal they couldn’t finish, and when they needed a save their goalie didn’t deliver. At 6:08 of the period the Stars reliable third line of Antoine Roussel, Radek Faksa, and […]
Dallas Stars mid-season report card
The Dallas Stars officially hit the midway point of the season last week, but with their bye week this feels like the informal halfway point. On a whole, the Stars are in a good spot. They’ve become one of the best defensive teams in the NHL, look like a playoff team, and are starting to […]