I wanted to start today’s mailbag with a story about Ken Hitchcock, who was introduced as the Dallas Stars head coach at a press conference on Thursday. In October 2015 I was in Traverse City covering the annual prospects tournament hosted by the Detroit Red Wings. Hitchcock, then the St. Louis Blues coach, was watching […]
STARS MAILBAG: Thoughts on superheroes, Cracknell, goalies, and Johns vs. Oleksiak
Do you remember when this was a thing? Yes, the NHL had comic book “guardians” for all 30 NHL teams. And this was the Dallas Stars guardian: According to a story at that time on the Stars official website, this was the his backstory. Like Texas itself, The Star’s personality is BIG. Everything about him […]
STARS MAILBAG: Jumping for goals, how to look at the trade deadline, and much more
I want to start today’s mailbag with a quick video breakdown. Last night Radek Faksa a goal in the second period after completing one of the most unique zone entries I’ve ever seen. If you missed, it here is the play: Faksa goal pic.twitter.com/aNuV14DOkM — steph (@myregularface) March 3, 2017 First Faksa sees the check […]
NOTES: Roussel potentially lost for the season, Hemsky has "up and down" return
DALLAS — Antoine Roussel is going to miss extended time, potentially the rest of the season after blocking a shot by Johnny Boychuck in the first period. “It’s not good news. I don’t have a timeframe, but it’s going to be a while,” Roussel said. “In all likelihood, probably the rest of the year. That […]
NOTES: Antoine Roussel celebrates first career hat trick, Stars win for Dave Strader
DALLAS — Antoine Roussel didn’t know he got to keep the hats, but he did know how he’d celebrate if he ever scored a hat trick. After scoring his third goal in the Stars 4-3 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning the French forward gave a fist-pump and mocked throwing a hat onto the ice. […]
Dallas Stars overtime woes continue in loss to Montreal Canadiens
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars overtime woes continued in a 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. The Stars had a golden opportunity after the Canadiens iced the puck off the opening face-off and put John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin, and Radek Faksa out for an offensive draw. Dallas lost the draw and blown coverage by Seguin […]