The Dallas Stars gave up a lead to the St. Louis Blues in the third period and clawed back late to get the victory 4-2. Ben Bishop was in the crease again for his 300th career game and finished with 35 saves on 37 shots. The Stars were perfect on four penalty kills and went […]
MORNING SKATE: Bishop set to face childhood team, Hanzal questionable vs. Blues
DALLAS — When Ben Bishop is introduced at American Airlines Center before home games he’s introduced as a native of Denver, Colorado. But that’s only half true. Bishop was born in Denver, but only spent eight months of his life as a resident of Colorado. A more accurate home town would be St. Louis. The […]
Ask the Stars: What’s the biggest goal you’ve scored?
If you’ve reached the NHL you’ve likely scored thousands of goals in your life. Even those players that aren’t typically considered goal scorers in the NHL, you don’t reach the NHL without banking a few big goals in either minor or junior hockey. But what’s the biggest goal you’ve ever scored? It could be a […]
Morning Skate: Stars hope to reverse trends against top teams in Central
DALLAS — The Dallas Stars have not faired well against the top teams in the Central Division. Against the Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets, and St. Louis Blues the Stars are a combined 0-6-0 and yet they are still in a wild card position heading into Saturday’s game with Nashville. Dallas picked up a key win […]
STARS MAILBAG: Fallout from the Oleksiak trade, goalies, and Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays. To those of you reading this mailbag, thanks for subscribing and supporting the work we’ve done at The Upset. It’s been a fun first month and I’ve got a couple longer-term stories I’ve been working on coming out this weekend during the NHL’s Christmas break. On another note the traditional podcast with Ryan […]
Morning Skate: Hitch looks for 800th win against “best bench coach in the league”
DALLAS — Ken Hitchcock doesn’t like to discuss career milestones. So on the verge of his 800th career win, Hitchcock isn’t talking about his accolades. Even if the Stars win tonight against the Chicago Blackhawks, he’ll probably shrug it off and quickly move onto another talking point in his postgame press conference. Blackhawks coach Joel […]