DALLAS — It hasn’t been an easy month for Tyler Seguin. Heading into Thursday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks the forward hadn’t scored in eight games and only had two goals in the month of December. For a player used to finding the back of the net — he had 12 goals between October and […]
Stars Coach Ken Hitchcock Records 800th Career With 4-0 Win Over Blackhawks
The three game losing skid for the Dallas Stars came to a screeching halt in convincing fashion as they handed the Chicago Blackhawks a 4-0 loss and picked up a career 800th win for head coach Ken Hitchcock. It gave the Stars a 3-0-0 record against their division rival Blackhawks this season. Ben Bishop finished […]
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 […]
Morning Skate: Curtis McKenzie looking forward to NHL season debut
FRISCO, Texas — It looks like Curtis McKenzie is finally going to make his NHL season debut. McKenzie had been called up twice before, and even took warmups before one game, but has yet to step into the lineup. That should change on Saturday as the Dallas Stars complete a home-and-home swing against the Chicago […]
Defining play: Mattias Janmark beats Duncan Keith in overtime
Mattias Janmark picked a key moment for the first multi-goal game of his NHL career. Fifty-one seconds into overtime the Swedish forward picked up a loose puck, flew past a defenseman recently picked as one of the 100 best players in NHL history, and delivered a 4-3 overtime victory for the Dallas Stars against the […]
Stars GM Jim Nill discusses trading Johnny Oduya to the Blackhawks
Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill discussed the trade with the Chicago Blackhawks for Mark McNeill and a fourth-round pick in exchange for Johnny Oduya. On trading Oduya “Well, Johnny’s a UFA and with the situation of our team I think it’s important for us to get the most assets we can. Johnny’s been a […]