I covered the Texas Rangers extra-inning 1-0 victory against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington. About eight hours before the game ended in the bottom of the 13th inning, I ended up in a hockey conversation with Rangers outfielder/designated hitter Shin-Soo Choo during pre-game media availability. Choo had […]
STARS MAILBAG: Hitch is back, expansion, free agency, and trading Cody Eakin?
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: 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 […]
STARS MAILBAG: Let's chat about Cody Eakin
We are going to dedicate this week’s mailbag to Cody Eakin. I could have dedicated it to the Stars bye week and Ales Hemsky’s solo practices as he works his way back from injury. But the readers have demanded a discussion about Cody Eakin, and we are going to deliver. Let’s get started: @seanshapiro Cody […]
Third-period penalty by Cody Eakin helps derail Dallas Stars comeback effort
A foolish penalty in the third period by Cody Eakin helped the Toronto Maple Leafs put the game away in a 3-1 victory against the Dallas Stars. Eakin was called for cross-checking Mitch Marner in the offensive zone 4:53 into the third period when Dallas trailed 2-1. That immediately led to an unfortunate series of […]
STARS MAILBAG: Eakin and the expansion draft, Ruff's contract, and much more
Welcome to another edition of the Dallas Stars Mailbag. It’s been a busy week — highlighted unfortunately by another injury — so let’s get started: @seanshapiro is there any reason to protect Eakin after the season? He’s been outmatched + outworked by teammates with 0 addition to offense — huttonjackson (@DownSetHutton) February 2, 2017 All […]