Dan and Sarah met as 16-year-olds. Dan was new in town, had recently moved to Prince George to play for the Western Hockey League’s Cougars, and because of alphabetical order — Hamhuis and Griffin — had a locker next to Sarah. He was shy and quiet, but was introduced to Sarah through a mutual friend. […]
Thanks to healthy scratch Jason Spezza was back to “normal,” but what does that even mean?
DETROIT — For Ken Hitchcock making Jason Spezza a healthy scratch worked. He was able to reset the veteran forward, forcing him to watch a game from the press box for the first time in more than a decade, and on Tuesday Spezza had a pair of power play goals — his first multi-goal game […]
Defining Play: Simple stick lift sets stage for Tyler Seguin’s highlight-reel goal
At some point we’ll grow tired of the Tyler Seguin vs. Boston Bruins drama. But as long as he’s still playing on a contract he originally signed with Boston, and he continues to make big plays against his former team, the Seguin-Bruins storyline is impossible to ignore. That was pretty obvious in a 3-2 overtime […]
Stars defenseman Greg Pateryn has special bond with biggest fan
FRISCO, Texas — Autographs are a common thing at the Dallas Stars practice facility. After each practice there are often legions of loyal fans waiting as players head to the parking garage next to the Dr. Pepper StarsCenter in Frisco. It’s a chance for the fans to interact with the players, it’s a somewhat daily […]
Reminder: You can’t play the puck with a foot in the penalty box
DALLAS — You can’t play the puck if you have a foot in the penalty box. Seems simple enough, right? Wrong. For the third time this season a player was given a penalty for interference at American Airlines Center for playing the puck while they still had at least one foot in the box. Each […]
Tyler Seguin rewarded with first shorthanded goal of his life; Methot solidifies third pair for Hitch
DALLAS — It wasn’t just the first shorthanded goal of Tyler Seguin’s NHL career, it was the first shorthanded goal of his entire life. And that’s not an exaggeration after the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 4-3 on Thursday. Seguin has a seemingly photographic memory of goals he’s scored, if he’s put the […]