The Dallas Stars continued their strong play on home ice against the San Jose Sharks, winning 6-0 on New Year’s Eve. They had several players chip in on the scoring with Radek Faksa tallying three assists, and Tyler Pitlick, Mattias Janmark, John Klingberg, and Jamie Benn all picking up two points a piece. Ben Bishop […]
How Ken Hitchcock uses analytics and what that means for Devin Shore
The day after each game Ken Hitchcock has an analytics package waiting for him. Before viewing the video from the prior night’s game, the Dallas Stars coach will go through the numbers that have been sent to him by a company in Canada. “I trust this information because I made them do it,” Hitchcock said. […]
STARS MAILBAG: Figuring out proper roles for Brett Ritchie and Devin Shore
Before we got into today’s mailbag, I wanted to share a couple quick thoughts. (And would love to hear reader feedback in the comments on this or anything in the mailbag). 1. Why don’t we see more minor-league conditioning assignments in hockey? Sure, it’s not like baseball where a team can send a player to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tyler Seguin goes back to the basics and finally breaks scoring slump
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 […]