DALLAS — This wasn’t how the Dallas Stars wanted to go into the All-Star Break. It seemed like everything went wrong in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Bounces didn’t go their way, they looked lackadaisical at key moments, and the one line that played well couldn’t finish or catch a […]
MORNING SKATE: Shore-Spezza-Janmark line trying to find the right, and left, fit
DALLAS — It’s a fool’s errand writing about a particular Dallas Stars line that isn’t centered by Radek Faksa. With a notorious line juggler like Ken Hitchcock, the minute you write about a particular line having certain chemistry or consistency, it’s likely the same minute the coach has made a decision to alter the line […]
Mattias Janmark and Others Collect Three Points in 7-1 Stars Win Over Sabres
The Dallas Stars completed a successful four game road trip, collecting seven of a possible eight points, by thoroughly gutting the Buffalo Sabres to the tune of 7-1. A slew of Stars had multiple points in the game. Mattias Janmark (2 G, 1 A) Esa Lindell (1 G, 2 A), and John Klingberg (3 A) all […]
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 […]
Jason Spezza Bounces Back From Healthy Scratch, Scores Twice as Stars Beat Red Wings 4-2
On the second game of a back-to-back, the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2. Jason Spezza served up as strong as a bounce-back game as the Stars coaching staff could’ve hoped with two goals on the power play. John Klingberg and Alexander Radulov both finished with two assists, and Ben Bishop had a […]
Ken Hitchcock hopes to reset Jason Spezza with rare healthy scratch
Let’s clarify something first: Jason Spezza wasn’t scratched because of a pending trade. For one, Spezza has a full no-trade clause during the season and by all accounts he, at this point, has no plans to waive it. He’s also under contract for next season with a young family, he and his wife have four […]