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 […]
STARS MAILBAG: Shootouts, home and away goalies, and an update on Nichushkin
No one asked about Valeri Nichushkin this week. Nichushkin has been a hot topic in past mailbags, and today I actually have a good answer. So, and I can’t believe I’m doing this, I will pose the question myself: Any update on Val? Yes. After talking to several people, some in Dallas and some not, […]
Kari Lehtonen isn’t acting like a back-up, and it’s a luxury for the Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars don’t want Kari Lehtonen to act like a back-up goalie. Even as he’s stepped into a more traditional back-up role, the Finnish goalie prepares like he’s the starter. He puts in extra work each day with goalie coach Jeff Reese, and he prefers to let his play — as cliched as this […]
Kari Lehtonen picks up 300th win as Stars top Islanders 5-2
Kari Lehtonen picked up his 300th career win and the Dallas Stars defeated the New York Islanders 5-2 on Wednesday. Tyler Pitlick scored twice and the Stars won back-to-back games in New York after opening their four-game road trip with a win against the New York Rangers on Monday. Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov, and Remie […]
Stars Snap Losing Skid with 2-1 Shootout Victory Over Rangers
On the first game of their four game road trip through the Tri-State area, the Dallas Stars collected two points in the shootout against the New York Rangers winning 2-1. Ondrej Pavelec drew the start for the Rangers in lieu of future Hall of Fame goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, but you would never know it. Pavelec […]