FRISCO, Texas — Forwards Brett Ritchie and Martin Hanzal are both going to miss the next two games due to injury. Ritchie was getting further medical tests on Friday. Hitchcock wouldn’t give further information on the upper-body injury, instead deciding to defer to general manager Jim Nill on the injury. “I think this should come […]
Notes: Bishop unhappy after getting pulled, Johns dealing with upper-body injury
Ben Bishop was pulled in the second period after allowing three goals on 17 shots in a 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche. It was the second time Bishop hasn’t finished a start this season, and the first time he was pulled based off performance. Bishop wasn’t very happy with the decision after the game. […]
Stars lose Stephen Johns, lose 5-3 to Colorado
The Pepsi Center in Denver has not been kind to the Dallas Stars in recent memory. This game held a familiar script as noted Stars stopper Semyon Varlamov (.919 SV%) turned in a quality start for Colorado and led his team to a 5-3 victory. Perhaps even more important was the loss of Stephen Johns […]
Bishop starts against Colorado and Edmonton, Lehtonen against Calgary
FRISCO, Texas — Ben Bishop will start the next two games, while Kari Lehtonen will start against the Calgary Flames on Friday. Lehtonen has just two appearances and one start this season, coming in a loss to the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 7. Since that start Bishop has played seven straight games, and will […]
STARS MAILBAG: Honka, Oleksiak, Hamhuis, Nichushkin chatter, and EBUGs
Every so often I’ll go into what I call my “writing bunker.” I take my laptop to the kitchen table, away from the distractions of my office (there is a TV in there and a big window), put in head phones and listen to Bruce Springsteen music while drinking way too many cups of coffee. […]
Stars Daily October 7: What went wrong on the Golden Knights game-winning goal?
The Dallas Stars lost their season-opening game to the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Friday. The Stars were the better team. Marc-Andre Fleury stole the game, the Stars shots against were high because they took eight penalties (which is on them), and James Neal simply took advantage of two mistakes by the Stars. Kari Lehtonen […]