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 […]
MORNING SKATE: Getting waived by Stars helped re-launch Patrik Nemeth’s career
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas — Patrik Nemeth’s NHL career was re-born on Oct. 2, 2017. After parts of four seasons with the Dallas Stars, never playing more than 40 NHL games in a season, he was placed on waivers as the odd-man out of a nine-player competition on defense in Stars training camp. It could have […]
Patrik Nemeth seizing opportunity to be a top-four defender with Avalanche
DALLAS — Patrik Nemeth had a feeling his time with the Dallas Stars was coming to an end. After a three seasons of in-and-out status on the Stars defense, it became somewhat clear to the 25-year-old defender where he stood in the organization through training camp and preseason, where Nemeth only had an opportunity to […]
Morning Skate: Nemeth returns to Dallas as member of Avalanche, Stars juggle defense
DALLAS — Patrik Nemeth makes his return to Dallas on Saturday when the Colorado Avalanche visit the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. Nemeth spent the past five seasons in the Stars organization before being waived and claimed by Colorado on Oct. 3. After struggling to find playing time in Dallas, Nemeth has flourished in […]
Stars Daily October 12: The Dallas Stars and the quest for 105
Ken Hitchcock often talks about the number 105. That’s how the Stars coach is defining special teams success this season. The power play percentage and the penalty kill percentage, when added together, need to be above 105 for the Dallas Stars head coach to be content. Heading into the fourth game of the season it’s […]
Patrik Nemeth claimed on waivers by Colorado Avalanche
Dallas Stars defender Patrik Nemeth was claimed by the Colorado Avalanche on waivers Tuesday. Nemeth was a second-round pick in 2010. He came over to North American before the 2012-13 season and struggled with injuries in the early part of his career. During the 2013-14 season he split time between the NHL and AHL, while […]