DALLAS — Roughly a year ago Maxime Lagace’s NHL career nearly fizzled out completely. Then playing for the Texas Stars in the AHL the goalie lost his focus. Typically a composed, strong-willed goalie, something went wrong between the ears and Lagace couldn’t stop the puck at a reasonable rate. “I wasn’t good enough,” Lagace said. […]
Stars Daily October 11: Hitchcock catches Arbour for third in career wins
Ken Hitchcock moved into a tie with Al Arbour for the third-most wins in NHL history when the Dallas Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 on Tuesday. It was Hitchcock’s 782nd career win, moving his all-time record to 782-476-199. On Tuesday morning Hitchcock was asked about potentially tying Arbour, who passed away in 2015 […]
Stars Morning Skate: Vegas missing two key players thanks to roster crunch
DALLAS — The Vegas Golden Knights are already shorthanded headed into their first NHL game, and it’s their own fault. Thanks to carrying a glut of defenders that aren’t waiver exempt, Vegas is going to open their first season on Friday against the Dallas Stars with their No. 1 center, Vadim Shipachyov, and arguably top […]
Stars Daily October 6: Expansion teams and opening night
It’s going to be a historical night at American Airlines Center. While the Dallas Stars are opening their 25th season in Texas, the Vegas Golden Knights will start checking off a list of firsts, starting with their first game. At some point tonight Vegas will have it’s first penalty, it’s first goal (perhaps), and first […]
Stars Daily October 5: What is Vegas doing?
It’s kind of fitting the Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights are meeting on opening night, because both teams have a bit of a hoarding problem on the back end. While the Stars have mismanaged eight defenders over the past two seasons and have eight again heading into this season, Vegas at this point has […]
Counting the cards: How Cody Eakin ended up in Vegas
CHICAGO — Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill got the official confirmation around lunch time on Wednesday. Nill always had an idea that Cody Eakin would be the selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL Expansion Draft. But Nill wasn’t certain and he prefers to work in absolutes rather than hearsay. So while […]