The Dallas Stars continued their strong play on home ice against the San Jose Sharks, winning 6-0 on New Year’s Eve. They had several players chip in on the scoring with Radek Faksa tallying three assists, and Tyler Pitlick, Mattias Janmark, John Klingberg, and Jamie Benn all picking up two points a piece. Ben Bishop […]
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MORNING SKATE: Hamhuis ready for another face-off, and Klingberg has his teeth back
DALLAS — If needed, Dan Hamhuis is ready to take another face-off tonight against the San Jose Sharks. In the Stars 4-2 win against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday, Hamhuis had to step in during a 5-on-3 penalty kill after Radek Faksa was tossed from the face-off. “Didn’t know what I was doing, but […]
Top Ten Rangers Prospect Ratings #s 1-5
If you haven’t by now, you should start with yesterday’s article about the sixth- through tenth-best prospects in the Rangers system. Now let’s get into the cream of the crop. These guys all project to be MLB regulars or better, including a few with relatively high probabilities at providing impact on an MLB roster. Without […]
How Ken Hitchcock uses analytics and what that means for Devin Shore
The day after each game Ken Hitchcock has an analytics package waiting for him. Before viewing the video from the prior night’s game, the Dallas Stars coach will go through the numbers that have been sent to him by a company in Canada. “I trust this information because I made them do it,” Hitchcock said. […]
Top Ten Rangers Prospect Rankings: #s 6-10
Prospect lists aren’t inherently the most useful of tools due to their subjective nature at heart. A mentor once described the process as, “forming our subjective thoughts about a player into an objective scale”, which stuck with me. As scouting grades were designed as an objective scale where each grade had an objective meaning, it’s […]
Defining Play: Jamie Benn ties it with hard work and a bit of luck
Alexander Radulov was the big story in Saturday’s 4-2 win for the Dallas Stars, and deservedly so. The Russian forward scored twice in the final three minutes, including the game-winning goal, helping the Stars to a key Central Division win. But the Stars aren’t in that position without the work of their captain, Jamie Benn, […]