Tippett gets an extension.

Dave Tippett and most of his staff have been given contract extensions by the Stars’ GM pair of Brett Hull and Les Jackson.
This is good news. I think Dave Tippett has done a wonderful job since he’s been here. It’s often been pointed out that he has the best regular-season record of any active NHL [...]

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Stars vs. Wild 12/26/07

Dallas 8, Minnesota 1
That Wild game was a wild game! (Har!)
What an unbelievable game. Turco picked a good night to have trouble. And he did have trouble, but it was early in the game and he straightened out toward the end. The rest of the team bailed him out, not just by scoring eight goals [...]

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Stars vs. Montreal 12/23/07 or Whom can I call to get this fixed?

Dallas 4, Montreal 1
Despite what Yahoo’s box score would have you believe, there were no power-play goals in this game. And no shorthanded one, either.
Cat, Caitlin, and Jen have recaps of the game that were much more timely than mine. And of course Andrew’s always has a good writeup. So, since it was so long [...]

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Stars at Flames 12/21/07

Dallas 3, Calgary 2 (OT)

During the post-game show for the Canucks game the other night, Razor pointed out that teams that are coming home from long, successful road trips, tend to lose their first game back. He was right. That’s what the Flames did.
During this game in the third period, Razor, who had been marveling [...]

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Hockey terms for the new fan.

The always-hilarious RudyKelly, over at BoC, and his pal Megalodon (I think) have come up with a glossary of hockey terms for those of you that might be new to the game. And don’t forget Part II. Even funnier. And also very true in many ways. 
Well, mostly just funny. 
 No, also very true.  I’m sticking with [...]

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Stars at Canucks 12/20/07

Dallas 2, Vancouver 3
Again, I don’t like talking about games we lose. It’s not that I thought they played that poorly or gave the game away or that I now hate the Canucks or anything. I just don’t like being negative about the Stars. Sue me.
But, in the interest of at least noting the game, [...]

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Stars at Oilers 12/18/07

Dallas 2, Edmonton 1 (SO)
I get pretty tired of the hockey bashers claiming that games that are 2-1 are inherently boring. I’m sure I’ve said that before. But this was a really exciting game. There was lots of skating and tons of chances on both sides and the goalies were just standing on their heads.
Turco [...]

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More Zubie talk.

Mark, over at Andrew’s Dallas Stars page has found another good article about Sergei Zubov’s Norris potential. 
He has a good article of his own, as well.
The other night, when Zubie was interviewed between periods, he mentioned that his favorite partner was Kevin Lowe,  from back in his New York Ranger days. This article also points out [...]

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Holiday highlights.

One of my favorite arena features every year is the Holiday Highlight Reel that the Stars show at the arena. It seems that I coincidentally end up at a game just about every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas and when Carol of the Bells starts building from the AAC rafters, I’m reminded how much I [...]

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Chris Simon needs help.

Chris Simon of the Islanders has already been told by his team to take some time off. The NHL should tell him not to come back.

It is unbelievable to me that after getting a 25-game suspension for a two-handed stick-swing to Ryan Hollweg’s head, he would still do something like this. [...]

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