Stars at Red Wings 01/29/09

Dallas 4, Detroit 2
I can’t believe it. The Stars beat the Red Wings again! In Detroit!
So much happened with just one win! They won three in a row for the first time, they won one in Detroit’s own arena, they prolonged Detroit’s surprising losing streak.
We didn’t give up any goals [...]

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My sentiments exactly.

Thanks to Razor and his blog, I read Stu Hackel’s post on Slapshot about the play-by-play stylings of Versus and NBC.
However, when you see and hear a Versus game, and an NBC game as well, that standard is abandoned for nonstop conversation that too often ignores the game’s action. Most likely, that’s not the decision [...]

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The All-Star Game can come sit over by me.

I like the All-Star Game.
I’m going to have to take a sabbatical from reading surly bloggers and crusty columnists whining about EVERY. LITTLE. THING! SHUT UP!
It never fails. It is the same stuff as last year. And the year before. And from the same people. They bitch about the game from [...]

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Stars at Lightning 01/19/09

Dallas 2, Tampa Bay 4
I’ve decided to just go ahead and write the game recaps for all the rest of the games.
We lost. What is wrong with this team?
We won. This could be the turning point!
We lost. What is wrong with this team?
We won. This could be the turning point!
We lost. [...]

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I have never seen anything more adorable.

Oh. My. Gosh.
When we were at the game, I was telling my cousin (in Plano) about how cute it is that they have a little kid that gets to skate out for the anthem for each game.
Then when that tiny little button came out and stood by Robi we were awwww-ing pretty hard.

Then [...]

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Stars vs. Kings 01/17/09

Dallas 3, Los Angeles 2 (SO)
That was the perfect game to take somebody to that doesn’t watch hockey. It was like a Whitman’s Sampler.
• Defensive struggle with both goalies making great saves.
• Home team gets down a goal late in the game.
• Home team ties the game!
• Home team takes the lead with [...]

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Major announcement.

Over at Sports Radio Thirteen-Ten the Ticket, they’ve been teasing a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT for a week. Today was the day.
The announcement? The Little Ticket will be broadcasting the Dallas Stars games starting next season!
I would not have predicted that in a million years. I am not unhappy about it at all. They [...]

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Stars vs. Red Wings 01/12/09

Dallas 5, Detroit 4 (OT)
Brad Richards makes subtle plays. Breaks up a pass here, pokes the puck off a stick there. Stuff that goes unheralded, but makes a huge difference.
Last night, in that thrilling OT win over the hated Red Wings, he saved a goal. At first, we thought Turco made a miraculous stick-save behind [...]

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Stars at Coyotes 01/10/09

Dallas 0, Phoenix 1 (SO)
Marty Turco: I can’t believe I finally got a shutout and still lost.
Rest of the Team: Yeah, well…now you know how we feel when we score 5 goals and still lose.
Marty played a great game. He really did. If it weren’t for the stupid shootout, I’d be happy [...]

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Stars at Red Wings 01/08/09

Dallas 1, Detroit 6
Poor Stars. They just can’t get over the Red Wings, can they?
I really hate playing the Red Wings. They don’t have as many loathe-able individuals as they used to, but I still can’t stand them. They’re such a machine, they seem to have no personality.
That last game against them at [...]

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