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Recently in Hockey CategoryFrom the Dallas Stars: FRISCO, Tex. - USA Hockey announced today that Dallas Stars center Mike Modano has been invited to participate in the Men's Olympic Orientation Camp from August 17-19 at Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, Illinois. He is one of 34 players to be invited to the camp, designed to assist in the preparation of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team that will compete at the XXI Olympic Winter Games to be held f...
June 19, 1999. Do you remember what happened on that day which just happens to be 10 years ago? The Dallas Stars won the franchise's first and only Stanley Cup in dramatic fashion with Brett Hull's goal at 14:51 of the 3rd overtime in Buffalo against the Buffalo Sabres. I remember watching this game, at age 14, while on vacation in a hotel in New Mexico. I wasn't in New Mexico for vacation; it was a stopping point on the way ...
We always hear how great game 7's are. And they can be great, although tonight's in the Stanley Cup Finals probably won't be. Detroit is 11-1 at home in this playoff season, and in the history of the NHL, the home team has won 12 of 14 game 7's. I'll be pulling for Pittsburgh because rooting for Detroit in hockey is like rooting for the Yankees or Darth Vader and the Evil Empire. So the Pens will have me on their side, and hopefully th...
That didn't take long. Dave Tippett is out as head coach of the Dallas Stars and Marc Crawford is in. New Stars General Manager Joe Nieuwendyk announced today that the club hired Crawford, 48, to be the 20th head coach in franchise history. Nieuwendyk was hired May 31. Crawford is the 16th winningest coach in NHL history with 470 career victories, and has also coached the 15th most games in league history at 987, over 13 season...
There's a lid on the firing of Stars Head Coach Dave Tippett. No one is returning calls and nobody is talking about the report of his firing. I'm wondering if this is the way the team will do business from now on since Joe Nieuwendyk took over as General Manager. Maybe the rookie general manager needs a crash course in public relations. The few ...
Ron Washington, the guy who is about to be fired about every May, who has only been the Rangers manager for a little more than two and a half years and whose winning percentage is .490 is now the longest tenured coach of a pro sports team in Dallas-Fort Worth. Ron Washington. I know, I'm having a hard time believing it too. Nothing against Washington, I like him. But he still seems like the new guy and now he's the old pro. Was...
I'd like to begin with a qualifying statement: I do not cover the Dallas Stars regularly enough to claim to be any kind of authority on them, but like anyone else, I have some first impressions. The firing seems a little out of left field. Just over a year ago, the Stars made a run into the Western Conference Finals, where they were eliminated by the eventual Stanley Cup champs (Detroit). The 2008-09 season began with Sean Avery infect...
Dave Tippett has b...
Listening to ballgames on the radio as a kid and watching on television first got me interested in sportscasting. I was as much a fan of the guys behind the mic as I was the players on the field or the court. I remember listening to my tiny transistor radio under the covers late at night whenever the Rangers were playing on the West Coast, even though I should have been asleep getting ready for school the next day. I've been doing noth...
The Dallas Stars' Mike Modano has decided to officially return to play in his 20th NHL season in 2009-10, the team announced Monday. Modano said he made his decision over the last few weeks, leaning towards a return since the season ended on April 10. "I've made my decision and I'm coming back to play," Modano said. "I think everyone eventually knew I was going to come back, but I still wanted to take some time and think about...
I just returned from a weekend trip to New England to visit a long-time friend who's getting his MBA in Boston. Trip and his wife Rachel were great hosts, and as usual we had a fantastic time. We enjoyed some clam ...
Not making the playoffs does have one advantage for the Dallas Stars, a high draft pick. The team will pick eighth this year, their highest pick in 13 years. Here's more from the Stars: The Dallas Stars have the eighth overall pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, determined Tuesday evening in the National Hockey League Draft Drawing. The New York Islanders won the Drawing, giving them the number one overall pick in this year's dra...
Stars Head Coach Dave Tippett got a vote of confidence from Co-General Manger Brett Hull today. "You could have Vince Lombardi behind the bench and you have that many key players out, he did the best job he could," says Hull. The Stars missed 380 man games because of injury. A good example is Captain Brenden Morrow who missed 64 games this season. "When you don't make the playoffs, there are always things. I mean, we're going...
Stars center Mike Modano doesn't want to talk about next year. Their season is over and Modano skips the meeting with reporters and plays golf instead. The rest of the guys pick up whatever stuff they need and head off for a longer off season than they're used to. It's only the third time since they moved to Dallas in '93 they've missed the playoffs. But a season with an incredible number of injuries ends with a 12th ...
Anyone catch this video t...
UPDATED This comes as Hicks is seeking minority investors for the Rangers and Stars, including Rangers President and former pitcher Nolan Ryan. "We continue to interview prospective partners for the team, and we are optimisti...
The Dallas Stars are now 33-33-10. Their season is over and they still have six games to play. The Stars are in 12th place in the NHL's Western Conference, the top eight of the 15 teams in the conference make the playoffs. The Stars are also seven points behind St. Louis, which is in eighth place. It's a frustrating end to a frustrating season. The Stars have lost their last seven, including two in overtime. The Stars...
The Stars lose another game at home Sunday night, that's six in a row now and stars coach Dave Tippett blames Stars center Mike Modano With 16 games to play, the Stars are out of a playoff spot now, but only because of a tiebreaker. There's about five or six teams that could still get one of those playoff spots, but Tippett said Sunday night they need more from Modano. He calls out Modano for goodness' sakes. Modano is ...
Dallas Stars forward Steve Ott can return to play The NHL announced Monday that Ott has been suspended without pay Ott and Moen squared off after the final horn sounded in The Dallas Stars traded defenseman Doug Janik to the Montreal Canadiens for center Steve Bégin Thursday. He is scheduled to practice with the club Friday afternoon. "Steve is a gritty, honest player with a very strong work ethic," said Co-General Manager Les Jackson. "He's good on the penalty kill and he is a competitor in every sense of the word. We think he'll be a very good addition to our group as we continue to fight toward the pl...
The Dallas Stars assigned left wing Sean Avery to the Hartford Wolf Pack in the American Hockey League, a developmental league, Tuesday morning. It's a fitting place for a guy who has a lot of developing to do. The Wolf Pack is a New York Rangers affiliate. He's already practiced with Hartford. The Stars placed Avery on waivers Saturday, which he cleared -- not so surprisingly -- Monday. "I would like to thank...
Hockey is talking about the fighting in their sport again, still defending it though and you just can't. NHL officials say they need the fights to protect the star players. Apparently not a single other sport bothers to protect their stars, but hockey does. And I love this, they're actually talking about tweaking what they call the rules of engagement so that if a helmet comes off they stop the fight. Condone the fight...
The Dallas Stars' radio broadcasts are moving down the dial. Starting next season, the play-by-play team of Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh will be calling the games on KTCK SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket. The NHL team and The Ticket today announced a five-year deal under which all regular season games will be carried on KTCK's three frequencies (1310 and 1700 AM and 104.1 FM). The Ticket will also broadcast pre-and post-game sho...
Dallas Stars center Mike Modano is an All-Star for the 7th time. The National Hockey League announced today that he will be a member of the Western Conference roster for the 57th NHL All-Star Game. He'll be the only Stars representative. The game is Sunday, Jan. 25 at Bell Centre in Montreal. Modano, 38, has skated in All-Star Games in 1993 (Montreal), 1998 (Vancouver), 1999 (Tampa Bay), 2000 (Toronto), 2003 (Florida)...
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