Jamie Benn’s appendectomy came just at the wrong time for the young Canadian, as it lead to his first all-star appearance being in doubt. However, Jamie had a very speedy and successful recovery and is now in Ottawa ahead of the all-star weekend, with the draft just taking place. The skills competition takes place tomorrow and the game itself takes place on Sunday, with Jamie Benn of the Stars featuring in both
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It was announced yesterday that Alex Golisgoski has signed a 4 year $18.4 million contract, keeping him in Dallas until the end of the 2015-16 campaign. Goligoski has been one of Dallas’ standout defenseman this season and is a crucial ingredient in a decent defensive unit that the Stars have formed
Goligoski arrived in Texas after departing the Pittsburgh Penguins at the back end of last season. The Pens received James Neal and Matt Niskanen as part of the deal. James Neal showed a lot of promise as a Star but struggled to be a big points scorer alongside Jamie Benn and Brad Richards and was subsequently traded. A lot of the Stars fan base felt that the trade was a stupid one, but I firmly felt that Alex was just the man that the Stars had missed since Sergei Zubov left Dallas.
The Tampa Bay Lightning (18-23-4) travel to the American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Stars (24-19-2) tonight in Texas. It is a crucial game for the Stars as they continue to hover around the playoff places, but continue to struggle stringing any substantial number of wins together. Taking 2 points from the game tonight is critical for Dallas as they take on a struggling Lightning side.
Stars veteran centre Mike Ribeiro was placed on IR today after missing 3 games with a knee injury sustained in a game against the Oilers. Despite Glen Gulutzan saying Mike wanted to put a cast on and play through the pain, concern has grown and it has now been announced that he won’t be back before the All-Star break at the end of this month. Ribeiros injury has come at a very bad time as he had just started playing his best hockey of the season after a very slow start.
The Dallas Stars (23-16-1) will take on the Anaheim Ducks (12-22-6) at the Honda Center later tonight. The two teams have met twice already this season with the Stars taking the 2 points on both occasions, and they have to be favourites for tonight’s encounter.
The Stars are looking for their third straight victory tonight as they currently sit just a point outside of the playoff places in the Western Conference. The next two games for the Stars are the Ducks and the Kings, 2 big Pacific divisional battles.
Jamie Benn was remarkably drafted 129th overall back in the 2007 entry draft and he is now seen as arguably one of the best centres in the NHL. The young Canadian bulked up a bit in the recent off-season and is now a huge physical presence on the ice to compliment his awesome puck possession skills.
In his first two seasons in the big leagues, Benn scored 45 and 52 points respectively and showed a huge amount of potential at such a young age. With Brad Richards leaving the big D at the end of last season, somebody had to step up and take control with such a pivotal part of the team missing. Benn is doing the job well, currently having 39 points with 28 assists and 11 goals, which is good enough to lead the Stars in points.
The Dallas Stars welcomed their great rivals the Detroit Red Wings to the American Airlines Center in what turned out to be a thrilling 9 goal game in a Western Conference battle last night. Both sides had played some great hockey throughout the season going into the game and it was set up to be a fast and physical game.
So the bush league & fragile Mavericks just lost to the championship caliber Spurs in game 6 of Round One in the NBA play-offs. Are we suprised?
nope.
Once again the Pop managed ‘long of tooth yet short of losing spirit’ Spurs bested the hapless Mavericks, despite an underwhelming regular season record against the Mavs.
As it turns out his resting of Duncan, 6th manning Parker et. al. seems to be effective for the post season. I look for them to advance beyond the next rounds and challenge the Lakers (jumping ahead yes) for the right to represent the West.
By the end — with Sean Avery wearing his earphones in the dressing room, texting and e-mailing in the hallway outside the dressing room between periods, and refusing to take part in team functions — the distance between Avery and the rest of the Dallas Stars organization had grown vast. But as much as the Stars’ mantra is about moving forward…
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The Dallas Stars went into Calgary, Alberta, last night, and after Sean Avery took himself out of games for the forseeable future, still had to face a hot Calgary team on the ice. The 3-2 victory over the Flames was one of the best wins for the club so far this year, and has fans all over hoping that this is the start of something good. With the victory on Sunday over the Oilers, it was the first back-to-back regular-season wins for the Stars since February of this year.
