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Tonight’s Caps matchup against the Stars proved to be a battle of the [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
Far be it for me to have to be the purveyor of doom and gloom, but the Dallas Stars are facing a daunting challenge if they are to make this years playoffs.
With two untimely, if not completely unacceptable losses coming out of the Olympic break…the future indeed, does not look bright.
Without [...]
After earning three points in two games against Florida and Tampa Bay, the Flames went two straight without earning a point before defeating Anaheim to head into the Olympic break with a win.
Feb. 9, At Ottawa, 2-3 loss- The Sens continued to surge behind Jason Spezza, whose game-winning goal in the second period was his [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent.
Joe Nieuwendyk, the General Manager of the Dallas Stars, is a bright man. Anyone who has spent any amount of time with him, myself included, is well aware that this is as articulate an executive as one will find in any sport. An Ivy League education at Cornell University can have [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
Mike Modano may not have been selected to represent his country for a fourth time at the upcoming winter Olympics in Vancouver, but the 20 year veteran has no qualms about his spot on the Stars roster.
In the middle of a playoff push and with more than a few teammates hurting, the [...]
GLENDALE, Ariz.- The Calgary Flames earned points but not victories in back-to-back shootout losses to the Dallas Stars Wednesday and the Phoenix Coyotes Thursday.
Dallas’s Alex Auld and Phoenix’s Ilyz Bryzgalov each continued the reign of terror opposing goalies have inflicted on the anemic Flames. Dallas coach Marc Crawford told the Associated Press that Auld “won [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
The Dallas Stars are in trouble.
That is, if you include missing the Stanley Cup playoffs for a second consecutive season, troubling?
Last night’s 5-3 loss to that hallowed franchise north of the border, the Montreal Canadiens, was the Stars’ ninth consecutive loss on the road.
Now tied for 11th place in the conference [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
It’s been well documented this year that the Dallas Stars fortunes will go through their veteran netminder, Marty Turco. It’s also been well documented that halfway through the season, more and more soft goals are finding the twine behind Turco.
Wednesday night in New York at Madison Square Garden, the culmination of [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, The Hockey Writers
When the New York Rangers host the Dallas Stars tonight they will enter the game with a 6-2-3 record in their last eleven games. That’s 15 points earned out of a possible 22.
In the Eastern Conference where mediocre teams are bunched together fighting for the last two playoff spots, that’s an [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
I’ve seen a few columns lately regarding sports franchises and what the next decade holds in store for their respective teams. That seems highly susceptible to look that far into the future, and Nostradamos I am not.
What will happen to the Dallas Stars franchise and how Mr. Hicks’ revenue challenges will [...]
