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Matt Pryor

Matt blogged about all things hockey at On Goal Analysis/The OGA Blogs from 2008-2014 and has written several travel articles for The Dallas Morning News. He began covering the Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers for The Hockey Writers in August 2015. Matt is also writing a biography of "Tex" Rickard, the Texas cowboy who founded the New York Rangers and the Madison Square Garden Corporation.

4 Potential Panthers Trade Deadline Targets

Matt Pryor | February 18, 2016

For the first time since the spring of 2012, the Florida Panthers are playoff bound. Though they haven’t mathematically clinched a playoff berth yet, they’re as close as you can…

Categories Florida Panthers, Trade Deadline

11 Reasons I Believe in the Dallas Stars

Matt Pryor | February 11, 2016

With their 4-3 overtime win in Minnesota Tuesday night, the Dallas Stars have played through two-thirds of their 2015-16 schedule. September’s training camp down in Cedar Park seems so long…

Categories Dallas Stars, Trending

Barkov Head Shot an Indictment of NHL Officiating

Matt Pryor | February 9, 2016

Florida Panthers phenom Aleksander “Sasha” Barkov left Monday night’s game in Detroit in the second period following a hit from Red Wings forward Justin Abdelkader. The young center had just…

Categories Florida Panthers, Trending

Spezza Injury Means More Line “Ruffling”

Matt Pryor | February 5, 2016

The Dallas Stars paid dearly to earn two points in Denver Thursday night, as second-line center Jason Spezza left the game in the second period with an “upper-body” injury. Spezza,…

Categories Dallas Stars, Stars Prospects

Panthers Must Run the Gauntlet in February

Matt Pryor | January 31, 2016

Nobody said making the Stanley Cup Playoffs would be easy. The Florida Panthers are about to find out just how rough the road to the postseason can be. The Cats currently…

Categories Florida Panthers

The 2015-16 NHL Small-Star Team

Matt Pryor | January 30, 2016

Two years ago, I compiled the first (as far as I can tell, anyway) NHL Small-Star Team, comprised entirely of players 5’11” and under. I did so to prove a…

Categories All-Star Weekend, Trending

3 Trade Deadline Options for Jim Nill

Matt Pryor | January 27, 2016

In a very short period of time, Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill has assembled a playoff-caliber team. His Stars entered the All-Star break with a record of 31-14-5, good…

Categories Dallas Stars, Trade Deadline

‘Splaining the Slumping Stars: The Five S’s

Matt Pryor | January 21, 2016

What a difference a year makes. Waaay back in 2015 (roughly three weeks ago), the Dallas Stars sat atop the National Hockey League with a record of 28-8-3. Three weeks…

Categories Dallas Stars, Trending

Unintended Consequences: The Patrick Sharp Trade

Matt Pryor | January 15, 2016

When the Dallas Stars acquired top-six winger Patrick Sharp and blue-chip blue line prospect Stephen Johns from Chicago last summer, the trade was hailed as yet another managerial masterpiece from…

Categories Advanced Stats, Dallas Stars, Editor's Choice

5 Thoughts on the Panthers Winning Streak

Matt Pryor | January 13, 2016

Monday night in Vancouver, the Florida Panthers lost in overtime, 3-2. The loss came exactly thirty days after their last defeat, a 3-1 loss in Boston on December 12. In…

Categories Florida Panthers, Top 10 Lists

December 15, 1925: The Day the “National” Hockey League Died

Matt Pryor | December 15, 2015

It’s interesting how one date can have different meanings to different people: One couple’s wedding anniversary is the date another couple’s divorce was finalized, your birthday is the date someone…

Categories Editor's Choice, Hockey History, Trending

Rough Road Ahead for Dallas Stars

Matt Pryor | December 14, 2015

Saturday night, the Dallas Stars were held scoreless for the first time this season. In just their second game in the last two weeks against a team currently in playoff…

Categories Dallas Stars
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