Posts About "Miro Heiskanen"
Stars Drop Game 3 to Lightning Big Guns
September 24th, 2020 The Dallas Stars lost Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, and now trail the Tampa Bay Lightning two games to one. The Stars were without Blake Comeau, and the Lightning saw their captain suit up for the first time since Feb. 25. With Steven Stamkos back on the ice, it seemed like the Lightning had the momentum before the...
Lightning-Stars: Breaking Down Tampa’s Stanley Cup Final Opponent
September 18th, 2020 It was 2004 when the Tampa Bay Lightning last hoisted the Stanley Cup. The lineup then was stacked with talent, The offense included Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis, Brad Richards, and Cory Stillman, among others, and Dan Boyle and Pavel Kubina were standouts on the blue line. Between the pipes, goalie Nikolai Khabibulin was a...
Heiskanen, Hughes & Makar Exemplify New Player-Development Models
August 30th, 2020 It is no question that the NHL’s style of play is transitioning into a fast and exciting game for all to enjoy. Gone is the “clutch and grab” era, along with other rules that were in place that slowed the game down. Even the enforcer-type player is slowly being phased out because a player can no longer be one-dimensional. Quinn...
Gurianov and Heiskanen Power the Stars to Round 2
August 22nd, 2020 The Dallas Stars are on their way to the second round of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs and a date with the mighty Colorado Avalanche. However, it certainly did not seem so when Game 6 began. The Stars went down 3-0 to the Calgary Flames, who scored three goals on their first seven shots against Anton Khudobin. In fact, the three Flames...
4 Takeaways from Stars' First Round-Robin Game
August 4th, 2020 The Dallas Stars played their first round-robin playoff game against the Vegas Golden Knights to determine the seeding amongst the top 4 teams in the West. The game didn’t start out well with goaltender Ben Bishop giving up a fluky goal to Chandler Stephenson on the first shot of the...
Stars Youth Is Playoff X-Factor
March 4th, 2020 The Dallas Stars are one of the most experienced teams in the NHL (from 'Sizing up the NHL: 2019-20 NHL teams by age, height, weight and nationality,' The Athletic, 10/09/2019). With players like Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov, and captain Jamie Benn providing numbers on the stat sheet and leadership in the locker room, veteran...
Stars' Young Guns Need to Flex in Canada
February 13th, 2020 One of the defining characteristics of the Dallas Stars this season has been its young, developing talent. Forwards like Roope Hintz and Denis Gurianov have seamlessly fit in with the veterans, and at times have outperformed them. Meanwhile, on the defensive side of the ice, Miro Heiskanen could be one of the biggest names in the...
Heiskanen Injury Puts Stars on Red Alert
January 17th, 2020 With about 14:40 left in the second period, Dallas Stars defensemen Jamie Oleksiak and Miro Heiskanen were battling along the boards with Buffalo Sabres forward Curtis Lazar. Heiskanen began to fall after a bump from Lazar and that’s when Sabres forward Rasmus Asplund came flying in with an unintentional cross-check. The blow went...
Top Stars Getting Outshined by Unsung Heroes in Dallas
December 11th, 2019 While Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery was let go “due to unprofessional conduct,” he also far from had his players firing on all cylinders. Ex-Dallas Stars head coach Jim Montgomery (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Admittedly, the Stars as a whole are in decent shape. They are currently in a playoff spot and for a time just a...
Breaking Down the Stars' 7-1 Run
November 7th, 2019 The Dallas Stars found themselves at the bottom of the standings early after a 1-7-1 record in their first nine games. History has told us that losing eight of your first nine games usually doesn't bode well with playing hockey in late April. Players were publicly showing frustration, coaches were trying different practice tactics and...
Canucks Got a Draft Day Deal in Pettersson
October 31st, 2019 Now that Elias Pettersson has played the equivalent of a full National Hockey League season with the Vancouver Canucks, I thought it was a good time to take a look back at the draft that brought us the man they call "The Alien." There were four players taken ahead of him, two forwards and two defencemen. To refresh everyone's memory,...
Stars' Finns Are Leading the Way
August 3rd, 2019 On May 16, the Dallas Stars solidified their Finnish foundation. General manager Jim Nill and the Stars awarded Finnish defenseman Esa Lindell with a six-year contract extension. But what stuck out was the signing of fellow Finn, and former Liiga standout, Joel Kiviranta. Kiviranta, a 23-year-old winger, further solidifies an already...
Dahlin Over Heiskanen- Why He Deserves the Calder Nod
April 30th, 2019 The finalists for this year's Calder Trophy were announced on Saturday and, like most NHL Awards announcements, were not without their share of controversy. While most NHL pundits feel Elias Pettersson could have had the trophy engraved in January, the other two finalists have been met with questions. St. Louis Blues goaltender...
