Posts About "Radek Faksa"
Pavelski's Power-Play Goal Helps Stars Beat Senators 2-1
October 21st, 2019 DALLAS — Joe Pavelski scored a power-play goal midway through the second period, and the Dallas Stars beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Monday night for their second straight win. Radek Faksa also scored for Dallas, and Anton Khudobin made 19 saves for his ...
Top 5 Third-Line Centers in the NHL
December 12th, 2017 In today's NHL, with a hard salary cap and more money allocated to players at the top of the roster, having quality depth is as important as it has ever been. This is especially true of third-line centers. Take a look at teams with the most success in recent years and this proves true. The Penguins had Nick Bonino, Chicago had Antoine...
Dallas Stars Download: 3-Game Win Streak Edition
October 20th, 2017 The Dallas Stars had a good, if imperfect, week. They slid past a desperate Arizona Coyotes squad with a 5-4 win Thursday night, extending their win streak to three games and boosting their record to 4-3-0. That's good. To get Thursday's win, however, goalie Ben Bishop had to play the role of Bonasera in The Godfather, using all...
Preview: Stars Return to the Ice Against Coyotes
February 24th, 2017 The last time the Dallas Stars played a game, they trailed 2-0 early before rallying to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 in overtime. Strange though it may seem, the Stars' victory was almost a foregone conclusion. For the Lightning, the loss was their first game following a league-mandated five-day break. The bye week is a new...
Preview: Stars & Wild Meet Again
January 24th, 2017 The Dallas Stars host the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night for the second time in 10 days. The previous meeting, a 5-4 Wild win, proved incredibly entertaining for the fans. For the Stars players, not so much. "We liked our compete and the way we fought back into it," said Stars rookie Devin Shore. "But we can't have that start...
Recap: Stars Down Kings in Overtime
December 24th, 2016 "It was a hard game," said Dallas Stars coach Lindy Ruff following his team's 3-2 overtime victory over the Los Angeles Kings Friday night. Though the Kings played Thursday in Nashville, they showed few signs of fatigue in Dallas. In a fast-paced, entertaining contest, the visitors largely gave as good as they got. Dallas dressed...
Hudler & Faksa Amazed by Jagr
December 23rd, 2016 An assist against Boston Thursday night gave Jaromir Jagr 1,888 career points, moving the future Hall of Famer past Mark Messier into second-place among the National Hockey League's all-time greatest scorers. The record-breaking point came when a shot from Florida Panthers defenseman Michael Matheson went off Jagr and straight to...
Recap: Stars Stop Flyers Cold
December 17th, 2016 As a Blue Norther rolled through North Texas Saturday afternoon, sending temperatures plummeting, the Dallas Stars stopped the Philadelphia Flyers cold. Dallas' 3-1 victory ended the visitors' win streak at 10 games. Despite allowing the first goal (the Flyers were 9-1-2 when scoring first this season) and being forced onto...
Preview: Stars Must Stop Surging Preds
December 8th, 2016 As generous as the Hockey Gods were toward the Dallas Stars last season, they've been decidedly unkind so far in the 2016-17 campaign. After 27 games last year, Dallas had 20 wins and needed binoculars to see the teams below them from their lofty perch atop the Western Conference. Fast-forward one year, and the club has just 10...
Radek Faksa Will Not Play for Czechs on Monday
September 19th, 2016 Dallas Stars forward Radek Faksa will be held out of Monday's Team Czech Republic game against Team Europe, the team announced Monday morning. Faksa is sidelined with what they are terming an "upper-body" injury, a fan favorite designation. The source of the injury isn't clear, but Faksa did take a big hit from Canada's Ryan Getzlaf...
Who's the Odd Man Out in Dallas?
May 18th, 2016 The phrase, "____ played himself out of town," is often used to describe an underachieving player who has worn out his welcome with his current club. The Dallas Stars, like every other team, have certainly seen their fair share; Fabian Brunnstrom and Patrik Stefan, among others, come to mind. Stars center Cody Eakin may have played...
Plus/Minus: Stars 2, Blues 1
April 30th, 2016 On a rain-soaked Friday night in Big D, the Dallas Stars began the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs on the right note with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. The visitors carried the play in the early going, controlling the puck and dominating at the faceoff dot. The Blues' control of the game lasted about nine minutes;...
3 Stars of the Night: April 29
April 30th, 2016 It’s the most, wonderful time, of the yearrrrrrrr! Who doesn’t love playoff hockey right? This is what we wait all season for, this is why most of us became fans of the game, as the postseason captivates us year after year after year. My personal favorite part is the dying minutes of a one-goal game when everything is a scramble,...
