Posts About "Tomas Vincour"
Breaking Down the Avs Trade Deadline Activity
April 3rd, 2013 Remember when the Colorado Avalanche would make a huge splash at the trade deadline every year? Household names like Theo Fleury, Ray Bourque, and Rob Blake all found themselves in Avs sweaters near the trade deadline. Nowdays...not so much. If you expected the Avs to make a big move before today's 1:00pm MDT deadline, you'd...
Potential Dallas Stars Line Combinations
January 17th, 2013 With opening night against the Phoenix Coyotes right around the corner, Stars fans will finally get the opportunity to watch some of the new toys GM Joe Nieuwendyk acquired this past offseason. And while some in the Dallas community aren't too excited that hockey is back, die-hard Stars fans appear to be. Members of the media who...
The Struggles of Young Reilly
November 15th, 2012 "Of all the young hitters around today, he is the one who most reminds me of myself." - Ted Williams Arguably baseball's greatest hitter was referring to the un-legendary Los Angles Dodgers first baseman Greg Brock, a player who never hit above .300 over his spotty ten year career. Baseball-reference.com puts Ted Williams at #2...
Stars Begin Turning Things Around After Solid Weekend
November 13th, 2012 A split of a three-game weekend that ended in one win, one loss and one shootout loss might not seem like a lot of progress, but Rome wasn't built in a day, and for the AHL's Texas Stars it's certainly a step in the right direction. Heading into the weekend with a record of 3-5, Texas started the trio of games off on the wrong...
The Texas Stars Looked Like Hell. Again.
November 5th, 2012 The Texas Stars might have 3 wins in their 8 games this season, but they have only won a single game. They just didn't lose the other two. It's little surprise they find themselves in the cellar of both their division and their conference. Their most recent game, a lackluster 4-1 loss to the Grand Rapid Griffins on 3 November, came...
Early Growing Pains For Young Texas Stars
October 31st, 2012 With the influx of NHL-caliber talent that hit the AHL this year due to the NHL lockout, it quickly became apparent that this season was going to become an incredibly competitive one, where no wins come easily. The Texas Stars are experiencing that first hand so far. With a new, rookie head coach and seven prospects currently...
Texas Stars Poised For Enormous Season
October 10th, 2012 Although a preseason is never an entirely accurate way of predicting a regular season, if you're a fan of the Dallas Stars or their AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, it's hard to not be excited and hopeful right now. The Texas Stars powered through their preseason games with a fury, going 3-0 and outscoring their opponents by a...
Despite Missed Playoffs, the Dallas Stars Still Have Reasons For Hope
April 16th, 2012 The old adage goes that Rome wasn't built in a day, but the same can be said about successful NHL teams. The 2011-2012 Dallas Stars finished 10th in the West and missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, extending the longest postseason drought that the team has seen since relocating to Dallas from Minnesota in 1993. The...Dallas signs prospect Reilly Smith to NHL entry contract, could play for Stars
With their team in the thick of the hunt for both the Pacific Division lead and one of the final playoff spots in the Western Conference, Dallas Stars GM Joe Nieuwendyk made two interesting moves on Sunday, first signing 2009 3rd-round draft pick Reilly Smith to a three-year, entry-level contract, and then adding him to Dallas' NHL...
Team depth making a difference for the Dallas Stars
March 10th, 2012 Down 3-2 to the San Jose Sharks in the final minutes of the third period this past Thursday night, the Dallas Stars needed a goal. Their 8-game point streak, which had recently propelled them from a playoff onlooker onto the top of the Pacific, was on the line against their powerhouse division rivals. With only 1:15 remaining in...
