All Entries Tagged With: "Jamie Benn"
Predators Hand the Stars a 4-1 Victory
The Nashville Predators handed the Dallas Stars a 4-1 victory at the Bridgestone Arena in front of the 7th consecutive sellout for the home team. “Handed?” Sour grapes? No. Consider that in a 1-1 game, the Predators made two egregious mistakes that wound up in the back of their net and allowed the Stars to [...]
Red Wings Squeak by Stars 5-4
The Detroit Red Wings (25-13-1) finished 2011 on a winning note and started 2012 the same way with a nail-biting 5-4 road win over the Dallas Stars at the American Airlines Center. In a first stop of a four-game road trip, the win gives the Red Wings a record of 10-11-0 away from the Joe [...]
Predators Early Deficit Leads to Defeat at Dallas
The Nashville Predators, fresh off their amazing come from behind victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets, ventured to the American Airlines Center to take on the Dallas Stars in their second game in two nights. Once again, Pekka Rinne got the start for the Nashville Predators, while the surprisingly feel good story in the form [...]
The Quest For Seven: Hapless Jackets Visit Red-Hot Bruins
On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins (9-7-0 (18 Points)) will conclude their five-game home-stand as they play host to Rick Nash and the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets (3-13-1 (7 Points)). Thursday’s match-up features two teams on opposite ends of the spectrum. Boston, who has recovered from a 3-7-0 start to the season by reeling off [...]
Detroit Red Wings Week in Review
After starting their six-game homestand with a 0-1-1 record, the Detroit Red Wings fired back on all cylinders by winning their last four games in convincing fashion as they outscored the opposition with a combined score of 18-4. Their record is now 9-5-1 and they are tied with Nashville for second place in the Central [...]
Red Wings Close Out Homestand with 5-2 Win Over Stars
The Red Wings got goals from three defensemen and Johan Franzen scored the deciding goal and added an assist as they close out a six-game homestand with a 5-2 win over the Dallas Stars. It is the Red Wings’ fourth consecutive win. Blueliners Niklas Kronwall, Ian White and Brad Stuart scored for the Red Wings [...]
Top-20 best bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
Yesterday I had a look at the worst goal scorers in the NHL compared to their 2010-11 actual salary, and without any surprise Scott Gomez was ranked number one at $1,142,857 per goal (7 goals for $8,000,000) more than $400,000 per goal than Matt Stajan who was ranked second. The list was not unanimous, as [...]
Throwing Away Points to Dallas | Potentially Hossa-less Hawks Next
Coming off a big shootout victory over the Nashville Predators the St. Louis Blues hoped to carry the momentum of a three game winning streak in to a home and home series against the Dallas Stars. Offensive inconsistency reigned yet again as the Stars used two come from behind efforts to sweep the Blues. Mental [...]
An Embarrassing Night in Dallas
The Pittsburgh Penguins rolled into Dallas Wednesday night eying to continue riding the momentum they started in Carolina last Saturday. Those hopes, and maybe Brent Johnson’s hot streak ended quickly in the 1st period after the Penguins and their poor passing and defensive play gave up a quick 2-0 lead to the Stars on goals [...]
Game 50 review – Heartbreak against Big D
Just like Wednesday night Oiler fans at Rexall Place last night thought that the home team might just pull out a win and end their losing streak, but it just wasn’t meant to be and the streak continues – the Oilers have now lost 10 straight games.
Sharks get holiday gift on empty netter; “Burger Line Reunites”
In a game that featured 42 combined hits, the San Jose Sharks drew zero penalties against the Dallas Stars for the first time in seven years. Another physical battle between the Pacific division rivals ended with a nice gift for the holidays. Holding a 3-2 lead in the final minute, the Sharks tried to avoid [...]
Dallas Stars Unheralded Forwards
Looking at the Dallas Stars and the depth in forwards – players like Mike Richards, Brenden Morrow, James Neal, Mike Ribeiro and Loui Eriksson make a great and relatively unknown top 6.
Encouraging!
He was on the ice for 27 minutes and 15 seconds, four and a half minutes longer than anyone else. He skated skillfully and with purpose. His coach Rick Tocchet said, “If I had to say who tried and played hard…(he) would be in my top, absolutely.” I know, you’re thinking Marty or maybe Vinny. [...]
