6/6/08 NHL Awards: You pick 'em The NHL will be handing out its regular season awards in Toronto next week. Here's a chance for you to pick your winners in the major categories. ... More
6/5/08 News & Notes More good news for the NHL and NBC. Wednesday night's deciding game of the Stanley Cup Final between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins drew an average of 6.8 million viewers, making it the third most watched Stanley Cup Final game since the NHL returned to network TV in 1995. ... More
6/4/08 Stanley Cup Final: Wings hold off Penguins, win fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years The Detroit Red Wings won the Presidents' Trophy as the best team in the regular season, and now they have the Stanley Cup after proving they were the best team in the playoffs. Detroit held off the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 in Game 6 Wednesday night, giving the Red Wings their 11th Stanley Cup and their fourth in the last 11 years. ... More
6/3/08 News & Notes Monday night's triple overtime in the Stanley Cup Final not only gave life to the Pittsburgh Penguins, but provided a boost to NBC's ratings as well. ... More
6/2/08 Stanley Cup Final: Penguins stay alive with 3 OT win The Detroit Red Wings came close to skating the Stanley Cup Monday night but the Pittsburgh Penguins put the brakes on the party, scoring with 35 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and then getting a goal from Petr Sykora at 9:57 of the third overtime to beat the Red Wings 4-3 and force a Game 6 in Pittsburgh Wednesday night. ... More
6/1/08 News & Notes Former Stars GM Doug Armstrong begins his new job with the St. Louis Blues Monday, but as he talked to the media about his new team there were still a lot of questions about his old team. ... More
5/31/08 Stanley Cup Final: Red Wings one win away from Cup after 2-1 win The Pittsburgh Penguins got that all important first goal Saturday night, but that's all they got and now the Detroit Red Wings are one win away from the Stanley Cup. Jiri Hudler's goal early in the third period snapped a 1-1 tie and gave the Red Wings a 2-1 win over the Penguins and a commanding 3-1 lead in the series. ... More
5/30/08 Stars & ticket revenues The Dallas Stars earned $950,000 per game in ticket revenue this season, which ranked 12th among NHL teams, and earned an additional $2 million per game for each of their home playoff games. Those were some of the findings of a published report on ticket revenues of NHL teams. ... More
5/29/08 Dallas Stars Minor Pro Stretch Drive & Playoff Review Part 3 Here's the final of three reports looking at Dallas Stars players in the AHL and ECHL. This one looks at the forwards. ... More 5/28/08 Daley gets three-year, $6.9 million deal Stars defenseman Trevor Daley is under contract for the next three seasons. The Stars announced Wednesday that they had signed Daley to a three-year deal worth $6.9 million. ... More
Stanley Cup Final: Crosby, Penguins bounce back to beat Red Wings The Pittsburgh Penguins finally scored a goal in the Stanley Cup Final. More important, they got a much needed win. Sidney Crosby scored two goals to lead the Penguins to a 3-2 win at Mellon Arena Wednesday night, cutting the Red Wings lead in the series to 2-1. ... More
5/27/08 Dallas Stars Minor Pro Stretch Drive & Playoff Review Part 2 Here's the second of three reports looking at Dallas Stars players in the AHL and ECHL. This one looks at the defensemen.
Dahlen to coach in Sweden Ulf Dahlen, who has been an assistant coach with the Dallas Stars the past two seasons, is heading back to his native Sweden to become a head coach in the Swedish Elite League. ... More
5/26/08 Stanley Cup Final: Red Wings shutdown Penguins again, take 2-0 series lead You can't win if you don't score and through the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final the Pittsburgh Penguins haven't found a way to get a puck past Chris Osgood and the Detroit Red Wings. Osgood stopped 22 shots for his second straight shutout as the Red Wings beat the Penguins 3-0 Monday night at Joe Louis Arena to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. ... More
5/25/08 Dallas Stars Minor Pro Stretch Drive & Playoff Review Part 1 Here's the first of three reports looking at Dallas Stars players in the AHL and ECHL. This one wraps up the seasons of the Iowa Stars and Idaho Steelheads and focuses on the goaltenders. ... More
Prospects Update: Memorial Cup Watch Stars prospect Ondrej Roman picked up a key assist as his Spokane Chiefs beat the Kitchener Rangers 4-1 Sunday to win the Memorial Cup. ... More
5/24/08 Stanley Cup Final: Red Wings smother Penguins to take Game 1 The Pittsburgh Penguins found out Saturday night what teams in the Western Conference learned over the course of the regular season and the playoffs: the Detroit Red Wings are the best defensive team in hockey. Outside of some chances in the first period when they had some power plays the Penguins weren't able to generate much against the Red Wings, who got a pair of unassisted goals from Mikael Samuelsson in a 4-0 win Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena. ... More
5/23/08 Stanley Cup Final Preview Here's a brief preview of the Stanley Cup Final between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins, which gets underway Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. ... More
5/22/08 Stars News & Notes: Hull, Jackson get three-year deals The interim label is off both Brett Hull and Les Jackson. The Stars announced that they are simply co-general managers and have been signed to three-year contracts through the 2010-11 season. ... More
5/21/08 Optimism high as Stars head into offseason Stars goalie Marty Turco was clean-shaven as he met the media Wednesday in Frisco. The playoff beard was gone earlier than he had hoped. The enthusiasm over what this team accomplished wasn't gone though. ... More
Stars Notes: Barnes, Norstrom ponder future Stars forward Stu Barnes and defenseman Mattias Norstrom, who are both unrestricted free agents, will spend some time pondering their future and possible retirement. ... More
5/20/08 Modano ready to go another year Stars center Mike Modano said Tuesday that co-GM Brett Hull wants another year out of him, so he'll probably return for the 2008-09 season and then ponder his future. ... More
Contract status of postseason players Here's a brief look at the contract status of the players who suited up for the Dallas Stars during the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... More
5/19/08 End of of the road: Stars' great playoff ride ends with 4-1 loss to Red Wings What was a great playoff ride for the Dallas Stars hit the end of the road Monday night. The Detroit Red Wings, who rolled out a gem of a performance, struck early and often to beat the Stars 4-1 and take the Western Conference Final 4-2. ... More
Stars fall short, but it was a great run The Dallas Stars came up short Monday night, but it doesn't take away from what was a great playoff run through the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... More
Game 6 Notebook After 16 NHL seasons, Detroit Red Wings forward Dallas Drake is finally getting his first trip to the Stanley Cup Final. ... More
5/18/08 Different series, same mindset Their series with the Detroit Red Wings has changed dramatically over the past five days, but the Stars said Sunday their mindset hasn't. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Time to shuffle things around? With two straight losses in the Western Conference Final, Detroit coach Mike Babcock is suggesting he could shuffle things around as far as lineup for Monday's Game 6 in Dallas. ... More
5/17/08 Counterpunch: Turco, Stars force Game 6 with 2-1 win over Red Wings Stars goalie Marty Turco's woes at The Joe officially came to an end on May 17, 2008. Turco stopped 38 shots and assisted on Joel Lundqvist's game winning goal as the Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings 2-1, forcing a Game 6 in Dallas Monday night. ... More
It was Turco's day at The Joe Marty Turco's woes at The Joe are no more and the Western Conference Finals series between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings, which looked like a formality a few days ago, is now on and heading back to Dallas. ... More
Game 5 Notebook The line of Joel Lundqvist, Toby Petersen and Loui Eriksson, which was put together by Stars coach Dave Tippett for Game 4, came through with another big performance in Game 5. ... More
5/16/08 Looking to get over the hump at The Joe Heading into the Western Conference Finals the Dallas Stars knew they'd have to win a game at Joe Louis Arena to win the series. Now, they have to win two there to take the series. But first, they have to win one to stay alive. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Holmstrom vows to carry on in crease His play around the crease has become the focus of attention in the Western Conference Final and the league has said it is watching, but Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom vowed to play the way he always does. ... More
5/15/08 Stars-Red Wings News & Notes A day after keeping their hopes alive in the Western Conference Finals, it was a low key day around the Stars' practice facility in Frisco. ... More
Crease issues are really protecting the goalie issues There have been two controversial calls involving Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom in the first four games of the Western Conference Finals, and those two calls have led to some confusion about just what is and what isn't allowed. A top NHL official tried to clarify a few things on Thursday. ... More
Prospects update: Memorial Cup watch Two Dallas Stars prospects are playing in the Canadian Hockey League's Memorial Cup, which gets underway Friday in Kitchener, Ontario. ... More
5/14/08 Staying alive: Stars top Red Wings 3-1 to force Game 5 The Dallas Stars finally got a lead against the Detroit Red Wings and Marty Turco made sure it held up. Turco turned in a 33-save performance as the Stars topped the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 to stay alive in the Western Conference Finals. ... More
Stars' top players answer the bell On a night when the Stars needed their top players to be top players, Marty Turco, Brenden Morrow, Mike Modano and others stepped up. Some role players delivered as well. It all added up to a win and kept the Stars alive in the Western Conference Finals. ... More
Game 4 Notebook: Holmstrom's play at the crease takes center stage again Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom's play at the crease took center stage again Wednesday night, and this time he and the Red Wings ended up on the short end of the call. ... More
5/13/08 Keeping their heads up Down 0-3 in the Western Conference Finals and one loss way from the end of their season, the Dallas Stars were keeping their heads up and focusing on getting 'W' in Wednesday's fourth game of the series. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Franzen still out Tests on Red Wings forward Johan Franzen showed nothing significant, but he will not play in Game 4 because he continues to have headaches. ... More
5/12/08 On the ropes: Stars down 0-3 in series after 5-2 loss to Red Wings On Saturday the Stars felt they took a step forward in their series with the Detroit Red Wings despite a 2-1 loss. On Monday night Detroit pushed the Stars to the brink of elimination. Led by Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg the Red Wings soared past the Stars 5-2 at the American Airlines Center to take a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. ... More
No answer for Datsyuk and Zetterberg Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg said the chemistry he has with linemate Pavel Datsyuk works better on some nights than others. Monday night at the American Airlines Center was a night when things were working better for Detroit's dynamic duo. A lot better. ... More
Game 3 Notebook During an interview Monday on a Toronto radio station, NHL senior vice president Colin Campbell explained his decision not to suspended Stars center Mike Ribeiro for his slash on Detroit goalie Chris Osgood. ... More
5/11/08 A step forward, but in need of execution The Stars may have fallen behind 0-2 in the Western Conference Finals when they lost in Detroit Saturday night, but they are still looking at the 2-1 loss as a step forward in their series with the Red Wings. ... More
Stars-Red Wings News & Notes: No suspensions, just fines for Game 2 incidents Mike Ribeiro said Sunday afternoon his slash on Detroit goalie Chris Osgood wasn't worthy of a suspension. A few hours the league rendered its verdict, agreeing with Ribeiro. ... More
5/10/08 Ugly finish: Stars can't cash in on chances, fall 2-1 to Red Wings The Dallas Stars had their chances. They could only convert one and that wasn't enough against the Detroit Red Wings, who beat the Stars 2-1 Saturday night at Joe Louis Arena to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. ... More
Missed opportunities The Dallas Stars head home down 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals to the Detroit Red Wings, and it's not like they didn't have a chance to go home with a split. They had their opportunities on Saturday night. ... More
Game 2 Notebook: Franzen out for Wings, Lehtinen goes out for Stars The Detroit Red Wings were without Johan Franzen for Game 2 Saturday night and will be without him for at least Game 3 due to concussion-like symptoms. ... More
5/9/08 Stars News & Notes: Battle lines being drawn After Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings, it appears the battle lines are being drawn and a key one is in front of Stars goalie Marty Turco. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Franzen just keeps rolling along He's already toppled two Gordie Howe records in the past couple months and he equaled another one Thursday night. Simply put, the man known as the Mule is on a roll. ... More
5/8/08 Unplugged: Wings power past Stars 4-1, take Game 1 So much for a long layoff grounding the Detroit Red Wings. The Dallas Stars were the team that looked not ready to go Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena, falling 4-1 to the Red Wings to go down 1-0 in the Western Conference Finals. ... More
Stars fall flat in series opener Maybe the Stars were still battling some fatigue from the four overtime win over San Jose earlier in the week. Maybe it was something else. Maybe it was just the Red Wings. But whatever the reason, the Dallas Stars were flat in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals in Detroit. ... More
Game 1 Notebook: Traffic jam The Detroit Red Wings made a point of saying they wanted to have a good presence in front of the Dallas net and make life difficult for Stars goalie Marty Turco, and Thursday night they did just that. ... More
Stars land Swedish forward Before the puck dropped Thursday in Detroit, the Stars scored a victory over the Detroit Red Wings and several other NHL teams by landing highly touted free agent forward Fabian Brunnstrom of Sweden. ... More
5/7/08 Stars News & Notes: Underdogs again Ask Mike Modano about the Dallas Stars being underdogs in the Western Conference Finals against the Detroit Red Wings and you almost get a yawn. Been there, seen that. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: It's Osgood again The last time the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings met in Western Conference Finals, Chris Osgood was in net for the Red Wings. It's Osgood again, but he's gone through a lot of ups and downs on his way back to being in the spotlight in Detroit. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Preview
How They Were Built
Stars-Red Wings Statistical Matchup
Stars-Red Wings Season Series Statistics
5/6/08 Another hurdle for Marty Stars goalie Marty Turco has put an end to the questions surrounding his playoff performances, but now he is getting hit with a whole new round of questions. These have to do with the Detroit Red Wings, his nemesis over the years, and Joe Louis Arena, where he's never won a game. ... More
Stars News & Notes: Boucher back on the ice Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher was back on the ice Tuesday, taking part in the team's optional skate in Frisco. It was just the second time he's skated since going out with a hip injury following Game 3 of the first round series against Anaheim. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Well-rounded top guns Forwards Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg may be two of the top offensive players in the NHL, but there is another element to their game that fits right into a long standing philosophy with the Red Wings. ... More
5/5/08 Stars News & Notes: A confident, determined bunch A year ago at this time the Dallas Stars were well into their off season. But this year's Dallas Stars are a confident bunch as they move into the Western Conference Finals against the Detroit Red Wings. They should be. They've already dispatched two teams who were considered Stanley Cup contenders in Anaheim and San Jose. ... More
Red Wings News & Notes: Back to work After a long weekend off, the Detroit Red Wings were back on the ice Monday, holding their first practice as they prepare for their Western Conference Finals series against the Dallas Stars. ... More
Minor league update: Matt Climie Interview Here's another in a series of interviews with players signed to contracts by the Dallas Stars late in the regular season. This one is with goalie Matt Climie, who signed as a free agent with the Stars after finish his collegiate career at Bemidji State. ... More
5/4/08 Epic Battle: Morrow's goal pushes Stars past Sharks in fourth OT It last started Sunday night, lasted into early Monday morning and featured some top notch goaltending from Dallas' Marty Turco and San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov, who had allowed a combined two goals on 116 shots. But Stars captain Brenden Morrow's power play goal on the 117th shot at 9:03 of the fourth overtime broke the stalemate, giving the Stars a 2-1 win and pushed them into the Western Conference Final against the Detroit Red Wings. ... More
Morrow, Turco lead the way The Dallas Stars are heading to the Western Conference Final and a date with the Detroit Red Wings, and leading the way are captain Brenden Morrow and goalie Marty Turco. ... More
Game 6 Notebook Sunday's game marked the third longest overtime game in Stars' franchise history, eclipsed only by last season's game against Vancouver and a 2003 game against the Ducks. ... More
Red Wings are up next With the San Jose Sharks out of the way, the Dallas Stars move on to the Western Conference Finals where they will meet the Detroit Red Wings. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Series Schedule Here's the schedule for the Western Conference Finals series, which is scheduled to begin Thursday in Detroit. ... More
5/3/2008 Crunch time There weren't a lot of people who thought this series would get this far. But here we are looking ahead to Game 6 at the American Airlines Center Sunday night. ... More
Stars-Sharks News & Notes Back in February, just before the trade deadline, the league and NHL general managers meeting in Naples, Florida were trying to determine when a goal should be good if the puck goes off a player's skate. ... More
5/2/08 It's going six: Sharks rally, top Stars in OT At points Friday night the Dallas Stars seemed to be on their way to closing out the San Jose Sharks, but a couple of video reviews, a Sharks rally in the third period and goal by San Jose forward Joe Pavelski 1:05 into overtime added up to a 3-2 loss and meant a Game 6 in the series Sunday night in Dallas. ... More
Stars find themselves in a series now All the games in this series between the Stars and Sharks have been tight, but for a while the series wasn't so tight because the Stars were able to find a way to win the first three games and build what was viewed as a virtually insurmountable lead. Now the series is tight as well after the Sharks rallied to beat the Stars in overtime Friday night. ... More
Game 5 Notebook The San Jose Sharks just don't seem ready to go away. They were down 3-0 in the series on Tuesday and they'll wake up Saturday morning looking at just a 3-2 deficit. Still not ideal from their perspective, but throw in Friday's third period rally an overtime win, and things have changed dramatically over the past few days. ... More
5/1/08 Stars News & Notes: Another shot at closing it out With one chance to close out their series gone the Dallas Stars are focusing on looking ahead, not dwelling on the past. Game 4 is history, so it is on to Game 5 Friday night in San Jose. ... More
Sharks News & Notes The history book says the San Jose Sharks are toast in this series, but the Sharks insist they can come back. They've taken one step. Now they hope to take another. ... More
4/30/08 Back to San Jose: Sharks stay alive with 2-1 win The San Jose Sharks aren't dead just yet. With their season on the line, the Sharks made a strong push early in the third period, got a power play goal from Milan Michalek to snap a 1-1 tie and held on to beat the Stars 2-1 at the American Airlines Center Wednesday night to force a Game 5 in the Western Conference Semifinal Series. ... More
Sharks show some bite When Sharks forward Devin Setoguchi threw the puck into the slot and Jere Lehtinen scored to put the Stars up 1-0 in the second period, the San Jose Sharks could have started to crumble and then fade off into the offseason. They didn't. ... More
Game 4 Notebook Over the course of regular season Sharks captain Patrick Marleau logged just 16:04 of shorthanded time, or about 12 seconds per game in the 78 he played. But Marleau has become a big penalty killer for the Sharks recently. ... More
4/29/08 In command: Norstrom's OT goal beats Sharks, gives Stars 3-0 series lead The San Jose Sharks are on the ropes and Stars defenseman Mattias Norstrom delivered the big blow that put them there. Norstrom's goal 4:37 into overtime gave the Stars a 2-1 win at the American Airlines Center Tuesday night and a commanding 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Semifinals series. ... More
Game 3 brings out best in Stars It may have taken overtime and perhaps they needed a break or two to win Tuesday night, but the Dallas Stars rolled out their best game of the series on a night when their opponent was the team that was in full desperation mode. ... More
Game 3 Notebook During Tuesday night's game the Stars announced they have re-signed forward Steve Ott to a two-year deal worth $2.85 million. ... More
4/28/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking put a stranglehold on the Sharks Stars center Brad Richards doesn't sound like a guy who believes a lot in home ice advantage. It might be an advantage in a seventh game, but it can a disadvantage at other times and that's why Richards is labeling Tuesday's Game 3 against the San Jose Sharks as the toughest of the playoffs so far. ... More
Sharks News & Notes: Nabokov struggling Evgeni Nabokov was probably the San Jose Sharks' MVP during the regular season, but the Sharks netminder appears to be in a funk as his team tries to climb out of a 2-0 hole against the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Semifinals. ... More
Minor league update: Tyler Shelast interview Here's another in a series of interviews with players signed to contracts by the Dallas Stars late in the regular season. This one is with forward Tyler Shelast, who signed as a free agent with the Stars after wrapping up his collegiate career at Michigan Tech. ... More
4/27/08 Road warriors: Stars blow by Sharks in third, take 2-0 series lead with 5-2 win Another series, another 2-0 start on the road for the Dallas Stars. Brad Richards scored a goal and assisted on three others in the third period as the Stars scored four unanswered goals to rally by the San Jose Sharks for a 5-2 win and a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference Semifinal series. ... More
Richards gives Stars an edge Sharks center Joe Pavelski lost an edge early in the third period and the player the Dallas Stars acquired to help give them an added edge in the playoffs - center Brad Richards - took advantage of Pavelski's misfortune, and then went on to help fuel another big final 20 minute push by the Dallas Stars. ... More
Game 2 Notebook Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov went from being day-to-day to being a player Sunday night. Zubov was back in the lineup for the first time since January 17. ... More
4/26/2008 Stars News & Notes: Going for two in San Jose With a Game 1 win over San Jose under their belts, the Dallas Stars will look to repeat what they did in their first round win over Anaheim: take Game 2 and take control of the series. ... More
Sharks News & Notes: Let's get aggressive, physical and block some shots too The San Jose Sharks thought they played pretty well in Game 1 of their series against the Dallas Stars, but they still saw plenty of areas for improvement as they try to even the series Sunday night. ... More
4/25/08 Stars draw first blood: Morrow's OT goal sinks Sharks Playoff overtime used to be a nightmare for the Dallas Stars. Not anymore. Brenden Morrow's goal 4:39 into the extra period gave the Stars a 3-2 win over the Sharks in San Jose Friday night and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. ... More
Stars steal a win Stars captain Brenden Morrow turned out to be somewhat of a prophet. Friday morning he said the Stars were going to come into San Jose and "try to steal one." And that's what they did Friday night. ... More
Game 1 Notebook Friday night's playoff overtime win was the second straight for the Stars dating back to last year and Brenden Morrow has provided both game-winning goals. ... More
4/24/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking for another good start The Dallas Stars didn't have home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but they turned starting on the road into an advantage. They are hoping for a repeat in their second round series with the Sharks. ... More
Sharks News & Notes: In Nabby they trust San Jose goalie Evgeni Nabokov is a finalist for the Vezina Trophy this season, but he didn't exactly put up Vezina numbers in the first round of the playoffs. Except for the four wins that is. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview
Stars-Sharks Statistical Matchup
Stars-Sharks Season Series Statistics
4/23/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking ahead to San Jose Another playoff round for the Dallas Stars and another playoff divisional opponent. After dispatching the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks in round one, the Stars now get the Pacific Division champion San Jose Sharks in round two. ... More
Sharks News & Notes: A day of rest The day after wrapping up their grueling seven-game series with the Calgary Flames, the San Jose Sharks took Wednesday off. ... More
4/22/08 It's Stars vs. Sharks in Round 2 The Dallas Stars will get another Pacific Division foe in the second round of the playoffs, as they'll take on the San Jose Sharks in the Western Conference Semifinals. ... More
Stars-Sharks Series Schedule Here's the schedule for the second round playoff series between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks, which begins Friday in San Jose. ... More
Sharks News & Notes: Roenick sparks Sharks in Game 7 Jeremy Roenick was a healthy scratch in Game 6 of San Jose's playoff series against the Calgary Flames. He was back in for Game 7, and he delivered a big time, big game performance Tuesday night for the Sharks. ... More
4/21/08 Balanced forward lines a key to Stars' success Call it scoring balance or scoring by committee. Whatever you want to call it, the Dallas Stars had it in their first round playoff series. But there was more to the balance among the forward lines than just their offensive production and that was a key. ... More
Stars News & Notes Monday was a day off for the Dallas Stars, but that doesn't mean it was necessarily a quiet day. Defenseman Stephane Robidas, the hero of Sunday night's series clinching win over the Anaheim Ducks, was getting a lot of attention. ... More
Iowa Stars Report: Ray Sawada Interview Here's the first in a series of interviews with some of the prospects who joined the Iowa Stars late in the season. This first one is with forward Ray Sawada, Dallas' second round pick (52nd overall) in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. ... More
4/20/08 Locking it down & Moving on: Stars rally past Ducks, take first playoff series since 2003 A puck broke Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas' nose Friday night. On Sunday Robidas helped break the so-called first round playoff jinx on the Dallas Stars. Robidas scored a power play goal early in the third period to tie the game and then set up Stu Barnes' game-winner 52 seconds later as the Stars rallied to beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 at the American Airlines Center and take their first round playoff series 4-2. ... More
All praise Robidas With Dallas Stars 20 minutes away from a trip to Anaheim and a seventh game on Tuesday, the team needed a spark. And the man a lot fans like to call Timex came up big at the right time. ... More
Game 6 Notebook The Stars are moving on in the playoffs, but it is still up in the air as to which team they will face in the Conference Semifinals. Detroit and Colorado are in the next round, but the San Jose Sharks and Calgary Flames are headed to a seventh game in their series. ... More
4/19/08 Stars News & Notes: Another crack at finishing the job The Dallas Stars may be coming off a 5-2 loss on Friday and a missed opportunity to close out their first round series with the Ducks, but remain confident as they get another crack at finishing the job Sunday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: Do or die II Another big game for the Anaheim Ducks and another one that coach Randy Carlyle is labeling the biggest game of the year. That's the way it's gone for the Ducks in this first round playoff series against the Dallas Stars. ... More
4/18/08 Back to Dallas: Ducks top Stars 5-2 to force Game 6 Heading into Game 5 the Dallas Stars had three chances to win one game and take out the Anaheim Ducks in their first round playoff series. Now it's down to two. The Stars had their chances but couldn't take advantage and the Ducks made the most of theirs, winning 5-2 at the Honda Center to force a sixth game in the series. ... More
Ducks make the most of their chances In a game where both sides had plenty of chances, the Anaheim Ducks made the most of theirs and where they really cashed in on this night was with their power play. ... More
Game 5 Notebook The Stars took control of this series with their power play, but it's been struggling the last couple games against the Anaheim penalty kill. ... More
4/17/2008 One win away: Turco, Stars put Ducks on ropes with 3-1 win The Dallas Stars didn't need their power play Thursday night to beat the Anaheim Ducks at the American Airlines Center. They got a stellar performance from Marty Turco in net and made the most of their opportunities to beat the Ducks 3-1 and take a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven series. The Stars will get a chance to close out the series Friday night in Anaheim. ... More
Turco delivers On a night when the Dallas Stars needed top notch goaltending, Marty Turco delivered a command performance. ... More
Game 4 Notebook Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher missed Thursday's game with a lower body injury and did not travel with the team to Anaheim for Game 5. ... More
Prospects update Here's a statistical update on Dallas Stars prospects playing junior hockey in Canada and the U.S., and those playing in college and Europe. ... More
4/16/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking to rebound The Stars head into Thursday's game against the Ducks with seven losses in their last eight home playoff games. Stars forward Steve Ott isn't reading too much into all the past history. But he and his teammates know that this next home game is a big one. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: Perry likely a player in Game 4 It looks like the Anaheim Ducks could be getting a boost on Thursday as forward Corey Perry is expected to return to the lineup. ... More
4/15/08 Ducks bounce back: Anaheim holds off Stars 4-2, climbs backs into series Coming into Tuesday's game the Anaheim Ducks said they wanted to start by winning the first period. They did that and more at the American Airlines Center. The Ducks won the first two periods, stopped a third period Dallas rally with a key penalty kill, won the game 4-2 and cut the Stars' lead in the series to 2-1. ... More
Reality check The general feeling on both sides was there would be a better effort from the Anaheim Ducks Tuesday night and the Ducks delivered, indicating this could turn out to be a long, hard series after all. ... More
Game 3 Notebook With Tuesday's loss to the Ducks the Stars recent woes at home during the postseason continued. The Stars have lost seven of their last eight home games dating back to 2004. ... More
4/14/08 Stars News & Notes: Chance to move one step closer After Tuesday's game in at the American Airlines Center, the Stars will have either put a nail in the coffin of the Anaheim Ducks or the defending champs will show signs that they aren't dead Ducks just yet. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: Down, but not out The Anaheim Ducks are down 2-0 against the Dallas Stars, but they aren't ready to concede anything yet. If it were a best-of-three they'd be done. If it were a best-of-five they'd be on a brink of elimination. But the Ducks think this series still has a ways to go. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars wrapped up the regular season over the past week, winning one of their final four games. ... More
4/13/08 Stars News & Notes: Confident Stars hope to keep pushing ahead Sunday was a travel day for the Dallas Stars, who returned home confident after taking the first two games of their first round playoff series with the Anaheim Ducks. And the goal moving forward is to keep pushing forward as the series shifts to Dallas for Game 3 on Tuesday. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: Reeling Ducks try to regroup Ducks defenseman Sean O'Donnell seemed to sum up how things have gone for the Anaheim Ducks in the first two games of their series against the Dallas Stars: "It seems like we're moving left when we should be moving right." ... More
4/12/2008 Third period surge: Stars score three in final period to blow by Ducks 5-2, head home with 2-0 series lead When it came to dominating teams on the scoreboard the second period was where the Dallas Stars made their mark during the regular season. In Anaheim Saturday night the third period is where they separated themselves from the Ducks. Mike Modano's power play goal 5:47 into the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and the Stars added to two more goals to beat the Ducks 5-2 and take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference Quarterfinals series. ... More
Stars keep the pressure on Anaheim With the Anaheim Ducks expected to make a big push in Game 2 Saturday night, it was the Stars who made the bigger push. Dallas dictated play for a second straight game, once again came out on top in the key areas of the game and will head home with a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. ... More
Game 2 Notebook The Stanley Cup history book says being down 2-0 in this first round series with the Dallas Stars doesn't bode well for the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
4/11/2008 Stars News & Notes: Expecting a push from the Ducks The Dallas Stars took a step forward with Thursday's Game 1 victory in Anaheim, but they aren't about to rest on the laurels of that 4-0 win. They know the job is going to get tougher moving ahead. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: 'Turn the page and move forward' The Anaheim Ducks aren't ready to hit the panic button after Thursday night's sloppy start to the playoff series, but they do know they need to hit the get better button. ... More
4/10/2008 Stars roast Ducks on power play, blow by Anaheim 4-0 in Game 1 Discipline and special teams were supposed be keys in the series between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks, and Thursday night they were in a big way. The Ducks couldn't stay out of the penalty box and the Stars made them pay, scoring four times on the power play to rout Anaheim 4-0 in Game 1 of their Western Conference Quarterfinals Series at Honda Center. ... More
It's the discipline, stupid Both the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks talked about the need for discipline in this series. The Stars backed up their talk by playing smart and disciplined. The Ducks? Well, they were another story. ... More
Game 1 Notebook For the first time since Dave Tippett has been head coach, the Stars were able to win the first game of a playoff series. ... More
4/9/2008 Stars News & Notes There have been some important questions surrounding the Dallas Stars the last few years. Captain Brenden Morrow thinks the Stars have answered some of them and hopes they can answer another one starting Thursday in Anaheim. ... More
One on one with Dave Tippett Stars coach Dave Tippett answered some questions about his team and its upcoming series with the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Ducks News & Notes: Keying on discipline When the playoffs start the regular season may go out the window, the slate gets wiped cleaned and teams all start 0-0, but that doesn't mean you don't take some lessons out of what transpired over the past 82 games. For the Ducks they can look at their eight games against the Dallas Stars and see some keys to what they need to do in this series. ... More
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4/8/08 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars were back at it in Frisco Tuesday morning with everybody on the ice except defenseman Sergei Zubov, who watched practice from near the bench. ... More
Ducks watch: Back on the ice After a day off on Monday, the Anaheim Ducks were back on the ice Tuesday morning as they get ready for what they expect to be a tough first round matchup with the Stars. ... More
4/7/08 Stars News & Notes: Something to prove With three straight first round playoff exits on their résumé, the Dallas Stars feel like have something to prove this time around in the post season. ... More
Ducks watch: Repeat? Don't talk to me about a repeat! Can the Anaheim Ducks become the first team to repeat as Stanley Cup champs since the Detroit Red Wings did it ten years ago? Don't ask Ducks GM Brian Burke about that. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars went 1-1-0-1 over the past week, the next last week of the regular season. The Stars, who have been eliminated from playoff contention, will play four games this coming week to wrap up their season. ... More
4/6/08 Stars battle past Sharks 4-2 to end regular season The Dallas Stars regular season finale against the San Jose Sharks sure didn't look like one of those meaningless game with nothing at stake. It was a fight. Literally. The Stars and Sharks racked up some big penalty minutes in a 4-2 Dallas win Sunday afternoon at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Ott at his best Some day the National Hockey League may have to rewrite the rules of what is allowed on team uniforms to accommodate Stars forward Steve Ott. ... More
Stars-Ducks Playoff Schedule Here's the schedule for the first round playoff series between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks, which begins Thursday in Anaheim. ... More
Ducks watch: Pronger returns, Ducks top Coyotes The Anaheim Ducks overcame Daniel Carcillo and the Phoenix Coyotes Sunday, rallying for a 3-2 shootout win as Chris Pronger returned from his eight-game suspension. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Detroit Red Wings hold down the No. 1 spot in our final NHL Power Rankings, while San Jose and Anaheim hold down the second and third spots respectively. ... More
4/5/08 Stars News & Notes There's not much to settle in the last game of the regular season with the San Jose Sharks, but with some key players likely to be out of the line up Stars coach Dave Tippett said one thing can remain constant. ... More
Ducks watch: Selanne scores two in 4-3 win over L.A. The Anaheim Ducks got two goals from Teemu Selanne, including the game-winner with 13:32 remaining, to beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 Saturday afternoon. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Sunday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
4/4/08 Stars fall to Coyotes, will open playoffs on the road The Dallas Stars had a slim chance of getting home ice in the first round of the playoffs. After Friday night that chance turned into none. The Stars lost to the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 at the American Airlines Center, assuring them the fifth seed and a trip to Anaheim next week to open the Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... More
Shorthanded Stars come up short With the playoffs less than a week away the Dallas Stars didn't look like a team that was hitting on all cylinders. Of course, they were missing some key parts for Friday's 4-2 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
Ducks watch: Talking about Dallas The Anaheim Ducks have two games remaining the regular season and that's the focus right now, but they did talk about their upcoming playoff matchup with the Dallas Stars. ... More
4/3/08 Stars hold off Coyotes, will get Ducks in first round The Dallas Stars beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Thursday night in Glendale, Arizona, guaranteeing them at least the fifth seed in the Western Conference and a first round playoff matchup with the defending Stanley Cup Champion Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Questions, answers and more questions By the end of the night Thursday there were some answers concerning the Dallas Stars and still more questions. ... More
Ducks watch: Week of rest Here's the first of what will be a daily update on the Anaheim Ducks, who will be the first round playoff opponent of the Dallas Stars. ... More
4/2/08 Stars News & Notes There are just three games left in the regular season, but there is still some work to do and a lot to be decided for the Dallas Stars. ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of the home-and-home series between the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes that will be played Thursday and Friday nights. ... More
4/1/08 Stars News & Notes: Zubov's return hits a snag Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov wasn't on the ice for Tuesday's practice in Frisco and he isn't expected to be on the ice for the next few days at least. The return of Zubov, who has been out since January, has hit a snag, and with the playoffs a little more than a week away, his status is growing into a concern. ... More
3/31/08 Stars News & Notes A few highlights from a Dave Tippett conference call, a report indicates the salary cap could be going up about $6 million next season and a few more Stars notes. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars won two of three games over the past week, but they are on the brink of being eliminated from the playoffs. ... More
3/30/08 Stars fall in shootout, but wrap up playoff spot There was no win in Anaheim Sunday night for the Dallas Stars, but they did earn a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Ducks and that was good enough to guarantee them a playoff spot. ... More
A mixed bag Sunday night was a mixed bag for the Dallas Stars. They couldn't find a way to win a key game against Anaheim, but they did enough to get a point and earn a playoff spot. The entire road trip was mixed bag. They won just won one game, but they still got four of a possible six points, which were important. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The San Jose Sharks remain in the No. 1 spot and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens both move up in our latest NHL Power Rankings. ... More
3/29/08 Stars blow out Kings 7-2, snap winless streak The Dallas Stars snapped their five-game winless streak and they did it in impressive fashion. After giving up the first goal of the game, the Stars rattled off seven straight goals in a 7-2 rout of the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center Saturday afternoon. ... More
Everything falls into place in L.A. After some recent tough losses and frustrating breakdowns, the Dallas Stars finally had a game where everything just seemed to fall into place. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of the Sunday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. ... More
3/28/08 Stars News & Notes Despite the tough overtime loss in San Jose Thursday night, Stars co-GM Brett Hull said he saw the game as a step forward for a team that he said came into the game a "little mentally fragile." ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Saturday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and the Los Angeles Kings. ... More
3/27/08 Sharks sink Stars in OT The Dallas Stars didn't win Thursday night in San Jose, but at least they got a point. Joe Thornton's five-on-three power play goal 2:58 into overtime gave the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 win over the Stars, whose winless streak hit five games (0-4-1). ... More
Finding ways to lose There were some positives for the Stars Thursday night and they got a point, but no win. And it was some of the same old story when it came to why. Instead of finding a way to win, the Stars found a way to lose. ... More
3/26/08 Stars News & Notes: Hitting the road Before the Dallas Stars headed out for the West Coast on Wednesday they had been at home for almost two weeks. Coach Dave Tippett said the trip couldn't come at a better time. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
3/25/2008 Stephan next in line The first two goalies to hold down the No. 1 job with the Iowa Stars have gone on to make their mark in the NHL. Mike Smith established himself as a solid back up with the Dallas Stars and now the Tampa Bay Lightning hope Smith is the goalie of the future for that franchise. Dan Ellis has made his mark in impressive fashion with the Nashville Predators this season. So what does the future hold for the current No. 1 in Iowa? Kevin Wey profiles Swiss goalie Tobias Stephan, who was re-signed by Dallas earlier this month. ... More
3/24/08 Stars News & Notes It was another day of work for the Stars in Frisco Monday and this time around it also included some tinkering as well by the coach staff. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars lost both their games last week, dropping them to two games below .500 and well out of the playoff picture. ... More
3/23/08 Stars News & Notes: A hard day's work Easter Sunday was supposed to be a day off for the Dallas Stars, but plans changed. Slumps have way of prompting changes and, in this case, that meant a scheduled day off turned into a day of work. Hard work. Exhausting work. ... More
NHL Power Rankings With a big win over Anaheim and points in 15 straight games, the San Jose Sharks remain at the top of our weekly NHL Power Rankings. ... More
3/22/08 Meltdown: Stars blow lead late, fall to Kings 4-2 Just when it looked like the Dallas Stars were about to get back in the win column, they suffered another late game collapse against the Los Angeles Kings. Leading 2-1 with just over three minutes to go in the game, the Stars were left dazed and confused after the Kings scored three times on four shots in a 1:42 span to rally for a 4-2 win at the American Airlines Center Saturday afternoon. The loss was the fourth straight for the Stars. ... More
Déjà vu As much as the Dallas Stars talked about shaking all the things that have haunted them during their recent slide, those very same things came back to haunt them Saturday afternoon at the American Airlines Center. ... More
3/21/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking for a 'W' Mired in a three-game losing streak and with just a 1-6-0 record so far in the month of March there is just one thought going into Saturday's game with the Los Angeles Kings. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Saturday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings. ... More
3/20/08 Stars News & Notes The Stars get back to work following Wednesday's loss to the Ducks, Sergei Zubov skates, the Stars sign two college free agents and a top Dallas prospect rakes in some top honors. ... More
Dallas Stars Minor Pro Monthly Update: February Here's our monthly update on the Iowa Stars, and the Dallas Stars' players in both the American Hockey League and the ECHL ... More
3/19/08 Bertuzzi's late goal sinks Stars The Dallas Stars' bumpy ride through the month of March continued Wednesday night. Todd Bertuzzi's power play goal with 27.2 seconds left in the game lifted the Anaheim Ducks to a 2-1 win over the Stars at the American Airlines Center Wednesday night. ... More
The slide continues The Dallas Stars played strong at times Wednesday night against Anaheim, but there were enough hiccups in their game that ended up costing them another two points and kept them struggling in the month of March. ... More
3/18/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking to get back on track After a couple of days to recharge their batteries the Dallas Stars were back on the ice for a hour-long practice in Frisco Tuesday as they get ready for a key game against the Anaheim Ducks Wednesday. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday's game between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. ... More
3/17/08 Stars News & Notes When Brad Richards played with the Tampa Bay Lightning the team motto was "Safe is death." Now that he is with the Stars, safe isn't death and it's something he is still adjusting to almost three weeks since the deadline deal that brought him to Dallas from Tampa. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars won their first two games last week and actually moved up in the AHL standings, but a loss on Saturday night put them back in familiar territory. ... More
3/16/08 Stars News & Notes: Pacific Division Watch The battle in the Pacific Division will start to heat up a bit this week as the Stars take on the Ducks Wednesday and then the Ducks and the Sharks meet Friday in San Jose. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The San Jose Sharks, whose winning streak ended at 11 games with a shootout loss to Edmonton Sunday night, remain No. 1 in our weekly NHL Power Rankings. ... More
3/15/08 Canucks down slumping Stars 4-3 A shaky finish did the Dallas Stars Thursday night in a 5-3 loss to Detroit. Saturday night it was a slow start that hurt their cause in a 4-3 loss to Vancouver. ... More
Slow start for Stars leads to rough debut for Holmqvist Goalie Johan Holmqvist's debut as a Dallas Stars was not pretty, and neither was the performance of the team in front of him. ... More
3/14/08 Stars News & Notes: Lundqvist hoping to make most of opportunity With the Dallas Stars heading down the stretch and preparing for the postseason, coach Dave Tippett is looking for players who can compete in big games. Tippett believes Joel Lundqvist is one of those players. And Lundqvist wants to be one of those players. ... More
Stars-Canucks Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks. ... More
3/13/08 Red Wings rally, fly by Stars 5-3 The Dallas Stars were able to build a 3-1 lead at Joe Louis Arena Thursday night, but the Detroit Red Wings rattled off three goals in a 4:44 span to erase that lead as they rallied to beat the Stars 5-3. ... More
Stars come up short If Thursday night's contest against the Detroit Red Wings was a measuring stick game, the Stars came up short. ... More
3/12/2008 The Ott suspension Stars forward Steve Ott will sit out the next three games for a hit to the head on Colorado defenseman Jordan Leopold, but he wasn't taking his punishment sitting down after Wednesday's practice. Ott stood before the media and said in his mind he simply delivered a good hit. ... More
Stars News & Notes: On to Detroit After two days of practice the Stars hit the road for one game, and it's a big one. The Stars will meet the Detroit Red Wings for the final time in the regular season Thursday and the Red Wings appear to be back on track. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Detroit Red Wings. ... More
3/11/08 Stars News & Notes It appears Stars forward Steve Ott will be out the next three games for his hit on Colorado defenseman Jordan Leopold in Sunday's game. ... More
3/10/08 Stars News & Notes Stars center Mike Modano made hockey history earlier this season when he became the all-time leading U.S.-born points leader in the NHL, and on now he is set to make some history on the Texas sports front. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars picked up three of a possible four points over the past week, but that wasn't enough to brighten their hopes of making the playoffs. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
3/9/08 Stars shutout Avalanche 3-0, end three-game slide Trying to shake off a three-game losing streak and move back into first place in the Pacific Division, the Dallas Stars rolled out a complete 60-minute performance Sunday night, beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars respond Stars coach Dave Tippett shook up his lineup Sunday night and his team responded with a stellar performance to snap out of a three-game slide. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The red hot San Jose Sharks, who have won a franchise-record nine straight games, move to the top our weekly NHL power rankings. ... More
3/8/08 Avs rally to down Stars 3-1 For the third straight game the Dallas Stars could muster only goal and the Colorado Avalanche made them pay for it in the third period. The Avalanche scored twice in a 2:42 span to erase a 1-0 Dallas lead and then went on to a 3-1 victory, handing the Stars their third straight loss. ... More
A good start, but no finish The Stars got off to a good energetic start Saturday afternoon in Denver, but when push came to shove they couldn't finish. ... More
3/7/08 Stars News & Notes: Looking to get back on track The Stars look to get back on track in a home-and-home series with Colorado, goalie Johan Holmqvist is anxious to get in a game and Philippe Boucher will be out three weeks with a shoulder injury. ... More
Stars-Avalanche Preview Here's a preview of this weekend's home-and-home series between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche. ... More
3/6/08 Stars News & Notes Stars center Toby Petersen has a reputation as a versatile player who can play in any situation and all three forward spots. And some times that versatility on the ice can go beyond just playing center, right wing or left wing. ... More
3/5/08 Stars fall to Coyotes The Phoenix Coyotes may not be considered one of the big three of the Pacific Division, but they have established themselves as a pretty solid number four. The Coyotes, who are the best team within the division at 16-7-0, improved to 4-2-0 against Dallas this season with a 2-1 win over the Stars at the American Airlines Center Wednesday night. ... More
Coyotes frustrate Stars again Heading into Wednesday's game Stars coach Dave Tippett said if you don't work hard against the Phoenix Coyotes you are going to be in trouble. After the Stars fell to the Coyotes 2-1 Wednesday night at the American Airlines Center there was a lot of talk about work. ... More
3/4/08 Stars News & Notes The Stars recall center Toby Petersen for depth at forward, Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky talks about the Stars now that they have Brad Richards in their lineup and despite missing the past two practices Mike Ribeiro is expected to play Wednesday. ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
3/3/08 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars play only two games this week, which means they have plenty of time to practice. That's a good thing, especially when trying to work some new players into the mix, hitting your stride down the stretch and preparing for the playoffs. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars hit the road over the past week, wining two of three games. But they were unable to gain any ground in the standings. ... More
3/2/08 Stars News & Notes: March madness? Things slow down a bit in March for the Dallas Stars, who play only ten games for the rest of the month. But that doesn't mean the pace can't pick up in the Pacific Division, where the San Jose Sharks and Anaheim Ducks have a chance to gain some ground. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Stars and Ducks are still the top two teams in our weekly NHL Power Rankings, while the Sharks move back into the top five. ... More
3/1/08 Ellis, Predators cool off Stars It appears ex-Star Dan Ellis likes playing at American Airlines Center. Ellis, who posted a shutout in Dallas on New Year's Eve, stopped 24 of 25 shots Saturday night as the Nashville Predators beat the Dallas Stars 3-1. ... More
Stars fall flat After emotionally charged win in Brad Richards debut on Thursday, the Dallas Stars fell flat Saturday night against the Nashville Predators. ... More
2/29/08 Stars News & Notes Brad Richards makes an impression and gets some national attention, Brenden Morrow is feeling optimistic and a look at some numbers from the Dallas Stars' current 13-2-0 run. ... More
Stars-Predators Preview Here's a preview of the Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Nashville Predators. ... More
2/28/08 What a debut: Richards' five assists fuel Stars 7-4 win Brad Richards' debut as a Dallas Stars was spectacular. Richards tied a Stars franchise mark and established a new career high by registering five assists as the Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4 at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. ... More
Balanced attack It was the Brad Richards and Niklas Hagman show at times Thursday night, but what the Stars rolled out against the Chicago Blackhawks was a balanced, potent attack. ... More
Stars Notebook: Tracking Richards Here's a period-by-period look at the debut of center Brad Richards, who registered five assists in his debut with the Dallas Stars Thursday night. ... More
Prospects update: Neal top prospect according to The Hockey News Left wing James Neal, defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy and left wing Jamie Benn are among the Stars' top prospects according to The Hockey News' just released Future Watch 2008. ... More
2/27/08 Stars News & Notes: Focus on team Center Brad Richards and goalie Johan Holmqvist made their practice debuts with the Dallas Stars Wednesday afternoon in Frisco. And while there was a lot of media focus on Richards, the marquee guy in Tuesday's blockbuster trade, Stars coach Dave Tippett tried to keep the focus on team. ... More
Richards reaction Here's some of the reaction from the national media concerning Tuesday's deal that brought Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist to Dallas for Mike Smith, Jussi Jokinen, Jeff Halpern and a fourth round pick in 2009. ... More
Stars-Blackhawks Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks. ... More
2/26/2008 Blockbuster: Stars acquire Richards After several days of rumors, Dallas Stars co-general managers Les Jackson and Brett Hull pulled the trigger on a major trade Tuesday. The Stars acquired center Brad Richards and goalie Johan Holmqvist from Tampa Bay for goalie Mike Smith, forwards Jussi Jokinen and Jeff Halpern and fourth round pick in 2009. ... More
Trade Notebook Stars co-GM Brett Hull can rattle off a list of quality teams in the Western Conference and then point out that only four of those teams will make it to the second round of the playoffs. Being one of those four teams to survive what will be a tough round one is a key reason behind Tuesday's acquisition of Brad Richards from Tampa Bay. ... More
Undermanned Stars rally to top Blues 3-1 Despite losing three players to the deadline deal with Tampa Bay and missing two of their young defenseman due to injury, the Dallas Stars found a way to win in St. Louis Tuesday night. The Stars scored three goals in the third period to erase a 1-0 deficit to beat the Blues 3-1. ... More
Loui's on a roll Center Brad Richards may be on the way, but right now Loui Eriksson is in the house and delivering some offensive production for the Dallas Stars. ... More
Brad Richards Profile Here's a brief profile of forward Brad Richards, acquired from Tampa Bay on Tuesday. ... More
Johan Holmqvist Profile Here's a brief profile of goalie Johan Holmqvist, acquired from Tampa Bay on Tuesday. ... More
2/25/2008 Stars News & Notes: Deadline looms With Tuesday's NHL trade deadline looming, the Dallas Stars were caught up in the maelstrom of the hockey rumor mill. ... More
Stars-Blues Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. ... More
Survey results: What to do at the trade deadline Here are the results of our survey asking what Dallas Stars co-general managers Les Jackson and Brett Hull should do prior to Tuesday afternoon's trade deadline. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars went 0-3-1 over the past week, leaving them eight points out a playoff spot with 20 games to go. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
2/24/2008 Survey: What to do at the trade deadline With the trade deadline approaching, what do you think Les Jackson and Brett Hull should do? Stand pat? Tweak? Make a bold move? ... More
Stars injury update: Zubov has surgery Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov has missed the past 17 games and he'll be missing a lot more. Zubov underwent surgery Sunday to insert a screw in the fractured bone in his foot. He is expected to miss at least another three to four weeks. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Stars remain at the top of our weekly NHL Power Rankings and the New Jersey Devils, who are on a roll, climb back into the top five. ... More
2/23/2008 Stars blow out Predators In their first two meetings this season the Dallas Stars managed to score just one goal against the Nashville Predators. On Saturday night they made up for it thanks to their top line. Mike Ribeiro, Loui Eriksson and Brenden Morrow combined for five goals as the Stars beat the Nashville Predators 6-3 at Sommet Center. ... More
A one line committee on this night The Stars' score by committee approach was basically handled by one line Saturday night in Nashville and what a night that line had. ... More
2/22/2008 Stars drill Oilers 5-2 Coming off a lackluster loss on Wednesday night against Calgary, the Dallas Stars came out strong Friday night against Edmonton and stayed strong throughout, beating the Oilers 5-2 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Lehtinen powers Stars Everybody talks about how good Jere Lehtinen's positioning is in a game, but Lehtinen took it to a new level on Friday night. ... More
Stars-Predators Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators. ... More
2/21/2008 Stars News & Notes The Stars release more information on their full season ticket prices for next season, Jeff Halpern is questionable for Friday's game and the Hicks Sports Marketing Group closes the deal that will bring the Stars' minor league affiliate to the Austin area. ... More
Stars-Oilers Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers. ... More
Back from Russia with love When Konstantin Pushkarev left the Iowa Stars on November 7 to play for CSKA Moscow of the Russian Super League, nobody expected to see the talented winger in Des Moines again. However, by the end of January the 21-year-old had led Iowa in scoring for the month and looked unlikely to return to Russia for any reason any time soon other than visiting family. ... More
2/20/2008 Iginla's late goal pushes Flames past Stars The Dallas Stars held Flames captain Jarome Iginla to just one shot Wednesday night, but Iginla made sure that shot was a big one. Iginla's goal with 2:27 left in the third period snapped a 2-2 tie and pushed Calgary to a 3-2 win over the Stars at the American Airlines Center. ... More
It's a game of mistakes It's often been said that hockey is a game of mistakes and mistakes are what did in the Dallas Stars Wednesday night against the Calgary Flames. ... More
2/19/2008 Stars News & Notes: Quietly efficient While the Dallas Stars have been rolling along and getting a lot of attention from the national media for their recent run, Stars forward Loui Eriksson has been quietly going about his business, doing those little things that help a team win games. ... More
Stars-Flames Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames. ... More
2/18/2008 News & Notes: Trade talk NHL general managers are meeting in Florida this week, and Brett Hull is the Stars co-GM who is representing the team at the three-day gathering where trade speculation is overshadowing discussion about tweaking rules. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars had a solid week on the road, winning three of four games that included two shutout wins in Houston. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
2/17/2008 Turco's 28 saves, Hagman's goal down Red Wings If there were any doubts about Marty Turco's ability to beat the Detroit Red Wings, the Stars goalie put a big dent in them Sunday afternoon. Turco made 28 saves for his 32nd career shutout to lead the Dallas Stars to a 1-0 win over the Red Wings at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Turco continues his post-break roll So much for the Detroit Red Wings having Marty Turco's number. On Sunday afternoon it was Turco who turned the tables on the Red Wings, turning in a sparkling 28-save performance in Dallas' 1-0 win. ... More
NHL Power Rankings Winless in six games and without an even strength goal in four, it's time to move the Detroit Red Wings out of the top spot of our weekly NHL Power Rankings. ... More
2/16/2008 Dallas Stars Minor Pro Monthly Update: January While the Dallas Stars ended January sitting atop of the NHL’s Pacific Division, their AHL affiliate Iowa Stars had a difficult time to start out the New Year. ... More
Stars News & Notes: Red Wings stumble into town The Detroit Red Wings may have the best record in the league and may be the best team in the league, but they aren't coming into Dallas for Sunday's nationally televised game exactly on a roll. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Preview Here's a preview of Sunday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings. ... More
2/15/2008 Stars power past Ducks 4-2 The Anaheim Ducks have been shorthanded more than any team in the league this season, they continued that pattern Friday night and the Dallas Stars made them pay, scoring three times on the power play to win 4-2 at Honda Center. ... More
Robidas delivers The Anaheim Ducks may have a star-studded blue line, but the stud defenseman in Friday night's game at Honda Center was Stephane Robidas of the Dallas Stars. ... More
2/14/2008 Stars' streak ends with 5-2 loss to Coyotes The Dallas Stars were shooting for a franchise-record eighth straight win Thursday night in Glendale, Arizona, but Ilya Bryzgalov and the Phoenix Coyotes put up a roadblock, beating the Stars 5-2. ... More
Coyotes turn tables on Stars Since the All-Star break the Dallas Stars have had a lot of areas of their game clicking, and that helped them string together a seven-game winning streak. Thursday night the Coyotes used that same formula to put an end to the Stars' winning streak. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. ... More
2/13/2008 Stars News & Notes: Looking to make it eight straight The Stars will look to make franchise history when they hit the ice in Glendale, Arizona Thursday night against the Phoenix Coyotes. They'll be going for a franchise-record eighth straight win and they hope to do it the same way they've won the last seven. So what's the formula? ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
Prospects update Here's an update on Dallas Stars prospects playing junior hockey in Canada and the U.S., and those playing in college and Europe. ... More
2/12/2008 Stars News & Notes Although the thought was that it would take some time for Stars forward Jere Lehtinen to get back on track after missing 33 games following sports hernia surgery, the usually consistent Lehtinen has been just that since his return to the lineup. ... More
2/11/2008 Stars rally for 2-1 win, tie franchise record with seventh straight win It took more than 50 minutes and 40 shots on goal, but the Dallas Stars finally found a way to get some pucks past Phoenix goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. Steve Ott scored with 8:15 remaining in third to period to tie the game at 1-1 and then Mike Modano scored on the power play with 3:12 left to give the Stars a 2-1 win and push their winning streak to seven games, tying a franchise record. ... More
Stars find a way to solve Bryzgalov After being helped by some great goaltending during their current winning streak, the Dallas Stars had to find a way to overcome some great goaltending on the other side Monday night. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars split their two games of the past week to end their recent homestand with a 2-2-0-0 record. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
2/10/2008 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars have 23 games remaining in the regular season and five of them come against the Phoenix Coyotes. Stars coach Dave Tippett thinks that is a good thing. That's because he hopes a team like Coyotes, who are still in the playoff picture and in full desperation mode for points, will help keep his team sharp down the stretch. ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Pittsburgh Penguins crack the top five in the latest edition our weekly NHL Power Rankings, which are still topped by the Detroit Red Wings. ... More
2/9/2008 Stars blowout Blues, run winning streak to six The Dallas Stars continue to roll and Saturday night they rolled over the St. Louis Blues, running their winning streak to six games with a 6-2 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars continue to roll along It was a moment that seemed to sum up the Stars' 6-2 rout of the St. Louis Blues that pushed their winning streak to six games and remain the hottest team in the league since the All-Star break. ... More
2/8/2008 Stars News & Notes Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher said he is still weeks away from a possible return to the lineup, but is moving forward as he recovers from surgery shoulder that has kept him out of the lineup since early December. ... More
Stars-Blues Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. ... More
2/7/2008 Smith's shutout, Hagman's goal give Stars fifth straight win Marty Turco had been on a roll in goal for the Dallas Stars, but with Turco unable to go the Stars didn't miss a beat with Mike Smith in net Thursday night in Minnesota. Smith made 25 saves for his fifth career shutout as the Stars beat the Minnesota Wild 1-0 for their fifth straight win. ... More
Timing is everything If timing is everything, then Mike Smith's timing against Wild forward Marian Gaborik was perfect Thursday night in Minnesota. ... More
Stars Notebook: Minnesota memories The Minnesota Wild honored Mike Modano for his contributions to USA Hockey before Thursday's game tat the Xcel Energy Center, and Modano spent some time earlier on Thursday reminiscing about his time in Minnesota. ... More
2/6/2008 Stars News & Notes Stars goalie Marty Turco was feeling the after effects of the hit he took in Tuesday night's game against the Vancouver Canucks and sat out Wednesday's practice with a stiff neck. That hit also had Turco thinking back to a similar event almost six years ago that led to some tense moments. ... More
Stars-Wild Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild. ... More
2/5/2008 Morrow, Stars shoot down Canucks for fourth straight win Captain Brenden Morrow made the sure the Dallas Stars kept their on roll following the All-Star break. Morrow had a goal and an assist in regulation and then nailed the shootout deciding goal in just his second career shootout attempt as the Stars beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 at the American Airlines Center for their fourth straight win. ... More
Stars keep rolling The Dallas Stars wanted to make a strong push coming out of the All-Star break and so far they are doing just that. And some of the team's top players continue to lead the charge. ... More
2/4/2008 Stars News & Notes The Stars hope to get their home game in order, an update on defenseman Sergei Zubov's injury and former Stars GM Doug Armstrong has a new gig and is keeping his eyes on the Toronto situation. ... More
Stars-Canucks Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars split a pair of games last week and remain on the outside looking in as far as a playoff spot. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
2/3/2008 Stars News & Notes Stars forward Steve Ott joked that he made some new friends during Saturday night's game in Calgary. His robust performance against the Flames probably didn't make him many friends, but it did get him a lot of attention from the Calgary media during and after the game. ... More
NHL Power Rankings It's still Detroit and Philadelphia at the top of our weekly NHL Power Rankings and the Montreal Canadiens move into the No. 3 spot. ... More
2/2/2008 Stars top Flames, complete road trip sweep Behind another stellar performance from goalie Marty Turco, the Dallas Stars beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 Saturday night and completed a sweep of their three-game road trip through Western Canada. ... More
Turco comes up big again The Marty Turco road show continued Saturday night in Calgary as the Dallas netminder turned in another stellar performance. ... More
2/1/2008 Stars weather early storm in Edmonton, top Oilers 4-1 For the first period in Edmonton Friday night the Dallas Stars found themselves under siege. But goalie Marty Turco helped them weather the storm. the Stars regrouped and beat the Oilers 4-1 at Rexall Place. ... More
Learning experience The Dallas Stars got another valuable two points in Edmonton Friday night and some of the team's players may have gotten a valuable learning experience as well. ... More
Stars-Flames Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames. ... More
1/31/2008 Stars News & Notes Jere Lehtinen is listed as probable for Friday's game in Edmonton and another Stars prospect in Iowa decides to head home to Europe. ... More
Stars-Oilers Preview Here's a preview of Friday's game between the Dallas Stars and the Edmonton Oilers. ... More
1/30/2008 Stars News & Notes Center Mike Ribeiro gets physical, another milestone for forward Steve Ott and a few statistical tidbits about the Stars. ... More
1/29/2008 Turco shines as Stars beat Canucks 4-3 The Dallas Stars were hoping to get off on the right track coming out of the All-Star break and goalie Marty Turco made sure they did. Turco was superb in net Tuesday night, stopping 29 shots to lead the Stars to a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place. ... More
Advantage Stars It got a little scrambly at the end, but for the most part the Dallas Stars turned out a solid effort to open the post-All-Star break stretch drive. ... More
1/28/2008 Stars hope schedule down the stretch works in their favor There were times over the first two-thirds of the season when some tough scheduling took a toll on the Dallas Stars. Now, in the final third of the season, coach Dave Tippett hopes the schedule will start to work to his team's advantage. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars played just two games over the past week, winning one and losing one. And center Toby Petersen has a good weekend at the AHL All-Star Classic. ... More
1/27/2008 News & Notes Stars center Mike Ribeiro had a couple of good scoring chances, including one late in the game with score tied, but was held off the scoreboard at Sunday evening's All-Star Game at Philips Arena in Atlanta. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers are No. 1 and No. 2 in our weekly NHL Power Rankings as the league gets ready to resume play after the All-Star break. ... More
1/26/2008 News & Notes It was a quiet for Dallas Stars center Mike Ribeiro and defenseman Matt Niskanen at the NHL's SuperSkills competition Saturday night in Atlanta. ... More
1/25/2008 An All-Star weekend for Ribeiro It's been quite a season for Stars center Mike Ribeiro. He's having a career year statistically, he recently signed a five-year, $25 contract extension and this weekend he joins some of the best hockey players in the world in Atlanta for the NHL All-Star Game. ... More
1/24/2008 Stars fall to Sabres 2-1 The Dallas Stars were hoping to head into the All-Star break on a positive, but the struggling Buffalo Sabres had other ideas. The Sabres snapped an eight-game road winless streak and won for just the second time in 14 games, beating the Stars 2-1 at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. ... More
Power outage A few weeks ago the Dallas Stars power play was on fire. Recently it can't seem to buy a goal, and it's costing the team in the points department. ... More
Stars Notebook The Dallas Stars started the night in first place in the Pacific Division, but will head into the All-Star break in second place behind the San Jose Sharks. Here's a look at the Western Conference based on winning percentage and points pace heading into the All-Star break ... More
1/23/2008 Stars News & Notes: Jokinen ready to return Stars forward Jussi Jokinen went through a full practice Wednesday and appears set to return for Thursday's game against the Buffalo Sabres at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars-Sabres Preview Here's a preview of Thursday's game between the Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres. ... More
1/22/2008 Blue Jackets rally to down Stars 4-2 Just when it looked the Dallas Stars were on their way to a fourth straight win, the Columbus Blue Jackets rattled off three unanswered goals to take the lead and then sealed the deal with an empty net goal late to beat the Stars 4-2 at the American Airlines Center Tuesday night. ... More
Stars let two points slip away On Saturday the Dallas Stars found a way to steal two points from the Columbus Blue Jackets. On Tuesday they found a way to let two points slip away to Columbus. ... More
Stars Notebook Stars co-GM Les Jackson said Tuesday night that with the NHL trade deadline a little more than a month away there are a lot of talks with other NHL teams, but at this point it is just talk. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars lost three of four games over the past week, keeping them at the bottom of the West Division in American Hockey League. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
1/21/2008 Stars News & Notes: Absorbing ice time When Sergei Zubov goes out of the lineup no one player can replace him, but the Stars still have to try to find a way to absorb all the minutes he logs in the game. Here's a look at how they've done it in the five games Zubov has missed the past few weeks. ... More
Stars-Blue Jackets Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets. ... More
1/20/2008 Stars top Ducks, move to top of Pacific Division How quickly things can change when the standings are so tight. The Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 5-2 Sunday afternoon at the American Airlines Center for their third straight win, and now find themselves on top of the Pacific Division. ... More
Stars push back Less than a week after getting dominated by the Anaheim Ducks, the Dallas Stars bounced back Sunday at the American Airlines Center. Actually, they pushed back. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Anaheim Ducks and Philadelphia Flyers move into the top five in our weekly NHL Power Rankings and the San Jose Sharks take a dive. ... More
1/19/2008 Smith comes up big in Stars' 3-1 win over Columbus Fatigued coming off a five-game road trip and not getting into town until Friday, the Dallas Stars found a way to knock out a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday afternoon at the American Airlines Center. Goalie Mike Smith, who made 29 saves, played a big part in that. So did the Stars' ability to make the most of their chances. ... More
Smith delivers It appears the Dallas Stars have found a solution for long plane flights followed by afternoon hockey games. The solution would be Mike Smith. ... More
Stars Notebook: Zubov scheduled for MRI Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov, who missed Saturday's game with Columbus due to a foot injury, will not play Sunday against Anaheim. Up next for Zubov will be an MRI on Monday. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Sunday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Russian prospect makes move to Texas Sergei Korostin, a highly touted Dallas Stars draft pick out of Russia in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, is now playing hockey in Texas. Korostin made his Texas debut Saturday night with the Texas Tornado at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. ... More
1/18/2008 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars return home for a big weekend of hockey, and not just because the Anaheim Ducks will be at the American Airlines Center on Sunday. Saturday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is key as well. Not just because all points are important, but because the Blue Jackets are one of the teams the Stars are battling for playoff position as well. ... More
Stars-Blue Jackets Preview Here's a preview of Saturday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets. ... More
1/17/2008 Modano's two goals propel Stars past Sharks 4-2 There's nothing like a stop in San Jose to help get the Dallas Stars back in the win column. Behind a pair of goals by Mike Modano the Stars won their sixth straight game in San Jose, beating the Sharks 4-2 Thursday night. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and salvaged what had been a rough five-game road trip for Dallas. ... More
Stars find a spark in San Jose Mired in a three-game losing streak and somewhat road weary, the Dallas Stars needed a spark Thursday night in San Jose. They got it from Sharks defenseman Craig Rivet, whose hard hit from behind on Stars captain Brenden Morrow seemed to do the trick. ... More
1/16/2008 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars were idle Wednesday night but they actually gained some ground in the Western Conference standings thanks to the Chicago Blackhawks. ... More
1/15/2008 Ducks dominate Stars in 4-2 win The defending Stanley Cup champs are starting to roll and the Dallas Stars got a first hand look at just how well they are rolling. The Anaheim Ducks dominated play at times, especially in the second period when they took control of the game, and beat the Stars 4-2 Tuesday night at Honda Center. ... More
Stars no match for Niedermayer, Ducks The first three times they played the Anaheim Ducks this season the Dallas Stars pretty much bottled up the defending Stanley Cup champs. Outscored them 10-2 in winning all three games. Well, the Ducks are a much different team these days and Scott Niedermayer is part of the reason why. Tuesday night he showed why. ... More
Stars Notebook: Lessard dealt to Tampa Bay for defenseman Jancevski The Dallas Stars traded right wing Junior Lessard to the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday in exchange for defenseman Dan Jancevski, a second pick of the Stars back in 1999. ... More
1/14/2008 Pacific Division Watch With the Pacific Division race tightening up and the Stars playing two key divisional games this week, here's a look at the playoff contenders in the division. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars went 1-1-1 over the past week to stay at the .500 mark on the season and tread water as far as the standings. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
1/13/2008 Crombeen making strides in Iowa Just looking at the box score of the Iowa Stars’ 4-3 loss to the Manitoba Moose Friday night, December 4, 2007, B.J. Crombeen’s goal at 8:19 of the first period may not appear that important. After all, the Iowa Stars lost that night even though Crombeen scored the first goal of the game. ... More
NHL Power Rankings A 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings wasn't enough to push the Ottawa Senators to the top of our weekly NHL Power Rankings. ... More
1/12/2008 Kings down Stars in shootout Playing their third game in three-and-a-half days the Dallas Stars were sluggish Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. The opportunities were there to get two points but they could only get one, falling 4-3 in a shootout to the Kings at Staples Center. ... More
A mixed bag for the Stars You could look at Saturday's shootout loss in Los Angeles one of two ways. One, that a team that was fatigued and missing key player in Sergei Zubov was still able find a way to get an all important point out of the game. ... More
Dallas Stars Minor Pro Monthly Update: December The month of December was a roller coaster for Dallas Stars’ AHL affiliate and a story of perseverance through injuries for its ECHL affiliate. ... More
1/11/2008 Stars, Kings have headed in opposite directions since they last met in LA Saturday's game in Los Angeles will be the Stars first return there since that 6-5 debacle that marked a turning point for their season. It was also a turning point for the Los Angeles Kings, who have headed in an opposite direction. ... More
1/10/2008 Stars fall behind early, can't catch Blues After solid win in Chicago Wednesday night, the Stars hit a bump on the road in St. Louis Thursday night. The Stars fell behind by two goals early in the game and could never catch the St. Louis Blues, who skated to a 4-2 win at the Scottrade Center. ... More
Making the most of your opportunities When it came to making the most of opportunities Thursday night, the St. Louis cashed in on theirs and the Dallas Stars could taken advantage on many of theirs. That put the Stars in a hole early and it was one they could never escape. ... More
Stars Notebook: Zubov the Stars' lone All-Star Defenseman Sergei Zubov was the lone Dallas Star named to the Western Conference roster for the 2008 NHL All-Star Game, which will be played later this month in Atlanta. ... More
1/9/2008 Modano's three assists key Stars' win The Dallas Stars wanted to open their five-game road trip strong and Mike Modano helped mark sure they did. Modano set up all three goals as the Stars beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 at the United Center Wednesday night. ... More
Off to a good start Another challenging road trip and once again the Dallas Stars get off to a good start by playing a good, solid grind it out road game. ... More
Stars-Blues Preview Here's a preview of Thursday's game between the Dallas Stars and St. Louis Blues. ... More
1/8/2008 Stars News & Notes : On the road again With a win under their belts the Dallas Stars take to the road for another key stretch of road games that will involve five games over nine days and three games against divisional foes. ... More
Stars-Blackhawks Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Chicago Blackhawks. ... More
1/7/2008 Ribeiro gets five-year, $25 million extension The Dallas Stars wanted Mike Ribeiro to stay with the organization for the long-term. Ribeiro want to stay as well. The result was the two sides agreed to a five-year, $25 million contract extension that was announced during Monday night's game against the Minnesota Wild. ... More
Stars down Wild, stop skid The Dallas Stars announced signing center Mike Ribeiro to a five-year, $25 million extension during Monday's game and then Ribeiro and his linemates produced two goals to help lead the Dallas Stars to a 3-1 win over the Minnesota Wild, snapping their four-game losing streak. ... More
Stars stop the bleeding The Stars' top line produced some offense and Marty Turco turned in a solid game in net. Those were two big keys in the Stars finally putting an end to the bleeding that was their four-game losing streak. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars went 1-1-1 during a three-game swing through Texas this past weekend. Here's our weekly update on the Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
1/6/2008 Stars News & Notes: Looking forward Mired in a season-long losing streak of four games the Dallas Stars are frustrated, but focusing on the future instead of the past. ... More
Stars-Wild Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The San Jose Sharks and Calgary Flames move into the top five our weekly NHL Power Rankings and the Pittsburgh Penguins move into the top ten. ... More
1/5/2008 Red Wings hand Stars their fourth straight loss The Dallas Stars didn't give the Detroit Red Wings a lot on Saturday afternoon, but they gave the league's best team enough to win. The Red Wings scored on their first shot early in the game and it would be the only goal they would end up needing as they beat the Stars 3-0 and extended Dallas' losing streak to four games. ... More
Stars can't get on track against Wings Looking to get on track after three straight losses, the Dallas Stars couldn't find any cracks in Dominik Hasek and the Detroit Red Wings Saturday afternoon. The end result was a fourth straight loss. ... More
1/4/2008 Stars News & Notes: Trying to get back on track In the midst of a three-game losing streak the Stars will try to get back on track Saturday afternoon against the best team in the NHL. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Preview Here's a preview of Saturday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and the Detroit Red Wings. ... More
1/3/2008 Wild revenge: Stars lose 6-3 in Minnesota What a difference a week makes. Last week the Dallas Stars blew out the Minnesota Wild in Dallas. Thursday night the Wild turned the tables, beating the Stars 6-3 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. ... More
Stars' slide continues After a solid stretch of games where a lot was going right for the Dallas Stars, not much is going right for the Dallas Stars these days. ... More
1/2/2008 Red Wings top Stars 4-1 The first of two meeting between the top two teams in the Western Conference standings went to the team at the top. Henrik Zetterberg returned to the Red Wings lineup after missing five games with back spasms and had two assists to help lead the Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars, who were without several top players, including defenseman Sergei Zubov. ... More
Stars fall short on this night What was expected to be a measuring stick game for the Dallas Stars Wednesday night may have lost a little of its luster when Sergei Zubov went out of the lineup with a hand injury. Even Red Wings coach Mike Babcock said it wasn't a good game to assess the Dallas Stars. ... More
Stars Notebook: Zubov joins list of injured The Stars were without defenseman Sergei Zubov Wednesday night and will be without him Thursday as well. Zubov did not make the two-game road trip to Detroit and Minnesota due to a hand injury. ... More
1/1/2008 News & Notes: Red Wings Watch With the Stars playing the Detroit Red Wings for the first time this season and doing so twice within a week, here's a look at the Wings, who are the league's top team so far this season. ... More
Stars-Red Wings Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Detroit Red Wings. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars won three of four over the past week, including two straight after another embarrassing loss. ... More
12/31/2007 Ellis, Predators shutout Stars 1-0 The Dallas Stars weren't able to ring in the New Year with a win. They weren't even able to muster a goal. Former Stars goalie Dan Ellis and the Nashville Predators made sure of that. Ellis stopped 22 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Predators beat the Stars 1-0 Monday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars fall flat On what could have a been a solid end to their homestand and an outstanding finish to month of December, the Stars fell flat Monday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars Notebook: Winter Classic brings back memories for Ribeiro Tuesday's Winter Classic, the outdoor game in Buffalo between the Sabres and Penguins, brings back some memories for Stars center Mike Ribeiro. He played in the last outdoor NHL game, which happened to be the first one as well. ... More
12/30/2007 Stars News & Notes: Morrow branching out When it comes to his scoring range, Stars captain Brenden Morrow likes to joke that it is usually limited to close range. But Morrow has been branching out a bit at times this season and it's not by accident. Bring up the subject though and there is still some kidding around. ... More
Stars-Predators Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Red Wings are No. 1 and the Stars are No. 3 in our weekly NHL Power Rankings as they get ready to meet twice over the next week. Ottawa, Vancouver and New Jersey are the other teams in the top five. ... More
12/29/2007 Stars survive Kariya's hat trick, win in shootout After missing on a great scoring chance that could have ended the game in overtime, Stars center Mike Modano delivered in the shootout. Modano scored the only goal of the shootout as the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5-4 at the American Airlines Center Saturday night. ... More
Escaping with two points After solid and convincing wins over Montreal and Minnesota, the Stars had to scramble for one Saturday night against a resilient St. Louis Blues team led by Paul Kariya. ... More
Stars Notebook: Stars lose Jokinen The Dallas Stars lost forward Jussi Jokinen to a what appeared to be a knee injury early in Saturday night's game against the St. Louis Blues. ... More
12/28/2007 Stars News & Notes: Tippett, staff get extensions Stars coach Dave Tippett and his coaching staff got a vote of confidence that went beyond just words on Friday. Management gave Tippett, associate coach Rick Wilson and assistant coach Mark Lamb contract extensions through the 2008-09 season. ... More
12/27/2007 Stars News & Notes: Fistric gets his turn In a season where young defensemen are getting a chance to make a big impact for the Dallas Stars, 2004 first round pick Mark Fistric is now getting his turn. ... More
12/26/2007 Blowout: Stars crush Wild 8-3 The Dallas Stars' top line has been carrying a lot of the offensive load lately. Wednesday night they continued to rack up the goals, and they also got a lot of help. A lot of help. Seven different players scored goals and 14 players registered points as the Stars routed the usually stingy Minnesota Wild 8-3 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
A wild night Some nights things just seem to go a team's way. Case in point: the Dallas Stars' offense, which racked up eight goals against the usually stingy Minnesota Wild Wednesday night. ... More
Survey results: Stars at the holiday break Here are the results of our survey on the Dallas Stars at the holiday break. ... More
12/25/2007 Stars News & Notes: Top line by the numbers About the only thing that has been able to slow down the Dallas' Stars top line of Brenden Morrow, Mike Ribeiro and Antti Miettinen has been the holiday break, which was able to hold them off the scoresheet over the past two days. ... More
Stars-Wild Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars lost all three of their games last week, pushing their winless streak to five games. ... More
12/24/2007 Stars News & Notes: Youth serving Stars When the Dallas Stars hit the ice Sunday night against the Montreal Canadiens, coach Dave Tippett speculated they made history of sorts. ... More
Survey: Stars at the holiday break With the Stars taking a break for the holidays and almost at the midway point of the season, it seems like a good time for a survey. ... More
12/23/2007 Ribeiro shines as Stars dominate Canadiens Mike Ribeiro's first game against his former team turned out to be a productive one. Ribeiro scored a goal and had two primary assists as the Dallas Stars beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 Sunday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars hit the break on a roll The Dallas Stars rolled out a gem of a performance Sunday night in beating Montreal and that sent them into the short holiday break on a roll. ... More
NHL Power Rankings Detroit and Ottawa remain No. 1 and No. 2 in our weekly NHL Power Rankings, and the Northwest Division gets two teams in the top five this week. ... More
12/22/2007 Stars News & Notes Even before the puck drops on Sunday night's game at the American Airlines Center, you could say the Stars stole one from the Montreal Canadiens. At least that is what Stars captain Brenden Morrow thinks. ... More
Stars-Canadiens Preview Here's a preview of Sunday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens. ... More
12/21/2007 Stars rally for OT win, cool off Flames The Dallas Stars wrapped up another successful road trip Friday, rallying to beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 at the Pengrowth Saddledome. Mike Ribeiro's second goal of the game, which came 57 seconds into overtime, gave the Stars the win over the Flames, who had won six games in a row. ... More
Plenty of heroes on this night In a league where every game seems to be close and comes down to a couple key plays or moments, the Stars had several guys who came through at the right time. ... More
12/20/2007 Canucks end Stars' winning streak The Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks met for the first time since last season's playoffs and once again the Canucks came out on top. Daniel Sedin scored two goals and Roberto Luongo made 33 saves as Vancouver snapped the Stars' four-game winning streak with a 3-2 win at GM Place Thursday night. ... More
Another tight one with the Canucks There were four goals in the third period and a total of 68 shots, but Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks looked an awful lot liked last season's games. ... More
Stars Notebook: Goalie flap Hours before the puck dropped on Thursday night's game between the Stars and Canucks, goalies Marty Turco and Mike Smith fired the first shot at Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo. It wasn't a puck they fired Luongo's way, but a jab at his equipment. ... More
Stars-Flames Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Calgary Flames. ... More
12/19/2007 Stars News & Notes "A whole lot of everything." That was Stars goalie Marty Turco's answer when asked Wednesday what was going right for the Dallas Stars these days. ... More
Stars-Canucks Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks, who are meeting for the first time since last season's playoffs. ... More
12/18/2007 Stars down Oilers in shootout The Edmonton Oilers have been this season's best shootout team, but the Dallas Stars are the best of all-time and on Tuesday night they showed why. Marty Turco stopped all three Oilers' shooters and Sergei Zubov scored the lone shootout goal as the Stars beat the Oilers 2-1 at Rexall Place. ... More
Reaching into the old bag of tricks For a while it looked like Tuesday's game would end the same way last week's game against the Oilers did. The game went to overtime and the Stars got a power play. But on this night the power play didn't deliver, so the Stars had to find another way to get that extra point. And they reached into their old bag of tricks and delivered some shootout magic. ... More
12/17/2007 Stars News & Notes: Recognition for Zubov Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov was honored by the league Monday. Bad news for Zubov, who doesn't like being singled out for individual awards. Good news for those who like to see the Russian-born defenseman get some recognition every now and then, and hope there will be major recognition at the end of the season. ... More
Stars-Oilers Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Edmonton Oilers. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars hit rock bottom over past week, suffering an embarrassing loss to Chicago. Here's our weekly look at the Dallas Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
12/16/2007 Division Watch: Revamped Ducks looking to move forward It wasn't a win, but the Anaheim Ducks are hoping it was a step in the right direction. Defenseman Scott Niedermayer returned Sunday night and recently acquired center Doug Weight made his Anaheim debut, but the Ducks lost 2-1 in a shootout to the San Jose Sharks. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Red Wings and Senators remain No. 1 and No. 2 in our weekly NHL Power Rankings, while the top two teams in the Pacific and the Devils round out the top five. ... More
12/15/2007 Stars power past Sharks 4-2 The San Jose Sharks are one of the least penalized teams in the league, but they got into penalty trouble Saturday afternoon and the Dallas Stars' power play made them pay the price. The Stars scored twice on the power play in the second period to take a 3-2 lead and then they shut the Sharks down in the third to skate away with a 4-2 win and sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division. ... More
Special teams key in key game In a game that had a playoff air to it, special teams played a key role for the Stars in Saturday's win over the San Jose Sharks. It's nothing new for the Stars. Special teams have been key a lot lately during their recent run of success. ... More
12/14/2007 Stars News & Notes: Hitting the road again The Dallas Stars are off on another road trip. This one will have fewer games over fewer days than the last one, but it features some teams that are top teams or trending up these days. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Saturday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
12/13/2007 Ribeiro line leads the way as Stars top Kings 4-1 The Stars' top line is getting back on track. Mike Ribeiro, Brenden Morrow and Antti Miettinen teamed up for all four goals as the Dallas Stars beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Thursday night at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. ... More
Answering the challenge The Stars coaching staff was looking for someone to take charge in Thursday night's game against the Los Angeles Kings. Brenden Morrow, Mike Ribeiro and Antti Miettinen answered the challenge. ... More
12/12/2007 Stars News & Notes It's long been said the first goal is important hockey game. Well, the Stars have been giving up the first goal a lot lately, but it hasn't exactly been killing costing them much in the way of points. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings. ... More
12/11/2007 Stars News & Notes When Jere Lehtinen went out due to sports hernia surgery the Stars lost more than just one of their most valuable players. They also lost another important commodity - a right shot among the forward group. ... More
Janos Vas hopes for chance at history One chance. That’s all Janos Vas wants. “If I keep playing like this, they’re going to give me… (pauses),” Vas started saying of his chances of playing in the NHL. ... More
12/10/2007 Stars top Oilers 5-4 in overtime It wasn't a good night to be a goaltender, but it was entertaining for fans and, most important, it was two points for the Dallas Stars. Brenden Morrow's power play goal with 1:00 remaining in overtime lifted the Stars to a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers in a game that featured some first period offensive fireworks. ... More
Let us praise Zubov From a coaching standpoint, Monday night's game wasn't exactly a Picasso. But there was still some artistry at work in the game, especially from Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars lost two of three the past week, the team has a new defenseman after a Dallas trade with Philadelphia and left wing Richard Clune had a feisty AHL debut over the weekend. ... More
12/9/2007 Stars News & Notes It's pretty well known that since Jere Lehtinen went out due to a sports hernia, the offensive production of Mike Ribeiro and Brenden Morrow has slowed. Here are a few statistical tidbits. ... More
Stars-Oilers Preview Here's a preview of Monday's game between the Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The New Jersey Devils crack the top five and the Pittsburgh Penguins move into the top ten in our latest NHL Power Rankings. ... More
12/8/2007 Dallas Stars Minor Pro Monthly Update: November Here's the latest monthly update on Dallas players in both the AHL and ECHL. This month Kevin way talks with Iowa Stars director of hockey operations Scott White about several of the players in the Stars' system. ... More
Stars News & Notes Junior Lessard's stay with the Dallas Stars turned out to be a short one. With forwards Antti Miettinen and Loui Eriksson expected to return next week from their injuries, the right wing was sent back to the Iowa Stars of the AHL Saturday. ... More
12/7/2007 Senators hand Stars second straight loss After winning four of six on their recent road trip, the Dallas Stars are having a rough go of it upon their return home. The Stars dropped the second game of their four-game homestand, falling 4-2 to Eastern Conference leading Ottawa Friday night at the AAC. ... More
Stars can't catch a break In what was a pretty hard fought game between two good teams the Dallas Stars couldn't catch a break. At least that's how Stars coach Dave Tippett saw it after the Stars fell 4-2 to the Senators at the American Airlines Center Friday night ... More
12/6/2007 Ott finding his stride After battling a variety of injuries over the past few years, Stars forward Steve Ott is starting to finally feel like himself again, and he believes he is starting to find a defined role in the NHL. ... More
Stars-Senators Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Eastern Conference leading Ottawa Senators. ... More
12/5/2007 Thornton leads Sharks past Stars 3-2 Joe Thornton's been carrying the San Jose Sharks' offense most of the season and he did it again Wednesday night against the Dallas Stars. Thornton scored the game-winning goal and had two assists as the Sharks beat the Stars 3-2 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Coming up short The Dallas Stars found ways to hang around in Wednesday night's game against the San Jose Sharks, but in the end they couldn't find a way to win. San Jose did, thanks to Joe Thornton. ... More
12/4/2007 Stars News & Notes It's no secret that the Dallas Stars have been a nice roll since owner Tom Hicks decided to make changes in the front office back on November 13. Here are a few statistical tidbits about the Stars, who are 8-2-1 since the changes. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
12/3/2007 Stars rally, top Blue Jackets in shootout For the first 40 minutes the Stars couldn't crack Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Pascal Leclaire, but Chris Conner got the only regulation the Stars would need early in the third and Niklas Hagman scored the winner in the shootout as the Stars ended their six-game road trip with a 2-1 win Monday night. ... More
Turco sparkles, Conner provides a spark Even though Marty Turco was sparkling in net the Stars needed some kind of spark to crack the guy at the other end of the ice, who looked like he was going to be unbeatable. Enter Chris Conner. ... More
Stars update: Cote gets three game for hit on Niskanen The NHL Monday suspended Philadelphia forward Riley Cote three games for his hit to the head on Stars defenseman Matt Niskanen in Saturday's 4-1 Dallas win over the Flyers. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars put together a solid stretch of games over the past week, going 3-0-0. Here's our weekly look at the Dallas Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
12/2/2007 Stars News & Notes Special teams have played a big role in the Stars' recent roll. The power play has been humming along at close to 30 percent over the last 14 games and the penalty kill has been close to 95 percent over the last ten games. ... More
Stars-Blue Jackets Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's nationally televised game between the Dallas Stars and Columbus Blue Jackets. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Red Wings move back into the top spot in our weekly NHL Power Rankings, and their Central Division rivals - the St. Louis Blues - join the Rangers, Canucks and Stars in our top five this week. ... More
12/1/2007 Stars ground Flyers 4-1 For the second straight game the Dallas Stars gave up a goal in the first minute, but this time around they didn't end up chasing the game. The Philadelphia Flyers did the chasing, never caught up and the Stars skated away with an impressive 4-1 victory Saturday night at the Wachovia Center Saturday night. ... More
Stars bounce back with efficient effort The Dallas Stars were playing their fifth game in seven nights -including a game the night before - but it was the Philadelphia Flyers who ended up looking like they were skating in mud Saturday night. ... More
11/30/2007 Crosby, Penguins ice Stars 4-1 The Dallas Stars found themselves behind less than 30 seconds into the game Friday night and then spent the rest of the evening chasing Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. They never caught up, falling 4-1 to the Penguins at Mellon Arena. ... More
Chasing the game Playing their fourth road game in six days the last thing the Dallas Stars needed to was to fall into an early hole. But that's what they did Friday night in Pittsburgh and that left them chasing the game. ... More
Stars-Flyers Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Philadelphia Flyers. ... More
11/29/2007 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars will see their Pacific Division foes fewer times next season and every team in the Eastern Conference at least once thanks to a new schedule format approved by the NHL Board of Governors on Thursday. ... More
Stars-Penguins Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins. ... More
11/28/2007 Brodeur, Devils rally to end Stars' winning streak New Jersey goalie Martin Brodeur spotted the Dallas Stars a 2-0 lead in the first period. Then he shut the door the rest of the way, allowing his teammates rally for a 4-2 win at the Prudential Center in Newark that ended the Stars' winning streak at six games. ... More
Reversal of fortunes A lot of the things that have been going the Stars' way recently didn't go their Wednesday night in New Jersey, and the end result was the end of their winning streak at six games. ... More
11/27/2007 Stars News & Notes Stars goalie Marty Turco was the guest on a radio show Tuesday afternoon. No big deal there since he's done that plenty of times. What made it interesting this time around is who was asking the questions. It just happened to be NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, who was kicking off the league's new weekly show on satellite radio. ... More
Stars-Devils Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and New Jersey Devils. ... More
11/26/2007 Modano's OT goal pushes Stars' winning streak to six After giving up a late power play goal that forced overtime, the Dallas Stars wasted little time getting the goal back in the extra period. Mike Modano scored off a rebound of a Stephane Robidas shot 35 seconds into overtime to give the Stars a 3-2 win over the New York Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum Monday night, pushing Dallas' winning streak to six games. ... More
Modano, Stars continue to roll Stars coach Dave Tippett was a guest on the New York Islanders radio pre-game show and was asked was Islanders fans should know about center Mike Modano. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars continue to struggle, losing two of three the past week. Here's our weekly look at the Dallas Stars' AHL affiliate. ... More
11/25/2007 Outshot but not outscored, Stars run winning streak to five with 3-2 win The final shot tally read 41-18 in favor of the New York Rangers but the Dallas Stars had the advantage where it counted, outscoring the Rangers 3-2 to run their winning streak to five games. ... More
Stealing one at Madison Square Garden For all almost half the game the New York Rangers basically skated all over and through the Dallas Stars. But great goaltending and the Stars ability to make the most of their limited opportunities put them in a position to win this one and run their winning streak to five games. ... More
Stars-Islanders Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and New York Islanders. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks, who both have 16 points over their last 10 games, move into the top ten in the latest edition of our NHL Power Rankings. ... More
11/24/07 Stars News & Notes: Road trip After an excellent homestand that saw them win the final four games and pick up nine of a possible ten points by going 4-0-1, the Stars hit the road for a tough stretch of games. ... More
Stars-Rangers Preview Here's a preview of Sunday afternoon's game between the Dallas Stars and New York Rangers. ... More
11/23/2007 Stars win fourth straight, Lehtinen out with abdominal injury The Dallas Stars will hit the road on a roll. The Stars, who open a six-game road trip this weekend, won their fourth straight game Friday night, beating the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
A solid end to an excellent homestand The Stars got off to a bit of a slow start Friday against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Maybe a little too much home cooking on Thanksgiving the day before. But they got rolling the second period and finished up an excellent homestand with a 3-1 win. ... More
11/22/2007 Stars News & Notes: Fedoruk heads to the Wild side The Dallas Stars decided they didn't have room for left wing Todd Fedoruk, but still wanted to try to find him a home with another NHL team. It finally happened Thursday when the Minnesota Wild claimed Fedoruk off re-entry waivers. ... More
Stars-Maple Leafs Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Toronto Maple Leafs. ... More
11/21/2007 Modano, Stars power past Ducks in third The Dallas Stars honored Mike Modano's offensive accomplishments before the game at the American Airlines Center Wednesday night. Then Modano went out and provided a key goal as the Dallas Stars scored twice in a 41 second span of the third period to rally for a 2-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
A special night On what was a special night for Mike Modano, the Stars special teams, which got some big help from Modano, again played a big role in the Stars getting two points. ... More
Honoring Mo An at times emotional and tearful Mike Modano was honored before Wednesday night's game against the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Hull on BaD Radio Stars co-GM Brett Hull talked with BaD Radio on The Ticket Wednesday afternoon. Hull talked about where he thinks the team stands right now, what he and co-GM Les Jackson might like to add to the roster and answered questions about whether he'd be willing to trade goalie Mike Smith to beef up another part of the roster. You can listen by clicking here.
11/20/2007 Stars News & Notes Officially, Stars coach Dave Tippett will announce his starting goaltender for Wednesday night's game against the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday morning. Unofficially, it appears Mike Smith will be getting his third straight start. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Anaheim Ducks. ... More
11/19/2007 Stars keep the lid on the Kings with 3-0 shutout There was no comeback for the Los Angeles Kings this time around. The Dallas Stars got the lead Monday night, built on it and held it. Mike Smith stopped 22 shots for his first shutout of the season as the Stars won their second straight game, beating the Kings 3-0 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars keep the momentum rolling Coming off a solid win over Colorado on Friday, the Dallas Stars were able to keep the momentum rolling Monday against the Los Angeles Kings Monday night. The didn't steamroll their way to a win this time around, but got the Kings to crack in what was a tight defensive battle. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars dropped all three of their games over the past week, falling back to the .500 mark on the season. Plus, Dallas made a deal Monday involving one of Iowa's defensemen. Here's our weekly update on Dallas' AHL affiliate. ... More
11/18/2007 Stars News & Notes: Fedoruk on waivers The Dallas Stars new management regime of Brett Hull and Les Jackson set the stage for its first significant roster move Sunday, placing left wing Todd Fedoruk on waivers. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The New York Rangers move into the top five and the San Jose Sharks crack the top ten in the latest installment of our NHL Power Rankings. ... More
11/17/2007 Stars News & Notes The belief was that once Stars center Mike Modano broke Phil Housley's U.S. points record the pressure would be off and he would take off. Well, based on the last five games, those beliefs were well-founded. ... More
11/16/2007 Hats off to Jussi: Jokinen scores four goals as Stars blow out Avs 6-1 Stars forward Jussi Jokinen's goal scoring numbers weren't all that impressive through the first 17 games of the season. He had just three. He did something about that Friday night, scoring four goals in leading the Stars to a 6-1 rout of the Colorado Avalanche at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Rock solid 60 minutes There was no slow start, no lull in the middle and no struggles at the end. In other words the Dallas Stars rolled a rock solid 60 minute effort Friday night and it added up to a 6-1 spanking of the Colorado Avalanche. ... More
Army on BaD Radio Former Stars general manager Doug Armstrong had a lengthy interview with The Ticket's Bob Sturm and Dan McDowell Friday afternoon. You can listen by clicking here.
11/15/2007 Stars News & Notes Stars captain Brenden Morrow said he has mixed feelings about what could happen as far as trades involving the team in the near future. He, like anybody else, would like to win now, but at the same time he worries about giving up too much of the future to try to accomplish that. ... More
Stars-Avalanche Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche. ... More
11/14/2007 Sharks shoot down Stars rally When Stars owner Tom Hicks made management changes this week one of the hopes was that it would light a fire under the team. It did Wednesday night, but it only got them one point, not two. The Stars rallied from two goals down in the third period to force overtime, but then lost 4-3 in a shootout to the San Jose Sharks at the American Airlines Center. ... More
A mixed bag for the Stars The Stars made some big front office changes this week, but the results on the ice were the same Wednesday night as they fell 4-3 in a shootout to the Sharks. There were some positives in the game and some of the same problems. ... More
Management shakeup: Hull, Jackson take the reins The Brett Hull-Les Jackson era officially got under Wednesday as the two were introduced as the interim co-general managers of the Dallas Stars. ... More
Management shakeup: Media reaction Here's a sampling of the national media reaction to Tom Hicks' decision to fire Doug Armstrong and replace him with Brett Hull and Les Jackson. ... More
Management shakeup: Lites out, Cogen in The management shakeup within the Dallas Stars continued Wednesday. Owner Tom Hicks announced that Jeff Cogen, who had been president of the Texas Rangers, was taking over as president of the Stars. Jim Lites was being reassigned to an expanded role at Hicks Sports Marketing Group, where he had been splitting his duties. ... More
11/13/2007 Management shakeup: Armstrong out; Hull, Jackson named co-general managers Back in July 2006, on a day the Stars were introducing several new players, owner Tom Hicks also announced he had signed Doug Armstrong to a contract extension through 2010-11 season, saying Armstrong was the man to help continue navigating the team through the salary cap era. On Tuesday, Hicks changed his mind. ... More
Management shakeup: Players' reaction It was a quiet afternoon in the Stars' locker room, where the team was told about general manager Doug Armstrong's dismissal following Tuesday morning's practice. ... More
Management shakeup notebook Here's some background information on Les Jackson, who will serve as co-general manager along with Brett Hull, who needs no introduction. Also, a look at some of the notable moves by outgoing GM Doug Armstrong during his tenure running the Stars hockey operations department. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Tuesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
11/12/2007 Stars News & Notes The Dallas Stars were back on the ice for the first time since Saturday night's third period meltdown in Los Angeles and Monday's practice opened with coach Dave Tippett chewing out the troops and then running them through a tough practice. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars won all three of their games in the past week, pushing their winning streak to four games. ... More
11/11/2007 Survey: State of the Stars So, the Stars are coming off a road trip that saw them get five of a possible eight points against Pacific Division foes, but the two wins on the trip are their only ones in the last seven games. They started the trip with an impressive win over the Ducks and finished with an ugly meltdown against the Kings. All of this has left them sitting at the .500 mark, which is where every other team in the division basically is right now. Our question to you is: What's your opinion on the state of the Stars at this point of the season? ... More
There's no quit in Conner If at first you succeed but still get sent down, or seem buried on the depth chart, or suffer two lower body injuries in the course of two months, or your production drops for your final two years of college, try, try again. That’s the Chris Conner story. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Detroit Red Wings moved to the top of our weekly rankings, while the Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche climb into the top five. ... More
11/10/2007 Meltdown: Stars blow 4-0 third period lead, lose in OT to Kings So much for the Dallas Stars 34-game winning streak when leading by two goals or more at any point in a game. On Saturday night the Stars had a 4-0 lead with less than eight minutes remaining in the game, and ended up blowing it, falling 6-5 to the Los Angeles Kings at Staples Center. ... More
Nightmare in L.A. For long-time Los Angeles Kings fans Saturday night's game might have brought back memories of the "Miracle on Manchester," the 1982 playoff game when the Kings rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Edmonton 6-5. For the Dallas Stars, it was simply a nightmare. ... More
11/9/2007 Stars News & Notes: Eriksson to Iowa The Dallas Stars made another roster move Friday, sending forward Loui Eriksson, who has been struggling to get into the lineup, to the Iowa Stars of the AHL. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Los Angeles Kings. ... More
11/8/2007 Coyotes power past Stars 5-2 The Dallas Stars won seven of eight games against the Phoenix Coyotes last season and four of them were by shutouts. The Coyotes are proving they won't be such easing pickings this season. The Coyotes made it two of three already this season, beating the Stars 5-2 Thursday night in Arizona. ... More
Stars fall flat After a big win in Anaheim on Monday and an emotional night in San Jose on Wednesday, the Stars seemed to fall flat Thursday night in Arizona against the Coyotes. ... More
Stars Notebook Stars center Mike Modano said as Wednesday night's game in San Jose approached he had a feeling that this would be the night that he would finally pass Phil Housley and become the all-time points leader among U.S.-born players. ... More
11/7/2007 Modano sets U.S. points record, Turco shines in net as Stars beat Sharks 3-1 It took longer than he had hoped, but Mike Modano finally passed Phil Housley and became the all-time points leader among U.S.-born players. Modano's two goals early in the first period gave him the points record and were all the scoring the Stars would end up needing - thanks to a 38-save performance by goalie Marty Turco - in a 3-1 win over the San Jose Sharks. ... More
Modano Milestones Here's a look at some of the career milestones of Stars center Mike Modano, who became the all-time leading points scorer among U.S.-born players when he scored two first period goals in San Jose Wednesday night. ... More
Goaltending the difference Mike Modano will get the headlines for breaking Phil Housley's points record, but Marty Turco's performance got the Dallas Stars two points Wednesday night in San Jose. ... More
Prospect Stats & Update: Nico Sacchetti Dallas Stars 2007 second-round pick Nico Sacchetti, the team’s first pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, was known for his play with the puck in Minnesota high school hockey, but he’s actively undergoing a change to his game and his life in the USHL. ... More
11/6/2007 Stars News & Notes It's been six days in between games for forward Joel Lundqvist, who was assigned to the Iowa Stars of the AHL last week as part of the transaction that brought Chris Conner to Dallas. Lundqvist was back on the ice Tuesday night, playing in his first game with Iowa since being sent to the minors. ... More
11/5/2007 Reversal of fortune: Stars rout Ducks 5-0 to open road trip The Stars kicked off a kicked off a key four-game road trip within the Pacific Division by putting their best foot forward in the first game. Coming off a 5-0 home loss to Phoenix on Friday, the Stars did a complete 180 on the road, routing the Anaheim Ducks 5-0 at the Honda Center Monday night. ... More
Stars start trip strong Stars coach Dave Tippett couldn't ask for much more from his team, which was opening a key road trip against Pacific Division foes. The Stars opened the road trip by playing a virtually flawless road game, and in the process looked a lot like the Dallas Stars team you expect to see. ... More
Dallas Stars Minor Pro Monthly Update: October Here's the first of what will be a monthly update by Kevin Wey of McKeen's Hockey on Dallas players in both the AHL and ECHL. Wey breaks down each player and includes comments from coaches in both Iowa and Idaho. ... More
11/04/2007 Stars News & Notes: Division battle It's still early. Less than a quarter of the season's games have been played after all. But this up coming road trip, where the Stars play all four of their Pacific Division foes, and the homestand that follows is a key stretch of games. It's not just a key stretch for the Stars, but for the entire division. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Monday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Ottawa Senators and Detroit Red Wings remain the top two teams in our weekly NHL Power Rankings, and Ken Hitchcock's Columbus Blue Jackets crack the top five this week. ... More
11/03/2007 Stars News & Notes After Saturday's morning practice in Frisco, Stars coach Dave Tippett noted how unusually loud it seemed around the team's locker room. ... More
11/02/2007 Coyote Ugly: Phoenix beats Stars 5-0 What had been a rough week for the Dallas Stars got ugly Friday night at the American Airlines Center. The Stars' losing streak hit three games with a 5-0 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
A dismal end to the homestand The Stars can only hope their upcoming road trip goes a lot better than the just concluded homestand, which saw the team go 0-3-0. That's three regulation losses. No points. ... More
11/01/2007 Stars News & Notes: Shaking the tree Stars coach Dave Tippett juggled his lines for Thursday's practice and then said don't read much into it, indicating roster changes would be coming. "Shaking the tree" was the phrase he used. And the Stars did shake the tree, calling up forward Chris Conner from the Iowa Stars of the AHL. ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
10/31//2007 Blackhawks rally past Stars For awhile Wednesday it looked like the Dallas Stars were going to be the team that staged the big third period rally to win a game. Then along came Jason Williams. The Chicago forward scored two third period goals, including the game-winner, with 20.4 seconds remaining in regulation, as the Blackhawks rallied to beat the Stars 5-4 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Stars plagued by inconsistency Wednesday's loss to the Chicago Blackhawks seemed to sum up the Dallas Stars first month of the season, a month that saw them go 5-5-2. ... More
Prospects statistical update Here's a statistical update on Dallas Stars prospects playing junior hockey in Canada and the U.S., and those playing in college and Europe. ... More
10/30/2007 Stars News & Notes After winning 30 of 34 games last season when they led after two periods, the Stars have already lost three of seven this season when they've been up after the first 40 minutes. ... More
Stars-Blackhawks Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks. ... More
10/29/2007 Sharks' rally stuns Stars Just when it looked the like the Dallas Stars were in the process of putting the clamps down to skate away with a Stars-like 2-1 victory, the San Jose Sharks scored three goals in a 2:51 span of the third period to pull out a 4-2 at the American Airlines Center Monday night. ... More
The Tupperware Team Ronald Reagan was often called the Teflon President and the Dallas Stars, at least according to Sharks coach Ron Wilson, are the Tupperware Team. But the Stars' Tupperware reputation may start taking a hit after a few more games like this. ... More
Iowa Stars Report Here's our weekly look at Iowa Stars, the Dallas Stars' AHL affiliate. Iowa is off to a slow start this season, but they are starting to get some of their injured players back. ... More
10/28/2007 Sharks lacking bite early in the season The San Jose Sharks are considered a strong Stanley Cup contender this season, but in the first month of the season they have fallen short of expectations. The 5-5-1 Sharks come into Dallas for Monday's nationally televised game a little banged up and somewhat in disarray. ... More
Stars-Sharks Preview Here's a preview of Monday's nationally televised game between the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Ottawa Senators stay atop our weekly NHL power ranking and the Detroit Red Wings move into the No. 2 spot. ... More
10/27/2007 Modano, Stars get on track in 5-3 win over Coyotes Mike Modano got on track Saturday night in Phoenix and so the did the Dallas Stars' offense on the road. Five different Stars scored goals, including Modano, as the Stars beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3 at Jobing.com Arena. ... More Modano makes an impact After struggling through the first nine games of the season Stars center Mike Modano showed some signs of life Saturday night in Phoenix and so did the Stars' offense on the road. ... More
Stars Notebook: Tracking Modano Mike Modano got bumped down the lineup for Saturday's game in Phoenix, but he still had a big impact in the contest. Here's a statistical breakdown of his game and a few other notes. ... More
10/26/2007 Stars News & Notes: Mo's woes At this point of the season there was the belief that Stars center Mike Modano would have already moved to the top of the list of the of U.S.-born points scorers in NHL history. But for now, at least to start Saturday's game in Phoenix, he is moving down the lineup. ... More
Stars-Coyotes Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Phoenix Coyotes. ... More
10/25/2007 Kings end drought against Stars The Dallas Stars picked up 16 out of 16 points against the Los Angeles Kings last season. They won't repeat that feat this season. The Kings made sure of that, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Stars with a 2-1 win at Staples Center Thursday night. ... More
Second period a momentum killer for the Stars The Dallas Stars got just the kind of start they needed Thursday night in Los Angeles, but the wheels came off in the second period and in the end it cost them two points. ... More
Notebook It's been a long time between wins over the Dallas Stars for the Los Angeles Kings. You have to go back about one-and-a-half years to find their last win over the Stars. ... More
10/24/2007 Stars News & Notes Fresh off a key win over the defending Stanley Cup champs and riding a five-game points streak, the Dallas Stars are hoping to keep the momentum rolling this week. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Thursday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Los Angeles Kings. ... More
10/23/2007 Stars News & Notes Stars coach Dave Tippett likes to say that the team needs everyone and all elements of the team's game clicking to be successful. That's why it's been a good sign to see Jere Lehtinen getting some scoring chances lately and then finally see him bury one over the weekend against Anaheim. ... More
10/22/2007 Ribeiro, Morrow clicking Ask Stars center Mike Ribeiro about playing with left wing Brenden Morrow and he'll say it makes his job easier. Ask Morrow about playing with Ribeiro and he'll say it's easy. ... More
Iowa Stars Report The Iowa Stars went 2-2-0 over the past week and injuries took a toll at both the goaltending and forward positions. ... More
10/21/2007 Stars News & Notes With Saturday night's 3-1 win over the Ducks the Stars got off to a good start in what is a key part of the early season schedule. ... More
NHL Power Rankings The Ottawa Senators top our first installment of this season's weekly NHL Power Rankings. The Wild, Flyers, Red Wings and Hurricanes round out the top five. ... More
10/20/2007 Stars topple Ducks 3-1 The Dallas Stars kicked off a key stretch of divisional games with a strong showing in a 3-1 win over the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks Saturday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Solid outing kicks off divisional stretch As they opened important part of the early season schedule the Dallas Stars couldn't have asked for a better start than what they got Saturday night against the Anaheim Ducks. ... More
Stars Notebook Saturday marked the 18th day of the regular season in the NHL and like last season day No. 18 found the Stars on top of the Pacific Division. The only difference is the records of the big three in the division. ... More
10/19/2007 Stars News & Notes: Ducks coming around Nine games into the season a year ago the Anaheim Ducks still hadn't suffered a regulation loss. This year, as they come to Dallas for Saturday night's tilt against the Stars, the Ducks are sitting at 4-4-1, but the team's usually grumpy and never satisfied coach is cutting them a little slack. ... More
Stars-Ducks Preview Here's a preview of Saturday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the defending Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks. ... More
10/18/2007 Stars News & Notes With four games under his belt since coming off injured reserve, Stars center Mike Ribeiro thinks he is starting to find his stride. ... More
10/17/2007 Stars rally to tie late, top Blue Jackets in shootout The Dallas Stars relied on a familiar formula to get them their first road win of the season. Captain Brenden Morrow scored a goal late in regulation to tie, and then in the shootout Jussi Jokinen scored the lone goal and Mike Smith was a perfect three-for-three to carry the Stars to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena Wednesday night. ... More
Stars find a way to win After dropping their last two games, both in overtime, the Stars found a way to win one Wednesday night in Columbus. ... More
Stars Notebook The Stars are off to another good start in the shootout department, an area where they have excelled since it was implemented back in 2005-06. ... More
10/16/2007 Stars News & Notes: Looking to get on track Six games into the season and sitting at the .500 mark (2-2-2), the Dallas Stars are hoping to get on track starting Wednesday evening against Ken Hitchcock's Columbus Blue Jackets. ... More
Stars-Blue Jackets Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Dallas Stars and the Columbus Blue Jackets. ... More
10/15/2007 Stars News & Notes: Back to work After a day off the Dallas Stars got to back to work Monday morning with a long practice at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. ... More
Iowa Stars Report Here's an update on the Iowa Stars, who are off to a 1-2 start on the season, and goalie Tobias Stephan talks about his first NHL start. ... More
10/14/2007 Stars News & Notes Free agent Peter Forsberg confirmed a Swedish newspaper report that he met with Brett Hull of the Dallas Stars recently, but he also said he is still not sure if he will play this season. ... More
10/13/2007 Stephan's brilliant performance gets Stars a point The Dallas Stars were a team under under siege in Chicago Saturday night, but 23-year-old goalie Tobias Stephan held the fort. Stephan made 38 saves in his NHL debut to help the Stars at least get to overtime, where they eventually lost to the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1. ... More
Stephan deserved a better fate There was a lot of sympathy for Stars goalie Tobias Stephan after the Stars 2-1 overtime loss to the Blackhawks at the United Center. ... More
Stars Notebook Here are a few numbers related to NHL debut of goalie Tobias Stephan, who put on a sparkling performance Saturday night at the United Center in Chicago. ... More
10/12/2007 Costly turnover sinks Stars in OT There were some positives for the Dallas Stars Friday night, but some missed opportunities and a crucial mistake in overtime proved costly. Matthew Lombardi's goal 3:20 into overtime, which came off a Dallas turnover, gave the Flames a 3-2 win at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Missed opportunities, mistakes cost Stars a point Mistakes are a big part of hockey and on Friday night the Dallas Stars made too many of them, and in the end it ended up costing them a point. ... More
Stars Notebook Stars center Mike Modano finally broke through in the goal scoring department Friday, scoring his first of the season early in the first period. ... More
Stars-Blackhawks Preview Here's a preview of Saturday's game between the Stars and Chicago Blackhawks, who are coming off a win in Detroit on Friday. ... More
10/11/2007 Stars News & Notes: Hagman making most of opportunity The Dallas Stars' philosophy may be score by committee, but one member of the committee - Niklas Hagman - has busted ranks and joined big name players like Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Daniel Briere atop the league's goal scoring list here early in the season. ... More
Stars-Flames Preview Mike Keenan's Calgary Flames are winless in three games as they to Dallas. Here's a preview of Friday's game between the Stars and Flames ... More
10/10/2007 Stars click in 5-1 win over Kings Stars coach Dave Tippett said forward Niklas Hagman earned his spot playing on a top line and Hagman showed why Wednesday night. The Finnish forward scored two goals as the Stars rolled over the Los Angeles Kings 5-1 at the American Airlines Center Wednesday night. ... More
Stars hit on all cylinders All the elements the Dallas Stars need to be a good team seemed to fall in placed Wednesday against the Kings. It started with goalie Marty Turco, who was superb in stopping 32 of 33 shots. ... More
Stars Notebook Stars center Mike Ribeiro returned to the lineup after missing the first three games of the preseason with a high ankle sprain. ... More
10/9/2007 Stars News & Notes: Back to it With two good days of practice under their belts the Dallas Stars will get back to it Wednesday, trying to get back on track after dropping two of their first three games. ... More
Stars-Kings Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's game between the Stars and Los Angeles Kings. ... More
10/8/2007 One roster move down, another one looms After a day off the Dallas Stars returned to practice looking rested and a little healthier. The health issue led to one roster move and leaves another one looming. ... More
10/7/2007 Stars News & Notes It's been a bit of a rocky start for the Dallas Stars in the first week of the season, but one positive has been the play of young defenseman Matt Niskanen. ... More
10/6/2007 Stars stumble in Nashville, fall 5-1 to Predators The Dallas Stars aren't off to the start they wanted in 2007-08. They've dropped two of their first three games and Saturday's 5-1 loss in Nashville wasn't pretty. ... More
Dismal night in Music City After Friday's win over the Boston Bruins Stars coach Dave Tippett said the team still had work to do, and Saturday's game in Nashville provided the evidence. ... More
Notebook: Deal that could keep Predators in Nashville getting close Nashville's Mayor said Saturday that negotiations between the city and a local group trying to buy the Predators and keep the team in Nashville are moving closer to an agreement. ... More
10/5/2007 Stars open strong at home, top Bruins 4-1 Two of the players who struggled in the Dallas Stars opening night loss in Denver on Wednesday delivered key performances in Friday's successful home opener. Sergei Zubov had a goal and an assist and goalie Marty Turco stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Stars beat the Bruins 4-1 at the American Airlines Center. ... More
Bouncing back After a disappointing opening night loss in Denver, the Stars bounced back with a solid 4-1 win over a young Boston Bruins team. Stars coach Dave Tippett said there were positives to build on as the team moves forward. ... More
Stars Notebook: Home Sweet Home With Friday's 4-1 win over the Boston Bruins the Stars improved to 111-34-20 since Dave Tippett took over as head coach. ... More
10/4/207 Stars News & Notes: Morrow feeling lucky Stars captain Brenden Morrow was having a little trouble talking and he was a little sore, but other than that he was fine after Wednesday night's scary incident along the end boards in Denver. ... More
Stars-Bruins Preview Here's a preview of Friday night's game, which is the home opener for the Stars and the season opener for the Boston Bruins. ... More
10/3/207 Stars' rally falls short in 4-3 loss to Avalanche After staging comebacks to win their last two season openers, the Dallas Stars almost put themselves in a position to do it again. Almost. But not quite. The Stars scored twice in the third period to make a 4-1 Colorado lead a 4-3 lead, but they weren't able to get the equalizer and force overtime and fell to the Avalanche Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. ... More
Too little, too late After making great comebacks the past two years on opening night, there was no magic for the Stars Wednesday night in Denver. Most of the magic being made on this night came at the hands of the Avalanche's second line. ... More
Stars Notebook Here's a statistical look at defenseman Matt Niskanen's NHL debut. The Stars release one of the team's defense prospects and another prospect takes a different path in his hockey career. ... More
10/2/2007 Ready to go Stars coach Dave Tippett said he senses a lot of enthusiasm among his players to start the season and there is probably no player more excited than defenseman Matt Niskanen. ... More
Stars-Avalanche Preview Here's a preview of Wednesday night's season opener between the Stars and Avalanche, which will be broadcast nationally on Versus. ... More
10/1/2007 Stars 2007-08 season preview Here's our 2007-08 Dallas Stars preview, including team outlook, roster breakdown, salary cap information, prospect information, survey results and more. ... More
Stars News & Notes: Conner to Iowa; Ribeiro, Grossman to IR The Dallas Stars roster for Wednesday night's opener in Denver took shape Monday as the team assigned forward Chris Conner to Iowa of the AHL and placed center Mike Ribeiro and defenseman Niklas Grossman on injured reserve. ... More
9/30/2007 Stars News & Notes: Roster cut some more With opening just a few days away the Dallas Stars cut their roster further Sunday, sending two players to the American Hockey League and placing one more on waivers in preparation to possibly send him to Iowa. ... More
9/29/2007 Stars end preseason with 5-1 win Chris Conner had two goals and one assist and Sergei Zubov had three assists as the Dallas Stars ended the preseason with a 5-1 win over Tampa Bay at the American Airlines Center Saturday night. ... More
9/28/2007 Turco looking to take next step Stars goalie Marty Turco silenced a lot of critics with his first round playoff performance last spring against the Vancouver Canucks, but he's far from satisfied. ... More
9/27/2007 Stars top Coyotes in shootout Stephane Robidas' slap shot goal in the shootout was the difference for the Dallas Stars as they beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Thursday night at the American Airlines Center. ... More
9/26/2007 Stars News & Notes Stars captain Brenden Morrow said the complaints about the team's lack of offseason moves this summer left him frustrated at times. ... More
9/25/2007 Stars rally, top Avs in OT Sergei Zubov's power play goal 3:18 into overtime gave the Dallas Stars a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center in Denver. ... More
2007-08 Season Survey Here's your chance to play prognosticator and predict a few things about the Stars, pick the playoff teams in both the West and East and make your prediction for which team will win the Stanley Cup this season. ... More
9/24/2007 Ready to take the next step When the Dallas Stars played three preseason games in three nights last week, defenseman Niklas Grossman appeared in all of them. Associate coach Rick Wilson admitted it was a little unfair, but said it was important. ... More
9/23/2007 Stars News & Notes: Preseason stats Here's a look at various individual player statistics - including points, hits, faceoffs and more - for the Dallas Stars four games into the preseason. ... More
Focus on Chris Conner It seems that where ever Chris Conner goes he makes people take notice. That ability helped him see NHL time in his first full professional season and it could help him see NHL time again this season. ... More
9/22/2007 Stars fall 6-5 in Arizona The Dallas Stars led 3-1 after one period Saturday night, but Phoenix scored four straight goals to take a 5-3 lead and went on to beat the Stars 6-5 at Jobing.com Arena in Glendale, Arizona. ... More
Focus on Mark Fistric He doesn't often get mentioned as often as some of the Stars' other young defensemen, but the feeling is that Mark Fistric is getting close to making the jump to the NHL. ... More
9/21/2007 Stars make first round of roster cuts The Dallas Stars made their first round of roster cuts Friday, sending 12 players to the Iowa Stars of the AHL and two others to their junior teams in Canada. The moves signal a new phase of the preseason for the team. ... More
Focus on Matt Niskanen He's been at Dallas Stars training camp for a week now and defenseman Matt Niskanen said he is still smiling. He's got good reason. ... More
9/20/2007 Avs top Stars 6-3 Mike Modano and Sergei Zubov both scored in their 2007 preseason debuts, but the Colorado Avalanche scored four unanswered goals in the third period to beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 in a fight filled game at the American Airlines Center Thursday night. ... More
Focus on Junior Lessard When you are trying to break through into the NHL every year is a big year, but Stars forward Junior Lessard knew this year was bigger than most. ... More
9/19/07 Stars fall in OT Loui Eriksson scored a power play goal with 1:01 left in regulation to force overtime, but the Tampa Bay Lightning scored with 20 seconds left in the extra session to beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 Wednesday night at the St. Pete Times Forum. ... More
Focus on James Neal When some people watch highly touted Stars prospect James Neal play another Dallas Stars player immediately comes to mind. ... More
9/18/2007 Stars open preseason with 6-5 win The Dallas Stars opened the 2007 preseason with a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Blues at the American Airlines Center Tuesday night. ... More
Focus on Loui Eriksson A few weeks before training camp when the name Loui Eriksson came up in an interview, Stars GM Doug Armstrong referenced his team's depth chart to explain where the young forward fit into the mix. ... More
9/17/2007 Training camp notes After four days of practices and two scrimmages, the Dallas Stars open the preseason with not one, but two games on Tuesday. ... More
Focus on Toby Petersen When Stars center Toby Petersen hits the ice he carries with him one extra piece of equipment that other players don't. ... More
Uniform survey results: Part III Here's the third and final round of responses to the survey asking readers what they thought about the Dallas Stars' new uniforms, which were officially unveiled Friday evening at the American Airlines Center. ... More
9/16/2007 Morrow, Ribeiro and Eriksson click It was one line that made the big impression at Sunday's Dallas Stars scrimmage in Frisco and it was no surprise because the trio had played together some last season. ... More
Focus on Brad Winchester There's been a lot of talk about making impressions at training camp and one player who made a quick impression on Stars captain Brenden Morrow was left wing Brad Winchester, who signed with the team as a free agent over the summer. ... More
Uniform survey results: Part II Here's the second round of responses to the survey asking readers what they thought about the Dallas Stars' new uniforms, which were officially unveiled Friday evening at the American Airlines Center. ... More
9/15/2007 Making an impression The Dallas Stars held their first scrimmage Saturday, and two players who were expected to get looks for openings in the team's group of top six forwards made an impression. ... More
Focus on Perttu Lindgren Center Perttu Lindgren said the first two days of training camp have been tough with a lot of skating, but it's probably not as tough as he had it last season in Finland. ... More
Uniform survey results: Part I Here's the first batch of responses to the survey asking readers what they thought about the Dallas Stars' new uniforms, which were officially unveiled Friday evening at the American Airlines Center. ... More
9/14/2007 Back to work The Dallas Stars didn't exactly wade into day one of training camp Friday at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. The on-ice sessions were lengthy and, at times, there was some good physical play. ... More
Survey: New Uniforms Although many people already had seen what they looked like, the Dallas Stars unveiled their new uniforms Friday night at the American Airlines Center. So, what do you think of the new looks? ... More
9/13/2007 Stars set to open camp With training camp set to start Friday morning in Frisco, Stars goalie Marty Turco thinks perhaps it is time to move past talking about how a good bounce here or a good bounce there could have gotten them past the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of last season's playoffs. ... More
9/12/2007 Modano talks offense Center Mike Modano was asked the question Wednesday that a lot people are asking about Dallas Stars heading into this season: Who is going to score for this team? ... More
Countdown to Camp: Players to watch, Part II Here's the second of our two-part look at players to watch to at Dallas Stars training camp, which opens Friday morning in Frisco. ... More
9/11/2007 Countdown to Camp: Players to watch, Part I Here is the first in a two-part look at players to watch at Dallas Stars training camp, which gets underway Friday at the Dr. Pepper StarCenter in Frisco. ... More
9/10/2007 Countdown to Camp: Forwards Some of the best competition during Dallas Stars training camp and the preseason is expected to come at the forward position. It's easy to see why when you do the math. ... More
9/9/2007 Countdown to Camp: The offense issue Heading into 2007-08 the issue of offense seems to be a key issue for the Dallas Stars. The team's lack of an offseason move to bolster the offense led to some criticism of management. Stars GM Doug Armstrong isn't convinced the team's offense is as a big an issue as everyone seems to think. ... More
9/8/2007 Countdown to Camp: Defensemen Like last year, the Dallas Stars come into training camp with some good competition expected for a roster spot on the blue line. There is a difference this time around. ... More
9/7/2007 Prospect News & Notes With one week to go before the Dallas Stars open training camp some of their prospects were getting down to business Friday night. Dallas prospects opened play in Traverse City with a loss to Minnesota Wild prospects. 2007 draft pick Nico Sacchetti scored as his USHL team knocked off a Canadian junior team and Dallas native Austin Smith, another 2007 draft pick, made his junior hockey debut in Canada. ... More
9/6/2007 Countdown to Camp: Goaltending There may be some roster issues to be settled when Dallas Stars begin training camp next week, but when it comes to goaltending the team is set. Ask GM Doug Armstrong or coach Dave Tippett about the team's goaltending, and they'll tell you they believe it stacks up with any netminding in the league. ... More
9/5/2007 Countdown to Camp: A few minutes with Dave Tippett Stars coach Dave Tippett likes the look of his team heading into the 2007-08, expects there to be some internal growth in the scoring department and said, as always, the team will be hard to play against. ... More
Stars Release Training Camp info The Stars have released their roster and other information for training camp, which gets under way on September 14. ... More
Stars News & Notes: Lites addresses Iowa concerns Dallas Stars president Jim Lites told an Iowa newspaper Wednesday that the team would like to eventually move its AHL affiliate to a new arena near Austin, but also tried to ease concerns that any such move would cost the city of Des Moines its American Hockey League franchise. ... More
9/4/2007 Prospects get things rolling this week Dallas Stars' training camp is still more than a week away, but some of the team's top prospects will be getting a jump on things this week when they travel to Michigan to see how they stack up against prospects from some other NHL teams. ... More
9/3/2007 Stars News & Notes Five years ago the Dallas Stars were heavily involved in an attempt to put a hockey team in a new arena in Cedar Park, Texas. Voters eventually shot that plan down. But the Stars are back with a new proposal to bring a hockey team to the city. ... More
9/2/07 Star Gazing: Sporting News Another one of the hockey yearbooks is out and you can put this one in the group that is optimistic about the Dallas Stars' chances in 2007-08. Sporting News Hockey 2007-08 ranks the Stars among the top teams in the NHL heading into this season. ... More
9/1/2007 Stars News & Notes The only thing super about the Canada/Russia Super Series so far has been the play of Canada, which has swept the first four games of the series. In other words it hasn't been pretty for Stars prospect Ivan Vishnevskiy and his fellow Russians, who now head to Canada down 0-4 in the eight-game series. ... More
8/31/2007 Countdown to camp: Armstrong expects great competition Stars GM Doug Armstrong admits that when teams talk about competition in training camp a lot of times it is just talk. But this year, he insists, it will be more than just talk when the Stars open camp in two weeks. ... More
8/30/2007 Stars sign Jokinen to two-year deal The prospects of Stars forward Jussi Jokinen making it to the start of training camp went way up Thursday as he put his name on a two-year, $3.625 million contract. ... More
8/29/2007 Stars News & Notes: Khomitski signing announced Vadim Khomitski announced it about month ago and on Wednesday the Dallas Stars made it official: the Russian defenseman has signed a one-year deal and will take another crack at playing hockey in North America. ... More
Stars extend agreement with Idaho, Iowa schedule released The Dallas Stars announced Tuesday that they have extended their affiliation agreement with the Idaho Steelheads of the ECHL by two years. Complete Story
Development camp: A few minutes with Matt Niskanen Stars prospect Matt Niskanen had a big decision to make after his sophomore season at the University of Minnesota Duluth and he said it caused him almost a week of a less sleep than usual. Complete Story
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