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Turco on BaD Radio

Stars goalie Marty Turco joined BaD Radio this afternoon in studio from Buffalo. Turco talked to Bob and Dan, who are traveling with the team, about last night’s big win in Washington, his play the past couple seasons, his not returning to the bench after getting pulled last week and his future with the club. The interview was done over two segments, but I reduced it into one file, which is about 23 minutes in length. Here’s the audio:

NHL.com story on Bachman

NHL.com has a story up today on Stars goaltending prospect Richard Bachman:

When he wants to get away from it all during the summer, Richard Bachman’s preferred method of escape is to load up his Ford F-150 and drive deep in the Colorado wilderness for some camping, hiking and fishing.

“There’s something about being out in nature,” he said. “You get away from the lights and noise. It takes you away from the TV, cell phones. I get enough of that 10 months of the year.”

Friends are welcome, but with one condition: there is a lot of down time to be filled with conversation, and Bachman would rather not talk about hockey.

“Everyone is always asking how hockey is going,” he said. “I’ll answer the questions and stuff, but I won’t try to keep the conversation going. There’s always something to be asked.”

And this season, Bachman keeps coming up with the right answer to the biggest query of all: does he have a place in the brimming basket of Dallas Stars’ goaltending prospects?

The rest of the story is here. 

Tuesday morning playoff race update

Stars-Capitals thoughts

Big win, obviously and a big two points. Marty Turco was the difference maker. He was brilliant. He kept them in the game through the first two periods, stopping 40 of 42 shots and there were a lot of sharp saves and he did a nice job of controlling things when the play got close around his net.

As lopsided as the shots were through the first two periods (42-16), the Stars were still hanging around the game. They even had some pretty good chances early in the game, but just couldn’t finish them off. Brenden Morrow had one and Loui Eriksson had a couple.

When it’s a 2-0 game that third goal is huge and when the trailing team can get it the entire complexion of the game can change, regardless of what’s happened leading up to the 2-0 score. When Brad Richards scored on that power play, the momentum shifted big time. The Stars got life and the huge shot differential became irrelevant. It was a one shot game. Another power play, Trevor Daley scores and it’s a tie game, back to square one basically.

On the power play, it was pretty simple. Pucks and people to the net. Both times the puck got through the people and past the goalie. Nothing fancy on either one.

In the grand scheme of things, who knows what this game will mean. What happens down the road will dictate that. Right now it’s a big win and two crucial points the Stars desperately needed to keep pace in the playoff race. It should also be a shot of confidence for a team that needed some after getting lit up in its first three games out of the Olympic break. They bent a little in Washington, but they didn’t break. They rebounded nicely and rallied to beat the best home team in the NHL. There’s nothing like some confidence. We’ll see how it goes Wednesday in Buffalo. The Stars have a chance to make this a very successful road trip leading up to the six-game homestand that follows.

Turco, Richards postgame comments

Here are postgame comments from Marty Turco and Brad Richards from the Capitals official site.

Crawford postgame comments

Here’s video of Stars coach Marc Crawford’s postgame comments from the Capitals official site:

Quick Stars-Capitals thoughts

Quick thoughts on tonight's game. I won't say it's the biggest win of the year because we don't know what's ahead and there's a lot of hockey to play, but that was big. Really big. Marty Turco was sensational, making a regular season career-high 49 saves. Coming back from down 2-0 in Washington to win should be a big confidence boost moving forward and confidence can do wonders for a team. Still a long ways to go, but this is a step in the right direction. We'll see what happens in Buffalo Wednesday night.

Crawford on BaD Radio

Stars coach Marc Crawford was on BaD Radio this afternoon. Bob and Dan, who are traveling with the team on this current road trip, talked to Crawford about the team’s struggles, his trying to keep things positive and more. Here’s the audio.

Turco tonight

I don't think this is a surprise, but Marty Turco will start in goal tonight for the Stars. It looks like Semyon Varlamov will get the nod in net for the Capitals.

Big points tonight

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