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TV information for Saturday

Saturday’s game against the Coyotes is on Fox Sports Plus. Here is the information from the Stars on who is carrying and the channel numbers:

Time Warner Cable – Channel 960 (digital cable)

DirecTV – Channel 677, Channel 677-1 HD

Dish Network – Channel 446

AT&T U-Verse – Channel 754, Channel 1754-HD

Also, FOX Sports Southwest (the main network) will replay the game in a condensed one-hour format on Saturday at 11 p.m., giving fans that don’t have access to FOX Sports Plus an opportunity to see the game.

Two main carriers do not have access to FOX Sports Plus yet – Charter Communications and Verizon FIOS.

FSN is working with Charter Communications to get the appropriate equipment in place that will allow Charter to carry FOX Sports Plus. Unfortunately, it won’t be ready for Saturday’s game (but hopefully for the next Plus game on Nov. 27). FSN is exploring options with Verizon Fios to carry FOX Sports Plus.

Prospect note

If you have the NHL Network in the U.S., you can watch a couple of Dallas prospects who are playing college hockey tonight. LW Curtis McKenzie and RW Reilly Smith both play for No. 1 ranked Miami, which plays Ferris State at 6:30 pm Central Time. McKenzie and Smith are both freshmen and both are 2009 draft picks. McKenzie (6th round/159th overall) has three goals and five assists in ten games. Smith (3rd round/69th overall) has two goals and two assists in ten games. 

Puck Daddy chats with James Neal

Good stuff. You can read it here. 

Razor on The Ticket

Stars broadcaster Daryl Reaugh made his weekly appearance with The Musers on The Ticket this morning, and there was a lot of talk about the Stars’ big win in San Jose last night. Here’s the audio:

Stars receiving interest in Brunnstrom?

When NHL general managers get together - as they did earlier this week in Toronto - trade rumors and speculation are sure to follow. Stars forward Fabian Brunnstrom's name popped up in a report by TSN's Darren Dreger, who said the Stars are receiving interest in the Swedish forward. You can can read Dreger's report here. .

Stars-Sharks thoughts

That was a nice win for the Stars. They overcame a 2-0 deficit in the third period against a very good team in the third period to get the game in OT and then they finally won a a shootout to get the extra point.

Marty Turco was outstanding. He came up with some great saves late in the game and then his stop on Dan Boyle in the shootout was a dandy. He’s playing superb here lately.

Marc Crawford’s hunch to go with Stephane Robidas in the shootout paid off. Nothing fancy from Robidas, just pulled the trigger and scored.

Mike Modano had an excellent game. His best of the season and not just because he got some points. He had some real jump to his game and was pretty effective down the stretch when he got put on the line with Brenden Morrow and Mike Ribeiro. Maybe it’s San Jose or the sight of Evgeni Nabokov in net. James Neal came back strong off the groin injury and creating some havoc out there.

They got favorable bounces on both their goals in the the third period but they worked for the bounces I thought.  The Neal goal was a fluke, but it really changed the momentum of the game and it only took 1:45 for Modano to score to tie the game at 2-2.

Overall, they took it to the Sharks for a good part of the third although they needed Turco to come up with some big stops for them at the end of it when San Jose had the power play chances. The first period was well played by both sides and it was advantage Sharks in period two.

Overall, I thought both teams played pretty well and both deserved to get something out of the game and both did.

The Stars got a little more and it was a big win for them. We’ll see what they can roll out in Phoenix on Saturday. That should be a fun one with Dave Tippett behind the Phoenix bench and all.

Hitch’s 1,000th game

Ken Hitchcock coached his 1,000th NHL game last night. Didn’t go all that well. Blue Jackets lost 9-1 to Detroit. Anyway, Hitch was on the NHL conference call today and you can read the transcript of that call after the jump. He talks a little about the old days, when was coaching the Stars’ IHL team in Kalamazoo. 

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Morrow on BaD Radio

Stars captain Brenden Morrow made his weekly appearance with Bob and Dan a short time ago. He talked about going to Toronto for Brett Hull’s induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the upcoming road trip. You can listen below:

Lehtinen out tonight

Mike Heika is reporting that Jere Lehtinen is out tonight with a groin injury. He apparently tweaked something in practice yesterday. That means the Stars are down to 12 available forwards since Fabian Brunnstrom is out too. It will be interesting to see what Marc Crawford does with the lines. Top two should stay the same and he'll have to rework things on the third and fourth.

Wednesday practice photos

Shannon Byrne was out at practice in Frisco on Wednesday and took some pictures, which you can find here. 

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