Saturday, November 28, 2015

The 18-5 Dallas Stars will make you fall in love with hockey


Vancouver was in Dallas last night and it was another great hockey game to watch.   In fact, playing good hockey is turning into a habit for the young and very talented Dallas Stars.

 This is Mike Heika:
Signs of the Stars' ability to handle the challenges of a normal NHL season were all over the ice Friday at American Airlines Center.
Dallas was battling a hard-charging Vancouver team with revenge on its mind.
Dallas was battling a brief puck-handling slump that had gripped several players and left them just a little below their best.
And Dallas was battling some tough officiating that put them short-handed seven times.
And yet, the Stars found a way to win. Led by Antti Niemi's 34 saves, Dallas took a 3-2 shootout win over the Canucks and pushed their record to 18-5-0 (36 points) - the best start in franchise history, exceeding the 35 points collected by the 1971-72 Minnesota North Stars.
It was a heck of a statement game for a team that has had plenty of them this season, and it was the fifth time this season this group has toughened up and refused to lose two games in a row. Dallas was coming off a 7-4 loss to Ottawa Tuesday in which they were guilty of several bad turnovers.

This team is fun to watch.     They will be a lot more fun when they start playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs!   The Stars are for real!

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