Bonino Shines In Ducks’ Win Over Stars
On a night devoted to honoring future Hall of Famer, Teemu Selanne for his latest achievement, rookie centerman, Nick Bonino stole a piece of the spotlight.
Following a touching, pre-game ceremony given to honor the Finnish Flash becoming only the 18th player to score 600 goals in his career, recently signed, Bonino notched his first goal in an Anaheim Ducks’ uniform and his first goal as a National Hockey League player. The goal came at 8:11 of the second period with a little help from line-mates Selanne and Corey Perry. It was the opening goal of the night for the Ducks and helped to carry the team to a 3 -1 win over the Dallas Stars.
Categories: Anaheim Ducks, Around the League, By Teams, NHLHS Features, Pacific, Western Conference Tags: Anaheim Ducks, Brad Richards, Chris Pronger, Colorado Avalanche, Corey Perry, Curtis McElhinney, Dallas Stars, James Neal, James Wisniewski, Jonas Hiller, Kari Lehtonen, Kyle Chipchura, Loui Eriksson, Lubomir Visnovsky, Matt Beleskey, Nick Bonino, Ryan Getzlaf, Steve Eminger, Steve Ott, Teemu Selanne
Ushering in a New Generation: Dallas Stars
In our newest feature, Ushering in a New Generation, our talented writer Katlyn Gambill takes a deeper look into team success based on a player’s age. Today, she looks at the Dallas Stars, who are the eleventh oldest team in the league.
The Dallas Stars old age certainly hindered their success this year. After losing coach Dave Tippett over the off-season, the Stars will not make the playoffs this year. Their average age of 27.86 years, though not too old, ranks eleventh in the NHL.
Categories: 30 Team Series, NHLHS Features, Ushering in a New Generation Tags: Brad Richards, Brenden Morrow, Dallas Stars, Dave Tippett, James Neal, Jamie Benn, Kari Lehtonen, Louis Eriksson, Marty Turco, Mike Modano, Mike Ribeiro, Stephane Robidas, Steve Ott, Tom Wandell
Finally the Stars Look to Youth
Mike Modano leads all USA born hockey players in points and goals but now mans the fourth line in Dallas. After he and Marty Turco blamed the team’s woes on agitator Sean Avery, which amongst other things led to his exodus from Dallas, the Stars have not played any better than their mediocre 10th seed standing.
Categories: Around the League, NHLHS Features Tags: Alex Auld, Atlanta Thrashers, Dallas Stars, James Neal, Jamie Benn, Jere Lehtinen, Joe Nieuwendyk, Kari Lehtonen, Loui Eriksson, Marty Turco, Mike Modano, Mike Ribeiro, Sean Avery, Steve Ott, Tom Hicks, Tom Wandell
Saturday NHL Morning Papers (Western Conference)
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Categories: Morning Papers, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Brad Boyes, Brent Sutter, Craig Rivet, Devan Dubnyk, Ilya Bryzgalov, Jacub Voracek, James Neal, Jamie Benn, John-Michael Liles, Kyle Wellwood, Michael Ryder, Mike Babcock, Mike Grier, Mike Ribeiro, Niklas Kronwall, Steve Ott, Teemu Selanne, Tom Wandell, Tomas Holmstrom
The Value Of: Marty Turco
NHL Hot Stove presents it’s “The Value Of” series which will look at some of the names discussed around the NHL who likely will be moved at the March 3rd trade deadline.
What does the future hold for Marty Turco and the Dallas Stars? The team continues to fall out of playoff contention, Do they begin rebuilding or do they resign the veteran and try again? At 34-years-old, one would speculate his reign in Dallas would be coming to an end.
Categories: By Teams, Dallas Stars, Deadline Speculation, NHLHS Features, Pacific, Value Of:, Western Conference Tags: Alex Auld, Cristobal Huet, Dallas Stars, Dan Ellis, Joe Nieuwendyk, Marty Turco, Mike Ribeiro, Mike Smith, Steve Ott, Tom Hicks
Tuesday NHL Morning Papers (Western Conference)
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Categories: Morning Papers, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Alex Auld, Alex Burrows, Antti Niemi, Anze Kopitar, Corey Crawford, Dave Tippett, Jason Arnott, Joel Quenneville, Josh Harding, Matt Greene, Patrick Kane, RJ Umberger, Ron MacLean, Ryan Miller, Steve Ott, Terry Murray, Todd Richards
Sunday NHL Morning Papers – (Western Conference)
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Categories: Morning Papers, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Benn Ferriero, Craig Anderson, Cristobal Huet, Dave Tippett, Davis Payne, Drew Doughty, Ethan Moreau, Guillaume Latendresse, Jarome Iginla, Joe Sacco, John Curry, Jonathan Toews, Marc Crawford, Matt Beleskey, Mike Babcock, Patrick Roy, Petteri Nokelainen, Randy Carlyle, Saku Koivu, Steve Ott, Teemu Selanne
Restoring the Rosters: Dallas Stars
Based on Matthew Pouliot’s series on Circling the Bases, I have decided restore the rosters for every NHL team. Like Pouliot, I have established some ground rules for my selections.
- Each team contains players they originally drafted or signed before any other NHL team. This includes players drafted and not signed, as well as European free agents coming over at an older age.
- I have chosen to leave retired players off the list, and lean toward players in the AHL rather than those deported (KHL, SEL, DEL, etc.).
Essentially I am choosing the best available players for a team to succeed in the current NHL season. All 30 teams will be covered, with grades assigned to forwards, defense and goaltending. After all 30 articles are written, they will be ranked in order. This series’ intent is to reward or shame NHL scouts.
Categories: 30 Team Series, NHLHS Features, Restoring the Rosters Tags: Antti Miettinen, B.J. Crombeen, Brendan Morrow, Ivan Vishnevskiy, James Neal, Jamie Benn, Jamie Langenbrunner, Jarome Iginla, Jere Lehtinen, John Erskine, Jussi Jokinen, Loui Eriksson, Mark Fistric, Matt Niskanen, Maxime Fortunas, Mike Modano, Nicklas Grossman, Steve Ott, Tom Wandell, Trevor Daley
