Yet another game not widely televised due to college football. Not only did I not get to see TCU, but the Stars were left off Verizon as well. Perhaps they were doing us a favor though, seeing as Dallas lost this game to the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2. Former Stars coach Dave Tippett gets the last laugh in this one, although I can't believe it was too emotional just playing his old team. Now when he comes to Dallas...that will be a different story. I'd like to think he'll get a warm welcome from the crowd though; he never stepped on any toes, and his only fault was not making the playoffs last year.
No in depth analysis here due to the television debacle, but the overall feel to this game would be described as Phoenix having the extra pep in their step...er skate. Some of their new talent came through on the score card and Dallas just couldn't produce enough offense. Neal brought his shoot-out mindset to this game and hit the post on what could have tied the game towards the end. On a positive note, Mike Modano is starting to find his long lost scoring touch, having scored a goal in each of the past two games. Jere Lehtinen is battling injuries once again, and I'm starting to think he'll end up just like Zubov. Great in his prime, then later in his career can't stay healthy and slowly and quietly fades away...to Finland. The season is still relatively young, but the Stars are now ten points behind San Jose. I never thought we'd really contend for the division, but it would be nice to keep it close. As for getting back on the winning track, it doesn't bode well that our next match is against Detroit. Now the Red Wings have had some injuries this season and aren't on par with last season's Western Conference champions, but the Stars and Marty Turco have never played well up in the Joe. I'm not going to predict a score, but Ill say Detroit pulls this one off... Id be just fine with continuing to be wrong on these though.
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