A Win On The Road?

Dallas takes down Calgary 3-1 as Marty Turco continues to shine, playing as if he's the only goalie in Big D (when really he's one out of three) Turco stopped every shot the Flames had (their one point came from a Brenden Morrow own goal). Otherwise, despite not really showing up till the third period, the Stars dominated this game. Mike Ribeiro proved again that he's one of the craftiest players in the league, scoring yet another "Did you see that?" goal. Jamie Benn gave us some insurance, and then it got interesting. Calgary was set to close out the game with a two man advantage (Dallas penalty and pulled goalie) but the Stars were falling to block shots and Turco kept making saves. Jarome Iginla took a shot from the corner which got behind Turco, causing the Flames to celebrate and act like they tied it up, but after review the puck never crossed the line. Ribeiro hit the nail in the coffin by scoring off a face-off into the empty net with ten seconds left. I love how easily games can turn around; during the first half of the contest I was sitting there bored out of my mind and frustrated with the team's lackluster performance, but then after Ribs first goal, the whole team changed. That's probably why I don't write these during the course of the game, because had I, I would have had to backspace quite a bit. Last game before the Olympic break is tonight against the Phoenix Coyotes (seems like every other game is against these guys). I encourage everyone to watch some Olympic hockey and cheer on Team USA. Canada and Russia have great rosters, but I really think USA could surprise some folks, eh? I'm still not a fan of taking the All-Stars and putting them together, but the days of taking the non-NHLers and keeping them together for the team are long gone.