The Ducks for being classy and saluting Mo. The Sharks (AND their fans) did it too when Mo fleeced them and became the greatest American born player.

You think that ever would have happened in football or basketball?

Modano tribute was really amazing considering it felt impromtu. Good to see the AAC crowd so passionate, but sad to see a farewell. The players just waited in the faceoff circle ready to go for a long time while we all stood and clapped for a very long time.

The game was just exactly what we all wanted it to be. Mike Modano swooping in a tying it up with minutes to spare then winning it for is the skills competition. I savored every moment of it!

Also I thought Hiller played well most of the game, especially the first period and deserved a mention. So here it.

I personally think Ryan was as pumped as we were.
How better do you honor your idol than to pay him tribute by showing him what he inspired you to? Mo would not have wanted anyone to roll over for him and the goals would not have been so sweet if they had been meaningless. The last two goals in a 3-0 game are useless.
I appreciate the respect that Ryan gave Modano by forcing him to be heroic.

What a wondeful night!

It was afreakinmazing.

It sure seemed like he was taking … and wining a ton of them.

but at the last minute I grabbed my jersey and rushed to the arena… Thank god I did! That was the best sporting event I have ever been to!

i dont know what to say that hasn’t been said already. i’ve been to a TON of stars games the last 17 years, playoffs or not…this night had a unique feel to it. The crowd was amazing, everybody stood up and cheered everytime they flashed a stat for Jere, Mo, or Turco. I know for a fact that i cried at a sporting event for the first time in my life……four times. That Modano Ovation with about 5 minutes left in the third was simply amazing. I was lucky enough to be 7 rows back from that face off circle and to see the stars center NOT go to the face off circle, and then the refs to realize what was going on and let the love pour on…was simply perfect. If you were there in the arena at that moment, and you saw that tear go down Modano’s cheek, if you weren’t crying already, you did right there. I don’t care if you like hockey, if you are a fan of a good person getting his due, you saw it tonight.

BTW, the stars did a FANTASTIC job on the game presentation. There was equal love for marty and jere too. All night it was about those three guys…and after the post game…when Marty, Mo, and Jere posed for a picture at center ice….i somehow knew it was over. And for that…i stand up and applaud. I applaud that in this cynical world of professional sports, YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT!!!!

To quote one of our sections chants…“ONE MORE YEAR! ONE MORE YEAR!”

…but I saw the highlights of the game & the ovation Modano got and that damn sure got some tears in my eyes, too. He’s one of those guys that’s been around since I was a kid so of course he’s going to draw a certain kind of reverence, but holy crap a huge thumbs-up to the entire Stars fanbase for a heartwarming send-off. That was some great stuff, and this is the kind of clip I really just want to shove into the collective faces of the “no one cares about hockey in the South!” crowd, over and over again.

After the tribute and the video statement from Mo thanking the fans, the place just erupted. The atmosphere was just electric… When they then showed Mo on the jumbotron, you could see the emotion building on his face. It was a perfect moment for the city to show Modano just how much he has meant to the team, the city and in making hockey in north Texas a success.

Although the game itself was of no consequence at all, being there will rank as one of my top hockey moments. How can three guys (Modano, Turco and Lehtinen) take a nothing game and turn it into a memorable, playoff-intensity atmosphere like that? Things like that just do not happen every day… I am thankful that I was a part of it, and that I got to witness the great contributions of these three men over the years. You will each be missed.

Lost in all the great stuff last night was Ralph and Razor…what a great job they did, too.
You could tell they were pumped as much as all of us, especially Razor.
We’re really fortunate to have such terrific broadcasters.

I hate watching baseball, but love baseball movies…
This really felt like “For Love of the Game”
I want him to come back, but we might have helped him make up his mind… Save winning the Stanley Cup, how can you exit the game any better?
His little flip saucer pass to Jere was just sick. Do I remember right, it was backhand as well?

Jere did what he has always done. Quietly insured victory with little fanfare. He’s so quiet and so competent you almost miss him a lot of the time. We will miss him so much if he hangs them up as well. That look that he and Mike shared after the shootout goals…

Marty was just classy. I want him back, slotted as the #2, but I want him to steal his job back for one more run. I think the franchise didn’t quite treat Turco right this year, makes me sad. Yes he didn’t elevate when we needed him… but 7 years he carried the team, and received so little goal support. How do you blame him for a series loss when he posts 3 shutouts?! He has had better defenders for most of his years, but his goal support was always rather abyssmal. I might research the last 5 years, or maybe Marty’s first 5 and compare his numbers with other goalies and their team’s scoring.