Dallas Stars Rally, Overcome Penalties for 2-1 Win Over Avalanche

but what was the deal with Richards getting an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty? I saw that in the box score.

Kari was very impressive. Calm, steady, nothing flashy but seems to have pretty darn good glove.

Brad was definitely out of sync. Wiffed shots, bad passes and two penalties. Including that unsportsmanlike? What the?

Adam Burish was solid. I really liked him with Ribs and Morrow. Let’s keep that one together and see how it goes.

And the Captain was the Captain again. It’s AWESOME to see Morrow back to his old self!

Looked for Otter after the game.

He was not exactly available.

So the burning question of “Hey dude…err..what happened there?” will have to wait until next week.

the damn penalties were killers tonight, but good game in the last period. I’m glad I saw some energy in the building tonight, and I got lucky, I got a puck tonight! It hit some guy in the head but I got it lol.

The Captain is indeed back!!! That’s the Morrow we’ll need all year long. Conjuring the magic with Ribs again is nice to see again, and with Burish it seems a very solid line. If Benn and Ott have the third line we definitely have sdepth in lines now. “IF” Kari can stay healthy we might be that darkhorse team come playoffs.

i will say several of the penalties on both sides were very, very questionable. i nearly lost count on how many were not quite justified. but it’s still pre-season hockey; the players and play is sluggish, disorganized and so are the referees and calls. no biggie. plus they probably get word from the league office to call it tight early on to help create a better flow when regular season starts.

holding, grabbing, interfering is just getting back up to speed for most of these players!

Kari just kind of looks like a wall. he’s big and doesnt flail around a lot. im really exicted about him. as Heika (or Brad…or someone said) he appears to be pretty steady back there and isnt going to make a ton of mistakes. the last few years with Marty we (I included) always found ways to justify goals against. “well only 2 of the 4 goals were Marty’s fault…they left him out to dry…”. which, dont get me wrong happened a LOT! but still, you want your goalie to bail you out a cpl times.

and with an average blue line again this season, we will continue to say that at times w/ Kari. but i think we will all be happier with our netminding this season, barring injuries. with some of the talent (b-rad, ribs, neal, benn, loui) and top end agitation (morrow, otter, burish, neal again) staying in games better will yield some positive results. last year there was such a malaise when Marty would let a dribbler in.

Captain B was back at it. for once i think the pre season has been nice and some guys like him and Kari can really use it to get off to a good start, which is huge for a young team blanked from the playoffs for 2 seasons now.