Dallas Stars Daily Links: Next Man Up
Dallas has had to deal with a torrent of player absences, but that hasn’t held them back so far. Plus, highlights from last night’s win, Brent Burns makes his acting debut, and more.
The Dallas Stars may be undefeated, but they’ve had rotten luck when it comes to player availability. For last night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings, they were missing the following players: Ben Bishop, Tyler Seguin, Blake Comeau, Jamie Benn, Joel Kiviranta, and Roope Hintz.
That’s a tall order to overcome, but give credit to the Stars’ fringe roster players — they stepped up to the challenge:
“Our philosophy here is next man up,” Stars coach Rick Bowness said. “We weren’t sure of our lineup until we got here tonight. We had to make adjustments and these guys found a way. Every game is not going to be a Picasso and we’ve said that before. Sometimes you just have to find a way to win a game. We did that.”
It required overtime, but Dallas was ultimately able to secure the win. Jason Dickinson, who scored the game-winner, noted that overcoming challenges like this helps them out as both a team and individuals:
“Any kind of adversity is going to grow you as a player,” said Dickinson. “We’ve been through a lot as a group; we played through the bubble and we had guys step up and keep playing, and tonight they did too. We’ve got a good group of guys.”
You can read more from Mike Heika here.
Stars Stories
Saad Yousuf gives his thoughts on the Stars’ 2-1 overtime win in his latest 20/20:
In OT, John Klingberg saved a goal on one end and created the game-winner on the other. Oh, and a PP goal earlier in the game. A clinic.
— Saad Yousuf (@SaadYousuf126) January 27, 2021
Discussing that, an unsung hero, Ty Dellandrea, Pysyk position switch, injury updates, Robertson & more
Stars 20/20👇https://t.co/MHOwunKIHH
If you weren’t able to watch, here are some highlights from the game:
Stayed undefeated last night 👌#DETvsDAL | #GoStars pic.twitter.com/Lb2fG35XZR
— Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) January 27, 2021
Or just watch this clip about 24 times for roughly the same effect:
That freakin toe drag by Klingberg pic.twitter.com/jsJmTzF5sx
— Dimitri Filipovic (@DimFilipovic) January 27, 2021
Around the League
In the only other Central game last night, the Nashville Predators also won in overtime, beating the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2:
After an exciting #Preds win, @GinandJuuse has your recap and some victory tunes. https://t.co/lTzJDhmOZ2
— On The Forecheck (@OnTheForecheck) January 27, 2021
Elsewhere, in women’s hockey, the Toronto Six won their first game in the NWHL:
Soak it in Toronto
— NWHL (@NWHL) January 27, 2021
You have your first win in NWHL history! pic.twitter.com/E5Rgvjktoi
Wayne Gretzky turned 60(!) yesterday, so revisit some of his crazy statistics:
In honor of Wayne Gretzky's 60th birthday, I dug for the most LOL-worthy stats I could find to properly illustrate his video-game level dominance.
— Matt Larkin (@THNMattLarkin) January 26, 2021
Hopefully there are a few in here you haven't seen before:https://t.co/KD6Ctx5Lyg
I did not know about this show until now and now I feel obligated to watch for the sake of Brent Burns:
"I was just going in hoping they didn’t cut everything that I was in."@donnovanbennett caught up with Brent Burns to find out what he felt like being a rookie again as an actor on Vikings and what it's been like to get back on the ice after 10 months ⤵️https://t.co/ylNNgpjezf
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 27, 2021
Finally, does the Hockey Hall of Fame voting need a shakeup? Down Goes Brown offers his two cents:
The Hockey Hall of Fame has already announced that there won’t be a class of 2021.
— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) January 26, 2021
But when it comes to the sport’s highest honor, maybe hockey fans can take this time to ask the question: Are we even doing this right?
✍️ @DownGoesBrown https://t.co/GrFEjPtpTO
