Dallas Stars

ARRIVALS: --D Karlis Skrastins (free agent, signed from Panthers) DEPARTURES: --C Steve Begin (free agent, signed with Bruins) DRAFT PICKS OF NOTE: --Scott Glennie, 6-1, 177, Brandon (WHL), first round, 8th overall --- A right wing who can also play center, Glennie finished fifth in r...

The Dallas Stars have signed free agent defenseman Karlis Skrastins to a two-year deal worth $2.75 million. The Stars gave the 34-year-old Skrastins $1.1 million for the 2009 season and $1.65 million for 2010. Skrastins played in 80 games for the Florida Panthers last season and had four goal...

The Dallas Stars have re-signed right wing Jere Lehtinen to a one-year deal. The Stars gave the 36-year-old Lehtinen, who has spent his entire career with Dallas, a contract with a base salary of $1.5 million and the possibility of as much as $1 million in incentives. Lehtinen had eight goals...

The elephant in the room for the Dallas Stars right now stands about 6-5 and has a booming shot from the blue line.

FRISCO FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL Say hello to Barney, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina and the Dr Pepper Arena. The Frisco arena was recently transformed from a 3,500-seat venue into a 6,000-seat facility. Renovated through a partnership among the Dallas Stars , the city of Frisco and Frisc...

Globe and Mail  VA DALLAS - The Dallas Stars hired Marc Crawford as their coach, bringing in a well-traveled NHL veteran to replace the fired Dave Tippett. Crawford has a 470-361-156 record in 13 seasons as coach of the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche, ...

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 TX AP The Dallas Stars have confirmed the firing of coach Dave Tippett, and already named his replacement. Marc Crawford was named Thursday as the new coach of the Stars, replacing Tippett after six seasons. Tippett was relieved of his duties Wednesday, ...

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By Greg Wyshynski Tippett gets the boot after six seasons behind the Stars bench and after a season in which the great vibes from Dallas's playoff run in 2008 were swallowed up by injuries, inconsistency in goal and one very, uh, "sloppy" case of ...

 TX Most of you already know of Art because of his excellent Dallas Stars blog, www.StarsScene.com. With his analysis and in depth breakdowns of Stars games, as well as his musings on the NHL and hockey, Art has earned the reputation as one of the best ...

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Sportsnet.ca  TX On Monday, though, those numbers will be quickly turned aside, as the Victoria product focuses on making the NHL. "My time here has gone by pretty quick," said Benn, selected by the Dallas Stars in the fifth round, 129th overall, of the NHL's 2007 ...

CBC.ca  TX He's one of the top young players in the NHL and has a promising career ahead of him for the Dallas Stars. Most likely he'll be representing Canada once again in next year's Olympics. All of his future hockey hopes and dreams were dangerously close to ...

Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh: The NHL's leading scorer picked up the slack for an injured Sidney Crosby. 2. Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh: Key stops prevented Stars from getting any momentum. 3. Brooks Orpik, Pittsburgh: Strong defensive play and nine ...

Pittsburgh tries to win a third straight game for the first time since November on Sunday when it visits the slumping Dallas Stars. The Penguins (31-26-6) are in 10th place in the Eastern Conference but just one point behind Buffalo and Carolina, ...

Malkin leads the NHL in scoring with 89 points. That's the record for Penguins coach Dan Bylsma since taking over for Michel Therrien. Stars: C Toby Petersen (foot), RW Landon Wilson (ribs), C Brad Richards (wrist), LW Brenden Morrow (knee) and D ...

Marty Turco has gone 8-2-0 over his last 10 games, with a 1.80 goals-against-average (18 GA, 601 min.) and a .928 save percentage. The current “top line” isn’t Richard’s, nor is it Modano’s – and both of them have been excellent. It’s Ribeiro, Lehtinen and Ott.

 Canada - Marty Turco, G, Dallas Stars: This oft-maligned number one goalie in Dallas has seen (caused?) his share of nightmares this season, but the clouds seem to ...

Mike Modano – wrinkle cream? Brenden Morrow – futuristic, miracle rehab on that damaged knee Krys Barch – vats of that wax fighters dip their damaged hands in. Sean Avery – he’s still listed in the Stars game notes, so…continued absence from all other things Dallas Stars.

By Joel Lefevre The Stars however got the momentum when Mike Modano scored with 10 seconds left in the period to give the Stars some undeserved momentum into the intermission.  The Stars carried that momentum into the second when Mike Ribeiro tied the game just as their two-man advantage was about to expi...

By Mike Halford KB: It's been a rough 2008 for Dallas sports. Who's had a worse year - the Cowboys, Mark Cuban or the Stars? We'd like to thank Mike for taking the time to talk all things Stars with us. Be sure to check out Mike's Dallas Stars Blog and his work with the Dallas Morning News.

By Greg Wyshynski After Sean Avery was suspended indefinitely by the NHL, Dallas Stars Co-General Manager Brett Hull was asked on TSN whether he felt betrayed by the player whose signing Hull strongly -- some would say defiantly -- advocated for during the summer.

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Merry Christmas Dallas Stars, you may be at the bottom of the Western Conference ladder, but you’re on top of the headlines now. And what more can any organization ask for than mad traffic on its website? Indirectly, Dallas Stars, you are making money off of this recent debacle and you have o...

By Greg Wyshynski On Saturday night, Modano had back spasms and wasn't sure he was going to face the Edmonton Oilers. That was until his father offered some advice: "Dad gave me a little [encouragement] not to sit this one out ... He humbles you pretty quick," Modano told the Dallas Morning News. Credit Papa Modan...

By Greg Wyshynski Heika's column mentions Brad Richards, Mike Ribeiro and Sean Avery by name as being aggressive to a fault in trying to make something good happen. He mentions Marty Turco as a goalie "struggling to see through passing lanes and has been battling to make saves that once seemed easy."

Mike Modano had two goals for Dallas, which has dropped three straight and six of its last seven games. Marty Turco stopped 21-of-25 shots for the Stars, who entered Monday having allowed 70 goals, the most in the Western Conference.

By Joe Zedalis Brenden Morrow was backing up teammate Mike Ribeiro, who was knocked into the boards by Kings forward Dustin Brown in the third period, when he started a fight with Brown and received an instigator penalty in the final five minutes of a game.

By Chelsea It wasn’t until 10:19 that someone scored, a moment easily remembered as “Oh my god, Sean Avery just did what?”. That’s right. Avery got his first goal as a Dallas Star, and first of the season. I’ll admit that I was impressed. BJ Crombeen fired a slap shot from the blue line, and when Caps goalie J...

By Greg Wyshynski • Are the Dallas Stars the new darlings of the mainstream media? If you're reading ESPN, that would seem to be the case. [BoC] • Brian Burke puts over Notre Dame head coach Jeff Jackson as the man to lead Fighting Irish ice hockey to glory. [Rivals]

By Ken Armer Niskanen isn’t the only Stars young player to be getting time, Fabian Brunnstrom gets tons of playing time as well and new Star Sean Avery. Avery has provided quite a spark already for the Stars, and with a couple of misconducts already under his belt will sure be a pest to Stars opponents.

By Ken Armer But in hockey, such things are different. Stars down Minnesota, 3-2; Will Face Atlanta Wednesday In Final Stars Pull Out Come-From-Behind Win In Second Game Stars Win Traverse City Debut over St. Louis, 4-3 Dallas Takes Traverse City Title Dallas Stars Website

By AP The Dallas Stars know all about Sean Avery -- his history of mouthing off to teammates as well as foes, that he's a two-time NHL leader in penalty ... New York Rangers Shift Focus to Veteran Stars: Jagr's Return a Must Bleacher Report

3) The Red Wings, if I'm being unbiased here, have THE coolest logo in the game, possibly in all of sports. It's iconic. And if I'm going to have to stare at a cluster of jerseys on the ice for up to 7 games, I'd rather it be this one than a green and yellow basketball-team-looking cheeseball logo. O...

FRISCO, Tex. � The National Hockey League announced today that Dallas Stars center Mike Ribiero has been added to the 2008 NHL All-Star Game and that defenseman Sergei Zubov will be forced miss the game due to a groin injury. The game will be played on Sunday, January 27 in Atlanta.

By Tom Next up, Ottawa on Wednesday. Richard Park’s shorthanded goal in the second period has put the Islanders up 1-0 over the Dallas Stars tonight. The game just reached the midpoint of the second period. Park scored when Sergei Zubov pinched on a power play and the puck was cleared to the Stars’ bl...

CAC golf tourney is Oct. 5  TX - Raffle and auction items include four 50-yard-line Dallas Cowboys tickets, Dallas Stars tickets and Texas Rangers tickets. One package includes more than 20 ...

By Beau Dure Dallas Stars center Mike Modano has a celebrity bride -- Willa Ford, a Dancing with the Stars competitor who, like seemingly every female star of this generatio ...

By Grace Sydney All of the dance lessons Willa Ford endured as a contestant on the third season of "Dancing With The Stars" paid off on August 25, 2007 as the singer and one-time Playboy model took to the dance floor with her new husband, Dallas Stars ...

Willa Ford Marries Hockey Star in Texas By Monica Rizzo Singer-actress Willa Ford married longtime beau and Dallas Stars hockey player Mike Modano in Athens, Texas on Saturday, her rep tells ... Stars' Modano, actress-singer Ford wed in East Texas Dallas Morning News (subscription)

Currently Eric Lindros, one of many still to be signed unrestricted free agents has been helping the NHL Players' Association as a member of a review board tasked with finding a new executive director for their union. While he was vague about his playing future, he did hint that he had an ide...

By John B. It was a nervous first round, but the Canucks pulled it off in game seven to win the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Dallas Stars. Rebecca and John lead off this episode, stepping on their balcony to capture the atmosphere of the downtown celebration going on in Vancouver....

The Dallas Stars know better than most how hard it can be to overcome a long overtime loss. With Game 2 starting in Vancouver at 6 tonight less than 42 hours after Game 1 ended there isnt much time to dwell on the past.

Zubov's shootout goal lifts Stars after third-quarter rally  AZ - DETROIT — Sergei Zubov scored the only goal of the shootout to lift the Dallas Stars to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Friday night. ... Friday's NHL roundup Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)

Mike Ribeiro scored two goals, including the winner with 40 seconds left in overtime, to send the Dallas Stars to a 54 victory over the Coyotes on Sunday night.

It is a shame the Dallas Stars were playing a road game when center Mike Modano scored his 502nd and 503rd career goals Saturday night to become the most prolific U.S.born goal scorer in NHL history.

By Michael Still think Daryl Reaugh is awesome. Still think Tim Cowlishaw is awesome. Still hate the South on principle (don't worry, my hate isn't based on the "Southern states don't deserve hockey" crap). Find it humorous that the Stars have now gone four straight without a win (0-2-2), with three of...

DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars are one of the best teams in the NHL in shootouts, with a 5-1 record going into Friday's game against the Penguins at American ... Pittsburgh Penguins 4, Dallas Stars 3 in a shootout TexasGigs Stars drop shootout to Penguins Bryan College Station Eagle