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Rumor: Willie Dejardins New Dallas Stars Assistant Coach?
Windsorstar.com this morning had a short blurb that Willie Dejardins,coach of the Medicine Hat Tigers is the favorite to be the Dallas Stars new assistant head coach. Willie Desjardins, the Medicine Hat Tigers bench boss who coached Team Canada at the 2010 world juniors in Saskat-chewan, is a...
Class of 1980: Best Oilers draft ever?
Thought folks might enjoy another one of my way-cool high-tech graphs. This one, uh, graphically displays the Oilers' success in drafting Hall of Famers in their early years in the NHL, and their rather extended lack of success since. Many still consider the Oilers' drafts in Years 1, 2, and 3...
Stars Assistant Andy Moog Will Not Be Back Next Season
The Dallas Morning News had a note this afternoon regarding the contract status of Andy Moog, who has been with the Dallas Stars for 8 seasons. Joe Nieuwendyk told Mike Heika that Moog will not be back with the team next season. His contract expires on July 1st. This was his second stint as an...
The team that wouldn't die - the 1987 Philadelphia Flyers
A visit to Edmonton by the Philadelphia Flyers always brings to mind happier days for both squads when they were the class of their respective conferences. Indeed, those memories would be a whole lot happier for Flyers' fans if not for the Oilers who twice defeated Philly in the finals and...
Dallas Stars to hire Mike Valley as goaltender consultant
Mike Heika is reporting that the Dallas Stars will hire Mike Valley as the team's goaltender consultant. This means that Andy Moog will get an expanded role on the Stars' coaching staff. When the Stars engaged in a search to fill their bench positions, it was unclear who would fill the final vacant...
Bruins big winners in Vegas at NHL Awards
"Who's the big winner?" The Bruins are the big winners! The hometown team was well represented tonight at the NHL Awards Show in Las Vegas. Tim Thomas was recognized as the league's top goaltender with the Vezina Trophy. Thomas had a career year and posted a record of 36-11-7 with a GAA of 2.10...
Dallas Stars and Texas Stars coaching news
Mike Hieka has some Dallas Stars coaching updates over at his DMN Stars blog. When Marc Crawford was hired, and assistant Mark Lamb was fired along with head coach Dave Tippett, the status of Stu Barnes and Andy Moog became uncertain. Usually a new coach prefers to bring in a completely new staff...
Boston loves BC
Many athletes from BC have left their mark on the Boston sports scene and I'm not talking about Doug Flutie or Dana Barros. I'm not even talking about that school out in Chestnut Hill with the basketball team full of thugs. I'm talking about the real BC, the Canadian province of British Columbia.As...
Marty Turco's bizarro world: good playoffs, bad regular season?
Not pictured: beach ballIt's been a rough start to the season for the Dallas Stars and no one is feeling the brunt more than Marty Turco. Many thought that this would be a big year for Turco considering the departure of more than capable backup turned beleaguered starter Mike Smith and the...










