Several weeks ago, I had posted a story that mentioned Claude Lemieux’s interest in returning to the NHL after a five-year absence. Well, it seems that Claude hasn’t given that dream up just because no teams have been interested so far. He’s eyeing pro hockey in North America again – this time in the...
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Archive for October, 2008
Claude Lemieux Training with CHL’s Arizona Sundogs
CHL’s Performance of the Week Fan Poll Returns
The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today the five nominees for the CHL’s Performance of the Week. Fans can vote for the winner of the weekly award at www.centralhockeyleague.com in the CHL Performance of the Week fan poll. The nominees for the CHL Performance of the Week for week one of the season are...
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Stars Down New York Rangers for Second Win of the Year
Dallas looked good in their game against the Rangers tonight – the defense looked tighter than it has all season, and the Rangers forwards were smothered trying to bring the puck into the zone against a physical Stars squad. Modano netted his third goal of the season, which was also the game winner. Morrow...
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Oakley CHL Player/Goaltender of the Week Announced
The Central Hockey League announced today that the recipients for the Oakley CHL Player and Goaltender of the Week for the period ending October 19th, 2008 are center Chris Richards of the Corpus Christi IceRays and goaltender Juha Toivonen of the Odessa Jackalopes. Richards led the IceRays to a 12-3 win over the Tulsa...
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Problems in Net?
I don’t know about you other Stars fans out there, but what I’ve seen from our team so far is really puzzling. It’s as though there are two different teams playing. On opening night, the Stars faced a determined Blue Jackets team,and posted four goals on the scoreboard, forcing an overtime, and a tough...
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Stars Struggling Early
Well, the Dallas Stars have gotten off to a bit of a rough start with their 0-1-1 record. They played a Columbus team that had started 0-2 and was fighting with all they had not to fall to 0-3, and then took it on the road the next night, gassed after an overtime scrap...
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Stars Hit the Ice Tonight!
Okay boys and girls, tonight is the official start of the Dallas Stars 2008-09 season. The games start counting tonight, so it’s time to get behind the team and root them on to another fantastically successful season. In honor of the opening night, and to get everyone in the mood for some Stars hockey,...
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Stars Claim D Doug Janik from the Blackhawks
From the Dallas Stars press release: The Dallas Stars announced today that the club has claimed defenseman Doug Janik off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks. The club also assigned two players to the American Hockey League and one to the Finnish Elite League. Janik, 28, signed a free agent contract with Chicago on July...
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Pre-Season Game 5: Colorado 3, Stars 1
Well, it was a different game, but the same result against the Avs in Colorado on Wednesday night. The Stars lost by 2 points once again, falling to Colorado 3-1. I was going to be on Twitter, tweeting the game, but was told that this was the one preseason game that was going to...
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The Professional Hockey Players’ Association Authorize CHL Strike
Some big news just came in regarding the upcoming season for the Texas Brahmas and other Central Hockey League teams. The Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA) has authorized a strike against the CHL, as the two sides can’t come to agreement over the league’s collective bargaining agreement (CBA). This strike is effective immediately. The...
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