Here are my op's from last nights game which WE WON!!!
1. The Ice. Nothing wrong with it at all. Heck, compared to what it was like back in Reunion Arena in June during the playoffs the ice at American Airlines Center is GREAT!!! But no, no problems w/ the ice at all. It was MUCH colder in there last night than it has been in a LONG TIME! I even almost went and bought another Stars jacket to wear.
2. Style of play. Dallas came out full force (FINALLY!!!!). They had nothing to lose and PLAYED LIKE IT!!! As one of our local sports announcers said after the game, if this had been a regular season game Morrow would not have been out there. Nope, he sucked it up and got out there and gave it everything. Modano GOT A GOAL!!! As for those rw's, they came out slow. They were NOT playing to their full force style of hockey. My thinking is because they believe they have it wrapped up and ready to go and will be playing for The Cup. Why risk getting hurt so just have your players play good and strong but NO HARD HITTING as to avoid injury. However, once we were well ahead come the start of the 3rd they DID step it up and I figured they would.
3. Butt in the crease. Well, as Tippet did say when you have a best of 7 series and goals get rewarded that should not have they come back around to even it out sometime in the series. Did just that last night. I'm sure Det. is glad they did not end up in overtime as they very well could have had that goal been allowed and got a goal during the 6 on 3 pp. Anyway, it is frustrating I'm sure for the players just as much as it is for the fans when the rules are always getting changed and you never know how each ref is going to call them.
4. The fans. The Stars fans ROCKED last night. OMYGOSH!!! I thought we were going to end up standing up the entire game. Which is fine by me as I pretty much did anyway. There were more fans in red last night than there were on Monday night. I like what one person said, half of Detriolet lives in North Texas anyway. To which I always say they sure don't have anything to live for IN Detriolet. If they want a job they have to go somewhere else. Oh, some moron in red threw an octopus out onto the ice before the game. In addition:
a. FYI, to all of you Detriot people - TAKE YOUR HAT OFF DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!!!!
b. And have a little more respect for the National Anthem and don't yell out "SUCKS" after the word "Stars". Sure we yell "STARS" during it but we are also singing along to the entire song word for word. Adding the word, "SUCKS" to it is just plain RUDE and totally disrespectful.
c. To the rw fans a few rows down from me. That poor boy that had on the "BEAT DETROIT" t-shirt that was giving you a "hard time" is HANDICAPPED!!! Good grief. Let him have a little fun and entertain him. He means well and is NOT a threat. I even saw and heard his dad come to you w/ an outstretched hand and a smile and tell you.
5. The Stars play. STOP TRYING TO PASS SO MUCH!!! And SHOOT THE PUCK SOME PLEASE! You can not get a goal if you don't SHOOT THE PUCK! Every goal we did get were not "pretty set-ups". Be more careful of WHO your passing too. Got lucky several times on those sorry passes. They were finally hitting at the blue line when the rw's had the puck. GOOD! Bout time. Then, skate the puck in more instead of the dump and chase. You don't see the other teams doing that as it is not always the most effective style of play.
Anyway, that is just a bit of what went on last night at American Airlines Center IN DALLAS were the STARS BEAT DETRIOT 3-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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