Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars: Game 80
by nathaneide on Apr 7, 2009 4:30 PM CDT
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PrintDallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, Apr 7, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
Dallas Stars (35-34-10) vs. Minnesota Wild (37-33-9)
Xcel Energy Center @ 7:00 CST
Television: Versus (HD)
Radio: Listen Live
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Tonight's lines:
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Minnesota Wild |
Dallas Stars |
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Miettinen - Koivu - Brunette Johnsson - Skoula Backstrom |
Lehtinen - Ribeiro - Ott Grtossman - Hutchinson Climie |
NOTES:
- Bemidji State's own Matt Climie will get the start in goal for the Stars.
- Mikko Koivu hasn't scored since the last game against the Stars, 12 games ago.
- The Wild career record versus Dallas is 10-16-5, but they are 7-7-1 at the Xcel Energy Center.
Injury Update From Russo
Defenseman Nick Schultz will miss his third-ever game due to injury tonight when the Wild hosts the Stars. The Wild is calling it a head injury, meaning this is the third member of the Wild’s "core" to be sidelined by a concussion in recent games.
Brent Burns, out for the rest of the season and probably the world championships with a concussion, played with his for more than a month until one final hit sidelined him. And Pierre-Marc Bouchard, who has improved the past few days but is not ready to increase his workouts yet, practiced two straight days after getting concussed against the Islanders.
You can bet these players have discovered concussions are nothing to take lightly if it ever happens again.
Questions to Answer
- Is this the last time Mike Modano plays in Minnesota?
- Can Koivu score?
- Do they have a chance after tonight?
- With Schultz out, will Johnsson go over 30:01 TOI?
- What's the deal with the concussions? Boards? Helmets? Mouthguards?
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gaborik on pace for what.....55 60 goals?
by RileysCannibalJct on Apr 7, 2009 7:46 PM CDT reply actions
Whose got the beers?? :-)
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Gaborik interview
Need a sense of urgency. Can play much, much better than they did in the first period, and we need to shoot, shoot, shoot.
Cheers!
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So delicious!
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What an awesome Heineken commercial! LOL!!!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
First period summary
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Minnesota 14:26, Marian Gaborik 11 (Andrew Brunette, James Sheppard)
Penalty Summary
1st Period
None
Shots on Goal
Dallas – 13
Minnesota – 6
Faceoffs Won
Dallas – 7
Minnesota – 11
Power Play Conversions
Dallas – 0/0
Minnesota – 0/0
Top TOI
Forwards – Gaborik 7:49
Defensemen – Zidlicky 7:54
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Yeah.
The Bruins and Wings are still in the race.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Boston is the only team with a good chance though. Game in hand, and only down by 3. Not likely though.
Nice stop there.
A nice, confident glove snag.
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Damn Modano had an empty net.
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Super Unlucky!
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what a save by Backs!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Damn...need Rangers85 over here.
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Game saver by Climie!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Clutterbuck is a beast.
Pure beast.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
nice sprawling save by Backs
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What a great backcheck and clear there.
Stars are doing a great job of that tonight.
Except for that one goal, of course.
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Heh.
Welcome to the NHL.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Slashing call coming up
on Dallas I think…
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Alright Climie...time to make your miminum-salary paycheck count!
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What do you mean?
This is a HUGE raise from the ECHL! LOL!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Nevermind.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Another
bad rebound by CLimie
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Portley as Razor described it.
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
I will say the Xcel Energy Center definitely has the best goal song ever!!
Although, I don’t know about your PA announcer. :-)
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Stars really need to find some room.
The Wild are really clogging things up in front.
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Wow.
5 Wild players below the faceoff dots!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
WHAT A SAVE!!!!!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
WOW....
What a save that was!
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Yeh...that was a mite impressive.
He needs to get his rebounds under control, though.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
My Hart vote
still goes to Ovie though.
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February 16th
The night our season took the fatal wound.
Took awhile to kill ’em off after that, but…
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It was a slow, noble and brave fall from grace....
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing like the Avs...
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Ha!
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Just found my new favorite website:
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It's ok.
You’re still gonna get better deals at Pure Hockey though. Just have to wait for the sales.
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Yeah...I'm gonna be careful with this purchase.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Referring to who?
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn....
These damn, damn, damn rebounds.
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Although it's tough to blame him fro that one.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Definitely going to
review that one. Not much Climie can do when he is left alone with Gabby.
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God I love Joe Satriani!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Well....
The PK has put this game seemingly out of reach. It’s even tougher to stomach when the penalty call was iffy at best.
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These young defensemen are starting to get exposed.
Vishnevskiy hasn’t had a particularly good game.
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are you trying to take advantage of us???? LOL
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
nice
spin-o-rama shot by Mo.
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Morrison just stoned in front by Backstrom.
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Here is some more of Texas' finest:
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Oh damn.
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by Brandon Worley on Apr 7, 2009 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Gabby messed his shoulder up.
Ouch.
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End of the second period
Wild 3
Stars 0
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Minnesota 14:26, Marian Gaborik 11 (Andrew Brunette, James Sheppard)
2nd Period
Minnesota 8:58, Eric Belanger 13 (power play) (Marian Gaborik, Kurtis Foster)
Minnesota 14:28, Owen Nolan 25 (power play) (Marian Gaborik, Mikko Koivu)
Penalty Summary
1st Period
None
2nd Period
Minnesota hooking – 2 min 2:02, M. Zidlicky
Dallas slashing – 2 min 7:24, I. Vishnevskiy
Dallas slashing – 2 min 13:13, M. Niskanen
Shots on Goal
Dallas – 13-9
Minnesota – 6-17
Faceoffs Won
Dallas – 14
Minnesota – 21
Power Play Conversions
Dallas – 0/1
Minnesota – 2/2
Top TOI
Forwards – Koivu 13:09
Defensemen – Skoula 17:30
Well....
Too bad that 2nd period didn’t go any better for us. The GDT over at DBD is open again.
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Thx for having us!
"I can't hear Jeremy because I have my 2 Stanley Cup rings plugging my ears!" -Patrick Roy
Wild again with multiple scoring chances, but can't solve Climie on the power play.
Stars at full strength
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