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When I was asked to discuss the new Theo Fleury book Playing With Fire, which has as much swearing, drug use, and vulgarity as the movie "Crank It," took me awhile to take it seriously. I grew up watching Fleury and would easily regard him as a great player, and a textbook definition of a gritty enforcer forward. I took special note when Fleury was on the ice, I had found a ...

Leaders lead and followers follow. It's a pretty basic concept that the Stars needed to be reminded of coming into Wednesday's game against the Nashville Predators. Until this point the Stars had played well, but not well enough to gain the win in regulation. Tonight that was not the case. The Stars came out strong and put solid shots on Dan Ellis from the get go, so strong in fact that after ...

As the young season continues after their Western Canadian road trip, the Stars find themselves in an interesting spot, a limbo where the team may either be in a good position, or bad. For those at a loss as to what I am referring, it is the team's record. While Dallas is only one of two teams without a regulation loss thus far the Stars have dropped three games in ...

On Friday night the Dallas Stars recorded their first win by handing the Calgary Flames their first loss. The Flames are still (out of the gate) one of the best teams in the West and will likely stay a top team, so what does the win tell us about the '09-'10 Stars? First off, Friday night's game was one of the most complete games the Stars have put together in over ...

Something significant happened during last night's overtime loss in Edmonton. It was neither the ringing of the post in back to back games by James Neal, nor the significant playing time handed to Tom Wandell. It was that for the first time, no member of the 1999 Stanley Cup winning team was represented on the ice or bench. Although many Stars fans may cite this change as a bad thing, it isn't. ...

The most exciting things about this time of year are new beginnings, the start of a new school year, new hockey season, and countless others. For me, it is the beginning of a new column covering the Texas and Dallas Stars at hockey54.com. áFor the Dallas Stars, it is the start of their new season and new AHL affiliate in Austin, Texas the Texas Stars. To conclude their preseason schedule, the ...