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| Capitals, Erskine agree to contract extension |
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10/23/2008 |
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| Thursday. Per club policy, financial terms of the pact were not disclosed. The 28-year-old Erskine could have been an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He collected two goals and seven assists in 51 games last season for the Capitals, who captured the Southeast Division title. Erskine was a second-round selection of the Dallas Stars, taken 39th overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. He has amassed six goals, 16 assists and 512 penalty minutes while logging time for Stars, Islanders and Caps. |
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| Stars wrap swing in NY versus Islanders |
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10/23/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Dallas Stars will complete a three-game tour of the East Coast tonight, when they visit the New York Islanders at Nassau Coliseum. The Stars have split the first two games of their swing, beating the New York Rangers, 2-1, on Monday before getting slammed Wednesday evening at New Jersey. Dallas, which is just 1-3-0 as the visiting club this year, will return home after tonight's test for a two-game homestand against Washington and Minnesota. In Wednesday's test, Martin Brodeur stoppe |
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| Brodeur's 98th shutout gives Devils win over Stars |
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10/22/2008 |
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| Newark, NJ (MySportsbook) - Martin Brodeur stopped all 21 shots he faced to record his 98th career shutout, moving him five behind Terry Sawchuk's NHL career mark, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 5-0 rout of the Dallas Stars at Prudential Center. The victory was also the 543rd of Brodeur's illustrious career, moving him within eight of Patrick Roy's NHL record. "It's a lot," Brodeur said. "I'm just fortunate to play for a team that cares about playing defense." John Madden had a pair of goals for the |
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| Devils, Stars collide in New Jersey |
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10/22/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New Jersey Devils will try to continue their excellent start to the season when they welcome the Dallas Stars for an interconference battle at the Prudential Center. The Devils have won four of five games (4-1-0) to begin their 2008-09 schedule and have won back-to-back contests since losing their only test of the season to the rival New York Rangers on October 13. New Jersey's most recent triumph came in Washington, as Zach Parise notched the lone tally in the shootout to help the D |
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| Modano's third-period goal propels Stars past Rangers |
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10/20/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Mike Modano scored the game-winning goal midway through the third, and the Dallas Stars took a 2-1 decision from the New York Rangers in interconference action. Brenden Morrow picked up the other goal for the Stars, who won for the first time in their last three games. Brandon Crombeen and James Neal picked up the assists on the game-winning goal. Marty Turco was superb in net, stopping 28- of-29 shots, including all 21 he faced in the second and third periods. "The quality |
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| Vanek, Backstrom, Brunnstrom selected as NHL's Three Stars |
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10/20/2008 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Buffalo Sabres left wing Thomas Vanek, Minnesota Wild goaltender Niklas Backstrom and Dallas Stars left wing Fabian Brunnstrom have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the week ending October 19. The 24-year-old Vanek notched six goals and two assists to lead the Sabres to a 3-0-1 record. Vanek has nine points through five games, which is good for the best start of his four-year career. In addition to leading the league in goals last week, Vanek also has a league-leading |
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| Avery returns to The Garden as Stars visit Rangers |
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10/20/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The New York Rangers will try to avoid their third loss in four games this evening when they welcome the Dallas Stars for an interconference matchup at Madison Square Garden. This game will also mark the first test back to New York for forward Sean Avery, who spent the previous season and a half with the Rangers before signing a four-year, $15.5 million contract with Dallas this past summer. Avery has two assists in his first five games with the Stars. After beginning the season with a f |
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| Avalanche build big lead then hold on to down Stars |
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10/18/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - Milan Hejduk scored a pair of goals, as the Colorado Avalanche built a big lead and survived a disallowed tying goal to hold on for a 5-4 victory over the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center. Paul Stastny, Joe Sakic and Wojtek Wolski each notched two assists for the Avalanche, who have won two straight after losing their first three games of the season. Andrew Raycroft finished with 26 saves in the victory. Marty Turco stopped just 17 shots in defeat and Brad Richards sco |
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| Avs, Stars clash in Dallas |
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10/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Colorado Avalanche will try to build off their first victory of the season this afternoon when they visit the Dallas Stars and American Airlines Center. Colorado began its season with three straight one-goal regulation losses. However, the Avalanche broke into the win column on Thursday with a 5-2 home win over the Philadelphia Flyers. The Avs outshot the Flyers 17-3 in the opening period en route to jumping out to a two-goal lead thanks to tallies by Brett Clark and Marek Svatos. Th |
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| Nash leads Blue Jackets past Preds |
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10/17/2008 |
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| al and a review of the incident by commissioner Gary Bettman. The 34-year-old Peca was assessed a 10-minute misconduct penalty for his verbal abuse of an official, and a game misconduct for the physical abuse of the official during a 2-1 loss to the Dallas Stars on October 10. Peca's offense initially was assessed as a Category II, which would have gotten him an automatic 10-game ban. Peca appealed and a hearing was held Thursday, and a revised decision was then rendered. He has already served two games of |
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