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| Blues hire ex-Stars GM |
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05/29/2008 |
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -Doug Armstrong, fired as the Dallas Stars general manager in November, was hired by the St. Louis Blues as their GM-in-waiting on Thursday. The 43-year-old Armstrong was selected the vice president of player personnel and will become general manager in 2010. The Blues extended the contract of current GM Larry Pleau, whose wife is battling cancer, through 2009-10. ``Larry has been very valuable to this organization for many years,'' team president John Davidson said. ``Under his watch |
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| Blues' general manager gets contract extension |
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05/29/2008 |
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| Under his guidance, the Blues have posted a 387-333-100 record and captured the President's Trophy as the top regular season team during the 1999-2000 campaign. Davidson also announced the club has named Doug Armstrong as vice president of player personnel. Armstrong will assume the general manager duties beginning in 2010. Armstrong joins the Blues after spending the past 17 seasons in the Dallas Stars organization. He served as the general manager the last six seasons before his dismissal last November. |
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| Red Wings have knack of letting teams catch up |
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05/29/2008 |
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| AP) - The Detroit Red Wings have been through this before. They jump to big leads over teams that seem grossly overmatched, then find ways to let them back in the playoffs. The Nashville Predators caught up to Detroit in the first round, and the Dallas Stars put a scare into the Presidents' Trophy winners after falling into an 0-3 hole in the Western Conference finals. Only Colorado proved easy pickings, swept by the Red Wings in the second round. Now, the Pittsburgh Penguins are a win from squaring t |
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| Stars sign Daley to three-year deal |
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05/28/2008 |
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| Frisco, TX (MySportsbook) - The Dallas Stars have signed defenseman Trevor Daley to a three-year contract worth $6.9 million through the 2010-11 season. Daley appeared in all 82 games for the Stars this past season, registering career highs with five goals, 19 assists and 24 points. He added one goal in 18 playoff games, helping the Stars reach the Western Conference finals. "At just 24 years of age, Trevor continues to grow as a hockey player and we are looking for his game to improve over the next thre |
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| Stars sign defenseman Daley to 3-year, $6.9 million contract |
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05/28/2008 |
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DALLAS (AP) -The Dallas Stars signed defenseman Trevor Daley to a three-year, $6.9 million contract Wednesday. Daley was one of five Stars to appear in all 82 games, finishing with career highs of five goals and 19 assists. He had one goal in 18 playoff games as Dallas advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2000. A second-round pick in 2002, the 24-year-old Daley has 56 points, including 13 goals, and 249 penalty minutes in 264 career games. ``He is a valuable member of |
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| Report: Stars to extend Tippett's contract |
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05/24/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - The Dallas Stars are reportedly set to extend the contract of head coach Dave Tippett. The Dallas Morning News quoted co-general manager Les Jackson as saying a deal has been agreed upon "in principle," although a few details need to be finalized before an announcement comes some time next week. According to the paper, the new deal will take Tippett through the 2010-11 season. The Stars, earlier this week, extended the contracts of co-GMs Jackson and Brett Hull for the next th |
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| Red Wings' Franzen, Pens' Roberts to sit in Game 1 |
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05/24/2008 |
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| been sidelined due to concussion-like symptoms since Game 2 of the Western Conference finals, accumulated a league-high and franchise- record 12 goals through his first 11 games in the postseason. He has not played since the Wings' 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars on May 8. Roberts, whose season has been pock-marked with injury, was given word from Pittsburgh head coach Michel Therrien Friday that he will be scratched from the lineup when the chase for the Cup begins on Saturday in Detroit. The 42-year-old re |
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| Stars keep Hull, Jackson as co-general managers |
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05/22/2008 |
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| Dallas, TX (MySportsbook) - The Dallas Stars signed Brett Hull and Les Jackson to three-year contracts as co-general managers on Thursday. Both were named interim co-general managers on November 13, 2007 and the club accumulated a 38-23-4 regular season record with Hull and Jackson at the helm of hockey operations. The Stars also advanced to the Western Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2000. Two of the more notable moves by Hull and Jackson include the signing of cen |
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| Still swimming: Roenick back for one more year with Sharks |
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05/21/2008 |
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| ember 10 against his former team, the Phoenix Coyotes. Called upon to be an energetic presence in the postseason, he collected two goals and five points in 12 playoff contests, as the Sharks advanced to the conference semifinals before bowing to the Dallas Stars in an epic four- overtime defeat in Game 6 on May 4. "Jeremy Roenick was a warrior for our team on and off the ice this season," Wilson added. Roenick was also honored with a nomination for the Bill Masterton Trophy, which is presented to the player |
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| Reshaped Red Wings advance to Stanley Cup finals |
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05/20/2008 |
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| bcock said. ``But this is the first time we've had a chance.'' Detroit doesn't expect to have Johan Franzen in the lineup for Game 1. The forward known as Mule, who has an NHL-high 12 goals in the playoffs, missed the last five games against the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference finals because of concussion-like symptoms. ``A doctor is going to take a look at him Thursday or Friday,'' Holland said. ``He's doubtful to start the series, but we're hopeful we'll get him back at some point of the seri |
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