Soon-to-be parting shots
Let's look back at the Stars victory for a moment before we go into the postgame quotables, shall we?
First - what y'all have really been waiting for -- the Western Conference Finals schedule. Times, to be determined of course, but at least you know what days to clear you calendars for:
* Thursday, at Detroit
* Saturday, at Detroit
* Monday, at Dallas
* Wednesday, at Dallas
* Saturday, at Detroit #
* Monday, at Dallas #
* Wednesday, at Detroit #
# - if necessary. All games will be shown on either VERSUS (boo!) or NBC (yeah!). You can also catch the games on News/Talk 820 AM. And, as always, superblogger Tracey Myers will be bringing you all the action live here on this blog.
* Marty Turco made a franchise-record 61 saves in the game on Sunday night, stopping 61 of 62 shots. Dallas had 55 shots on goal. In case you were wondering, the franchise record is 76 against Vancouver.
* The 62 shots against is a Stars opponent record for shots in a playoff game. The previous record was 56 by Vancouver last season in Game 1 on April 11).
* Dallas has won four of its last five overtime games in the playoffs. Brenden Morrow has scored the game-winner in three of them. The fourth game winner? Mattias Nortstrom.
* Tonight's game officially lasted 5 hours and 14 minutes (and yes, it did really feel that long). This game ranks as the third-longest game in Stars history.
Coming up - what the Stars had to say after Sunday's exhausting victory, and what their head coach said about the performance of Brenden Morrow and Marty Turco.
Also ...
Got a question about the Stars? The be sure to join Jennifer Floyd Engel's weekly chat this Tuesday at 1 p.m. You can submit questions any time here.
Postgame quotables, up next!
-- Keeli Garza



Comments