O captain! My captain! The season is only 18 games old, and it is already over. Things have not been going very well for the Stars this year. Last year's season ended just two wins shy of the Stanley cup finals, to the eventual champions, leaving many with high hopes for this year. The pre-season was pretty dismal, and the regular season hasn't been much better. Turco usually gets off to a slow start but this was not normal. The defense was putting him on the spot with sloppy neutral zone play, and critical turn-overs. The offense, the best aspect of this team, is a mediocre tenth in the league in even strength goals, nineteenth in total goals. The man responsible for nearly ten percent of that offense left the ice last night with an undisclosed injury.
The word now is torn ACL. The official press release says a minimum of six months to return to full health. No one anticipates any permanent damage.
Modano says he expects the surrounding players to pick-up the slack, like they did last season with the injury to Zubov. I love you, Modano, but I don't see that happening this year. Maybe, even this early, we should start preparing for next year.
Pacific Division -W----L---OTL---P----GF---GA
San Jose----------16----3----1----33---73---49
Anaheim----------10----9----2----22---65---70
Los Angeles-------8----8----2----18---47---47
Phoenix------------8----8----1----17---42---44
Dallas--------------6----9----3----15---51---68
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Hey look on the bright side. Brahmas are second in their division, and the Baylor Hockey team beat SMU tonight 6-5 (yeah, who would have thought either school would actually have a hockey team)...game was actually decided in the last 13 seconds when the goalie came way out of the crease and passed it to an opposing baylor player who skated it right back in to the goal...
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