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D Mike Van Ryn STARS INJURIES C Mike Modano RW Jere Lehtinen D Matt Niskanen NOTES Stars will be without left winger Steve Ott , who was suspended two games by the NHL for a low-bridge hit on St.

Despite two solid games to start the series, the Sedin twins said they felt they had to be better.

One of the highlights from the KHL's first season: the league's outdoor All-Star Game in Red Square.

With roughly four months to go before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, many questions remain unanswered in the form of the starting lineup.

The Stars have been kings of the shootout, the best in NHL history at the tiebreaker instituted in 2005.

By MIKE HEIKA FRISCO - Matt Niskanen wants more than anything to become a top-level defenseman.

Neither the Nashville Predators or Dallas Stars made any major moves this offseason despite missing the postseason last year.

I wouldn't feel right dropping the puck on the Stars' regular season, which begins here tonight against Nashville and won't end until April 10 in Minnesota, on a negative note.

When the Stars open up the regular season against the Nashville Predators at 7 p.m. Saturday at American Airlines Center, it may seem a little like a new musical opening up on Broadway.

Hours after the Wayne Gretzky saga finally ended with his resignation, the Phoenix Coyotes will hold a 3 p.m. press conference where they could immediately name former Dallas Stars coach Dave Tippett as Gretzkya s replacement.

Maybe you've experienced it at a company you've worked for, a team you were on, hell, maybe even a relationship you were in.

Before the last couple of weeks, Philip Larsen was just a notion to many people in the Stars organization - a guy on video or a stat on paper.

Advantage Margin +24 The Stars had 25 more power plays at home than on the road -- not unusual.

After an injury-plagued 2008-09 campaign, Dallas' offseason focus was getting healthy, not making big moves.

Marc Crawford is ready to get going. The new Dallas Stars coach will have his players run through a "skills practice" this afternoon, a day ahead of when training camp was originally scheduled to start.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Outlook: Plagued by injuries and the presence of Mr. Sloppy Seconds - I mean Sean Avery - the Dallas Stars finished in 12th place in the Western Conference in 2008-09. Good news for Stars fans is Avery is no longer in the Lone Star state, and if the injuries don't pile up again, Marty Turco and company will be playoff ...

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Nominal Moves by Nieuwendyk Raise Questions on Tippett Dismissal One can certainly understand the logic in limiting the amount of transactions the Dallas Stars would execute in the offseason prior to the 2009-10 campaign, but it does raise an interesting question regarding the firing of former head coach Dave Tippett.

Not that Ivan Vishnevskiy ever needs much of a confidence boost, but the young Stars defenseman received one late last season when he was called up for three games and played well.

Covering professional athletes for years, I've always been intrigued by the fine line between "making it" and not.

This is the 10th installment of our 30 Teams in 30 Days feature, focusing on the Dallas Stars franchise.