If you were at the game or have the stamina to sit through the horrid Avalanche commentator (they only had one tonight…) then you know that the Stars won because Richards, Erisksson and Neal are probably individually better than any of the Avalanche team, that is including their top players they decided to field tonight. Neal scored first off of his skate admitedly by accident, though the announcer would have you believe he was the luckiest person on earth when in actuality it was because he drove the net.
Erkisson scored the next two and Richards had two assists on the night – the line was dominant most of their shifts though the Avalanche had a really strong forecheck going pretty much the entire game. They let the Stars in the game when they started parading themselves to the penalty box however, letting the Stars have a 5-3 at one point which ended with one of Erkisson’s 2 goals on the night.
They out-shot the stars by double; Auld was amazing and essentially the reason we won the game. Perhaps the commentator made it seem more one-sided than it was however, I will be glad when I get to watch the games on TV again. Listening to radio stations in Colorado and St. Louis is grinding me down.
A win is a win and hopefully we can use the victory as a boost so we can end the pre-season 2 games over .500
The Dallas Stars Assertion 