Published on 10/29/2008, 11:05:09 pm .
Tonight my Dad and I went to the Dallas Stars vs. Minnesota Wild game at American Airlines Center. It was pretty great. The Stars jumped out to an early lead only 13 seconds in and that pretty much set the tone for the rest of the night with them winning 4-2 and thoroughly dominating Minnesota.
Anyways, obviously it’s near Halloween, so lots of crazy and stupid promotions happen around this time of year. It just so happens that prior to the game a KISS tribute band from Dallas named Destroyer played in the plaza outside the south entrance to the AAC. These guys were pretty lame and anyone that knows me knows that I’m not the most P.C. guy around and make my fair share of inappropriate jokes but when my Dad mentions how fruity you are as “Paul Stanley” then that’s not a good thing.
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For the third straight year the San Jose Sharks have failed to make it out of the second round of the playoffs. The Dallas Stars finally put the Sharks to bed off of a PP goal by Brenden Morrow 9:03 into the fourth overtime period, the third longest in Stars history. The goal by Morrow gave the Stars a 2-1 win for a 4-2 series win.
The Stars drew first blood in the second period to break a 0-0 tie but the Sharks drew even in the third to send it to eventually quadruple overtime. The game started at 8pm Sun. 5/4 and ended in the early morning hours of Mon. 5/5.
The Stars are now slotted to play the Detroit Red Wings, the team with this year’s best regular season record, for the Western Conference Finals starting Thursday night in Detroit. Go Stars!
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For the fifth straight year the defending Stanley Cup champions have failed to make it out of at least the first round of the playoffs. The Dallas Stars bumped off the once “Mighty” Ducks of Anaheim 4-1 last night for a 4-2 best of 7 quarterfinal series win.
The Ducks drew first blood in the second period to break a 0-0 tie but the Stars blew it open in the third period by scoring two quick goals in the first three minutes from Robidas and Barnes. Loui Eriksson added the third goal via breakaway and Modano tapped in and empty netter with 3.3 seconds left which resulted in green and gold streamers to descend from the rafters.
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I just sat down at my desk at the office for the first time in nearly two weeks and the time that has passed has been quite relaxing. I started it all off with a day off work Friday before leaving Lubbock for Dallas and Christmas with the fam’. Saturday saw friends over for cooking out, poker, and Dallas Cowboys football. Sunday was Mass with the family and then a small Marcus reunion at the Lewisville Fox & Hound.
Tuesday I stopped by and visited with some old family friends and was extended an invite for a Christmas party the next day with their family. Christmas on Wednesday was great because it was small, nothing extravagant, and relaxing. After Mass and a bit of lunch we headed over to the McKee’s for their party and gift exchange. I managed to snag myself a monster universal remote for those that are visually challenged. I’m thinking of giving it to Katie and her roommates.
Wednesday my Dad and I enjoyed the Dallas Stars whipping up on the Minnesota Wild at the American Airlines center. We both picked up some Stars gear with some of our Christmas cash. Thursday was a family trip to the movies to see Natioinal Treasure: Book of Secrets. I highly recommend it, very entertaining. Friday I was able to switch my flight to Lubbock to Houston instead to spend the rest of the break with Katie and her family.
Friday night we watched Robin Hood: Men in Tights after getting back from the airport. Saturday was a day trip to the 40 acre plot of land that Katie’s parents and aunt/uncle purchased last year. They have built a cool shed on it and will begin house building on it next month. Kevin and I picked out our perfect spot for a kick butt treehouse that we will hopefully be able to complete over the next year. Katie and I saw I Am Legend. We both had a very “eh” feeling when it was over, not feeling one way or the other on it.
Sunday was a relax and hang out day before our 8 hour drive from Houston to Lubbock on Monday morning.
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Published on 12/26/2007, 11:14:21 pm .
To say that the evening was a Wild one is both cheesy and cliche but I’m going to do it anyways. Tonight’s Stars game was a Wild one for several reasons. One of those reasons was they had their highest scoring game since November ‘05. The other reason was because, well, they were playing the Minnesota Wild. Their fan base is comprised of all the old bitter and booty hurt fans that hated the Stars for leaving them over 10 years ago for Dallas.
I had gotten my Dad some sweet tickets for Christmas and he was nice enough to take me. It was great. The Stars scored 3 in the 1st, 1 in the 2nd, and capped it off with 4 more in the 3rd period for that grand total of 8. Total domination. Now as long as the Cowboys win on Saturday and Texas Tech wins on New Years then I will be a happy camper. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Everyday sports fans do crazy things but for 30 nights Steve Williamson did something crazier. He attended 30 NHL games in 30 nights in 30 different cities. I always enjoy seeing sporting events in towns other than Dallas (hometown) just to see how different the atmosphere is for each city or team. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to do this and be able to ever justify the amount of money he spent on this trip to Katie. go check out his blog for more info. He beat me to Dallas by about two and a half weeks to watch the Stars play the Coyotes. 30gamesin30nights.com
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