My longtime theory that a night at a Dallas Stars hockey game is better than a night almost anywhere else was stretched to it’s thinnest limit Thursday night as Winnipeg blasted our team 4-0. Our youngest daughter Carley and her husband Collin joined Whitney and me for the late-season matchup between the Central division’s top two teams, but it felt incredibly one-sided from the opening faceoff.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took our pictures in front of the amazing Mike Modano statue in Victory Plaza. We loaded up on all-you-can eat popcorn buckets and limitless souvenir cups. And we got absolutely creamed.

When the score went to 3-0 early in the third period, somebody two rows behind us shouted, “Plenty of time, boys!” And the guy in front of him said, “Too soon!” Remember, just 48-hours earlier, the Vancouver Canucks had scored three goals in the final one-minute of regulation to tie the Stars and send the game to overtime where Dallas eventually lost. Yes, too soon.

When Winnipeg scored to make it 4-0  midway through the third, some lady one section over shouted, “We’re sorry about the tariffs! Four goals is enough! We’re sorry!”

It was that kind of night for Dallas.

Now they’re on a season-long five game losing streak, there are only two more games remaining in the regular season, and they can’t catch the Jets. The Stars are locked in to the number-two seed and will face the hated Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs that begin this weekend. I just hope they’re doing it on a two-game winning streak and not a seven-game skid.

Officially, I’m blaming Stephen Lowery for the slump. He went to the Pittsburgh game that started this five-game slide.

Peace,

Allan