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The 2016-2017 NHL season has wasted no time getting started. On Saturday the 29th we have a solid divisional matchup flying at you featuring the Dallas Stars vs the Minnesota Wild!
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Dallas Stars
So Far This Season
The Dallas Stars did quite well last year despite a disappointing playoff run being beaten out in the second round by St. Louis. They have acquired some solid talent from teams who just didn't want, had issues with, or the player and the team were ready to go their separate ways, type of teams. First round second pick overall Tyler Seguin, and former Ottawa star Jason Spezza are among them. Coming off of a 5-4 loss in overtime to the LA Kings, and a brutal defeat 3-0 in their last game against the Columbus Blue Jackets I'm sure Dallas is hungry for a win. Will it be against Minnesota?
Their 2015-2016 record was 50-23-9 with 109 points. They finished 1st overall in their division and first overall in their conference.
Their record this 2016-2017 season is 2-2-1 putting them in 5th in the Central Division.
Patrick Sharp and Jiri Hudler have been placed on Injured Reserve. Ales Hemsky may make his debut in the Saturday night game it is unconfirmed, and Patrick Eaves won't be playing do to a lower body injury.
The Dallas Stars have picked up a few diamond picks that are turning out great for them, the leaders on the team in 20-15-2016 consisted of J.Benn (with 89 points last year), T.Seguin (with 73 points last year), and J.Spezza (with 63 points last year)
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. Before the beginning of the 1978–79 NHL season, the team merged with the Cleveland Barons after the league granted them permission due to each team's respective financial struggles. Ultimately, the franchise relocated to Dallas for the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars played out of Reunion Arena from their relocation until 2001, when the team moved less than 1.5 miles into the American Airlines Center.
The Stars have won eight division titles in Dallas, two President's Trophies as the top regular season team in the NHL, the Western Conference championship twice, and in 1998–99, the Stanley Cup. (The Dallas Stars became the first NHL team based in a subtropical city, from the 35th parallel north to win a Stanley Cup.) Joe Nieuwendyk won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs that year.
Minnesota Wild
So Far This Season
The Minnesota Wild have struggled slightly when it comes to making the playoffs, they're not a terrible team, but they're not super effective either. They seem to finish in similar positions every year either barely making it into the playoffs, or just slightly missing out. That doesn't mean a lower finishing team can't get hot and win the cup though. Minnesota is coming off a two game losing streak, to New Jersey in overtime 2-1, and in their last game against the New York Islanders 6-3 so I'm sure they're just as hungry for a win as Dallas is.
Their 2015-2016 record was 38-33-11 with 87 points. They finished 5th in the Central Division.
This 2016-2017 season their record sits at 3-2-1 putting them in 2nd in their Central Division 3 spots ahead of the Dallas Stars.
The Minnesota Wild have a couple on the injured list who may not be in Saturday's lineup, and they are Jared Spurgeon and Erik Haula.
The Minnesota Wild have a few decent forwards in their arsenal, M.Koivu (with 56 points last year), Z,Parise (with 53 points last year), and M.Granlund (with 44 points last year) rounding out the top of that list.
The Minnesota Wild are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).[2] The Wild are the only one of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area's major professional sports league franchises to play in St. Paul; the other three play in Minneapolis.
The new team was founded on June 25, 1997, but started playing in the 2000-01 NHL season. The Wild were the first NHL franchise in Minnesota since the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas in 1993. They lost their first game, 3–1, to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and recorded their first win against the Tampa Bay Lightning five games later.[3] The Wild play at the Xcel Energy Center.[4] In the 2002–03 season, the team made its first Stanley Cup playoff appearance, making a surprising run to the Western Conference Finals.[5] As of 2015, the Wild have averaged a .537 points percentage since entering the league.[6]
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