A Dunk in the Shark Tank

After a rough 45 minutes Dallas finally joined the game with an offensive flurry in the 3rd period of tonights game. While I had a hard time keeping focus when the game started the 3rd I found myself sitting on the edge of my couch, if sitting at all!

Mike Ribeiro worked hard to show Scott and I that we chose the right guy as our Player of the Week with his assist and goal and Boucher made me proud to own his jersey with an AMAZING 3rd period last second (quite literally) goal that looked more like he was trying to hit a fly with a fly swatter then the puck with a stick.

It was great to see Mikey Mo back on in uniform tonight, but I think Tippet made the right move by not putting him on as one of the opening three shooters in the shootout. Scott and I had a few words about that, but Mo's hands were shakey tonight. I think it'll take him a few games to get back to anything close to his former self, but I also think just having him on the ice has got to feel good for our boys.

With that said, the first 2 periods were rough. It seemed like the boys decided "Mike's back, he'll play offense" ... and boy were they wrong. He had to get back, he had to get ice time, to remember the feeling of another player throwing him against the boards. I'm not trying to say bad things about our boy. I'm crazy excited to have him back out there and I think next week he'll be much more agile and his hands will remember the subtle nuances in the wrist flicks etc ... but I'm honest about his performance tonight.

Congratulations Stars, you earned tonights points in that 3rd period and even more, you handed the last team in the league without one, an overtime and shootout loss.

GO STARS GO!