Ouch

There's not a whole lot to say about that one. Marty did so well for so long, and who knows where the Stars are without him against the Sharks. But that mistake at the end was ghastly. Marty, for his part, said as much and tried to find some humor in the situation. "I guess that's why they made me second star," he said afterward.
    Said coach Dave Tippett, "(Marty) played a very good game. It was a tough game and the goaltending went well. But we made a mistake that cost us. They say you learn from adversity, well we've had plenty."

Now I know this was a hard one, but I think the Stars are starting to show some signs of better hockey. Their offense didn't do much through two, but they were pretty strong in other aspects. It's going to take more time for the Stars to get back to what they used to be, but any positive signs they can get they have to build on immediately.

Oh yeah, that Sharks team is pretty friggin' good, too. Still, it's wins that count and the Stars don't have enough. If they play this way against the Kings, I think they'll go home feeling pretty good.

It's hard to believe they didn't walk out of here with at least a point. But there you have it. The Sharks were pursuing more at the end, looking for that final shot, while the Stars were more in defensive mode. That's fine, but when a chance comes...

Oh well, I'm going to enjoy a day in San Francisco tomorrow while the Stars take tomorrow off in L.A. Happy Sunday everyone.

Comments

[cowtown]

Marty can't blame his brain fart on being bored because he wasn't getting involved in the action this time.

BTW Tracey if you're looking for great Japanese for a good price try Wasabi & Ginger at the corner of Van Ness and Vallejo over on Russian Hill. Great sushi.

[Danny]

Hey tracey

Was at the game on saturday at the tank. Saw a whole lot of good rather than bad which is relaxing as the stars are getting back to their old ways. Turco's mistake was mindblowing. I really don't know what the thought process was there. oh well, 4th time ive been to the tank for stars sharks since the lockout and it was the first loss for the stars. I thought they were gonna pull it out but like you said sharks went into attack mode late in the game while the stars were in defensive mode. Both teams were kind of two different teams in the third period. Stars had the legs and attack in the first part of the third( puck pursuit by eriksson in particular led to the stars only goal, and were energized by that and got some good chances after that especially on the powerplay). But the sharks responded and give them credit as they generated more in the second half of the period and stars the went 1 point fishing.

anyways, defensively they look a whole lot better which is the key to their game. So some positives going forward. They need to get some momentum going and string a few wins together, which should give them confidence and get back to elite stanley cup contender play.

Finally, jere lehtinen will change this team a lot when he returns and in all the best ways. put him on the top line with ribs and mnorrow and the stars will be able to roll three very good lines that can score and he will clean up mistakes too because thats what he does.So, essentially we will have lehtinen on two lines because eriksson is really turning into a great two way player.

Stat of the day: remember when lehtinen came back after injury last year- He returned Feb 1 and the stars went 12-2 for the month of febuary culminating in the feb 28 game against the blackhawks which is a day all stars fans remember- Brad richards debut and the funk the stars went into after that.

Jere lehtinen cures all ills!

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