Defending Big D · Apr 23, 2019
Afterwords: You Can Go Home Again
Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports So I call up my preacher I say: “Gimme strength for Round [two]”
He said: “You don’t need no strength, you need to grow up, son”
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In 2000, the defending Cup champion Dallas Stars clinched all three of their Western Conference series on home ice, taking down Edmonton, San Jose, and Colorado in Reunion Arena before finally falling at home against New Jersey.
Since 2000, the Stars had only clinched two series on home ice: Anaheim and San Jose in 2008. That’s it. Every other playoff series that ended in this building since then ended in defeat, until Monday night.