“If you coached in this business worried about conflict, you wouldn’t last five minutes.” That’s what Dallas Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock told the media this morning regarding Tuesday night’s game against Colorado.
This quote was in response to a rather questionable move made by Hitchcock last night. About halfway through last night’s game against the Avalanche, Stars starting goaltender Ben Bishop was yanked in favor of backup Kari Lehtonen.
The substitution was in response to Bishop allowing three goals in the first 26:12 of the game. The first goal was simply scored off of a bad bounce, but the second and third goals were scored due to bad positioning on Bishop’s part.