Before last night, the Dallas Stars had been embarrassed in several games in which they had a massive amount of goals scored against them. They weren’t doing enough scoring of their own, and head coach Lindy Ruff called on his leaders in the room to get some kind of response.
And respond they did.
While some Stars fans cringe at the idea of injury every time Jamie Benn drops the gloves, Ruff was a huge fan of his captain’s fight last night. “I liked it. It sends a message to the team. The fight is still on; you've got to win games and play hard.