You can understand the sinking feeling many long-time Dallas Stars fans had after tonight’s season opener versus the Boston Bruins. After all, it felt a lot like the 2009 fight- and injury-filled fest that the Stars had in Boston. That game all but derailed the remainder of the Stars’ season.
This game felt awfully reminiscent of that, and it happened right in front of the home fans.
It started when Blake Comeau took a puck to the face late in the first period. The puck was deflected off of Andrej Sekera’s stick, and Comeau didn’t see the puck coming in his direction quick enough to do anything other than take the full brunt of it.