The Dallas Stars will be backstopped by their starter Ben Bishop tonight. Bishop pitched a shutout on New Year’s Eve against the San Jose Sharks, and tonight will mark his seventh consecutive start. It’s a bit of an anomaly for Stars fans to see a bona fide starter that takes the lion’s share of games, as the duo of Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi were platooned out in a 1A/1B style the last few seasons.
It’s understandable to give Bishop a number of games as the starter. But that may not be the only reason for the recent string of starts.