The Dallas Stars played their first real-world hockey under coach Pete DeBoer. Against the St. Louis Blues, a team that has been playing their system for years, the Stars — on just day four of their system implementation — looked outmatched. The Blues coasted to an easy 4-0 win.
There were some good things to take from the game, and some things to work on. Let’s dive in.
- Matej Blumel and Marian Studenic combined to have one of the more dangerous looking lines among the forwards. Blumel had some good looks at the net, and Studenic was an absolute puck hound.