WCSF Game 6 Afterwords: Going the Distance

Kari Lehtonen totally redeemed himself.To be frank, I didn't expect the Stars to win Game 6. Losing Game 5 at home in disappointing and luckless fashion felt like confirmation of Fate's intentions, and there was little reason to expect Dallas to come off the mat in St. Louis yet again.

That's what they did, though. Despite playing on an ice surface unfit for rollerblades, the Stars cashed in every single IOU written in Game 5, converting on all three of their prime chances in the first. Nichushkin and Janmark were fabulous on the first goal, Colton Sceviour and Vernon Fiddler combined for a slick second, and Jason "Cool Older Brother" Spezza toe-dragged around the stricken form of Jay…