Sweden wins world hockey title
Sweden became the first home team to win the world hockey championships in 27 years, beating Switzerland 5-1 on Sunday for its ninth title.
Vancouver Canucks star Henrik Sedin had two goals and an assist, and Buffalo Sabres goalie Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves to help Sweden become the first team to win the title on home ice since the Soviet Union in 1986. Switzerland earned its first...
Switzerland stuns US in hockey worlds
The United States was upset 3-0 by Switzerland in the semifinals of the ice hockey world championship Saturday.
The Swiss will face Sweden in Sunday's final after the Swedes defeated co-host Finland 3-0 in the earlier semifinal. Switzerland is guaranteed its first medal in 60 years.
Nino Niederreiter, Julian Walker and Reto Suri scored for the Swiss, who emerged as the surprise...
Sweden To The Finals: World Hockey Championship Semi-Final Recap by Steven Ellis
Sweden 3, Finland 0 This was a perfect match-up that clearly had fantastic fan support. The two hosts of the 2013 World Hockey Championships took to battle in the first semi-final of the day, a game that saw pure domination by Sweden’s top line of Loui Eriksson, Daniel and Henrik Sedin. With the win, Sweden advanced [...]
Sweden beats Finland to reach final
Sweden reached the final of the ice hockey world championship by beating fellow co-host and rival Finland 3-0 on Saturday.
Dallas Stars forward Loui Eriksson scored Sweden's first two goals on power plays, with both assisted by twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin.
Henrik Sedin then added Sweden's third into an empty net in the final minute.
Sweden's Jhonas Enroth...
Team continues its playoff push out west
Raise your hand if you saw this coming:It was February 26th, a home game against the Dallas Stars. The Columbus Blue Jackets had entered the game with a record of 5-12-2, and hopes for a playoff push were either non-existent or slim at best. In that game, the Blue Jackets showed heart, something that has become a trademark of this group this season. The team came back four times...
Matt Hackett robs Loui Eriksson of an easy goal
With less than one minute remaining in the first period and the Dallas Stars holding a 2-1 lead, Loui Eriksson stole the puck from Dany Heatley, passed it to Ray Whitney, who fed it back to Eriksson and Eriksson found himself out front of the Minnesota Wild practically by himself. Eriksson made a solid deke and had Wild goalie Matt Hackett completely out of position when the unthinkable...
Why Do the Rangers Keep Sending Scouts to Kings Games?; Possible Zuccarello Offer?; Eriksson ...
Dennis Bernstein at the Fourth Period reports that the Rangers have been sending two scouts to every Los Angeles Kings game lately.
...i know we touched on this the other day, but after looking at the Kings roster again, I think the guy the Rangers could be keying on is Rob Scuderi. The Rangers have been rumored to be looking for a defenseman and Scuderi has Stanley Cup pedigree...
The 9 most underrated players in the Western Conference
This is the third of a four-part series by the Puck Drunk Love staff examining the league's most overrated and underrated players. To come to these conclusions, the staff put their heads together and came up with a list based mostly, but not entirely, on the following criteria: salary, how production affected expectations, fan and media attention, effectiveness of teammates and...
Stars visit struggling Avalanche on Wednesday
The Dallas Stars ended an ugly losing streak - and a severe offensive slump - their last time out, earning a crucial win in their battle to make the playoffs.
They may have a good chance to make it two in a row Wednesday night when they visit the sliding and defensively challenged Colorado Avalanche, losers of three straight at home.
Dallas (13-12-3) defeated Calgary 4-3 on Monday...
Curtis Glencross sends Loui Eriksson over boards with hit
Dallas Stars forward Loui Eriksson did a good job of taking a hit to make a play. Calgary Flames forward Curtis Glencross hit him nearly into the bench area as he took the puck into the zone. If Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester hadn’t been there to keep Eriksson out of the bench, he would have gone head-over-heels into it. The play Eriksson made getting the puck to Jamie...
Bill Meltzer: Star Gazing: Bounceback Win
It wasn't always easy but the Dallas Stars did a good job of recovering from Saturday night's humiliation by Chicago to squeak out a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames last night at the American Airlines Center.
Loui Eriksson led with the way for Dallas with a pair of goals after Erik Cole and Eric Nystrom opened the scoring for the Stars. Dallas built a 3-0 lead in the first...
Stars 4, Flames 3
The Dallas Stars could not let this one slip away.
Loui Eriksson scored twice and the Stars held on for a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Eric Nystrom and Erik Cole also scored and Ray Whitney added two assists for Dallas, which snapped a four-game losing streak (0-3-1) - a stretch that dropped the Stars from seventh place in the Western Conference to 13th...
Eriksson scores twice as Stars beat Flames
DALLAS (AP) -- Loui Eriksson scored twice and the Dallas Stars held on for a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Eric Nystrom and Erik Cole also scored and Ray Whitney added two assists for Dallas, which snapped a four-game losing streak (0-3-1) -- a stretch that dropped the Stars from seventh place in the Western Conference to 13th.
The Stars, coming off an 8...
Stars 4, Blues 1
Derek Roy had a goal and two assists and Kari Lehtonen made 25 saves to help lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.
Loui Eriksson, Jaromir Jagr and Erik Cole also scored for Dallas.
For Cole, it was his first goal with Dallas in his second game with the team since he was acquired in a trade with Montreal last week.
The Stars also played impressive...
Stars hope to salvage a win against Sharks
DALLAS-- A week ago Friday, all was well with the Dallas Stars. The club was fresh off a come-from-behind win at Vancouver where they trailed 3-1 midway through the second period before storming back for three unanswered to leave Rogers Center with a huge 4-3 win, their second in a three-game trip through Western Canada.
Glen Gulutzan's club headed back to the Lone Star State...
Dry spell of little concern to Stars' Eriksson
FRISCO, Texas -- Loui Eriksson definitely knows it goes with the territory. As a goal scorer, sometimes it seems as if the opposing net is so wide open one could drive a Mack truck through the crease while there are other times where nothing a goal scorer does seems to result in the biscuit hitting the back of the basket.
Well, the veteran Stars forward is definitely experiencing...
Bill Meltzer: Star Gazing: Surviving Lehtonen's Absence
As important as top line center Jamie Benn and two-way forward Loui Eriksson are to the Dallas Stars' lineup, it is tough to dispute that goaltender Kari Lehtonen is the team's most important player. The team plays more confidently when the big Finn is between the pipes.
With Lehtonen in goal, the Stars know there is a very good chance they'll be kept competitive...
Ducks can't catch Stars in loss
DALLAS (AP) -- Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn scored power-play goals, Loui Eriksson added a third-period score and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Friday night.
Eriksson gave the Stars some breathing room when he corralled Alex Goligoski's cross-ice pass and fired a wrist shot past Anaheim goaltender Viktor Fasth with 7:14 remaining.
Goligoski, who was a healthy...
Power play lifts Stars over Ducks
Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn scored power-play goals, Loui Eriksson added a third-period score and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Friday night.
Eriksson gave the Stars some breathing room when he corralled Alex Goligoski's cross-ice pass and fired a wrist shot past Anaheim goaltender Viktor Fasth with 7:14 remaining.
Goligoski, who was a healthy scratch Wednesday...
Eriksson gets big goal as Stars beat Ducks
DALLAS (AP) -- Trevor Daley and Jamie Benn scored power-play goals, Loui Eriksson added a third-period score and the Dallas Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 on Friday night.
Eriksson gave the Stars some breathing room when he corralled Alex Goligoski's cross-ice pass and fired a wrist shot past Anaheim goaltender Viktor Fasth with 7:14 remaining.
Goligoski, who was a healthy...
Red Wings-Stars quick take: execution, effort, and some style points
The Detroit Red Wings have not managed to score a first-period goal yet. Their power play still kinda stinks. But the Red Wings managed to secure a 4-1 victory over the Dallas Stars thanks to some inspiring fights by Jordin Tootoo--followed up by some superb play by the Miller-Abdelkader/Emmerton-Tootoo line--fantastic goaltending by Jimmy Howard, and persistent effort in overcoming...
Jagr nets two as Dallas defeats Phoenix
DALLAS -- Loui Eriksson netted the game-winner with 6:55 left in the third period as the Dallas Stars handed the Phoenix Coyotes a 4-3 defeat before a sellout crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center. Eriksson found the back of the net for the first time this season with a well-placed wrister from the slot after a great pass from new Dallas teammate Jaromir Jagr, who had two...
Jagr, Eriksson lead Stars over Coyotes
DALLAS (AP) -- Jaromir Jagr scored two goals and assisted on the game-winner in his Dallas debut, and the Stars opened the shortened season with a 4-3 victory against the Phoenix Coyotes on Saturday night.
Jagr, the NHL's active leader in goals, assists and points, had a hand in all four goals for Dallas. Ray Whitney, Phoenix's leading scorer last season, scored a goal in...
Stars 4, Coyotes 3
DALLAS -- Loui Eriksson netted the game-winner with 6:55 left in the third period as the Dallas Stars handed the Phoenix Coyotes a 4-3 defeat before a sellout crowd of 18,532 at American Airlines Center. Eriksson found the back of the net for the first time this season with a well-placed wrister from the slot after a great pass from new Dallas teammate Jaromir Jagr, who had two...
Buy NHLer Loui Eriksson’s Dallas House For $2.5 Million; Lockout Desperation?
The NHL lockout doesn’t look like its going anywhere. Games were just cancelled through January 30 and the hopes for any 2012-13 season is looking bleak. Loui Eriksson, a left winger on the Dallas Stars, has taken notice and is trying to unload his Dallas area mansion for $2.5 million.
The guy was expecting to reel in a cool $4.6 million in salary this year, but has made nearly...
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