And Lo! Marty did thrust his killer two line pass upon them...

And the one called Sydor did shelfeth thine puck above Jose Theodores now slumping shoulder.

And it was good. Stars win 3-2.












Alright Alright, it wasn't biblical proportions or anything; but for this team to have to go up to the evil thin air and the evil pepsi can where the Avs gutted them last year, and open the season on the road with an overtime win on a breakaway goal (is this sentence long enough for you yet?) was pretty much the greatest thing I've seen since game 2 of the NBA Finals, which was the last time one of my favorite teams made my sports pants dance.

Take a breath now.

And now, Brads simplistic game breakdown:

Period 1: awful, too many penatlies, and they gave up an entire games worth of shots on goal.

Period 2: Slightly less awful. No one scored. Marty was great.

Period 3: The Stars took some kind of crazy brain steroids and came out a completely different team, and matched Colorados performance i nthe 1st.

Overtime: Penalty kill, home run pass, breakaway, ball-game.

As if I weren't already as excited as a girl could be about hockey season starting....