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27 results for "canada"
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Ott chosen to play in World Championship
Richard DurrettStars forward Steve Ott was one of 15 players chosen by Team Canada to participate in the 2010 IIHF World Championship, which takes place May 7-23 in Cologne and Mannheim, Germany. Mark Messier is the Team Canada general manager. The 15 players ch...
Blog | April 16, 2010 -
Jamie Benn has good first NHL fight
Richard DurrettDALLAS -- It's fight night at AAC. Jamie Benn and Erik Johnson dropped the gloves, in a battle of Canada vs. the U.S. Benn got into a fight in preseason, but this was his first fight in a regular season game. And he finished it off nicely. Johnson...
Blog | March 04, 2010 -
Nice ceremony for the Olympic medalists
Richard DurrettDALLAS -- The Stars held a quick ceremony for the medalists from the Olympics, honoring players from both Dallas and Los Angeles. All the players got standing ovations. That list includes: Jere Lehtinen (Finland, bronze) and Brenden Morrow (Canada...
Blog | March 02, 2010 -
Some thoughts on Canada's gold medal win
Richard DurrettFirst, congrats to Team Canada. The country has been pointing toward this moment for years and to do it in that building and in overtime against the United States has to be especially sweet. Congrats, too, to Brenden Morrow. I can tell you from ta...
Blog | February 28, 2010 -
Some thoughts on 2nd period (2-1 Canada)
Richard DurrettCanada had a 2-0 lead, but the United States managed to score to close the gap to one-goal, the same as it was at the end of the first period. Some thoughts: * Big goal for Team USA. It was starting to look like Canada had all the momentum and mig...
Blog | February 28, 2010 -
Some thoughts on 1st period (1-0 Canada)
Richard DurrettCanada leads it 1-0 and has outshot the U.S., 10-8. Some thoughts: * Isn't it great to watch hockey without any commercials during the period? Not only is the game played faster, but it sure seems like the players can still get enough short breaks...
Blog | February 28, 2010 -
It's a golden time for U.S., Canada
Richard DurrettThe game everyone wanted to see is finally here. Team USA and Team Canada will square off at 2:15 p.m. Dallas time on NBC for the gold medal. Before you do anything else, be sure and read Pierre LeBrun's column on Brenden Morrow. ESPN.com has y...
Blog | February 28, 2010 -
Brenden Morrow talks about Team Canada
Richard DurrettHe's the subject of this story on NHL.com, talking about how he's found his role. In fact, it's basically a Q&A with Morrow. A few of his thoughts: Q: What were you thinking during those last few minutes as Slovakia tried to come all the way b...
Blog | February 27, 2010 -
Crawford impressed with Morrow's play
Richard DurrettFRISCO -- Brenden Morrow has impressed plenty of people with his inspired play for Team Canada during the Olympics. That includes Stars coach Marc Crawford, who joked that Morrow is playing so well with Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry that the Stars are...
Blog | February 27, 2010 -
U.S., Canada in semifinal action today
Richard DurrettIt's another big day of Olympic hockey with the U.S. taking on Finland at 2 p.m. on NBC and Canada facing Slovakia, who upset defending champion Sweden, at 8:30 p.m. on CNBC. That means Brenden Morrow and Jere Lehtinen will be on the ice today. (BTW,...
Blog | February 26, 2010 -
Team Canada on its way to gold?
Richard DurrettIt sure seems like it. Team Canada looked great against Russia on Thursday. They took it to them, were more physical and outhustled Russia to loose pucks. The result was a whipping. And Brenden Morrow, playing his usual physical game in front of t...
Blog | February 25, 2010 -
Wow, that was sure fun to watch
Richard DurrettESPN.com will have all the coverage from USA-Canada for you, but from a viewing perspective, it doesn't get much better than that in the Olympics, does it? It may have just been a preliminary game, but seeing Team Canada play against the U.S. in V...
Blog | February 21, 2010 -
Morrow has strong first period for Canada
Richard DurrettThis sure is shaping up as a fun game between the U.S. and Canada. Team Canada leads in shots at 18-6, but is behind 2-1 at the end of the first period. Brenden Morrow had the first really good shot on net and Ryan Miller made the stop early in th...
Blog | February 21, 2010 -
Great day of Olympic hockey ahead of us
Richard DurrettWell, this is the day that hockey fans waited for when the schedules came out. We've got what should be three very competitive and entertaining games (all times are Central): Russia vs. Czech Republic, 2 p.m., NBC USA vs. Canada, 6:45 p.m., MSN...
Blog | February 21, 2010 -
Olympic hockey play starts today
Richard DurrettIt's time to get hockey going at the Olympics. Both Canada and the U.S. play today and are on TV. The U.S. plays Switzerland at 2 p.m. on USA, while Canada faces Norway at 7 p.m. on CNBC. A few previews to get you ready: Here's what TSN is sayi...
Blog | February 16, 2010 -
Some thoughts on Stars and Olympics
Richard DurrettA few things that come to mind when we're talking Olympics: Congrats to Brenden Morrow. The Stars' captain, a low-key guy off the ice, was clearly excited about it. He admitted he couldn't sleep leading up to the announcement, wondering if he'd mak...
Blog | Conversation | December 31, 2009