Line changes pay dividends for Dallas Stars

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Game 5: when storylines start to bleed into each other
Published 5/16/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... way." Coach Dave Tippett said the Stars wanted to keep shifts short but effective. He felt players were extending themselves in previous games and trying to do too much, with no energy remaining. "So we tried to be real disciplined with our shift length, make sure everybody had maximum energy going out there," Tippett said. "I thought it paid off in the end for us." The Stars also believe that their personnel changes up front turned the tide, as the Dallas News's Brandon George notes: May 16, Dallas News : Putting speedy youngsters Loui Eriksson, Toby Petersen and Joel ...

NHL Morning Papers: Conference Finals (Friday Edition)
Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Richard Pollock) at Illegal Curve
... , writes Mike Heika. It would probably be a safe bet to assume that Stars coach Dave Tippett will use the same lines in Game 5 as he did at the end of Game 4. Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News warns Marty Turco that there will be ...