Turco Stands Out
KK Hockey —
froom Rory Boylen at the Hockey News, There goes another monkey off the back of Marty Turco.
Despite being one of the world’s best players at his position, Turco is consistently one of the most underappreciated as well.
People always want more from the unpredictable tender. A year ago he posted three shutouts in the first round, but because Dallas lost, Turco, still, wasn’t a “playoff goalie.”
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Outside takes on the Wings' Game 5 loss
Snapshots —
... pass. Lundqvist beat Chris Osgood high which proved to be the game winner. This was not a very good game by Chelios' lofty standards. However, it was more of the mindset change for the Dallas Stars to prove that they can beat this team. The Hockey News's Rory Boylen gets the honour of making the Turco cheerleading of note, because the outside-of-Detroit media seems to have looked at Turco's repeated "Statue of Liberty" saves and thought that he was the second coming of Patrick Roy: May 17, The Hockey News : While the Stars did fall behind 3-0 in the series to a relentless and ...
Top Shelf: Turco’s Revenge
The Big Lead —
... Dallas 2, Detroit 1: Facing elimination, Marty Turco finally got the monkey off his back. The Stars goalie, playing in his seventh season, got his first win in Detroit since he was playing at Michigan. Turco stopped 38 of 39 shots. But were Turco’s heroics too late? Joel Lundqvist’s second period goal was the game-winner. NHL history is not on the Stars side. ...
