Nick Cotsonika

Apr 25, 2024 | nhl.com | Nick Cotsonika

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has high hopes for its first NHL season and confidence it can build a winner over the long term. But there is a lot of work to do. "I do believe we're a playoff team," forward Clayton Keller said in a press conference at Delta Center on Wednesday. "We have a lot of great players in all positions, and we have depth, and I think we're a fast, skilled team, and we can play with anyone when we're playing our best.

Apr 24, 2024 | nhl.com | Nick Cotsonika

Arena tour, introductions headline 1st day in Salt Lake City for new NHL team April 25, 2024 SALT LAKE CITY -- The players had been introduced to Utah. They’d been greeted by hundreds of youth hockey players at the airport; toured Delta Center and Utah Jazz headquarters; and come back to the arena to find about 12,400 people packed inside for a welcome event. Now they introduced themselves as Utah’s new NHL team.

Apr 24, 2024 | nhl.com | Nick Cotsonika

DALLAS -- The Dallas Stars will try to tie the Western Conference First Round against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 at American Airlines Center on Wednesday. Vegas won 4-3 in Game 1 on Monday. Dallas lost a Game 1 three times in the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. In the first round against the Minnesota Wild, the Stars won Game 2, lost Game 3 and won the series in six games. In the second round against the Seattle Kraken, they won Game 2, lost Game 3 and won the series in seven.

Apr 23, 2024 | nhl.com | Nick Cotsonika

Players buy into team concept, will rely on depth to get past Golden Knights in Western 1st Round April 23, 2024 DALLAS -- The flag hangs next to the exit to the Dallas Stars dressing room, so the players can see it each time they take the ice at American Airlines Center. It’s green -- or “Victory Green,” as they call it -- and signed by each member of the team. “A LITTLE LESS FOR A LOT MORE,” it says. It’s a contract, a commitment.

Apr 22, 2024 | nhl.com | Nick Cotsonika

Captain scores early goal in comeback against Stars April 23, 2024 DALLAS -- Mark Stone scored on the power play 1:23 into his first game back, and Dallas Stars fans booed him throughout the Vegas Golden Knights’ 4-3 win in Game 1 of the Western Conference First Round at American Airlines Center on Monday. They booed him after the first period, when he did a TV interview on the ice in the dark, a spotlight shining on him.