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Lia Assimakopoulos

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Covering the Dallas Stars, SMU & college sports for The Dallas Morning News. Say hi: lia.assimak@dallasnews.com. It’s pronounced uh-sih-muh-KAHP-uh-lis.

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10 wins in a row for the Stars. The franchise-record win streak continues.

04.03.2026 04:43 — 👍 20    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Impressive work by the Stars, especially without Rantanen and Hintz in the lineup. The depth guys are delivering.

04.03.2026 03:48 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

PPG No. 21 of the year for Wyatt Johnston — one away from tying Dino Ciccarelli’s franchise record.

04.03.2026 03:45 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stars place forward Roope Hintz on injured reserve with illness Dallas Stars forward Roope Hintz has been placed on injured reserve.

Stars place forward Roope Hintz on injured reserve with illness

03.03.2026 22:55 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No lineup changes for the Stars tonight besides Casey DeSmith starting in net.

That means Roope Hintz is still out with an illness. He’ll have two more off days before the Stars play Colorado Friday.

Radek Faksa and Mikko Rantanen remain out as well.

03.03.2026 19:23 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SMU's March Madness hopes on the line as Miami visits Moody Coliseum The Mustangs, who have been in most NCAA Tournament projections since January, have lost three of their last five games. Beating No. 22 Miami would go a long...

A look at SMU's next week ahead — and how the Mustangs need a different outcome from a familiar situation ⤵️

02.03.2026 22:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SMU guard BJ Edwards doubtful for game vs. Miami with major NCAA tournament implications SMU guard BJ Edwards is doubtful for Wednesday's game against Miami.

SMU guard BJ Edwards doubtful for game vs. Miami with major NCAA tournament implications

02.03.2026 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Andy Enfield said BJ Edwards is doubtful for Wednesday's game against Miami.

02.03.2026 16:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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As NHL season ratchets up, Stars will need depth players to account for banged-up regulars Nathan Bastian’s game-tying goal on Saturday is the kind of contribution Dallas will need from its fourth-liners down the stretch.

As the NHL season ratchets up, the Stars will need depth players to account for banged-up regulars.

Nathan Bastian’s goal last night was a great example. ⤵️

01.03.2026 17:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sizzling Stars stay hot, down Predators in OT to tie franchise record for consecutive wins The Stars entered the Olympic break on a six-game tear, and they’ve picked up right where they left off.

Sizzling Stars stay hot, down Predators in OT to tie franchise record for consecutive wins

01.03.2026 04:16 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Final (OT): Stars 3, Predators 2

Jason Robertson wins it.

The Dallas Stars have tied their franchise record for most consecutive wins at eight.

01.03.2026 03:42 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

End of regulation: Stars 2, Predators 2

The Stars get a point. Now, they'll chase the second.

01.03.2026 03:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I feel like I watched enough 3-on-3 overtime for a lifetime during the Olympics, so I would really appreciate if the Dallas Stars never go to overtime again please and thank you.

01.03.2026 03:26 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Nathan Bastian goal comes at a good time for Dallas. All tied up.

2-2

01.03.2026 03:08 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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No way the Stars played this SNL sketch during intermission tonight 😂

01.03.2026 02:54 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

End of second: Predators 2, Stars 1

A better second for Dallas, which trails by just a lone goal now after Wyatt Johnston put his team on the board.

01.03.2026 02:42 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wyatt Johnston just tied Jason Robertson for the team-high in goals at 32.

01.03.2026 02:35 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That was pretty.

Wyatt Johnston scores on the power play. He's now two away from tying Dino Ciccarelli's franchise record.

2-1

01.03.2026 02:34 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

End of first: Predators 2, Stars 0

Not a great start for Dallas.

01.03.2026 01:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh man. Nashville strikes again quickly.

2-0

01.03.2026 01:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Nashville scores late in the power play.

1-0

01.03.2026 01:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Preds moms got booed...

01.03.2026 01:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Justin Hryckowian and Zachary L'Heureux drop the gloves.

Hryckowian is on a two-game streak of getting five minutes for fighting.

01.03.2026 01:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

SMU falls 95-75 to Stanford on the road.

For the second year in a row, the Mustangs are playing themselves out of an NCAA tournament berth in the final two weeks of the regular season.

Wednesday's game against Miami at Moody is critical.

01.03.2026 01:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How lucky are we to get Saturday night hockey and then go home and watch a hockey-themed SNL episode?

01.03.2026 01:03 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gulutzan said they’ve tried to keep Roope Hintz away from the team because he’s been sick, but he’ll skate tomorrow and is expected to travel.

They’re not yet sure if Radek Faksa will travel.

28.02.2026 17:31 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Glen Gulutzan said he plans to keep Tyler Seguin very involved, probably more than Tyler would like, to serve as almost a “player coach” this season.

28.02.2026 17:28 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Jake Oettinger will start tonight vs. Nashville. Ilya Lyubushkin will come in for Alexander Petrovic.

Mikko Rantanen, Roope Hintz and Radek Faksa are still out.

28.02.2026 17:23 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stars’ Tyler Seguin will miss rest of season, including playoffs, with torn ACL The Stars filed the paperwork Friday to declare forward Tyler Seguin out for the rest of the regular season and the playoffs, according to multiple reports.

Stars’ Tyler Seguin will miss rest of season, including playoffs, with torn ACL

27.02.2026 22:23 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Really feel for Tyler Seguin, who just a few months ago told us how fortunate he felt to reach game 1,000 after all his injuries. But from a team standpoint, this was the right move. Dallas can score big at the deadline. It was hard to expect him to be 100% even if he did return.

27.02.2026 20:49 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0