Believe it or not, icings were not a problem the Dallas Stars had only under Ken Hitchcock. In fact, the Stars have led the league in icings for three consecutive seasons, going back to the widely successful 2015-16 season, and are currently sitting in the league lead yet again this year.
But not all icings are necessarily bad, at least not in the eyes of the Stars’ coaching staff:
“A good icing is you’re tired, you need a blow and you’ve been in your end for more than eight seconds, it’s usually a good icing,” Stars coach Jim Montgomery said.