It’s fitting that an emotional night was fueled by the Stars’ most emotional player.
Going into Saturday night, the Stars had answered every challenge to step up and make something of a weak Western Conference with a resounding “nah.” From botched 3-on-0 rushes to special teams discombobulation, these 60 games have been a bit of a beating, and that made more painful for fans by the absence of the voice that narrated last year’s Western Conference champs over the season’s 82 games.
So to have Dave Strader back in the booth, to have Jamie Benn step up with his finally reawakened Art Ross wrist shot, and to have Antoine Roussel going full Chanticleer tonight of all nights?