Hot Dog of the Year

[skippy]

January 5, 2007

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- The Dallas Stars saved face in a game they looked destined to squander.
Thanks to a bizarre gaffe, the Edmonton Oilers did, too.

Sergei Zubov and Jussi Jokinen scored in a shootout as the Dallas Stars overcame a late tying goal to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 Thursday night.

Dallas rallied from 4-1 down with four unanswered goals, but needed the shootout heroics after Ales Hemsky tied the game for Edmonton with two seconds left in regulation.

Hemsky's dramatic goal came just moments after Stars forward Patrik Stefan lost control of the puck in the Edmonton crease, with the Oilers net empty in favour of an extra attacker.

"They may show it a million times for years to come," joked Stefan. "I mean, we came out with the two points so it's easy to laugh about it right now.

"It's not like I missed the net, I saw it was bad ice and I had so much time so I just tried to carry it all the way to the net. As soon as I put it on my back hand it jumped over my stick. Not much I can do about that."

Jere Lehtinen, Phillippe Boucher, Niklas Hagman, Mathias Tjarnqvist and Patrik Stefan had regulation goals for the Stars (26-15-1), who ended a two-game losing streak.

Petr Nedved scored in his first game for Edmonton since being picked up on waivers Tuesday from the Philadelphia Flyers. Hemsky, Ryan Smyth, Joffrey Lupul and Shawn Horcoff also had goals for the Oilers (19-18-3), who have lost nine of their last 12 games.

Oilers coach Craig MacTavish was happy to earn a point.

"We were bestowed upon a miracle at the end," said MacTavish. "I have never seen anything like it. It's one of those moments in hockey that you'll remember forever. It turned a disaster into a debacle."

Trailing 4-2 after 40 minutes, Dallas roared back to tie the game with a pair of power-play goals just 32 seconds apart early in the third. With the Stars enjoying a two-man advantage, Lehtinen blasted in a slapshot from close range at 3:20.

Boucher made it 4-4 at 3:52, firing a shot over Oiler goalie Dwayne Roloson's right shoulder.

The Stars had a chance to put the game away, but Patrik Stefan fell as he skated in alone with the Oilers net empty for an extra attacker. The Oilers regained possession, and Hemsky banged a loose puck past Dallas netminder Marty Turco at 19:58 to stun the Stars and force overtime.

"That was bizarre," said Dallas defenceman Darryl Sydor. "Seconds left with an empty net and then it's down in our end and tie game. I've never seen any thing like that and you probably won't see anything like that again for a long time." The Oilers kick off a three-game road trip on Friday in Vancouver while the Stars travel to Calgary for a match on Saturday.

[rjb1816]

hot dog?

[upinya83]

anybody see the ending to Dallas/Edmonton?

thanks for reminding us though

[rjb1816]

if i could pick one person to punch in the face it might be you skippy

[skippy]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

if i could pick one person to punch in the face it might be you skippy

Take a number.

[Romanowski]

nobody gives a fuk

[Seanie Mac]

skippy whats it like noone knowing likes you and everyone thinks ur a chinese professor?

[Quaker639]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

if i could pick one person to punch in the face it might be you skippy

I'll second this

[skippy]

Originally Posted by upinya83

anybody see the ending to Dallas/Edmonton?

thanks for reminding us though

If CM had a braille version.....

[skippy]

Originally Posted by Quaker639

I'll second this

Hey its Quak....

When were you UNBANNED???

[skippy]

Originally Posted by Seanie Mac

skippy whats it like noone knowing likes you and everyone thinks ur a chinese professor?

Please....use proper sentence structure.

You are butchering the English language.

[Seanie Mac]

you wanted beef, so meet the butcher. bring the punk outta skippy like im ashton kutcher

[Quaker639]

Originally Posted by skippy

Hey its Quak....

When were you UNBANNED???

Never was banned...

Took a break from posting...

get em next time skip

[skippy]

Originally Posted by Seanie Mac

you wanted beef, so meet the butcher. bring the punk outta skippy like im ashton kutcher

Judging from you poor usage of the English language.....

I am not sure if you meant:
that you are Ashton Kutcher
or
that you are Ass-tongue Kisser

[skippy]

Originally Posted by Quaker639

Never was banned...

Took a break from posting...

get em next time skip

Well....in any case, you can still be banned.