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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

HABS FALL TO THE STARS 5-2
















(19-13-2) Montreal Canadiens 2-5 Dallas Stars (21-10-3)
                                              Final
Last night in Dallas, the Stars were dominated by the Habs but in the end they won 5-2 thanks to great play by former Flyers playoff hero Leighton. Leighton was the reason why the Flyers went on to beat the Habs in the 3rd round and he his the reason why Dallas won last night."We wanted to pounce on them," said Richards. "We got a lead and never gave it up. It was a great effort all the way through."In the lose, Price made 12 saves on 17 shots and Gionta scored and Darche scored his career high 6th goal of the season.

As for the Stars in there win, Burish, Benn,Skraskins,Richards and Erikesson scored for them and Leighton made 25 saves on 27 shots."It wasn't good all around," Price said. "We couldn't get a break. That's a team that's a blue-collar team. They brought a lunch-bucket effort and got rewarded for it."The Habs next game will be tonight against the Hurricanes at 7pm E.t on RDS and TSN-HD.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

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