Hockey headlines for September 20, 2020

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Stars' Game 1 victory proves the Stanley Cup Final can make heroes out of anyone (Dallas Morning News)
Blues' contract talks with Pietrangelo hit stalemate (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Gary Bettman says 2020-21 NHL season might not start until January (Los Angeles Times)
Screen play: How the NHL and networks made Stanley Cup playoff TV work in a pandemic (Toronto Star)
Stars coach Rick Bowness, the NHL’s Mr. Nice Guy, can almost taste his first Stanley Cup at 65 (Toronto Star)
Dane Mizutani: Wild GM Bill Guerin finally doing what needs to be done (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Lightning knew exactly how Stars would attack in Game 1, they still couldn’t stop Dallas’ defensemen (Dallas Morning News)
Anton Khudobin’s 35-save Game 1 the latest in growing list of impressive postseason performances (Dallas Morning News)
Lightning’s Pat Maroon logs 10-minute penalty after buzzer (Tampa Bay Times)
Stars' Joel Hanley scores first career goal in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final (Dallas Morning News)
Lightning’s Brayden Point in lineup for Game 1 of Stanley Cup final (Tampa Bay Times)
Former Lightning goalie Ben Bishop is on the Stars, but where is he? (Tampa Bay Times)
Stars’ Corey Perry, Joe Pavelski have gone through some battles, but never as teammates until now (Dallas Morning News)
A family tradition: Stars’ Rick Bowness, Jamie Oleksiak hoping to add to their families’ trophy cases (Dallas Morning News)
Golden Knights’ successful start historic even beyond hockey (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Dylan Strome, a restricted free agent, faces crucial moment in his Blackhawks tenure (Chicago Sun-Times)
Marc-Andre Fleury’s future with Knights has 4 likely outcomes (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Red Wings' Frans Nielsen goes 'all in' for effort to leave 2020 behind (Detroit News)
Lightning’s Community Heroes program reaches $1 million milestone in playoff contributions (Tampa Bay Times)