ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Stars' play of late has been a little bit like massive waves crashing down on fans and tossing their emotions around like the S.S. Minnow.
This team is good one period and bad the next. It takes a lead and then loses it. It makes phenomenal, goal-scoring rushes and then retreats and allows goals against that are even more spectacular.
Wednesday night might have been the epitome of the chaos, as Dallas took a 3-1 lead in the second period before allowing five straight goals in a 6-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.
"That reminded me of a college basketball game," Stars coach Jim Montgomery said. "There was momentum shifts left and right. I thought it was a great hockey game. I wish we would have been able to manage and weather storms a little bit better, especially in the third, but that's a game we can learn from."
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