Headline Sports podcast with Daniel Dullum: Stars draw first blood win NHL Finals opener; Pac 12 football still mulling it over; plus more

Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) gets a save on a Dallas Stars’ shot the Stars Jamie Benn (14) looks on Sat Sep 19, 2020 at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (AP News photo)

On Headlines podcast with Daniel:

1 Stars dominate in game one of the Stanley Cup Finals

2 Pressure building on Pac-12 to reverse its decision to delay football and other fall sports; SEC football starts next week

 3 WNBA semifinals underway

4 Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire retires, citing health issues

5 NBA: Celtics’ Gordon Hayward reportedly won’t leave bubble for the birth of his child

 5 Sports world honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday

Daniel Dullum does Headlines Sports each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Stars continue to surge and shock the hockey world taking game 1

Number 35 with 35 saves the Dallas Stars goaltender Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin and his Stars teammates have something to celebrate after picking up the first win of the Stanley Cup Finals on Sat Sep 19, 2020 at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (Canadian Press photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Len:

#1 The Dallas Stars continue to shock the hockey world they came into Rogers Centre on Saturday night and grabbed all the gusto and defeated the Mighty Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 and goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy faced a barrage of Stars shots.

#2  Vasilevskiy allowed three goals and faced 19 shots in the loss the Stars were able to get an empty netter.

#3 The Lightning were expected to win the first game and are favored in the series but ever since the Stars caught their own lightning in a bottle with a huge series win against the Vegas Knights to advance to this round they’ve been unstoppable.

#4 The Stars got goal scoring help from Joel Hanley in the first period at 5:40, Jamie Oleksiak 12:30 in the second period, Joel Kiviranta at 19:32 in the second period, Jason Dickinson late in the third period at 18:42.

#5 Mary Lisa after a three goal beating by the Stars on Saturday night will the Lightning come back on Monday night for game 2 off kilter or will they come back with a vengeance?

Mary Lisa is a NHL podcast analyst and podcasts the NHL Stanley Cup Finals for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Matt Harrington: How the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning match up for tonight’s Finals

2020 Stanley Cup Finals logo as the Dallas Stars and Tampa Bay Lightning battle for the Stanley Cup in game 1 tonight at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (nhl.com image)

NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast with Matt Harrington:

#1 The Tampa Bay Lightning are coming off a huge win from Thursday night in Toronto as they clipped the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime to win in six games 4-2 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.

#2 The series itself shows you that the Lightning is not a team to cave in and they provided some strong defense holding the Islanders to jut one goal in game six with Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy stopping 26 shots and allowing just one goal.

#3 Matt, Brayden Point returned for the Lightning on Thursday night and had four shots in 25:47 on the ice. He was out and the team medical staff really got him turned around after he took a hit from the Islanders Adam Pelech.

#4 Looking at tonight’s Stanley Cup Finals all games will be played in Edmonton which should give both the Lightning and the Dallas Stars time to focus on morning skates, meetings, no traveling, another series with a quite empty rink, and game one tonight.

#5 The Stars had some great help getting to the Finals with a shocking defeat over the Vegas Golden Knights in the Western Conference Finals how do you see Dallas matching up with the Lightning for game 1 tonight.

Matt does the NHL podcasts on Saturdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Joe Lami: Stars move onto Stanley Cup Finals; Beat Vegas in short order 5 games

Both Dallas Stars and the Vegas Golden Knights met at center ice for the honorary handshake at the conclusion of game five last Mon Sep 14th at Rogers Centre in Edmonton (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Joe Lami:

#1 The Dallas Stars won this series Joe in five games knowing how tough the Vegas Golden Knights are how surprising was the series win in short order for the Stars.

#2 Let’s talk about that final and fifth clinching game for the Stars that went overtime on Monday night. The Knights opened up the contest with a first period goal by Chandler Stephenson (3) at 8:14 putting the Knights in the drivers seat at 1-0.

#3 Joe talk about the goaltending in the second period neither goalie gave up a goal for the  Stars Anton Khudobin and for the Knights Rob Lehner.

#4 The Knights took a 1-0 lead into the third period and that’s when the tide turned, the Knights Reilly Smith scored giving the Knights the last lead they will have for this season 2-0. Then came the Stars Jamie Benn and Joel Kiviranta scoring a goal each to tie up the game and force overtime.

#5 In overtime the Stars Denis Gurianov scored at 3:36 for the gamer and clincher as the Dallas Stars will represent the Western Conference in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Join Joe Lami for the NHL Stanley Cup Finals podcast each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Islanders avoid elimination in double OT win 2-1

Game 5 Tuesday night New York Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov (40) gets the glove up ready to stop the shot of Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Zach Bogosian (24) as Islanders defenseman Devon Toews (25) tries to block the shot during the second period at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (Canadian Press photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference Finals podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko Tampa Bay Lightning center Brayden Point missed playing at Rogers Centre on Tuesday night in game five against the New York Islanders the game went into double overtime on Tuesday how much did the Bolts miss Point in the line up?

2. Brayden had a goal and an assist in game 4 which was played on Sunday, Brayden missed action after the New York Islanders Adam Pelech hit him at 9:51 in the third perod.

#3 Point means a lot to the Lightning he has 25 points which translates to nine goals and 16 assists. The Bolts looked like they just couldn’t get any offense going against the Islanders going in regulation in game six on Tuesday night.

#4 Marko talk about the job that Islanders goaltender Semyon Varlamov did in allowing only one goal in a double overtime in game 6 on Tuesday night facing a barrage of 37 shots saving 36 of them to help keep the Isles alive in a one goal win 2-1. With the Lightning ahead in the series 3-2.

#5 The series is now 3-2 Tampa Bay in front as both the Bolts and Isles face off for game six on Thursday night after seeing that neither team gave up any ground in game five how do you see this match up for game six on Thursday night?

Marko does the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Daniel Dullum: Chapman out for season; Covid-19 haunts Ohio State and Virginia; plus more

Oakland A’s third baseman Matt Chapman will have hip surgery that will take him out for the rest of the season (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Daniel:

1 A’s Matt Chapman out for the season — hip surgery

2 Ohio State study: 4 of 26 athletes who tested positive for Covid-19 ‘had CMR findings suggestive of myocarditis’; Covid-19 knocks out Virginia-Virginia Tech football opener

3 NHL announces sixth straight week of zero positive Covid-19 tests

4 Protestors block NBA media buses at Disney World

5 MLB finally gives Mets permission to honor 9/11 first responders

6 Phils’ Zach Wheeler to miss one start after injuring a finger while putting on his pants

Headline Sports podcasts with Daniel are heard every Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Len Shapiro: Benn scores winning goal in 2nd period Stars edge Knights 2-1 in game 3

The Dallas Stars Jamie Benn (14) celebrates scoring his second period goal with teammates Alexander Radulov (47) and Joe Pavelski (16)  to get the Stars the lead and eventual win on Saturday Sep 12th, 2020 (AP News photo)

On the NHL Western Conference Finals podcast with Len:

#1 It was a battle but all the scoring took place in the second period as the Dallas Stars get a way with a win over the Las Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 on Saturday all the scoring came in the second period.

#2 The Knights started things off with Alec Martinez scoring the game’s first goal at 7:44 in the second period to take a 1-0 lead.

#3 The Stars Joe Pavelski is a post season scoring machine with his ninth goal of the playoffs, Pavelski scores to tie the game at 1-1 at 11:34 in the second period.

#4 The Stars Jamie Benn scored the tie breaking goal at 19:01 late in the second period as the Stars take a 3-1 series lead.

#5 The Knights goaltender Robin Lehner stopped 18 of 20 shots and the Stars goalie Anton Khudobin stopped 32 of 33 shots talk a little about the goaltending.

Len Shapiro does the NHL podcasts every other Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Eastern Conference Finals podcast with Matt Harrington: Isles pick up first series win with two late goals to beat Bolts 5-3

(AP News photo) The New York Islanders Brock Nelson (29) scores his second goal of game 3 for the go ahead goal in the third period at 16:35 getting the puck past Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (88)

NHL Eastern Conference Finals podcast:

#1 The New York Islanders got motivation down two games to none the Islanders got help from Brock Nelson who scored the tie breaking goal with 3:25 left in the third period for the 5-3 win.

#2 Scoring in the game the Islanders Cal Cutterbuck (2) 12:58 opened the game up with a goal for a New York 1-0 lead.

#3 Tampa Bay tied the game at 16:31 in the first period Mikhail Sergachev scored his second goal of the playoffs 1-1.

#4 In the second period Adam Pelech (1) scored at 11:50 to put the Islanders back in front 2-1

#5 The Islanders pulled two goals ahead at 13:50 with a Anthony Beauvillier (9) second period goal.

#6 In the third period the Bolts Ondrej Palat (7) and Tyler Johnson (4) tied up the game 3-3 and the Isles answered right back with Brock Nelson (8) at 16:35 scoring his second goal in the game for the go ahead goal 4-3 and Jean Gabriel Pageau at 19:24 scoring the final goal of the game at 19:24 for the 5-3 win.

Join Matt for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcasts each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

NHL Western Conference Finals Playoffs podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Knight’s Lehner shutsout Stars to tie series in 3-0 win

This goal was called back when the Vegas Golden Knights  Max Pacioretty (67) and Reilly Smith (19) both were called for interference in the second period as Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin (35) is in net during game 2 of the Western Conference Finals at Rogers Centre in Edmonton on Tue Sep 8, 2020 (AP News photo)

On NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast with Marko:

#1 Marko, you got to hand Tuesday’s game 2 to Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner who stopped all 24 Dallas Stars shots for a shutout.

#2 In the first Period between Dallas and Vegas it seemed like it was going to be a defensive game from the start with Lehner in net for Vegas and then there was Dallas goalie Anton Khudobin who stopped 24 out of 27 shots it turned out to be a scoreless first period.

#3 For Vegas Paul Stastny scored his third goal of the post season in the second period at 4:53 to get the Knights on the scoreboard for a 1-0 lead.

#4 William Karlsson scored at 8:24 in the second period for Karlsson’s 4th goal of the season putting Vegas up 2-0.

#5 The Knights Tomas Nosek scored at 14:32 in the second period to round off all the scoring for a Tuesday night it was Nosek’s second goal of the playoffs and the Knights would go onto win it 3-0.

#6 The series is tied at 1-1 and both the Knights and Stars match up for game three on Thursday night in Edmonton Marko set game 3 up for us.

Marko has the NHL Western Conference Finals Playoff podcasts each Wednesday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Eastern Conference Finals Playoff podcast with Joe Lami: Lightning played a dominating opening game against Isles

The Tampa Bay Lightning who lit up the lamp on Monday in their six goal win over the New York Islanders in game 1 saw left wing Ondrej Palat (18) score his second goal in the game celebrates with  right wing Nikita Kucherov (86) (AP News photo)

On the NHL Stanley Cup Playoff podcast with Joe Lami:

#1 Joe does the huge win by the Tampa Bay Lightning 8-2 over the New York Islanders pretty much establish what this series is going to be about.

#2 Are the Islanders a team that could come back  and make this series interesting?  They do have Matthew Barzal, Anders Lee, and Andy Greene to name a few who helped get them here.

#3 The Lightning no doubt not only had the offense to score eight on Monday but they also have a goaltender who held the Isles to just two goals in game 1 in Andrei Vasilevskiy who stopped 22 of 24 shots.

#4 Joe talk about the Bolts Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov who each had five points on Monday against the Islanders they were key to the eight goal offense

#5 So it’s back to the drawing board for the Islanders do you think after a game like that on Monday they can regroup or will they have that concern this Lightning team is too well prepared and difficult to contain in game 2 on Wednesday?

Joe Lami does the NHL Stanley Cup podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com