Mike Modano Weekly Wrap-Up: Tuesday, January 14
With six days off and a light week ahead, Mike Modano ended the Stars most
recent stretch of hockey on quite a high with NHL Player of the Week honors and
fan selection as the starting center for the Western Conference in the 2003 NHL
All-Star game. For the week, Modano was a +1 with three goals and four
assists for seven points in three games. He was named No. 3 star against
Chicago and the No. 1 star against Colorado. He now leads the Stars in
points (46) and assists (30) and ranks third in goals (16), third in
game-winning goals (4) and fourth in shots (108). League-wide, he is tied
for sixth in points and tied for seventh in assists. Modano is now one
assist shy of Neal Broten’s team career mark.
Tuesday, January 7 vs. Los Angeles (W, 7-4)
Stat line:
Two assists
Plus/minus: -1
13:48 of ice time, 17
shifts
• 1:03 power play
• 0:17 shorthanded
7 of 18 faceoffs
won (38%)
One shot on goal
Notes:
• Modano vs. Los Angeles, career: 54 games, 24 goals, 37
assists, 61 points
Thursday, January 9 vs. Chicago (W, 4-3)
Stat line:
One goal, one power play assist
Plus/minus: E
23:07 of
ice time, 30 shifts
• 3:43 power play
• 2:07 shorthanded
11
of 20 faceoffs won (55%)
Three shots on goal
Notes:
• Modano vs. Chicago, career: 73 games, 27 goals, 37 assists,
64 points
• Named the No. 3 star by Dallas Morning News and Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram
• Skated on a line with Jere Lehtinen and Rob DiMaio as
Coach Dave Tippett did a lot of juggling during the game.
Saturday, January 11 vs. Colorado (W, 6-3)
Stat line:
Two goals (one empty net), one assist
Plus/minus:
+2
17:10 of ice time, 30 shifts
• 2:59 power play
• 1:05
shorthanded
15 of 32 faceoffs won (46%)
Four shots on goal
Notes:
• Modano vs. Colorado, career: 44 games, 21 goals, 26 assists,
47 points
• Less than two minutes after the American Airlines Center
announcer let the crowd know that Modano was named a starter for the upcoming
NHL All-Star game, he scored on a wicked slap shot almost as if he was
personally thanking the fans that voted for him. He received 112,632 votes
to move past Joe Sakic of Colorado who finished with 95,488.
• Modano
was named NHL Player of the Week on Monday following a seven-point
week.
• Modano again started out on a line with Jere Lehtinen and Rob
DiMaio, but found himself back with Lehtinen and Bill Guerin later in the
game. Modano assisted fellow NHL All-Star Guerin on the first goal of the
game and Guerin was the primary assist on Modano’s first goal.
• Modano
will be making his fifth All-Star game appearance and first as a starter.
He was also named a reserve in two other All-Star games but was unable to play
due to injury.
• Modano’s two goals and assists marked his 14th
multiple-point game of the season. He has multiple-point efforts in five
of the last six games, including each of the last three.
Quotes:
“ There is a little more to it being voted in. It will be
pretty unique to play alongside Bill (Guerin). It was a good afternoon
today all around. It’s a thrill to be voted in by the fans. It’s
been a great first half.”
Modano on being voted in as an NHL All-Star
starter along with linemate Bill Guerin
“The bar is very high for both of them. You expect excellence out of
them all of the time. But it’s inhuman to do that.”
Stars coach
Dave Tippett on Modano and Guerin
The Week Ahead
Saturday, January 18 at San Jose (KDFI-Ch. 27, 9:30)
Monday, January 20 at
Colorado (KDFI-Ch. 27, 7:00)