Opening night's star was a Star. Marty Turco took advantage of the rules and recorded a three-point night. The win and the assist on Darryl Sydor's game-winning goal gave him an early three points on the season. The Stars beat the Avalanche in overtime, 3-2.
Despite the massive popularity of Miikka Kiprusoff, Marty Turco did find his way onto one pool team early on this season and he rewarded those who took him. His counterpart in the match, Jose Theodore, was also taken once in the pool and looked like he could have come away with four points after two periods... but 52 seconds into the third, the game was tied.
A couple marquee matchups face-off tonight on Night Two of the season.
The Canucks will stroll into Motown to face the Red Wings tonight. The often-mocked, but surprisingly popular (pool-wise) Sedin twins will take on the Red Wings popular players, Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk. The Canucks and Red Wings will feature on Hockey Night in Canada out here in the West instead of seeing the Senators and Leafs face off again.
Miikka Kiprusoff and Jarome Iginla will open the season in Edmonton when they face off against Ryan Smyth and Petr Sykora for pool supremecy. The Battle of Alberta will feature as the second game on the Thursday edition of Hockey Night In Canada tonight, so stay tuned to keep up with all your pool picks.
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