RJ Choppy, morning host of 105.3 The Fan joins host Gavin Spittle to be the judge on whether Gavin got Catfished by a Spits and Suds listener on a dating site. Gavin tells this unique, funny story and how it relates to the program. The guys then discuss the win over the Rangers last night, does RJ think that Madison Square Garden is the Mecca of hockey arenas and should the Stars pull the trigger after their recent success to go "all in". Hope you enjoy some laughs that are hockey related on thi...
Jan 08, 2025•19 min
What a massive win for the Dallas Stars after trailing 3-0 in the first period against the Rangers. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by Robert Tiffin from D Magazine to talk about the insane game at Madison Square Garden. The guys discuss the art of the check from two different players. Jamie Benn creating space for his game winner and Jason Robertson being able to power through a check and stay involved in the play and score the tying goal. This is the first time this season the Stars won a hockey ...
Jan 08, 2025•45 min
Gavin and Robert discuss a possible contract extension for Jamie Benn and what it would look like. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 08, 2025•15 min
What a massive win for the Dallas Stars after trailing 3-0 in the first period against the Rangers. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by Robert Tiffin from D Magazine to talk about the insane game at Madison Square Garden. The guys discuss the art of the check from two different players. Jamie Benn creating space for his game winner and Jason Robertson being able to power through a check and stay involved in the play and score the tying goal. This is the first time this season the Stars won a hockey ...
Jan 08, 2025•29 min
4 straight wins for the Dallas Stars after a 3-2 Overtime winner from Thomas Harley. Host Gavin Spittle recaps the win, talks about the Utah Hockey Club and then answers questions from listeners on Twitter. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 05, 2025•28 min
Our Spits and Suds NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle to talk about the Stars and how they are back to their winning ways. The guys discuss the chemistry of the top two lines and how Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz are playing real well with Evgenii Dadonov. Oskar Bäck gets a two year extension. The guys discuss his road to the NHL as well as a nice debut from Arttu Hyry. Two Stars prospects are playing in the World Juniors. Sean lets us know how Emil Hemming and Aram Minnetian are doi...
Jan 03, 2025•46 min
Trade talk with Vancouver and what Stars on the current roster he would Sean Shapiro be willing to trade. That plus the recycling of NHL coaches with different teams. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 03, 2025•20 min
Two Stars prospects are playing in the World Juniors. Sean lets us know how Emil Hemming and Aram Minnetian are doing in the tournament. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 03, 2025•12 min
Our Spits and Suds NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle to talk about the Stars and how they are back to their winning ways. The guys discuss the chemistry of the top two lines and how Jason Robertson and Roope Hintz are playing real well with Evgenii Dadonov. Oskar Bäck gets a two year extension. The guys discuss his road to the NHL as well as a nice debut from Arttu Hyry. Sean gives his thoughts on Lian Bichsel being sent down. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practice...
Jan 03, 2025•14 min
The Stars have won 4 of their last 5 and held Ottawa to just 13 shots in a 4-2 win. Host Gavin Spittle recaps the win and talks about how Ottawa is a good team and this was a good win for Dallas. He pitches the idea of the Stars going after Mikael Granlund and how he would help their team. Gavin likes what he has seen from the Stars lately. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://p...
Jan 03, 2025•19 min
The Stars end 2024 with a victory against the Buffalo Sabres. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the Lian Bischel move to the Texas Stars and Dallas reactivating Matt Dumba from injury. He thought the Stars defense played really well in this game and Casey DeSmith was strong in the win. Since the disaster against the Blackhawks back in November, DeSmith has only allowed 5 goals in three games. Jason Robertson has put up 7 points in the last five games and is showing he’s not injured anymore. He goes...
Jan 01, 2025•22 min
The Stars get a win over Chicago 5-1 and get a power play goal to end their streak of power play woes. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by Robert Tiffin from D Magazine. The guys talk about the Stars getting fined by the league for practice during the holiday break. Then the guys go through the win over the Blackhawks. Gavin thought Chicago was the better team in the first period but then Dallas really got going. Robert notes how Oettinger bounced back with a great effort after the tough loss to the...
Dec 30, 2024•58 min
Gavin and Robert preview the upcoming Buffalo game on New Years Eve and then answer questions on Twitter from listeners. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 30, 2024•22 min
The guys go through the win over the Blackhawks. Gavin thought Chicago was the better team in the first period but then Dallas really got going. Robert notes how Oettinger bounced back with a great effort after the tough loss to the Minnesota Wild Friday. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 30, 2024•22 min
Host Gavin Spittle is joined by Robert Tiffin from D Magazine. The guys talk about the Stars getting fined by the league for practice during the holiday break. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 30, 2024•14 min
Dallas sees a 2-0 lead evaporate in the third period and lose to the Wild 3-2 in Overtime. Host Gavin Spittle talks about what went wrong. He makes note that the second goal Dallas scored was set up by Ilya Lyubushkin and how great of a play he made to open up the middle for Wyatt Johnston’s goal. Gavin breaks down the Minnesota Wild game winner in overtime and why it happened. Pete DeBoer said Mason Marchment had to go to the hospital after a puck hit him in the face in this game. Gavin wonders...
Dec 28, 2024•39 min
The Stars defeat the Utah Hockey Club 3-2 before the Holiday break. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by David Castillo from D Magazine. The guys discuss the Utah Hockey Club and that the future of this team is very bright. David talks about Stankoven moving to the 4th line and Blackwell to line 3. They talk about Casey DeSmiths impressive performance and allowing Jake Oettinger to have some time off with the break as well. Gavin and David talk about Elias Petterson as a possible trade target for the...
Dec 24, 2024•54 min
Dallas went 0-7 on the power play and allowed a short handed goal in a 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers. Host Gavin Spittle addresses the power play woes as they continue to just burn this team. He talks about how great Igor Shesterkin was but it’s not a good enough excuse anymore. They have to score goals and especially when they have 17 minutes on the power play, they have to score. He addresses the Jake Oettinger hate from Stars fans and says it has to stop. Oettinger is the future of this te...
Dec 21, 2024•24 min
DallasStars.com Senior Staff Writer Mike Heika joins host Gavin Spittle for this episode. Mike tells us about the flu bug and how the juggling of lines and players can affect the team. Mike brings up a great point about picking up a scorer but does the development of young players like Logan Stankoven and Mavrik Bourque pay the price with minutes. Mike and Gavin talk about Stars from the past comparisons for Lian Bichsel. Who Pete DeBoer is talking about as far as players that have scored in the...
Dec 19, 2024•27 min
Dallas loses to Toronto 5-3 after a tough second period saw the Leafs score 3 goals. Host Gavin Spittle makes note about how the Maple Leafs have the Stars number year after year. Gavin makes note about the lack of scoring from this team since Tyler Seguin went on LTIR. The Stars went 0/4 on the power play and he talks about how big of a momentum killer that is. Gavin reads through tweets from listeners to wrap. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audac...
Dec 19, 2024•23 min
Our Spits and Suds NHL Insider Sean Shapiro joins us from Plymouth Michigan, home of Team USA's training camp as they get ready for World Juniors in Ottawa. Two Stars draft picks will play in the tournament, Aram Minnetian for team USA and Emil Hemming for Finland. Sean tells us that Lian Bichsel needs to stay on the Stars roster and the possibility of carrying eight defensemen. Sean also talks about Logan Stankoven's play as of late, Jake Oettinger's play and how great of a fit Matt Duchene has...
Dec 17, 2024•41 min
Gavin and Sean ask if the Winter Classic will ever return to DFW? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•13 min
Sean and Gavin talks about Logan Stankoven's play as of late, Jake Oettinger's play and how great of a fit Matt Duchene has been. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•12 min
Our NHL Insider Sean Shapiro explains why Lian Bichsel needs to stay with the Stars and that they should carry 8 defensemen. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•17 min
Dallas ended Washington’s 10-game road winning streak with a 3-1 victory. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by David Castillo from D Magazine to talk about the great performance from the team. Dallas continues to play excellent hockey at home as they improved to 13-1 at the AAC. The guys talk about the impact of Lian Bichsel in just three games at the NHL level. Jake Oettinger once again was incredible with 25 saves and just one goal allowed. The guys talk about the Capitals pressing in the attacking...
Dec 17, 2024•53 min
Gavin and David answer questions from listeners and talk about the upcoming game with the Leafs. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•21 min
Gavin and David highlight Jake Oettinger's performance in the win against the Caps. The guys talk about the Capitals pressing in the attacking zone and Oettinger making save after save. Gavin makes note that if these guys can put more games like this together, that’s a Stanley Cup contending team. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 17, 2024•17 min
Dallas ended Washington’s 10-game road winning streak with a 3-1 victory. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by David Castillo from D Magazine to talk about the great performance from the team. Dallas continues to play excellent hockey at home as they improved to 13-1 at the AAC. The guys talk about the impact of Lian Bichsel in just three games at the NHL level and discuss how he's making it very difficult for them to send him down back to Texas. To learn more about listener data and our privacy prac...
Dec 17, 2024•15 min
The Stars defeat the Blues 2-1 in an overtime thriller thanks to a game winner from Matt Duchene. Host Gavin Spittle talks about how great Duchene has been all season and how Jim Nill made it happen in the offseason with bringing him back. Gavin starts with the Blues latest trade with the Anaheim Ducks and wonders who else is up for grabs in a trade from Anaheim? Could Dallas target anyone from the Ducks? What a huge hit by Lian Bischel on Brayden Schenn. Gavin notes what kind of impact Bischel ...
Dec 15, 2024•31 min
David Castillo of D Magazine joins Gavin Spittle to do a deep dive on Game 1 of Lian Bichsel in a Stars sweater. David cites specific examples of how one game shows why he should stay in the lineup. The guys look at specific needs to be fixed and whether it's worth it going "all in" with the possibility of losing key pieces of this youth movement. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ht...
Dec 13, 2024•54 min
