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Stars rookie notches first goal in SO loss

By E.J. Hradek

Monday, October 12, 2009

I caught a nice feel-good story late Sunday night. Well, it was late for me back on the Jersey shore. To cut to the chase, Dallas Stars rookie Jamie Benn scored his first NHL goal in the club's 4-3 shootout loss on the road against the Vancouver Canucks. A kid's getting his first NHL goal always makes for a nice tale, but there were two other important elements to Benn's tally. First, the goal came with just 1:33 left in regulation time, tying the game 3-3. That's nice timing. And second -- th ...

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