Spits & Suds Podcast

The injuries are piling up for the Stars, they moved Matt Duchene to LTIR to create temporary cap space, Jamie Benn is nearing a return as soon as tomorrow night for the Islanders game, Thomas Harley is week to week and Ilya Lyubushkin’s status is up in the air after he didn’t skate in Sunday’s practice. Robert Tiffin from StarsThoughts.com helps break it all down with host Gavin Spittle. Jason Ro...

Gavin and Robert preview the upcoming game with the Islanders.

The guys reminisce on the latest Dallas Stars Hall Of Fame inductees and travel stories from Robert on his road trips.

Jason Roberston was named the NHL First Star of the week. The guys talk about the great week he had.

The injuries are piling up for the Stars, they moved Matt Duchene to LTIR to create temporary cap space, Jamie Benn is nearing a return as soon as tomorrow night for the Islanders game, Thomas Harley is week to week and Ilya Lyubushkin’s status is up in the air after he didn’t skate in Sunday’s practice.

The red hot Dallas Stars keep the good times rolling. Jason Robertson nets a natural hat trick, Jake Oettinger was brilliant and the Stars pick up their 5th win in a row. Gavin talks about the way this team is playing and what has been the difference during this win streak. He points out the save from Oettinger on Matvei Michkov that kept the game at 1-0 and kept the Stars in the driver seat with...

The Stars are rolling with 5 wins in their last 6 games. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by NHL Insider Sean Shapiro to talk about the hot streak they’re on. Sean gives a lot of credit to Casey DeSmith in Thursday’s 7-0 shutout against Montreal. The guys discuss the Stars coaching staff and the success so far this season for the team, especially with the injuries the Stars have faced this year. They...

After a long successful road trip, the Stars return home Saturday to face the Flyers. Sean and Gavin discuss the trap game theory for the first game back at home after a road trip.

The guys discuss the Stars coaching staff and the success so far this season for the team, especially with the injuries the Stars have faced this year. They debate if the Stars power play success is more the player talent or the coaching.

The Stars are rolling with 5 wins in their last 6 games. Host Gavin Spittle is joined by NHL Insider Sean Shapiro to talk about the hot streak they’re on. Sean gives a lot of credit to Casey DeSmith in Thursday’s 7-0 shutout against Montreal.

A 7-0 blowout win for the Dallas Stars over the Montreal Canadiens sweeps a Canada trip for them this week. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the excitement and how impressive this run is for the Stars despite all their injuries. The coaching has been really good so far this season, Neil Graham has the Stars power play second in the league. Wyatt Johnston scored his 100th career goal at just the age...

The losing streak is over for the Dallas Stars in Ottawa! They beat the Senators 3-2 in overtime. Dallas picks up their 4th win when trailing 2-0 this season. Host Gavin Spittle notes Ottawa has started from behind in 11 hockey games this season, but got off to a hot start against Dallas in the first period. The Stars continue to fight back in games. Jake Oettinger made some huge saves and kept Ot...

A 2-1 Dallas win over the Kraken caps off a weekend sweep for the Stars. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the fantastic performance from Casey DeSmith. Gavin points out the Stars have gotten points in 9 of their last 10 games. Gives a big stick tap to the coaching staff for the way the team is performing despite all the injuries. He notes how great Miro Heiskanen has been, he becomes the 2nd defense...

The Stars score twice in 47 seconds to take down Nashville 5-4. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the return of Roope Hintz and the lines Dallas went with. He goes through the scoring summary and how Nashville created traffic in front of the net to create screens in front of Jake Oettinger. A lot of Spits and Suds favorite players made an impact in this game. “Spittin Facts” and tweets from the Sudsi...

Now with the Kamloops Blazers making a huge splash in the Western Hockey League, Allen Texas native JP Hurlbert joins Gavin Spittle on Spits and Suds. JP is one of the hot prospects for the 2026 NHL Draft and he discusses his transition from Dallas Stars Elite to the U.S. national team development program and now to the Western Hockey League with Kamloops playing for Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglard...

It was a high scoring affair at the AAC and the red hot Anaheim Ducks came out on top 7-5 over the Stars. Host Gavin Spittle starts with the great start the Stars had in the first period and how great Wyatt Johnston has been playing. Gavin doesn’t want to overreact to this loss with all the injuries this team is dealing with, the Stars have had 7 straight games where they gained at least a point a...

The Stars continue their point streak after a 4-3 shootout win against the Edmonton Oilers. Host Gavin Spittle talks about the resiliency from this team and how they continue to fight when they’re down two goals, force overtime and win in a shootout. He recaps the game, talks about the struggles he is seeing from Mavrik Borque, the great performances by Mikko Rantanen, Wyatt Johnston and Miro Heis...

Dallas Stars Senior Staff Writer Mike Heika joins Gavin Spittle to update Stars fans on the team's health. Likely no Jake Oettinger Tuesday night due to the birth of his child and Matt Duchene and Roope Hintz didn't practice. Mike also talks about players that are stepping up with injuries in Justin Hryckowian and Adam Erne. Stars players were wearing new pants at practice. Is this a sign that a 3...

Mikko Rantanen scores a massive goal to send the game to overtime and the Stars pick up at least a point for the 6th straight game. Host Gavin Spittle talks about how big these points have been by them with all the injuries they’re dealing with. Gavin loves what he’s seeing from Justin Hryckowian. He thinks he’s playing so well that when people get healthy, he is going to be hard to send down to T...

Spits and Suds Stars and NHL insider Sean Shapiro joins Gavin Spittle. The guys recap the Thomas Harley deal with some interesting information from Sean. They then shift the conversation to Jason Robertson and a potential number to get the deal done as well as options from both the Stars and Robertson camp. With the overturn on a goal against the Stars, Gavin askes Sean for his insight on the came...

The Stars fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in overtime. Host Gavin Spittle starts with how Oettinger stole the Stars a point with how well he played and kept the Stars in the game the entire way. Adam Erne had the only goal for the Stars and they went 19 minutes without a shot on net. Gavin talks about how big that goal was from Erne for a team that is struggling with scoring right now. The gam...

Host Gavin Spittle talks about Logan Cooley getting extended to an 8 year contract by the Utah Mammoth and what a Jason Robertson contract will look like for the Stars if they extend him. He talks about the Stars cap space and what it will look like after the Thomas Harley extension. He talks about Brad Marchand stepping away from the Florida Panthers to help a friend after a tragedy. Lia Assimako...

The Stars beat the Capitals 1-0 behind Jake Oettinger’s 24 save performance and a power play goal from Tyler Seguin. Host Gavin Spittle recaps the game and talks about the Thomas Harley contract extension. He points out all the injuries this team has so far and yet have picked up 7 points out of a possible 8 in the last 4 games and how impressive that is with all the injuries. “Spittin Facts” and...

Robert Tiffin of StarsThoughts.com and D Magazine joins Gavin Spittle to talk about the winning weekend of Stars hockey. Robert explains an NHL salary cap rule that many people might not know about that the Stars almost had to use prior to the game in Nashville. Multiple times this weekend, we saw Goalies lose their stick. Robert and Gavin discuss the rules of how to get their lumber back and netm...

Gavin is going to the Stars Capitals game on Tuesday. Him and Robert talk about Alex Ovechkin one goal away from 900 goals.