Spits & Suds Podcast

Gavin recaps the Stars blowout win over the Nashville Predators. He talks about the hard hit on Nils Lundkvist and then Jamie Benn taking a boarding penalty when the Stars had an 8-2 lead. He says this was an unnecessary penalty by Benn and caused some chippines in the game. 

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle to break down the Stars in their defensive zone and the pros/cons of playing man to man as opposed to zone defense. The guys are also excited to see if Ty Dellandrea can string multiple positive games together. A preview of the upcoming tough week for the Stars. Craig also gives his thoughts on Defenseman Morgan Rielly's suspension and what he would have done. 

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig joins Gavin Spittle to break down the Stars in their defensive zone and the pros/cons of playing man to man as opposed to zone defense. The guys are also excited to see if Ty Dellandrea can string multiple positive games together. 

Craig and Gavin preview the upcoming tough week for the Stars. Craig also gives his thoughts on Defenseman Morgan Rielly's suspension and what he would have done. 

The Stars get a quality win against the Hurricanes with a 4-2 win. Gavin and David recap the win. Gavin thinks Carolina is a goalie away from being a legit threat in the Eastern Conference. Matt Duchene continues to impress Gavin and David with how calm, cool and collected he looks game in and game out. Evgeni Dadanov is going to be out for an extended period of time due to an injury, giving Ty Dellandrea an opportunity to get in the lineup and he brought a ton of energy to the ice. Gavin thinks Oettinger is back to being himself with the All Star break giving him some time to get right after his injury. David says he’s very optimistic on the Stars if Oettinger continues to play like this. The guys also talk about Phil Kessel news that came out as he is working out with Vancouver. 

The Stars squeak out a 3-2 win over Montreal Saturday afternoon. Gavin talks about the penalty kill coming up big and Jake Oettinger playing great in net in the win. The penalty kill did a great job for the Stars with the power play going 0/6 and not clicking in this one. Gavin credits Oettinger having great performances in his last two games only allowing three goals. Montreal had a lot of high quality chances and he stopped them. 

Hosts Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle talk with Director Jeff Tyner about his new hockey beer league movie The Late Game which Sean has a part in. The guys then discuss the Mason Marchment fine from the NHL, a preview of Stars vs Montreal Saturday and project how many Dallas Stars will be on the 2025 NHL 4 Nations Team USA roster. 

Hosts Sean Shapiro and Gavin Spittle talk with Director Jeff Tyner about his new hockey beer league movie The Late Game which Sean has a part in. 

The guys then discuss the Mason Marchment fine from the NHL, a preview of Stars vs Montreal Saturday and project how many Dallas Stars will be on the 2025 NHL 4 Nations Team USA roster. 

Two time Stanley Cup Champion Craig Ludwig jumps on Spits and Suds to talk about the Stars 5 to 4 loss in Toronto. The focus was on the penalty kill and how to get back to one of the best in the league. Luds and co host Gavin Spittle also discuss how physicality changed this game and they explain why it happened. They also recap the Stars alumni game and a surprise announcement that Luds is now married.