1.   And games were lost, which is why the Stars were clinging to the eighth and final playoff spot when they came out of the Olympic break.

2.   Any more horribly deficient games on the backcheck and the Rangers will be out of the playoff hunt by the Olympic break.

3.   As of the Olympic break, both Bill Guerin and Dafoe were considered fait accompli to finish out the season here.

4.   At the time of the Olympic break, you could argue that Modano was playing as well as anybody in the NHL.

5.   Before the Olympic break, his wife Kelly, gave birth to their first child, a daughter.

6.   A marketing campaign also was designed to keep the NHL primary in the fans minds during the Olympic break.

7.   Briefly The Stars had hoped to establish a regular third pair of defensemen soon after the Olympic break.

8.   But he told Lamoriello before the Olympic break that he had had a relapse.

9.   But there is no blackout period during the upcoming two-week Olympic break.

10.   But with Murray sidelined for the first five games after the Olympic break, interim coach Dave Tippett reassembled the group and they flourished.