The height of a deflection in front of the net, on Morrison's first goal as a Dallas Star (as reported).
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A fan-made scrapbook of Daryl “Razor” Reaugh’s greatest on-air words, phrases and nicknames, with what they mean and where they came from.
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“Kucherov, and the lost art of the buttonhook.”
the lost art of the buttonhookA fancy name for Kucherov's stick move.
June 16, 2021 (approx.)social media
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Goals & shots · phrase Signature words · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A beer joke meaning all froth and nothing underneath.
Date not knownunverifiedHits & scrums · phrase An over-the-top way to say a player nearly had his head taken off in front of the net.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase Getting so thoroughly outplayed that the fancy stats go out the window.
May 25, 2025 (approx.)social mediaHits & scrums · phrase Chaos at the net front, with every player paired off in a scrum.
Date not knownunverifiedSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Feb. 14, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase A jokey name for a pandemic-era Stars-Canes game.
Jan. 31, 2021 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · phrase The peak of something; here a joke about names in Minnesota sports history.
Apr. 14, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · word A little vacation spent away from your phone apps.
June 17, 2023 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · word The warmth of winter sunshine. A real, rare word he used about Florida.
Nov. 17, 2022 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · phrase A joke about hockey names that cram in more consonants than they need.
Mar. 2, 2024 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase As clear as can be, in a silly picture-quality simile.
Dec. 27, 2020 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase A power play that kills everything it touches.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A pun on lethal injection and the nutmeg (puck through the legs): a goal that kills the other team's hopes.
Date not knownunverifiedSignature words · word needs a definition
Mar. 2, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · phrase A fancy name for a draft.
June 19, 2023 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase Totally out of control, like a fire hose with nobody holding it.
Date not knownunverifiedSignature words · word Kindly and fatherly, like an uncle.
May 21, 2025 (approx.)social mediaGoals & shots · phrase His reaction to Mike Ribeiro's shootout goal against the Kings, which ranked #5 on a Stars midseason top-10 plays list.
Stars vs. Kings · Season 2008-09on airPassing & skating · phrase A soft, neat pass fed to a teammate like a bird to its chick.
Date not knownunverifiedPlayers & nicknames · nickname Wyatt Johnston: baby-faced, but deadly in a Game 7.
May 4, 2025 (approx.)social mediaGoals & shots · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A brain-gas lapse: a team making dumb plays.
Date not knownon airPassing & skating · word In the style of Barcelona football: weaving, passing and changing the point of attack.
June 21, 2022 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase Ice littered with sticks and bits, like a shoreline after a storm.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A playful metaphor for a player back on familiar ground, like an animal returning home.
Date not knownunverifiedSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedPlayers & nicknames · word A pun on 'renaissance' for Jamie Benn's rebirth.
Nov. 30, 2022on airHits & scrums · phrase A hit that rattles the teeth. Related to 'rectum rattler'.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase Deep trouble, said in a folksy, cleaned-up way, here about penalties.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A player who arrives late and mops up whatever scraps are left, like bread on gravy.
Date not knownunverifiedPlayers & nicknames · nickname His grandly signed nickname for himself.
Aug. 24, 2022 (approx.)social mediaPlayers & nicknames · nickname needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedSaves & goaltending · phrase A long-limbed goalie stealing goals.
Season 2017-18unverifiedPlayers & nicknames · nickname A pair of Stars who piled up goals at home.
Apr. 12, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase His label for a bullet-list scoring stats post.
Apr. 16, 2026 (approx.)social mediaPlayers & nicknames · word A windbag. His own label for himself as the Stars' longtime play-by-play companion.
Sept. 22, 2021 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Oct. 2, 2026 (approx.)social mediaPop culture · nickname The sling he wore after a shoulder repair, which he addresses as a person.
Dec. 28, 2020 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase His name for a smartwatch that nags him to stand up.
Oct. 3, 2022 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedPlayers & nicknames · nickname A nickname for the Dallas Stars players. Big D is Dallas.
Date not knownunverifiedSimiles & analogies · phrase A mock proverb: bold moves get punished.
Date not knownunverifiedSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedHits & scrums · word A pun on 'brouhaha' for a beer-themed brawl.
Date not knownunverifiedGoals & shots · nickname A player who misses a lot of shots.
May 21, 2025 (approx.)social mediaPop culture · phrase A food matchup joke: Texas brisket against the Wild's wild rice soup.
Mar. 21, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase Feeling bound by the job to call the big moment.
Apr. 28, 2026 (approx.)social mediaSignature words · word Gigantic, from the giants in Gulliver's Travels.
Mar. 14, 2019 (approx.)social mediaGoals & shots · phrase Vernon Fiddler's important shootout goal, which came after he fell down mid-move.
Stars vs. Predators · Apr. 8, 2014 (approx.)on airSignature words · phrase needs a definition
Date not knownunverifiedPlayers & nicknames · nickname A jokey title for a colleague who is about to start riding the bus.
Feb. 3, 2023 (approx.)social mediaSimiles & analogies · phrase A comic image of a coach hurling a butchered reindeer into the locker room to fire the team up.
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