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With the Stars running their recent home success streak to 12-2-2 I have some suggestions on how they can transfer this dominance to their upcoming 3-game pre-Olympic break road trip.

In case you haven’t heard, the Stars haven’t had a lot of luck on the road this year - their success rate has been about equal to that of a opossum family making the trek across I-35 - only with a little less blood and guts.

5 Things Stars Should Bring on Future Road Trips:

1. Bill Oellermann…the stentorian voice of AAC could read the starting lineup in the Stars room just prior to taking the ice then stand at the door as they exit and bellow, “Heeeeeerrrrrre they come, your, Dallas, Staaaaarrrssss!”. Then, drop by the bench and announce when there is “One Minute remaining in the ____ period."
   
   
2. Ice Girls…for the aesthetics
   
   
3. Celena Rae…the anthem songstress is their Kate Smith (or BJ Thomas). She can belt out the Star Spangled Banner right after Bill finishes his bit.
   
   
4. All Blacks…its time to dump the lily Whites and don the menacing all Black jerseys on the road. They’ll travel better, will match the sea of black Tumi luggage that they cart around with them, and will intimidate the opponent like they currently do in downtown Big D.
   
   
5. Brad Richard’s line, one more save, their powerplay, some form of penalty killing mechanism, a 4th goal for, body contact, and the throbbing throng of leather-throated, jersey-clad Stars fans that amplify every happening during tilts at AAC.
   

Note to Mr. Hicks: We might need a bigger plane.