Dallas Stars talk with local pulse.
Spits & Suds Podcast follows the Dallas Stars with the urgency of a fan base watching every lineup detail matter. It moves from playoff matchups and injury returns to prospects, arena talk, and NHL-wide storylines without losing its DFW hockey center of gravity.
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Spits & Suds Podcast is a Dallas Stars show that lives close to the ice, the schedule, and the fan reaction. Its natural mode is immediate: the Stars win, clinch, sign someone, get a player back, or learn a playoff opponent, and the conversation starts there. But it rarely stays only on the headline. A regular-season finish turns into a comparison with last year's slide into the playoffs. A Maverick Bourque scoring night becomes a bigger look at physicality, confidence, scoring, and Jim Nill's coming cap decisions. A Jake Ottinger shutout run opens up a goaltending conversation about angles, space, and what a shooter actually sees. Short version: it watches the games like a fan and processes them like someone who cares about roster construction. The Dallas Stars are the center. The Texas hockey ecosystem matters too. Recent episodes connect Kade O'Rourke's story to the reach of the Stars and Texas Stars, spend time on college hockey and the Frozen Four, and imagine Dallas as a future host for bigger hockey events. The show is also comfortable wandering through the lived reality of local fandom: AAC activity, sponsor presence, bus-trip ideas, and the feeling of a building getting ready for game one. National context appears when useful, especially around Stars-Wild, Jonathan Quick's career, and broader NHL playoff shape. It is not a quiet show. The pace is brisk, the segments can run long, and ad reads sometimes take up real space before the hockey returns. That looseness is part of the texture. Spits & Suds is strongest when it tests fan emotion against hockey detail, acknowledging the nerves of a playoff chase while asking what the lines, injuries, scoring depth, and goaltending actually say. It is for plugged-in Stars fans who want local urgency, player-specific talk, and enough NHL context to keep Dallas from feeling like an island. The voice is warm and opinionated, with room for excitement, correction, and a little dry humor when the team makes the night weird.
Made for: Built for Dallas Stars fans who follow the roster closely, care about playoff matchups, and want local hockey context beyond final scores. It best suits listeners already comfortable with NHL names, line details, and DFW hockey references.
What sets it apart: The show blends fan-level urgency with practical hockey detail, moving from a single Stars result into cap questions, development stories, goaltending reads, and local arena culture. Its DFW focus gives even national NHL topics a Stars-first frame.
The Hockey Hawk Gavin Spittle and a number of guests discuss the Dallas Stars, NHL News and share lots of stories and laughs.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed Stars reaction connects each result to roster choices, playoff stakes and the arguments occupying Dallas hockey followers.
Spits & Suds Podcast turns Dallas Stars games into detailed conversations about what happened and what comes next. Gavin Spittle moves from post-game reaction to playoff positioning, injuries and lineup decisions, often testing his view against Sean Shapiro, identified on the…
Jake Ottinger lets in a goal; Gavin Spittle turns your postgame panic into a spirited defense.
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A loose but useful Stars check-in that turns recent results into playoff context.
Stars talk stays close to the immediate stakes, with Gavin Spittel and Sean Shapiro working through the latest turns, the Matt Duchene angle, Jake Oettinger, and what two shutouts in four games says about a homestand that has given Dallas something to build on.
A playoff-path update that also makes the case for Jake Oettinger.
Spits and Suds uses the Rangers shutout to sketch a cleaner playoff path for Dallas. The Stars have locked up second in the Central, could still get four home games in the first round, and close with Toronto and Buffalo before a likely Wild matchup.
A Stars win sharpens the home-ice math while roster timing keeps the playoff picture in focus.
Spits & Suds frames the Stars' win over Minnesota as more than a clean result, giving it real home-ice weight before moving into roster timing.
An overtime loss sharpens the Stars' goalie debate while Justin Ritz Covey stands out as the concrete roster bright spot.
The Stars' overtime loss to the first-place Avalanche gives Spits and Suds a clear postgame hinge: Dallas took a point from a game framed as a four-point swing, then opened the door to the familiar Jake Ottinger debate.
Daily Canucks panic with receipts.
Buffalo hockey, argued daily.
Flyers wins, losses, and reality checks.
Gavin Spittle and David Castillo analyze potential forward trade targets for the Dallas Stars as the NHL deadline approaches.
This episode features a roundtable discussion with Stephen Meserve about the Texas Stars and Dallas Stars hockey teams, including insights from his coverage and co-authorship of 'We Win Here'.
Spits & Suds Podcast opens with Gavin Spittel calling Dallas' 5-4 shootout loss to Colorado a "four-point swing game" after the Stars had won 10 straight.
This post-game podcast discusses the Dallas Stars' disappointing 6-3 loss to Boston, concluding an ugly road trip, while promoting sponsor services.
Spits & Suds host Gavin Spittle interviews Dallas Stars President and CEO Brad Alberts about the team's playoff schedule, business operations, arena planning, and Texas hockey growth.
This episode discusses the Dallas Stars' five-game win streak heading into the playoffs, contrasting it with last year's losses, and includes sponsor promotions for AC and drain cleaning services.
This episode previews the NHL playoff series between the Dallas Stars and Minnesota Wild from a national perspective, featuring an expert guest.
The Dallas Stars secured their 49th win with a 6-5 victory over Toronto, highlighted by Bourque's hat trick, after a slow start in the first period.
Spits & Suds covers a busy Stars morning.
This episode discusses the return of players Bunting and Faksa from injury, analyzing recent hockey games, goaltender performances, and the team's playoff prospects.
Stars lock up second in the Central, and the show spends its first stretch on the 2-0 shutout over the Rangers at the AAC, the five-game homestand that ended with four wins, and the possibility of four home games in round one.
Gavin Spittel opens with the Stars' win over Minnesota.
The Dallas Stars ended a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 road win against the Pittsburgh Penguins, highlighted by a four-goal second period and two empty-net goals.
The podcast discusses the Dallas Stars' overtime shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche in a regular season hockey game with a national audience.
The Dallas Stars defeated the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in an overtime shootout during a regular season hockey game with a national audience.