DALLAS — Before the Dallas Stars’ 4-2 win over Buffalo on Sunday afternoon, when a newly-shorn Michael Raffl discovered that he was missing his helmet, he knew what he had to do.
“I didn’t show any weakness in that room,” Raffl said. “[My teammates] were hiding that helmet, I pretend I didn’t care. It was kind of a scary moment walking out there looking like that.”
Raffl, sporting a buzz cut instead of his normally coiffed auburn hair, put on a brave face for warmup, then followed it up by scoring two goals to lead the Stars past the Sabres. It was the first time in six years that Raffl scored twice in the same game, and his performance helped boost the Stars into a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
