The Dallas Stars began these NHL playoffs without standout defenseman Miro Heiskanen and top goal scorer Jason Robertson, and still made it to their third consecutive Western Conference final.

Ryan Grimes, a Dallas Stars fan, speaks to CBC's Riley Laychuk about how he started a fundraising campaign that raised more than $55,000 for KidSport Canada after the sudden death of Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele's father.

Wayne Gretzky, who works as a studio analyst for TNT and, oh yeah, happens to be the universally accepted hockey G.O.A.T., stopped by the Stars’ locker room after Dallas’ 2-1 overtime win to give his congratulations for a third straight conference finals berth, where they’ll battle Gretzky’s former team, the Edmonton Oilers.

By advancing to the conference finals for the 3rd straight year, the Stars can get revenge on the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers and Stars are the 10th set of teams to meet in the Conference Final in consecutive seasons, and Edmonton will look to be the sixth team to win both times after defeating Dallas in six games last year.

The Dallas Stars have clinched a spot in the Western Conference Final for the third consecutive season after defeating the Winnipeg Jets in seven games. To finally break through that proverbial glass ceiling,

Could the Dallas Stars return to a 12-forward, six-defensemen lineup with Miro Heiskanen making strides in Game 6?