Dallas Stars taunt Tony Romo, Cowboys after Twitter diss

Don't mess with Texas' hockey team.

The Dallas Stars' digital media staff proved to be just as feisty off the ice, taunting the Dallas Cowboys and specifically quarterback Tony Romo after the football team's official Twitter account instigated an online beef by joking about the NHL lockout.

After retweeting DallasCowboys.com staff writer Josh Ellis' comment noting six weeks till spring training, the writer behind the official Cowboys account made the following crack.

The Stars responded with a 10-minute misconduct worthy knockout punch Tuesday morning, along with a picture of former Stars captain Mike Modano hoisting the Stanley Cup.

Via @DallasStars:

At least our #9 got the job done..... RT: @DallasCowboys "Similarly in the category of nobody-cares…the NHL is back!" pic.twitter.com/o6yoe6iG

After picking themselves off of whatever the Twitter equivalent of blood-covered ice would be, the Cowboys offered an apology, which the Stars graciously accepted.

Via @DallasStars:

Apology accepted"@dallascowboys: @DallasStars our sincere apologies for the inappropriate tweet posted accidentally. Good luck this season."