FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars play their fourth preseason game tonight and play the Colorado Avalanche for the second time. After taking a younger group to Denver last week, the Stars have some of their big names in the lineup this evening. The top line of Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, and Alexander Radulov will […]
Stars Daily September 25: Captain Benn responsible for keeping pulse of the team
The Dallas Stars didn’t practice on Sunday and it made sense. With three preseason games in four days and a back-to-back on Monday and Tuesday, switching to an off-ice day on Sunday was in the players’ best interests and Jamie Benn was included in that decision. In fact, Benn is included now in almost every […]
Sunday with Hitch: Oleksiak brings defensive stability and who fits with Hanzal?
FRISCO, Texas — Back-to-back preseason games are going to act as a live audition for the 32 remaining players in Dallas Stars training camp. Ken Hitchcock said all of the players remaining, other than Martin Hanzal, will participate in the back-to-back preseason games on Monday against the Colorado Avalanche and Tuesday vs. the Minnesota Wild. […]
Stars Daily September 24: Oleksiak continues excellence, what does that mean?
On Friday Ken Hitchcock said he’s moved into the second phase of roster construction for his NHL team. Instead of looking to make cuts, now the Stars are looking for players to step up, grab roles, and earn their spots. Theoretically it’s a somewhat open competition for NHL jobs and Hitchcock will force management to […]
Stars shutout Blues 4-0, Janmark scores second goal of preseason
Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 4-0 in a preseason game on Saturday. Dan Hamhuis, Jason Spezza, Remi Elie, and Mattias Janmark scored as Dallas improved to 2-1-0 in the preseason, with both of the wins coming against the Blues. Dallas outshot St. Louis 38-21 and dominated […]
Morning Skate: Spezza and Smith to make preseason debut, Lehtonen starts for Stars
The Dallas Stars will play their third preseason game this evening on the road against the St. Louis Blues. Jason Spezza and Gemel Smith will both play in their first preseason game. For Spezza it’s a chance to get his legs moving after being held out the first two preseason games. It is Smith’s first […]