Among the Stars’ biggest names skating overseas, none find themselves still alive in postseason play. Both defenseman John Nyberg (Frolunda HC, SHL) and forward Roope Hintz (HIFK, Liiga) advanced to the semifinal rounds of their respective leagues’ playoffs, but each club was bounced in their penultimate matchup. Hintz will skate in the Liiga third-place game […]
SYSTEM UPDATE: Goalie prospect Landon Bow amongst finalists for ECHL honors
Stars goaltending prospect Landon Bow showed enough in 27 games to earn a fifth-place finish in the ECHL’s Rookie of the Year voting, announced Tuesday In those 27 regular-season games, Bow turned in a 2.08 goals against average to lead the ECHL and a .933 save percentage, good for second in the league. Bow and […]
STARS MAILBAG: Hitch is back, expansion, free agency, and trading Cody Eakin?
I wanted to start today’s mailbag with a story about Ken Hitchcock, who was introduced as the Dallas Stars head coach at a press conference on Thursday. In October 2015 I was in Traverse City covering the annual prospects tournament hosted by the Detroit Red Wings. Hitchcock, then the St. Louis Blues coach, was watching […]
Stars prospect Riley Tufte scores in NCAA championship game, but UMD comes up short
Stars prospect Riley Tufte’s late goal wasn’t enough for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in Saturday’s national championship matchup with Denver, as Pioneer Jarid Lukosevicius notched a hat trick to earn Denver its eighth title. Sitting scoreless after one frame, Lukosevicius opened the scoring and added another 16 seconds apart to put his Pioneers up 2-0. […]
Derek Laxdal will return to coach the Texas Stars next season
Derek Laxdal will return as the Texas Stars coach for the 2017-18 season. It was confirmed this weekend that Laxdal will be back for his fourth season leading the Dallas Stars AHL affiliate in Cedar Park. This isn’t a new development within organization, but it is new public information. When Laxdal was hired before the […]
STARS MAILBAG: A good day for hockey in Frisco, Dickinson feeling better, and optimism
Let’s start today with some positive hockey news in DFW. Earlier this week the Frisco Varsity Gold team claimed Texas’ first-ever high-school hockey national championship. Frisco won the Combined Division title (for teams comprised of players form multiple high schools) in undefeated fashion in six game at the tournament and outscored 31-16. Frisco defeated defending […]