Dallas Stars top prospect Miro Heiskanen is dealing with concussion issues and will miss NHL training camp this week in Cedar Park. Heiskanen first told the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat about the concussion and that he wouldn’t be flying to Texas for training camp like originally planned. Heiskanen is listed on the Stars 62- player […]
Grading out the Stars individual performances from Traverse City
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Dallas Stars prospects posted a 1-2-1 record and finished seventh in the NHL Prospects Tournament here in Northern Michigan. While the win-loss results aren’t attractive, it was a younger team at the tournament and consisted heavily of AHL-contracted players and free agent invites. By comparison, the teams playing in the […]
Gurianov's natural hat trick leads Stars prospects to 4-1 win against Rangers
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Denis Gurianov had a natural hat trick and the Dallas Stars prospects closed out the NHL Prospect Tournament with a 4-1 win against the New York Rangers in the seventh-place game. Gurianov had a rough and inconsistent start to the tournament but turned up his play in the final two games […]
Gurianov and Hintz score as Stars prospects fall against Wild
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Dallas Stars prospects played their best game of the tournament in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Monday. Roope Hintz and Denis Gurianov each scored in the loss, while free agent invite Jeremy Brodeur made 28 saves for the Stars. “Today’s team was a totally different team from […]
Q&A: Jim Bedard discusses new role as Stars director of goalie development
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Back in May the Dallas Stars hired Jim Bedard as their new new Director of Goalie Development. Bedard spent the majority of his career as the Detroit Red Wings goalie coach. He left Detroit after the 2015-16 season and spent last season as the goalie coach for the OHL’s Windsor Spitfires, […]
Strong showing in Traverse City can reap rewards for free agent invites
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Roughly a year ago Ondrej Vala was waiting to board a flight at the Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport when he got one of the most important calls of his hockey career. It was his agent. The Dallas Stars were impressed with his play at the 2016 prospects tournament, and they […]