FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars said goodbye to Adam Cracknell after practice Monday. Cracknell, a veteran depth forward, was claimed on waivers by the New York Rangers. Cracknell went into Stars general manager Jim Nill’s office around 10:45 a.m. and found out about the claim. “I think it’s exciting, I know it’s an opportunity […]
Stars Daily October 9: Waiver watch with Adam Cracknell
The Dallas Stars put Adam Cracknell on waivers on Sunday. It’s a move that was made to create some roster flexibility and likely means that Julius Honka will make his season debut against the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. The Stars may need another forward before Tuesday. Martin Hanzal is dealing with a lower-body injury, […]
STARS MAILBAG: Discipline with Hitch, high praise for Shore, and Honka to the minors?
Preseason results can be a bit misleading. Last season the Colorado Avalanche went 6-0 in exhibition games, they followed that up with the NHL’s worst regular season record. So diving too deep into preseason stats and results can be dangerous. However, there have been a couple encouraging preseason numbers from the Dallas Stars through five […]
Stars new coaching staff could provide a fresh start for "bubble players" and defensemen
FRISCO, Texas — Changing head coaches is going to have some obvious impacts on the Dallas Stars this season. Ken Hitchcock, who replaced Lindy Ruff, is going to bring in a more disciplined system. There will be more attention to detail and offensive and defensive approaches will be tweaked by assistant coaches Stu Barnes and […]
Dallas Stars 2017-18 player previews: Adam Cracknell
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series previewing individual players projected to make the Dallas Stars roster heading into the 2017-18 season. Adam Cracknell is the rare Dallas Star that actually wants to build off of the 2016-17 season.
Adam Cracknell's hard work rewarded with first career hat trick
DALLAS — In roughly a month Adam Cracknell will be a father. He and his wife are expecting a baby girl, who is due on April 27. And at some point, once she’s old enough, Cracknell will be able to open a computer and show his daughter what happened on March 24, 2017. “Hopefully YouTube […]