FRISCO, Texas — Forwards Brett Ritchie and Martin Hanzal are both going to miss the next two games due to injury. Ritchie was getting further medical tests on Friday. Hitchcock wouldn’t give further information on the upper-body injury, instead deciding to defer to general manager Jim Nill on the injury. “I think this should come […]
Bishop starts against Colorado and Edmonton, Lehtonen against Calgary
FRISCO, Texas — Ben Bishop will start the next two games, while Kari Lehtonen will start against the Calgary Flames on Friday. Lehtonen has just two appearances and one start this season, coming in a loss to the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 7. Since that start Bishop has played seven straight games, and will […]
Dallas Stars 2017-18 player previews: Brett Ritchie
Editor’s note: This is the sixth part of a series previewing individual players projected to make the Dallas Stars roster heading into the 2017-18 season. Brett Ritchie started to scratch the surface of his NHL potential last season. The right wing had 16 goals, good for fourth on the team, and was a plus-11 on […]
STARS MAILBAG: Journalism, player expectations, egos, and Port Wine
In my mind we are now officially two weeks away from hockey season. Sure, the Dallas Stars won’t open their season until Oct. 6 against the Vegas Golden Knights. But two weeks from today the Stars prospects will open the Traverse City Prospects Tournament against the Columbus Blue Jackets prospects at 3:30 ET (the game […]
STARS MAILBAG: Development camp, goalies, and a prediction on Nichushkin
Let’s just get the Valeri Nichushkin questions out of the way first. Nothing is set in stone, but I expect Nichushkin to remain in Russia and finish out his two-year contract with CSKA Moscow. The Stars are remaining non-commital on the subject at the time, and they should. But there are too many factors — […]
Dallas Stars announced qualifying offers for pending RFAs
The Dallas Stars have extended qualifying offers to six players, while five players have not been qualified and will become unrestricted free agents on July 1. Radek Faksa, Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak, Brett Ritchie, and Gemel Smith have all been qualified and will likely sign with Dallas this summer. Matej Stransky was also qualified, but […]