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 […]
Stars Daily September 23: Dealing with an information overload
Fans and media members are going to get a bit of an information overload this season with Ken Hitchcock coaching the Dallas Stars. While Lindy Ruff was more reserved and kept things close to the vest, for example he would never even discuss starting goalies, Hitchcock enjoys sharing information. He likes to have lengthy chats […]
Training Camp Day 4: Veteran lineup set for preseason, Heiskanen to stay in Finland
CEDAR PARK, Texas — The Dallas Stars will field a more veteran lineup in the first preseason game against the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. That means Jamie Benn, Mattias Janmark, and Ben Bishop (for two periods) will all play vs. St. Louis. “It’s important that we play really good lineups at home, and we’re […]
Training Camp Day 2: Young players impress Hitch, defensive answers emerging
CEDAR PARK, Texas — Ken Hitchcock said he was happy with the second day of Dallas Stars training camp. “The kids that were pushing for work weren’t nervous today,” Hitchcock said. “They were way more comfortable, both sessions. The young guys that are ready now, or are going to be ready, all those guys had […]
Dallas Stars 2017-18 player previews: Radek Faksa
Editor’s note: This is the fifth part of a series previewing individual players projected to make the Dallas Stars roster heading into the 2017-18 season.
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 […]