TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Since he bought the Dallas Stars for close to $240 million in 2011 Tom Gaglardi has been one of the more hands-on owners in the NHL. Even while living in Vancouver, Gaglardi is a somewhat constant presence in Dallas at games and practices. This past week Gaglardi — at least to […]
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, […]
Wrong Side of the Red Line Podcast: Greetings from Traverse City
The Dallas Stars prospects are off to a bit of a rough start in the Traverse City Prospects Tournament. A couple players have made strides (Roope Hintz, Sheldon Dries), while others have been slightly disappointing (Denis Gurianov) based on expectations. How should we judge these prospects heading into training camp? Ryan Satkowiak and I discuss […]
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 […]
Stars prospects blow 3-goal lead, fall in OT against Blues
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Dallas Stars prospects blew a three-goal lead in the third period and fell in overtime to the St. Louis Blues 7-6 on Saturday evening. Dallas had taken a 6-3 lead at 4:21 of the period when Sheldon Dries scored on cross-crease pass from Tomas Soustal. Then the Blues highly touted […]
Stu Barnes excited for opportunity to re-energize Stars power play
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Stu Barnes is looking forward to being behind an NHL bench again. He’s excited to work with the talent the Dallas Stars have assembled this summer, and since he was hired in late June he’s been working with new (and old) head Ken Hitchcock to prepare for the 2017-18 season. “It’s […]