Brett Ritchie, the second-round (44th overall) pick of the Dallas Stars in 2011, has officially ended his junior hockey career and was assigned to the Texas Stars on Monday. Ritchie, 19, spent the past season and half playing for Niagara of the Ontario Hockey League. The Ice Dogs were eliminated from the postseason this past week ...
With the NHL trade deadline approaching in just over three weeks, the Dallas Stars find themselves in a unique position regarding the role they can play. Like every team in the Western Conference, they are in the think of the playoff race. With 29 points in 28 games, the Stars sit 10th in the conference, ...
Tuesday evening, the Dallas Stars sent a bit of a shockwave through hockey newswires with the announcement of a trade. MTL trades Erik Cole to DAL for Michael Ryder. — Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) February 26, 2013 Michael Ryder, he of 35 goals last season, is being shipped back to Montreal, along with a third round ...
Now a quarter of the way through its season, the Dallas Stars are right where most people expected they would be in the standings — third in the Pacific Division and eighth in the Western Conference with 13 points in 12 games. Its been a been a rather streaky season thus far for the Stars. ...
Heading into the season, one of the biggest questions for the Dallas Stars was, “How will the defense hold up?” Following the departures of Sheldon Souray, Adam Pardy and Mark Fistric in the offseason, it was a valid question. With only Aaron Rome coming back as a replacement, it appeared that the Stars were prepared ...
With Jamie Benn still without a contract, the Dallas Stars have been searching for a second line center to fill the void until Benn returns. The Tom Wandell experiment ended after two games. In a win against Phoenix and a loss to Minnesota, Wandell played only 12:53 and 12:33, respectively, despite being listed as the ...
With opening night against the Phoenix Coyotes right around the corner, Stars fans will finally get the opportunity to watch some of the new toys GM Joe Nieuwendyk acquired this past offseason. And while some in the Dallas community aren’t too excited that hockey is back, die-hard Stars fans appear to be. Members of the media ...
It can be argued that Jamie Benn is the future face of the Dallas Stars organization. Quite frankly, that might be an undisputed fact. Despite an up-and-coming talent pool, as well as a solid nucleus of young players currently on the roster, Benn has established himself as a strong forward in a short amount of ...
Heading into the 2011 NHL Draft, there were a lot of concerns around Brett Ritchie’s game. Despite being listed at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds, he was not seen as much of a physical player. In a pre-draft review by The Scouting Report, this lack of physicality was touched on, and it was stated that he can be ...
