After a season full of twists and turns, on Sunday morning, one day after their last game of the season and three days after being eliminated from the playoffs, the Dallas Stars made another huge announcement, officially firing general manager Joe Nieuwendyk. With only 48 games spread across four months, the lockout-shortened regular season was ...
With the 2013 NHL trade deadline officially past, the dust is finally beginning to settle on what was a whirlwind few days for the Dallas Stars. One of the league’s most active participants leading up to Wednesday’s deadline, the Stars made three separate deals on Tuesday, including two of the biggest ones of all in ...
With 25 out of their 48 games now behind them, the Dallas Stars find themselves just past the midway point of their 2013 season. Sporting a roster that is a fusion between bright-eyed rookies and grizzled veterans, the Stars have predictably bounced up, down and all around the Western Conference, and currently sit in 11th ...
Sometimes you need to take one step backwards before you can take two steps forwards. Thus is the essence of rebuilding an NHL hockey team. The jettisoning of veteran players to make room for young up-and-comers is never an easy transition to make, but it’s becoming more and more evident that this is the surest ...
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 ...
No top scorers? No top defencemen? No number one goalie? No problem. At least, not if you’re the Texas Stars. Ok, sure, the team didn’t lose all of their best players once the NHL lockout ended and their big league affiliate, the Dallas Stars, started making call-ups. But when you lose a big group of ...
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 ...
The signing of center Antoine Roussel by the Dallas Stars to a two-way, two year deal this summer made few waves. Most of us saw this unknown’s nine points and 177 PIM with the Chicago Wolves the prior season and shrugged our shoulders. His recent inclusion as one of only three professional forwards invited to ...
With training camps officially underway, up-and-coming players for all 30 teams have now begun their quests for NHL stardom as they battle one another for a small number of remaining roster spots.
Yes the NHL lockout has finally ended. We as fans are all happy and anxious for the games to begin. But perhaps there is none more anxious than the ten names on the following list. There are a variety of reasons why I choose these specific players, for some it was because of the opportunity ...
