It’s been impressive what the Stars have been able to accomplish in the past week since the trade deadline, in the past three games the Stars are 3-0-0 scoring twelve goals in the streak. New leaders have arrived as well as players like Vernon Fiddler, Eric Nystrom and Alex Chiasson have thrived in bigger minutes and bigger roles for the team. Tonight the Stars face off against the injury-plagued Nashville Predators. Nashville missing key players like Paul Gaustad and Gabriel Bourque from it’s lineup tonight. Dallas also missing Kari Lehtonen will rely on Richard Bachman until Kari is back from his lower body injury. Dallas jumped on the Predators early in the game and never took their foot off the gas in this game as Nashville was simply no match for the Stars tonight.
First Period
It was clear from the beginning that Dallas was going to take advantage of the inexperience of the Nashville lineup which they did holding Nashville without a shot in the first ten minutes of the period. Nashville did out shoot Dallas 6-5 in the period, but Dallas made their shots count as Dallas scored two goals within a short amount of time at the 6:04 mark of the period when a hardworking shift by Nystrom-Fiddler-Cole resulted in a goal as Eric Cole fired a slapshot past Nashville goaltender Chris Mason for his fifth goal as a Star and eighth of the season. Shortly after at the 8:40 mark of the period, while on the powerplay Dallas cashed in when Ray Whitney was set up for a one timer on the left face-off dot by Alex Goligoski for his tenth goal of the season. After Dallas obtained the two goal lead Nashville looked for ways to get themselves back into the game and got some momentum when Rich Clune who spent the entire first period looking for a fight and finally got one towards the end of the first period when Antoine Roussel answered Clune’s challenge. Before the end of the period Nashville cut Dallas’ lead to one goal as Taylor Beck scored his third goal of the season at the 18:42 mark of the period making the game 2-1 after the first.
Second Period
Dallas struck quickly to regain their two goal lead as the fourth line got on the score sheet when Tom Wandell finished a play created by Ryan Garbutt and Antoine Roussel for his first NHL goal in over a year. Nashville tried to answer throughout the period, but Richard Bachman held the Predators scoreless in the second stopping all nine Nashville shots. Dallas created a deeper hole for Nashville at the 11:12 mark of the period when Alex Chiasson scored his fourth goal of the season. Dallas ended the period with a big penalty kill and took a 4-1 lead into the second intermission.
Third Period
The period was mostly a mop up one for the Stars as they were just playing the last twenty minutes. At the 7:03 mark of the period Alex Chiasson scored his second goal of the game and fifth of the season giving Dallas a 5-1 lead. Nashville had a small attempt at a comeback at the 12:12 mark of the period when Bobby Butler scored his second goal of the season, but the comeback was soon put away when Sergei Kostitsyn got a boarding major at the 16:31 mark of the period putting the game away and giving Dallas a 5-2 victory for their fourth victory in a row.
Game Extras
Richard Bachman won his fourth straight decision and five of his last six
Vernon Fiddler earned two assist tonight, pushing him to a five game point streak. Fiddler has fifteen points on the season (3g, 12a) and eight of those points have come during the streak.
Playoff Update: With the break, Dallas was three points behind eighth place Detroit in the west. With the win tonight Dallas is only 1 point behind Detroit with eight games remaining.
Alex Chiasson didn’t register a point in his first NHL game, but has in his last four including all five goals.
Three Stars of the Game Chosen by Nashville Media: 1. Alex Chiasson 2. Ray Whitney 3. Vernon Fiddler
The Stars return home to face the Sharks tomorrow, puck drops at 7:00 pm
Things have not been going well for the Stars lately, the are in the middle of a three game losing streak and have lost four of the last five scoring only 12 goals as a team in that span. Tonight they finished their season series against Pacific Division leading Anaheim tonight. Tonight was the third game in a row between the two teams with Anaheim taking the first two in a convincing fashion. Tonight however Anaheim was different as their captain Ryan Getzlaf would miss tonight’s game after an akward fall he took in Wednesday night’s game. The Ducks certainly missed their captain who had five points in the first two games against the Stars this week as Dallas ends their losing streak in a convincing fashion.
First Period
The game started off similar to the previous two against the Ducks as the Stars had problems clearing the puck from their own zone and were creating many turnovers in the period. Kari Lehtonen was sharp in erasing Dallas’ mistakes in the opening half of the period. A play out of nowhere gave Dallas their first goal of the game at the 9:03 mark of the period when Lane MacDermid scored his second goal as a Star as he and Antoine Roussel crashed the Anaheim net and MacDermid finished the play with a nice backhand shot. Dallas didn’t keep their lead for long as 18 seconds later, Andrew Cogliano got a tip-in goal after a puck took an odd bounce around Kari Lehtonen and that quick the game was tied at one. The game picked up physically as these teams looked like they had played the past two games against each other, eventually producing a fight against Antoine Roussel and Emerson Etem. At the same time of the fight, Lane MacDermid was called for a high sticking penalty. On the ensuing powerplay it only took thirteen seconds for a goal to be scored, but it was Dallas scoring the goal as Eric Nystrom hustled down a cleared puck beating Anaheim goaltender Viktor Fasth to the puck and having an open net to shoot at giving Dallas a 2-1 lead. The game got more intense as the period moved along, Anaheim became frustrated with Dallas and started to take penalties because of it all the time in the offensive zone eventually paid off for the Stars as the newest Stars rookie Alex Chiasson scored his first of his NHL career tipping in a Vernon Fiddler pass. Dallas dominated the final ten minutes of the first period and helped themselves to a 3-1 first period lead.
Second Period
Dallas looked to keep their tendencies for bad second periods behind them this game as this was needed, because Anaheim is one of the best second period teams in the league. Dallas caught breaks early in the period as a double minor was called on Anaheim’s Matt Belesky. Dallas didn’t score on the powerplay opportunity, but they kept Anaheim pinned in their own zone for the majority of the time. Anaheim used the momentum of the penalty kill to counter attack in the Dallas zone. Two powerplay opportunities for the Ducks in the last ten minutes of the period pushed the Anaheim attack, but the Stars penalty kill and Kari Lehtonen completely buckled down and allowed nothing. The Stars were out shot 9-6 in the period, but kept their 3-1 lead intact.
Third Period
Dallas looked to protect the lead and play strong defensive hockey in the final period, Anaheim tried to create offensive chances, but the Stars defense stopped all their attempts and Kari Lehtonen saved all shot attempts. Late period penalties put the nails on the coffin of the Ducks comeback attempt as Dallas was able to win in Anaheim 3-1.
Game Extras
Congratulations to Alex Chiasson who scored his first career NHL goal tonight.
Get well soon to Lane MacDermid who left early in the first period with a “upper body injury”
Well Dallas went 2-2-1 against the Pacific Division leading Anaheim Ducks this season.
Corey Perry and Bobby Ryan were not as effective tonight with Ryan Getzlaf out of the lineup.
First time since March 23rd that Dallas has allowed 2 or fewer goals.
Three Stars of the game: 1. Kari Lehtonen 2. Corey Perry 3. Stephane Robidas
The Stars continue their string of games against the Pacific Division as San Jose is the next stop for the Stars, Puck drops at 3:00 pm.
Wednesday would be the first game for the Stars since the trade deadline, and a completely new looking lineup. They would be facing the Pacific Division leading Anaheim Ducks for the second game of three in a row. The Ducks took the first game Monday in a complete domination of Dallas.
The trading season was an eventful one for the Stars as they said goodbye to Derek Roy, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Vincour and Brenden Morrow, all of whom were traded to different teams for prospects and draft picks. With all of these holes in the lineup now the Stars called up highly touted prospects from their AHL team to fill in these holes and a completely new lineup was rolled out by the Stars which would include the season debuts of Alex Chiasson and Lane MacDermid
Line 1: Nystrom- Benn- Cole
Line 2: Whitney- Eriksson- Chiasson
Line 3: Roussel- Eakin- Fraser
Line 4: MacDermid- Fiddler- Garbutt
The defensive pairings stayed the same for the Stars
Pair 1: Dillon- Robidas
Pair 2: Goligoski- Daley
Pair 3: Rome- Larsen
First Period
A real pace to the game developed early as the Ducks and Stars re-acquainted with each other as division rivals. A physical tone was led by Aaron Rome as he was not letting Ducks into the Dallas zone without punishing body checks, and fans got to see the skill set of Alex Chiasson who looked NHL ready even for his first game. Dallas would have to face Viktor Fasth again who shut them out on Monday and also did for this period as Fasth saved all of Dallas’ eight shots on goal in the period. Anaheim got the only goal of the first period at the 11:44 mark of the period when Ryan Getzlaf set up former Star Radek Dvorak for his first since returning from the Swiss professional league. The Ducks led 1-0 after one period.
Second Period
Anaheim’s superior lineup took over this period as the Stars battled through out, but the chemistry and skillset of the Ducks overpowered the younger Stars. Dallas’ only penalty of the game resulted in a powerplay goal for the Ducks as Teemu Selanne scored his tenth goal of the season. Dallas still managed to get some looks at Viktor Fasth registering six shots, but Fasth continued his shutout streak against the Stars through two periods. Anaheim added another goal after a lapse in Dallas defense Kyle Palmieri scored goal number eight this season for him as the Ducks ended the second period up 3-0.
Third Period
The period started off as a scare for the Ducks as captain Ryan Getzlaf went down the tunnel into the locker room after a collison with Jamie Benn. With Getzlaf off the ice Dallas took advantage and at the 2:48 mark of the period Eric Cole scored his fourth goal of the season as a Star and seventh of the season. Dallas was unable to build off the momentum of the early period goal and soon Getzlaf eventually returned to the game and at the 10:30 mark of the period finished a beautifully set up play by Corey Perry to score his 13th goal of the season. Dallas continued to play through despite the lead difference and their resilience paid off as Lane MacDermid scored his first career NHL goal at the 18:36 mark of the period. Andrew Cogliano would soon add an empty net goal for the Stars and finished the game off as Anaheim has taken two games of the three game set winning 5-2.
Game Extras
Loui Eriksson played his first game at center in the NHL and first since he was 14 playing in Sweden
Viktor Fasth’s shutout streak against the Stars lasted a little over 110 minutes before Cole’s goal tonight.
Even though Anaheim scored five goals tonight, Brenden Dillon left tonight’s game a +2 rating.
Selanne’s goal against the Stars tonight was career goal number 40 against Dallas
Alex Chiasson looked the most impressive of the rookies tonight, using his size and skating ability, and almost scored his first goal off a tip from an Aaron Rome slapshot.
Congratulations to Lane MacDermid on his first career NHL goal.
Goligoski registered assist number 19 on the Eric Cole goal, if the Stars were on a regular 82 game schedule, Goligoski would be on pace for 43 assists.
Three Stars of the game: 1.Ryan Getzlaf 2. Cam Fowler 3. Kyle Palmieri
The Stars will finish the three game set against the Ducks Friday in Anaheim, puck drops at 9:00 pm
It was a bounce back game for the Texas Stars as they were able to defeat the Chicago Wolves Friday night after suffering a nasty 4-1 defeat against Chicago Wednesday night. The key to the Stars’ victory tonight was a four goal first period including two goals by Alex Chiasson.
First Period
The Stars opened the scoring just 2:47 into the opening frame as Alex Chiasson stuffed home a rebound off a Mike Hedden shot to give the Stars a quick 1-0 lead. Just 12 seconds later Austin Smith scored his first career AHL goal and gave the Stars a 2-0 lead just under three minutes into the game. At the 10:32 mark of the first Alex Chiasson struck again and made it a highlight reel worthy goal as he stepped around Chicago’s Andrew Gordon and sniped the puck right past the glove of Chicago goalie Matt Climie giving the Stars a 3-0 lead. Then at the 13:57 mark of the first Toby Petersen finished the Stars first period onslaught with his third goal of the season. That ended the night for Chicago goalie Matt Climie as he was pulled in favor of Joe Cannata. The Wolves then showed signs of life as Andrew Gordon scored on the power play shortly after Cannata entered and the first period ended with the score 4-1 Stars
Second Period
The Wolves carried the momentum from the end of the first period into the second period. Michael Davies tipped a puck past Jack Campbell making the game 4-2 Stars. Mike Hedden struck back with a power play goal 12:41 into the second gave the Stars a 5-2 lead with his second goal of the season. At 16:52 Chicago captain Darren Haydar scored and the second period ended with the Stars ahead 5-3.
Third Period
The third period became gritty as more of a checking game developed between the two teams. At 3:06 into the third period Taylor Vause put on a one man forecheck against the Wolves and then netted a wrap around and gave the Stars a 6-3 lead. Darren Haydar would score again at 9:34 into the third period and made the game 6-4 with a little over half the third period left to play. Chicago made offensive pushes but Jack Campbell and the Stars shut the door to secure a 6-4 win.
Game Extras
Jamie Oleksiak had three assists on the night, in his first game since being sent down from the Dallas Stars, pushing his season point total to 20 (3g, 17a)
Mike Hedden scored the game winner tonight which means Chicago goalie Joe Cannata took the loss tonight
Chicago Wolves’ captain Darren Haydar was involved in all four goals for his team tonight as he had two assists along with his two goals.
Richard Bachman was the backup for the Texas Stars tonight as he was sent down to get some playing time and Christopher Nilstorp will serve as back up in the NHL with the Dallas Stars
The Texas Stars suffered their first lost in 2013 Wednesday night. Friday’s victory pushes their record to 7-1-0-0 in 2013
Three Stars of the Game: 1. Alex Chiasson 2. Darren Haydar 3. Jamie Oleksiak
With the NHL still in a lockout, many fans look at other leagues and other forms of hockey to fill the time until the NHL lockout ends and the season can commence. Well fortunately for Dallas Stars fans their are many levels of competitive hockey available locally. This season many eyes will be set on the Texas Stars, the AHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, as many of the Stars top prospects are playing their first full season of professional hockey on their road to the NHL. The regular season has gotten underway for the Texas Stars and after five games they are off to a 2-3-0 start. Many prospects have shown what they will provide at the NHL level, but one name is constantly missing from all this. Scott Glennie has not dressed a game for the Texas Stars this season.
To recap, Scott Glennie was Dallas’ first round selection in the 2009 entry draft (8th overall). Glennie played junior hockey in the Western Hockey League (WHL) for the Brandon Wheat Kings where he had a very successful career. In 252 games for Brandon Glennie scored 308 points, and a career high 91 points (35g, 56a) in his final year of junior in the 2010-2011 season. Glennie then moved on to the AHL for the 2011-2012 season and in 70 games for the Texas Stars Glennie registered 37 points (12g, 25a). It is well noted how Glennie struggled through October and November last season, but from December through February Glennie’s game picked up. In 34 games he had 25 points (10g, 15a) in the winter months and formed a great chemistry with Colton Sceviour and Francis Wathier as they were a consistent line game in and game out for the Texas Stars last season.
So now that brings us to this season, Glennie was expected to be a standout amongst the new players coming into the Texas Stars organization this season but seemingly he has lost his spot. Glennie has not been noted as injured by the Texas Stars or other writers so it seems to be something else but what? Even Jordie Benn has been used as a forward this season.
The upside though, is that one shouldn’t look so much into this. One big explanation for Glennie’s lack of playing time is the NHL lockout. There are some Dallas Stars hopefuls currently playing big minutes for the Texas Stars right now like Cody Eakin, Alex Chiasson, and Tomas Vincour. So once the NHL lockout ends then forwards like these should find themselves putting on a Dallas Stars’ jersey and thus opening a spot for Glennie on the roster everyday.
HOUSTON, TX- The Texas Stars faced off today against the Houston Aerosin Houston and ended the night with a 5-1 loss.
While Houston quickly out shot the stars within the first ten minutes of the game, it was Aeros rookie Charlie Coyle that found the back of the net first just 4:49 into the first period making Later in the first period on a power play AerosMarco Scandella made it 2-0 at the 18:12 mark. Immediately the referee waived it off as no goal, resulting in the first ever video review in a Texas Stars game.
After an uneventful scoreless second period, the Texas Stars get on the board with a rebound goal from Alex Chiasson, which just happened to be his first of the season, with the assists going to Francis Wathier and Jamie Oleksiak. And that seemed to get the momentum going but was quickly put back down when the Aeros make it 3-1 at 9:44 from David Mclntyre. Zach Phillips scored an unassisted goal at 13:46 and the final nail in their coffin came at 19:13 when Brian Connelly scored their second PP goal of the night making the final score 5-1.
GAME NOTES
Shot totals: Houston-30, Texas-27
Texas Scratches: D-Sloan,RW-Sceviour(injury),C-Vause,C-Glennie,D-Coyle, and C-Tousignant.
Three Stars: 3- Zach Phillips, 2-Marco Scandella, 1-Brian Connelly.
Goalie:Cristopher Nihlstorp vs. Matthew Hackett
The next game is tomorrow against the same team at 7:00 pm at Cedar Park Center
Jordie Benn, one of the 26 assigned to the Texas Stars (Photo taken by Melissa Grissom)
Today, the Dallas Stars have sent 26 players to the Texas Stars and the rest to their junior teams as as the NHL looks like it will be heading into a lockout. I was hoping for no lockout but looks like we are heading into one. Here is more info about the Stars assiging players to the minors from the Dallas Morning News:
Again, these moves would have normally been made during training camp, but they need to be done before the current CBA expires on Sept. 15.
Here is the press release.
DALLAS STARS MAKE ROSTER MOVES
Frisco, TX – The Dallas Stars announced today that 26 players have been assigned to the Texas Stars, Dallas’ affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). The club also announced that five players have been assigned to their respective Junior club teams.
The following players have been assigned to Texas (AHL):
Jordie Benn
Tyler Beskorowany
Jack Campbell
Alex Chiasson
Jace Coyle
Brenden Dillon
Cody Eakin
Maxime Fortunus
Matt Fraser
Luke Gazdic
Scott Glennie
Tristan King
Hubert Labrie
Travis Morin
Cristopher Nilstorp
Patrik Nemeth
Jamie Oleksiak
Toby Petersen
Antoine Roussell
Colton Sceviour
Tyler Sloan
Austin Smith
Reilly Smith
Mathieu Tousignant
Tomas Vincour
Francis Wathier
The following players have been assigned to their respective Junior teams:
Radek Faksa (Kitchener – OHL)
Maxime Lagace (PEI – QMJHL))
Brett Ritchie (Niagara – OHL)
Matej Stransky (Saskatoon – WHL)
Troy Vance (Victoriaville – QMJHL)
Hopefully the NHL can come up with a deal and save the season for us the fans but for right now looks like Stars fans can see their favorite prospects in the juniors and the Texas Stars.
With the threat of an NHL lockout looming on the horizon, many AHL fans have wondered how a lockout may affect our league and teams. The current CBA is set to expire on September 15th. The clock is ticking away and it seems that little progress has been made between the NHL and the NHLPA.
The Texas Stars’ first season was nearly five years after the last lockout. While this situation may not be new for the hockey faithful, many fans at Cedar Park may not be prepared on how this lockout may affect our team. You can be certain that attendance and coverage will increase vastly. More eyes will be on our developing players more than ever. While a lot of AHL fans would be delighted to see high level players in their arena, the concern is that the NHL players may push the younger players out of a job. This would be detrimental to the development of players such as Jack Campbell, Matt Fraser, Alex Chiasson, etc. There is no certainty or guarantee right now and AHL fans should be concerned about what is going on with the big wigs at the NHL.
I do not foresee the majority of players to head immediately to the AHL if there is a lockout. I imagine that a lot of players, like Jaromir Jagr, will head to Europe in order to get ice time. Much of what has been said so far is pure speculation, but time is running out.
So this week the Dallas Stars wrapped up their Development for their young prospects and newly acquired draft picks, this young group of prospects were very impressive and big, and when I say big I mean everywhere from forwards to goalies, Dallas certainly has made drafting players with size a big part of their future. To wrap up after all the videos and articles I have read about camp, I am going to list the ten prospects I believe had the best camps.
10. Radek Faksa – Center – Kitchner Rangers
I certainly saw what a bunch of other scouts from Dallas saw in him when they took him 13th overall with this seasons first round draft pick, but he was definitely a bit raw and it would suit him better if he spent this season in the OHL with the Kitchner Rangers instead of burning a year of his Entry-Level Contract trying to fill a spot left by Derek Roy while he recovers from shoulder surgery.
9. Scott Glennie – Center/Left Wing – Texas Stars
The first round draft choice of the Dallas Stars in the 2009 draft has certainly had big knocks against him with labels of being a bust or a waste of a draft pick, but certainly has worked hard to improve, this development camp he certainly looked a lot more confident with the puck and could was a lot better at decision making. When training camp arrives expect Glennie to be competing with Cody Eakin and Tom Wandell for the shot to fill in Derek Roy’s spot on the second line regular ice time in the NHL.
8. Austin Smith – Right Wing – Texas Stars
Recently graduated from Colgate University the Dallas, Texas native drew much attention last season in the running to become the winner of the Hobey Baker award given to the overall best player collegiate hockey player in the nation, taking his talents to Austin this season with the Texas Stars Austin can show his great play that sets up many teammates and a shot that goalies respect.
7. Reilly Smith – Left Wing – Texas Stars
Also drew attention as a finalist for the Hobey Baker award Reilly Smith got a taste of the NHL last season and will be looking to make it back this season, in camp it certainly looked like he knew how to find the net and get in scoring position, certainly with Austin they can put on a show this season with the Texas Stars.
6. Alex Chiasson – Right Wing – Texas Stars
The big Boston University product saw his college career close and his professional career begin with the Texas Stars last season, he will be a big problem for defenseman to handle in front of the net, and literally big at 6’4 200+ pounds. Coming from the college level he will certainly have to work on his physical play and continue to work at becoming a complete player.
