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Tom Wandell Assigned to Texas Stars on Conditioning Assignment
The Dallas Stars assigned center Tom Wandell to the Texas Stars on a conditioning assignment today. Two weeks ago, Wandell suffered a shoulder injury on a hit by Mark Fistric during a scrimmage to help open Stars training camp up in Prince Edward Island. That injury has caused Wandell to miss all...
Sydor Retires: Celebrating a Former Stars Great
1999: It's hard to get around it if you're a Stars fan. We seem to be perpetually caught between trying to move on and trying to celebrate those that brought about our moment of glory and years of Stars dominance. Gone from the NHL are Derian Hatcher, Richard Matvichuk, Craig Ludwig, and Sergei...
AHL Realignment - A Look At The Oklahoma City Barons New Division
The Barons' main crest via tess2.uspto.gov Editor's Note: This article comes to us from Oklahoma City native and isolated Colorado Avalanche fan, Jonathan Hord. The official end to the 2009-2010 season has come and gone, and the Hershey Bears, a team familiar to Springfield Falcons'...
Texas Beating Hamilton In Rink Attendance
So last night didn't turn out so well for the Texas Stars on the ice as they dropped a tough 3-0 loss to the Hamilton Bulldogs and fell behind in their Western Conference series three games to two. But in the stands, Texas Stars fans are putting their counterparts in Hamilton to shame. Though eight...
The "Lone-Star Faceoff" Begins Tonight on FSN
We know not all Defending Big D readers live within the comfy confines of Texas, but bring you this public service announcement we must (because it's something I'm excited about): The Texas Stars will be on television in the Dallas-Forth Worth area tonight on FSN at 7:30pm CST. Says the release...
Lightning continue the Wild times, ink Kurtis Foster
A day after Stephane Veilleux inked a deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning, another former member of the Minnesota Wild joins the show in Tampa. Defenseman Kurtis Foster has been signed. Foster has bounced around in his career -- drafted by the Calgary Flames, broke into the NHL with the Atlanta...
Stargazing: Is it October yet?
Before we get into the various bits of news on the Dallas Stars, I wanted to share with you some thoughts on my plans for the site moving forward in the offseason. The past month or so has been an incredibly busy time for me outside of Defending Big D, and I haven't executed my initial offseason...
Stargazing: Dallas Stars news & notes
In this edition of Stargazing: Fabian Brunnstrom gets some love, Mike Modano has his sights set on the 2010 Olympics and Jamie Benn just wants to have some fun. A reminder of some of the good times: ----- Despite a rough start to his first NHL season, which included a public lashing by Dave...
The Return of Tony Hrkac
This is a fun picture for me; unlike those lucky folks a couple of years older than me, I didn't grow up following Gretzky & Co., I grew up watching the late-90's Oilers. The Florida Panthers forward pushing with Tony Hrkac is Steve Washburn, #5 for the Oilers is Greg De Vries, and I'm...
New Aeros Blog
This post was delayed by a few days in order to allow the State High School Hockey Tournament, first round of the WCHA playoffs, and a couple Wild games to play out. Did not want this site to get lost in the shuffle. There is a new site available to all of you out there who desire coverage of...
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