Texas Stars

Texas Stars
Texas Stars
City	Cedar Park, Texas
League	American Hockey League
Conference	Western
Division	Central
Founded	1999
Operated	2009–present
Home arena	H-E-B Center at Cedar Park
Colors	Victory green, silver, black, white;
Owner(s)	Tom Gaglardi
General manager	Scott White
Head coach	Neil Graham
Captain	Curtis McKenzie
Media	KBVO (TV) (channel 14); AHL.TV (Internet)
Affiliates	Dallas Stars (NHL); Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)
Franchise history
1999–2001	Louisville Panthers
2005–2008	Iowa Stars
2008–2009	Iowa Chops
2009–present	Texas Stars
Championships
Regular season titles	1 (2013–14)
Division titles	3 (2012–13, 2013–14, 2022–23)
Conference titles	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)
Calder Cups	1 (2014)
	Current season

They are owned by the National Hockey League's (NHL) Dallas Stars and are the team's top developmental affiliate.

History

In April 2008, the Iowa Stars announced that they would no longer affiliate with the Dallas Stars and changed the team's name to Chops for the 2008–09 season. For the 2008–09 season, Dallas made agreements to send their AHL prospects to four other teams, while a few remained with the Chops. AHL teams that received Dallas Stars prospects were the Hamilton Bulldogs, Manitoba Moose, Peoria Rivermen, and Grand Rapids Griffins.

On April 28, 2009, the AHL granted a provisional Austin-area franchise to Tom Hicks, owner of the NHL Stars, with the stipulation that Hicks purchase an existing AHL franchise within one year. That condition was met on May 4, 2010, when the AHL approved the Texas Stars' ownership group's purchase of the Iowa Chops franchise, which had been suspended for the 2009–10 season.

The team's inaugural season was a successful one. After finishing second in the West Division, the Stars swept Rockford in the first round of the playoffs, then claimed their first division championship by defeating Chicago four games to three. The Stars then won their first Robert W. Clarke Trophy by defeating Hamilton in another seven-game series to become the Western Conference champions. The Stars eventually fell to Hershey in game six of the 2010 Calder Cup Finals.

The Stars won the Calder Cup in 2014, defeating the St. John's IceCaps in the finals. After the season, head coach Willie Desjardins resigned to accept the head coaching position with the Vancouver Canucks. In July 2014 he was succeeded by Derek Laxdal, who won a Kelly Cup championship with the Stars' ECHL affiliate, the Idaho Steelheads, in 2007. Also during 2014, the Stars were purchased by Tom Gaglardi's ownership group, thus having the AHL affiliate under control of the parent club.

On June 11, 2015, the Stars unveiled their new logo, color scheme, and jerseys to more closely match the parent club's identity.

In 2018, the Stars once again made it to the Calder Cup finals, but lost to the Toronto Marlies in seven games. During the 2019-20 season, head coach Laxdal was promoted to the Dallas Stars as an assistant and the Texas Stars promoted Neil Graham to head coaching position.

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions	Conference Champions	Division Champions	League leader

Regular season											Playoffs
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	PCT	GF	GA	Standing	Year	Prelims	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2009–10	80	46	27	3	4	99	.619	238	198	2nd, West	2010	—	W, 4–0, RFD	W, 4–3, CHI	W, 4–3, HAM	L, 2–4, HER
2010–11	80	41	29	4	6	92	.575	213	210	4th, West	2011	—	L, 2–4, MIL	—	—	—
2011–12	76	31	40	3	2	67	.441	224	251	5th, West	2012	Did not qualify
2012–13	76	43	22	5	6	97	.638	235	201	1st, South	2013	—	W, 3–1, MIL	L, 1–4, OKC	—	—
2013–14	76	48	18	3	7	106	.697	274	197	1st, West	2014	—	W, 3–0, OKC	W, 4–2, GR	W, 4–3, TOR	W, 4–1, STJ
2014–15	76	40	22	13	1	94	.618	242	216	2nd, West	2015	—	L, 0–3, RFD	—	—	—
2015–16	76	40	25	8	3	91	.599	277	246	3rd, Pacific	2016	—	L, 1–3, SD	—	—	—
2016–17	76	34	37	1	4	73	.480	224	265	7th, Pacific	2017	Did not qualify
2017–18	76	38	24	8	6	90	.592	223	231	2nd, Pacific	2018	—	W, 3–1, ONT	W, 4–1, TUC	W, 4–2, RFD	L, 3–4, TOR
2018–19	76	37	31	4	4	82	.539	238	231	6th, Central	2019	Did not qualify
2019–20	62	27	28	3	4	61	.492	171	192	6th, Central	2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	38	17	18	3	0	37	.487	117	124	5th, Central	2021	No playoffs were held
2021–22	72	32	28	6	6	76	.528	219	230	5th, Central	2022	L, 0–2, RFD	—	—	—	—
2022–23	72	40	20	9	3	92	.639	265	210	1st, Central	2023	BYE	W, 3–0, RFD	L, 2–3, MIL	—	—

Players

Current roster

Updated April 15, 2024.

Team roster
No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Contract
21	Oskar Back	C	L	24	2021	Karlstad, Sweden	Dallas
15	Gavin Bayreuther (A)	D	L	29	2023	Concord, New Hampshire	Dallas
39	Ben Berard	LW	L	25	2023	Duncan, British Columbia	Texas
4	Tristan Bertucci (ATO)	D	L	18	2024	North York, Ontario	Texas
28	Matej Blumel	RW	L	23	2022	Tabor, Czech Republic	Dallas
22	Mavrik Bourque	C	R	22	2021	Plessisville, Quebec	Dallas
10	Nick Caamano	LW	L	25	2017	Ancaster, Ontario	Dallas
3	Cody Haiskanen	D	R	27	2024	Fargo, North Dakota	Texas
8	Justin Hryckowian (ATO)	C	L	23	2024	L'Île-Bizard, Quebec	Texas
18	Fredrik Karlstrom	C	L	26	2021	Stockholm, Sweden	Dallas
26	Michael Karow	D	L	25	2022	Green Bay, Wisconsin	Texas
34	Ben Kraws (ATO)	G	L	23	2024	Cranbury, New Jersey	Texas
2	Luke Krys (ATO)	D	R	23	2024	Ridgefield, Connecticut	Texas
25	Christian Kyrou	D	R	20	2023	Toronto, Ontario	Dallas
37	Kyle Looft (ATO)	D	L	25	2024	Mankato, Minnesota	Texas
13	Angus MacDonell (ATO)	C	L	18	2024	Toronto, Ontario	Texas
33	Kyle McDonald	RW	R	22	2023	Ottawa, Ontario	Dallas
16	Curtis McKenzie (C)	LW	L	33	2021	Golden, British Columbia	Texas
6	Jacob Murray	D	L	22	2023	Mississauga, Ontario	Texas
32	Matt Murray	G	R	26	2022	St. Albert, Alberta	Dallas
7	Alex Petrovic (A)	D	R	32	2021	Edmonton, Alberta	Dallas
17	Emilio Pettersen	C	L	24	2024	Manglerud, Norway	Dallas
1	Remi Poirier	G	L	22	2022	Farnham, Quebec	Dallas
5	Derrick Pouliot	D	L	30	2023	Estevan, Saskatchewan	Dallas
19	Scott Reedy	C/RW	R	25	2023	Prior Lake, Minnesota	Dallas
36	Anthony Romano (ATO)	C	R	23	2024	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Texas
12	Matthew Seminoff	RW	R	20	2023	Leesburg, Virginia	Dallas
40	Antonio Stranges	LW	L	22	2022	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Dallas
29	Chase Wheatcroft	F	L	21	2023	Calgary, Alberta	Dallas
24	Gavin White	D	R	21	2023	Brockville, Ontario	Dallas

Team captains

Landon Wilson, 2009–2010
Brad Lukowich, 2010–2012
Maxime Fortunus, 2012–2015
Travis Morin, 2015–2017
Curtis McKenzie, 2017–2018, 2021–present
Justin Dowling, 2018–2019
Dillon Heatherington, 2019–2020
Cole Schneider, 2021

Retired numbers

Texas Stars retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
23	Travis Morin	C	2009–2019	October 19, 2019

Notable alumni

The following players have played both 100 games for Texas and 100 games in the National Hockey League:

Head coaches

Glen Gulutzan, 2009–2011
Jeff Pyle, 2011–2012
Willie Desjardins, 2012–2014
Derek Laxdal, 2014–2019
Neil Graham, 2019–present

Team records

Single season

Goals: Matt Fraser, 37 (2011–12)

Assists: Travis Morin, 56 (2013–14)

Points: Travis Morin, 88 (2013–14)

Penalty Minutes: Luke Gazdic, 155 (2009–10)

GAA: Richard Bachman, 2.20 (2010–11)

SV%: Richard Bachman, .927 (2010–11)

Wins: Richard Bachman, 28 (2010–11)

Shutouts: Richard Bachman, 6 (2010–11)

Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career

Career goals: Travis Morin, 175

Career assists: Travis Morin, 385

Career points: Travis Morin, 560

Career penalty minutes: Luke Gazdic, 447

Career goaltending wins: Jack Campbell, 66

Career shutouts: Richard Bachman, Jack Campbell, 9

Career games: Travis Morin, 686

References

External links

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