For the large ferris wheel in Dallas, Texas, see
Texas Star.
The Texas Stars are an American Hockey League team. They play in Cedar Park, Texas [1][2]
The team is the top affiliate of the NHL Dallas Stars. 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.[3] For the 2008-09 season, Dallas made agreements to send their AHL prospects to four other teams, while a few remained with the Chops.[4] AHL teams which the Dallas Stars sent prospects to were the Hamilton Bulldogs, Manitoba Moose, Peoria Rivermen, and Grand Rapids Griffins.[5]
On April 28, 2009, the AHL granted the Texas Stars limited membership into the league. The limited membership is conditioned on the completed purchase of an existing AHL franchise within one year.[6][7]
Texas Stars games are heard on 1260 AM, ESPN's Spanish sports radio station in Austin. The games will, however, be broadcast in English. Josh Fisher will provide the play-by-play in 2009-10.
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Head coach
[edit] Team captain
[edit] General manager
- Scott White (since November 2008)[9]
[edit] Team president
- Rick McLaughlin (since June 2008)[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Lorenz, Andrea (February 21, 2008). "Events center deal will bring Dallas Stars affiliate to Cedar Park". Austin American-Statesman: p. B03.
- ^ Watson, Gregg (February 20, 2008). "Cedar Park leaders praise planned events center". KEYE-TV. http://www.keyetv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=a29b2e94-a5ce-48bb-ae58-fd426a73351e. Retrieved February 21, 2008.
- ^ "Iowa Stars and Dallas End Affiliation Agreement". OurSportsCentral.com. April 25, 2008. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3629833. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
- ^ Krieser, John (July 29, 2008). "Stars have high hopes for kids". DallasStars.com. http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=369118&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ Stetson, Mike (October 6, 2008). "Steelheads' lost affiliate creates new situation". Idaho Press-Tribune. http://www.idahopress.com/sports/?id=14712. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ Barnes, Dan (April 28, 2009). "Austin, Abbotsford, Glens Falls joining AHL in 2009-10". Edmonton Journal. http://theahl.com/headlines/index.html?article_id=9993. Retrieved April 29, 2009.
- ^ Heika, Mike (April 29, 2009). "Texas Stars to play in Cedar Park next season". The Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/hockey/minors/stories/042909dnspohockeyaustin.3efae69.html.
- ^ http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=425795
- ^ "White to Head Texas Stars". dallasstars.com. November 23, 2008. http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=393990. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ "Cedar Park Event Center Breaks Ground". dallasstars.com. June 10, 2008. http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=365545. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
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