The Front Office

The first major change the Stars made this off season is the replacement of Co General Managers Brett Hull and Les Jackson with Joe Nieuwendyk. Les Jackson will return to his post with the Stars scouting department, and Brett Hull will reclaim his thrown as the Stars Ambassador of fun / whatever other position they are giving him this year. After this change took place Joe Nieuwendyk’s first move as the Dallas Stars new General Manager was to give Head Coach Dave Tippet the boot. Tippet’s replacement is Marc Crawford who coached the Quebec Nordiques / Colarado Avalanche from 1994 – 1998, this team won Lord Stanley’s Cup in 1996. Crawford then moved on to coach the Vancouver Canucks from 1998.5 – 2006, and after his tenure with the Canucks Crawford served as the bench boss for the Los Angeles Kings for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. Marc Crawford’s coaching style will have the Stars playing a more up tempo and aggressive brand of hockey this season.

The Roster

Although it is unclear how the Dallas Stars will fare this year because there will be some growing pains, but at least it will be more exciting brand of hockey. The Stars roster will be without the Russian wizardry of Sergei Zubov, who will playing in the Russian KHL league. It sucks to see Zubov go, but the move had to be made. Zubov only played 46 games in 2007 – 2008 and only made it out on the ice for ten games last season. This now leaves Stephan Robidas and Karlis Skrastins as the Stars lone veteran Blue Liners. The Stars improved their depth at goalie this season adding Alex Auld in case Marty Turco decides to crap the bed like he did last season, Turco posted a save percentage under 90%. In other roster news, the Ice Girls have some new talent so check out the 2009 – 2010 Dallas Stars Ice Girls.

• Right Wing:
  Loui Eriksson, Jere Lehtinen, Fabian Brunnstrom, Krys Barch
• Center:
  Mike Ribeiro, Brad Richards, Mike Modano, Toby Petersen
• Left Wing:
  Brenden Morrow, James Neal, Steve Ott, Brian Sutherby
• Defense:
  Stephane Robidas, Matt Niskanen, Nicklas Grossman, Trevor Daley, Karlis Skrastins, Mark Fistric
• Goalie:
  Marty Turco, Alex Auld

The Schedule – October 2009

October 4 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 2 vs Nashville Predators 3 | Home Game
• Result: Loss
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Predators G – Dan Ellis 2.) Predators C – Jason Arnott 3.) Stars LW – James Neal

October 6 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 4 at Edmonton Oilers 5 | Away Game
• Result: Loss
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Oilers RW – Dustin Penner 2.) Stars LW – Brenden Morrow 3.) Oilers C – Sam Gagner

October 9 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 5 at Calgary Flames 2 | Away Game
• Result: Win
• Stars of the Game: 1.)Stars C – Mike Ribeiro 2.)Stars D – Stephane Robidas 3.) Stars C – Steve Ott

October 11 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 3 at Vancouver Canucks 4 | Away Game
• Result: Loss – Overtime
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Canucks C – Henrik Sedin 2.) Stars C – Mike Ribeiro 3.) Canucks C – Kyle Wellwood

October 14 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 6 vs Nashville Predators 0 | Home Game |
• Result: Win
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Stars C – Brad Richards 2.) Stars LW – Brendan Morrow 3.) Stars G – Marty Turco

October 16 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 0 vs Boston Bruins 3 | Home Game |
• Result: Loss
• Stars of the Game: 1.)Marc Savard 2.) Tim Thomas 3.) Zdeno Chara

October 17 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 | Away Game
• Result: Win
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Alex Auld 2.) Jonathan Toews 3.) Mike Ribiero

October 19 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 1 vs Los Angeles Kings 4 | Home Game |
• Result: Loss
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Ryan Smyth 2.) Justin Williams 3.) Jonathan Quick

October 21 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 4 at Anaheim Ducks 2 | Away Game
• Result: Win
• Stars of the Game: 1.) James Wisniewski 2.) Loui Eriksson 3.) Ryan Getzlaf

October 22 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 4 at Los Angeles Kings 5 | Away Game
• Result: Loss – Overtime
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Anze Kopitar 2.) James Neal 3.) Michal Handzus

October 24 – 2009 | Dallas Stars 4 at St Louis Blues 1 | Away Game
• Result: Win
• Stars of the Game: 1.) Marty Turco 2.) Loui Eriksson 3.) James Neal

October 28 – 2009 | Dallas Stars vs Toronto Maple Leafs | Home Game | Stars Tickets @ StubHub!
• Time: 7:00 PM Central Time
• TV Channel: Fox Sports – SW | HD |

October 30 – 2009 | Dallas Stars vs Florida Panthers | Home Game | Stars Tickets @ StubHub!
• Time: 7:30 PM Central Time
• TV Channel: Fox Sports – SW | HD |

October 31 – 2009 | Dallas Stars at Nashville Predators | Away Game
• Time: 7:00 PM Central Time
• TV Channel: KDFI