As training camp is just two days away, the Dallas Stars have released the official roster. It’s massive, but as they say, competition breeds excellence.
The Dallas Stars have announced their roster for the four-day training camp event in Cedar Park, Texas, a smaller town northeast of Austin. It features 62 players, including 37 forwards, 20 defensemen, and five goaltenders. You might be thinking one thing: that’s a lot of bodies, and you’re right.
The Stars are bringing 13 more athletes to Cedar Park for the tune-up drills of camp than they did in 2016, which puts a huge emphasis on the importance of competition. With so many bodies flying around the ice, the players on the bubble of making the Dallas Stars, or for some, getting an American Hockey League shot with the Texas Stars, will have to put 110% into every drill for coaches and scouts to lay an eyeball on them.
This is what Ken Hitchcock, Jim Nill, and the rest of the Dallas crew wants. Training camp, which begins on Friday, September 15th and runs to Monday, September 18th, has become somewhat of an open tryout to some, which puts an immense amount of pressure on the players the front office expects a lot out of. Of course, guys like Tyler Seguin and Jamie Benn are under no pressure, but the Jason Dickinson and Curtis McKenzie types have to carve every last bit of effort they have out in this.
The 62 players invited to training camp are:
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FORWARDS: Jamie Benn, Shaw Boomhower, Nicholas Caamano, Adam Cracknell, Brett Davis, Jason Dickinson, Justin Dowling, Sheldon Dries, Remi Elie, Radek Faksa, Brian Flynn, Austin Fyten, Max French, Denis Gurianov, Martin Hanzal, Roope Hintz, Mattias Janmark, Samuel Laberge, Colin Markison, Curtis McKenzie, Mark McNeill, Travis Morin, Tyler Pitlick, Alexander Radulov, Greg Rallo, Brett Ritchie, Zachary Roberts, Jason Robertson, Antoine Roussel, Tyler Seguin, Devin Shore, Gemel Smith, Tomas Soustal, Jason Spezza, Cole Tymkin, Cole Ully, R.J. Umberger.
DEFENSEMEN: Gavin Bayreuther, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Ludwig Bystrom, Dan Hamhuis, Shane Hanna, Niklas Hansson, Dillon Heatherington, Miro Heiskanen, Julius Honka, Stephen Johns, John Klingberg, Esa Lindell, Matt Mangene, Chris Martenet, Marc Methot, Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak, Greg Pateryn, Brent Regnar, Ondrej Vala.
GOALTENDERS: Ben Bishop, Landon Bow, Philippe Desrosiers, Kari Lehtonen, Mike McKenna.
Here’s the press release from the Texas Stars, the hosts of the event for the third consecutive year:
"FRISCO, Texas – The Dallas Stars have announced the team’s roster for the 2017-18 training camp, which will take place at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in Cedar Park, Texas from Friday, Sept. 15 through Monday, Sept. 18.The roster of 62 players includes 37 forwards, 20 defensemen and five goaltenders. Please click here to view the club’s full roster.The team will hold practice sessions at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park on Friday, Sept. 15, Saturday, Sept. 16 and Monday, Sept. 18, all of which are open to the public. Fans wishing to attend the sessions can enter through the east entrance of the building.On Sunday, Sept. 17, the Stars will host the Victory Green vs. White Intrasquad Scrimmage at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Split into two teams, the Stars will play an officiated scrimmage beginning at noon. The scrimmage is at capacity and no tickets remain at this time. Fans can stream the scrimmage on DallasStars.com and can receive updates by following @DallasStars on Twitter.Please see below for a full schedule of events:Friday, Sept. 159:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – On-Ice Session One11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – On-Ice Session TwoSaturday, Sept. 169:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – On-Ice Session One11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – On-Ice Session TwoSunday, Sept. 17Noon – Victory Green vs. White ScrimmageMonday, Sept. 189:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – On-Ice Session One11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. – On-Ice Session TwoPlease note: Times for all on-ice sessions are subject to change.The Texas Stars are the primary development affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, and will begin their ninth season at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in October. Full season, 24-game and 12-game ticket packages for the 2017-18 campaign are on sale now. For more information, call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit TexasStars.com."
To get properly warmed up to this event, as fun as it is and all, take a look at some of our preview pieces ahead of the commute down to Cedar Park, or for many, your drive up the road. We have killer prospect rankings, the best storylines to follow at training camp, the most intriguing players to watch, and the best places to go in Austin this weekend.
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