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TONIGHT'S LINEUP

TEXAS STARS vs IOWA WILD

April 15, 2023

TEXAS STARS

Team Game: 71 Home Game: 35 PP: 18.5% (48/260) - T-18th | PK: 83.3% (204/245) - 5th # 1 30 32 35

GOALTENDER Remi Poirier Dylan Wells Matt Murray Bryan Thomson

# P SKATER 2 D Ryan Shea 4 D Will Butcher 5 D Dawson Barteaux 6 D Ben Gleason 7 D Alex Petrovic 9 F Keaton Mastrodonato 10 RW Nick Caamano 11 RW Riley Barber 12 C Riley Damiani 13 D Artem Grushnikov 16 LW Curtis McKenzie 18 LW Fredrik Karlstrom 19 C Mavrik Bourque 20 C Tanner Kero 21 C Oskar Back 22 C Rhett Gardner 25 D Oskari Laaksonen 26 D Michael Karow 27 LW Riley Tufte 28 LW Matej Blumel 33 F Scott Reedy 34 RW Marian Studenic 38 D Jerad Rosburg 39 F Ben Berard 40 LW Antonio Stranges

Scott White Neil Graham Travis Morin, Maxime Fortunus Ryan Daniels, Chris Demczuk Mike DeGaetano Nick Lazor, Noah Maddex Dallas Stars Referees

AHL Game #1143

H-E-B Center at Cedar Park

39-19-9-3

Home: 20-10-2-2 Road: 19-9-7-1 OT: 5-9 | SO: 3-3

IOWA WILD

33-27-5-5

Team Game: 71 Away Game: 35 PP: 18.5% (51/276) - 20th | PK: 75.7% (202/267) - 30th

GP 15 20 33 0

W 9 9 17 0

L 4 7 10 0

OT 2 1 5 0

GAA 2.58 3.20 2.42 N/A

SV% 0.912 0.898 0.909 N/A

# 30 70 92

GP 68 64 2 66 69 2 27 68 58 0 68 47 68 68 64 69 37 34 61 56 54 65 12 1 17

G 7 6 0 8 9 0 2 32 12 0 21 10 20 17 5 10 1 1 19 19 11 21 0 0 4

A 20 36 0 24 18 0 9 32 17 0 32 16 26 32 22 30 8 8 16 23 12 27 3 0 8

PTS 27 42 0 32 27 0 11 64 29 0 53 26 46 49 27 40 9 9 35 42 23 48 3 0 12

+/38 11 0 1 37 -1 10 -2 -14 0 22 4 -1 -7 20 28 0 9 26 4 -6 17 -1 -2 5

PIM 36 16 0 40 60 0 10 43 28 0 79 16 18 40 6 75 20 30 88 4 21 33 13 0 0

# 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 39 40 44 47 50 52 77

P D D F D LW LW F RW D F C LW LW RW D C C F C D RW D C D RW F D RW

GOALTENDER Jesper Wallstedt Zane McIntyre Hunter Jones

GP 37 33 1

W 17 16 0

L 15 12 0

OT 5 4 1

GAA 2.70 2.90 1.95

SV% 0.908 0.898 0.929

SKATER Dakota Mermis Riese Zmolek Nic Petan Simon Johansson Brandon Baddock Adam Beckman Kevin Conley Nick Swaney Jakub Sirota Sam Hentges Damien Giroux Patrick Curry Mike O'Leary Mitchell Chaffee Ryan O'Rourke Marco Rossi Mitchell Balmas Sammy Walker Tanner Kaspick Joe Hicketts Steven Fogarty Turner Ottenbreit Louis Boudon Landon Kosior Cam Hausinger Michael Milne Daemon Hunt Casey Dornbach

GP 61 10 51 62 67 51 36 46 0 19 65 62 64 10 67 51 33 54 41 70 63 55 1 0 10 55 57 2

G 5 1 23 2 4 23 4 16 0 1 3 3 12 5 0 16 2 26 2 6 19 4 0 0 1 6 2 0

A 21 0 37 12 3 12 1 12 0 2 18 6 15 2 9 34 1 20 3 42 29 7 0 0 0 6 8 0

PTS 26 1 60 14 7 35 5 28 0 3 21 9 27 7 9 50 3 46 5 48 48 11 0 0 1 12 10 0

+/9 0 18 -6 -7 6 -1 13 0 -1 -5 -2 -1 8 10 4 0 18 -5 -4 5 11 -1 0 -2 -6 1 -1

PIM 71 2 50 26 130 18 36 14 0 6 28 14 49 8 18 46 6 23 38 69 63 59 0 0 14 12 12 2

HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Additional Coaching Staff Athletic Trainer Equipment Staff NHL Affiliate TONIGHT'S OFFICIALS Justin Kea (#44), Jim Curtin (#22) Linesmen

Home: 14-16-2-4 Road: 19-11-3-1 OT: 6-5 | SO: 4-5

Mike Murray Tim Army Nate Dicasmirro, Nolan Yonkman Richard Bachman, Keith Paulsen Daniel Barker, Dylan Taylor Richard Krouse, Gavin Bechtol Minnesota Wild Fred Hudy (#30), Aaron Schacht (#8)

2022-23 TEXAS STARS ROSTER

ACTIVE ROSTER (AHL) GOALTENDERS (4) #

NAME

HT

WT

C

BIRTHDATE

HOMETOWN

2021-22 TEAM

GP

W-L-T

GAA

SV%

1

REMI POIRIER

6’2”

210

L

Oct. 6, 2001

Farnham, QC

Gatineau Olympiques (QMJHL)

37

22-7-6

2.48

.907

30

DYLAN WELLS

6’2”

190

L

Jan. 3, 1998

St. Catherines, ON

Chicago Wolves (AHL)

3

1-1-1

3.01

.893

Norfolk Admirals (ECHL)

43

18-21-2

3.59

.895

Texas Stars (AHL)

6

5-1-0

1.68

.947

UMass-Amherst (NCAA)

36

21-12-2

2.31

.917

23-23-3

3.12

.899

32

MATT MURRAY

6’1”

195

L

Feb. 2, 1998

St. Albert, AB

35

BRYAN THOMSON

6’5”

182

L

Apr. 9, 2002

Moose Jaw, SK

Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)

50

#

NAME

HT

WT

S

BIRTHDATE

HOMETOWN

2021-22 TEAM

GP

G

A

P

PIM

2

RYAN SHEA

6’2”

190

L

Feb. 11, 1997

Milton, MA

Texas Stars (AHL)

66

3

29

32

23

4

WILL BUTCHER

5’10”

190

L

Jan. 6, 1995

Sun Prairie, WI

Buffalo Sabres (NHL)

37

2

6

8

0

5

DAWSON BARTEAUX

6’1”

185

R

Jan. 12, 2000

Foxwarren, MB

Texasa Stars (AHL)

30

1

2

3

10

Idaho Steelheads (ECHL)

11

0

8

8

6

6

BEN GLEASON

6’1”

190

L

Mar. 25, 1998

Ortonville, MI

Texas Stars (AHL)

70

9

35

44

57

7

ALEX PETROVIC - A

6’4”

210

R

Mar. 3, 1992

Edmonton, AB

Texas Stars (AHL)

71

5

14

19

73

13

ARTEM GRUSHNIKOV

6’1”

194

L

Mar. 20, 2003

Voskresensk, Russia

Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)

56

5

7

12

33

25

OSKARI LAAKSONEN

6’2”

183

R

July 2, 1999

Tampere, Finland

Rochester Americans (AHL)

71

5

29

34

-9

26

MICHAEL KAROW

6’2”

209

L

Dec. 18, 1998

Green Bay, WI

Texas Stars (AHL)

13

1

4

5

2

Michigan Tech (NCAA)

37

2

8

10

26

38

JERAD ROSBURG

6’1”

200

L

Jun. 18, 1996

Strongsville, OH

Texas Stars (AHL)

65

4

10

14

83

DEFENSEMEN (9)

FORWARDS (16) #

NAME

HT

WT

S

BIRTHDATE

HOMETOWN

2021-22 TEAM

GP

G

A

P

PIM

9

KEATON MASTRODONATO

6’0”

210

R

Sept. 24, 2000

Powell River, BC

Canisius College (NCAA)

30

11

15

26

20

10

NICK CAAMANO

6’3”

200

L

Sept. 7, 1998

Ancaster, ON

Texas Stars (AHL)

47

8

6

14

40

11

RILEY BARBER - A

6’0”

194

R

Feb. 7, 1994

Pittsburgh, PA

Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)

49

28

25

53

24

12

RILEY DAMIANI

5’10”

170

R

Mar. 20, 2000

Mississauga, ON

Texas Stars (AHL)

55

13

23

36

36

Dallas Stars (NHL)

7

1

1

2

2

16

CURTIS McKENZIE - C

6’2”

205

L

Feb. 22, 1991

Golden, BC

Texas Stars (AHL)

72

21

29

50

82

18

FREDRIK KARLSTROM

6’3”

195

L

Jan. 12, 1998

Stockholm, Sweden

Texas Stars (AHL)

65

16

13

29

4

19

MAVRIK BOURQUE

5’10”

185

R

Jan. 8, 2002

Plessisville, QC

Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)

31

20

48

68

30

20

TANNER KERO - A

6’0”

185

L

Jul. 24, 1992

Hancock, MI

Texas Stars (AHL)

28

5

12

17

10

Dallas Stars (NHL)

23

0

3

3

0

21

OSKAR BACK

6’3”

205

L

Mar. 12, 2000

Karlstad, Sweden

Texas Stars (AHL)

71

7

18

25

8

22

RHETT GARDNER

6’3”

210

L

Feb. 28, 1996

Moose Jaw, SK

Texas Stars (AHL)

66

7

9

16

69

27

RILEY TUFTE

6’6”

220

L

Apr. 10, 1998

Cood Rapids, MN

Texas Stars (AHL)

54

10

10

20

36

Dallas Stars (NHL)

10

1

0

1

4

28

MATEJ BLUMEL

6’0”

198

L

May 31, 2000

Tabor, Czech Republic

Pardubice HC (Czech)

49

12

12

24

8

33

SCOTT REEDY

6’2”

214

R

Apr. 4, 1999

Prior Lake, MN

San Jose Sharks (NHL)

35

7

2

9

10

San Jose Barracuda (AHL)

38

18

9

27

4

34

MARIAN STUDENIC

6’1”

181

L

Oct. 28, 1998

Skalica, Slovakia

Texas / Utica (AHL)

17

7

9

16

12

Dallas / New Jersey (NHL)

33

2

2

4

6

39

BEN BERARD

6’0”

192

L

Feb. 13, 1999

Duncan, BC

Cornell University (NCAA)

26

14

9

23

6

40

ANTONIO STRANGES

5’11”

188

L

Feb. 5, 2002

Ann Arbor, MI

London Knights (OHL)

60

31

53

84

6

HOCKEY OPERATIONS STAFF GENERAL MANAGER: Scott White (WIGHT) HEAD COACH: Neil Graham (GRAM) ASSISTANT COACH: Travis Morin (MOHR-ihn) ASSISTANT COACH: Max Fortunus (fohr-TOON-ihs) GOALTENDER DEV. COACH: Ryan Daniels (DAN-yuhls) VIDEO COORDINATOR: Chris Demczuk (DEM-chuck) PLAYER DEV. COACH: JJ McQueen (muh-KWEEN) ATHLETIC TRAINER: Mike DeGaetano (deh-guh-TAW-noe) EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Nick Lazor (LAY-zurr) ASST. EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Noah Maddex (MAD-icks) BROADCAST/MEDIA CONTACT: John Peterson (PEE-tuhr-sihn)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #1 POIRIER #7 PETROVIC #9 MASTRODONATO #10 CAAMANO #13 GRUSHNIKOV #20 KERO #25 LAAKSONEN #27 TUFTE #34 STUDENIC #39 BERARD

(PORE-ee-AY) (PEH-troh-vihk) #5 BARTEAUX (MASS-trow-duh-NOTT-oh) (k’MAN-oh) #12 DAMIANI (GROOSH-nih-kohv) #19 BOURQUE (CARE-oh) #21 BACK (LACK-seh-nihn) #26 KAROW (TUHF-tee) #28 BLUMEL (stoo-deh-NEETCH) #38 ROSBURG (burr-AHRD) #40 STRANGES

bar-TOE (dam-ee-ANN-ee) (BORK) (BECK) (CARE-oh) (muh-TAY, bloo-MELL) (RAHS-buhrg) (STRAWN-jiss)

IOWA

PRIMARY AFFILIATE OF THE DALLAS STARS

WILD

TEXAS STARS

GAME NOTES

33-27-5-5

VS

SATURDAY

APRIL 15, 2023

TEXAS STARS

H-E-B CENTER AT CEDAR PARK

39-19-9-3

STARS GAME #71 | STARS HOME GAME #35 | AHL GAME #1143

TONIGHT’S GAME

THE MATCHUP

The Texas Stars (39-19-9-3) are back in action tonight playing host to the Iowa Wild (33-27-5-5) at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park to open the final series of the regular season.

2022-23 Season Series - Stars Record: 5-1-0-0

Texas is one point away from securing its third division title in franchise history with just two games to go. By earning a point in a 2-1 overtime loss to San Jose on Mar. 31, the Stars clinched a spot in the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs. It marks back-to-back seasons of securing a spot in the postseason as well as the ninth time in franchise history. Texas is coming off a home split against the Manitoba Moose with a 7-5 loss Tuesday and 3-2 win Wednesday.

Overall:

39-19-9-3

Road:

19-9-7-1

Streak:

1-0-0-0

Home:

20-10-2-2

Last 10:

7-2-1-0

PREVIOUS GAME

Last Two, Next Three

April 11

TEX vs MB

7-5 L

April 12

TEX vs MB

3-2 W

April 15

TEX vs IA

7:00 p.m.

April 16

TEX vs IA

5:00 p.m.

TBD

TEX vs TBD

TBD

The Texas Stars edged out the Manitoba Moose for a 3-2 win Wednesday night at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. The Moose scored the first goal at 1:56 when Parker Ford cleaned up a rebound initially shot by Leon Gawanke. No more than 19 seconds later, Ben Gleason fired a shot that eyed the top-right corner behind Evan Cormier and tied the game 1-1. Then at the 3:23 mark, Dominic Toninato rolled over a shot near the front of the goal and floated it in to reclaim a 2-1 lead. The second period saw the Stars score twice to take the lead for good. Marian Studenic tied the game 2-2 when he capitalized on an open-net rebound chance at 4:26 after Curtis McKenzie drove the net off the right wall. Texas took the lead with 1:09 left in the stanza when a shot by Rhett Gardner glanced off Riley Tufte and in to make it 3-2. Remi Poirier stymied the Moose the rest of the night, making 12 third-period saves that helped secure a 3-2 victory and kept Texas in the top spot in the AHL’s Central Division. While improving to 9-4-2 on the season with the win, Poirier turned aside 32 of 34 shots in the contest.

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT

Riley Tufte claimed first-star honors last time out in the Stars’ 3-2 victory over the Manitoba Moose Wednesday night. The Coon Rapids, Minn., native scored the eventual gamewinning goal and also provided an assist in the contest to improve to five points (4-1=5) in his last five games. In 61 games played this season, the left-shot winger has set new single-season highs for goals (19), assists (16), points (35) and shots (120). Tufte has played a strong two-way game this season that has seen him earn a plus-25 rating, which ranks fourth on the Stars and tied for ninth in the AHL as well as tied for third among the league’s forwards this season.

@ IOWA (4-0-0-0)

February 1 | 5-3 L

October 22 | 4-3 SOW

April 15 | 7:00 pm CT

December 16 | 4-2 W

April 16 | 7:00 pm CT

December 17 | 3-1 W

October 21 | 2-0 W

2021-22 Season Series - Stars Record: 5-2-0-1

Iowa is coming off a 3-1 loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday in Des Moines. The Wild are 5-4-0-1 in their last 10 and in a race with Rockford and Chicago to lock up the final two spots in the Central. 2022-23 Records

@ TEXAS (1-1-0-0)

January 30 | 5-4 OTW

@ TEXAS (1-1-0-1)

@ IOWA (4-0-0-0)

October 17 | 3-1 W

February 24 | 4-1 W

April 9 | 4-3 SOL

April 22 | 1-0 W

April 10 | 3-0 L

April 23 | 2-1 W

October 16 | 2-0 L

February 22 | 4-2 W

IOWA WILD

TEXAS STARS

90 pts 5th CENTRAL DIVISION

1st CENTRAL DIVISION

76 pts

Power Play...................18.5% (T-18th) Power Play...................18.5% (T-18th) Penalty Kill...................75.7% (30th) Penalty Kill...................83.3% (5th) GP

G

A

PTS

GP

G

A

PTS

11 Riley Barber

68

32

32

64

7 Nic Petan

51

23

37

60

16 Curtis McKenzie

68

21

32

53

23 Marco Rossi

51

16

34

50

20 Tanner Kero

68

17

32

49

29 Steven Fogarty

63

19

29

48

GOALTENDERS

GP

32 Matt Murray

33

1 Remi Poirier

15

SCORING LEADERS

Rec 9-4-2

GP

Rec

.909

30 Jesper Wallstedt

37

17-15-5

2.70

.908

.912

70 Zane McIntyre

33

16-12-4 2.90

.898

Avg Sv%

17-10-5 2.42 2.58

SCORING LEADERS

GOALTENDERS

Avg Sv%

*On NHL roster

*On NHL roster

HEAD-TO-HEAD

STARS / WILD HISTORY

Tonight marks the seventh of eight games Texas and Iowa have met 68 times in between the Stars and Wild this season. history, with the Stars holding a 43-20-2-3 all-time record. Texas owns a 5-1 record over Iowa so far. After sweeping a pair of road series The Stars carry a 19-11-2-1 record all-time against the Wild Oct. 21-22 and Dec. 16-17, in games played played against the Wild at Texas won 5-4 in overtime before falling the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. 5-3 in the last meetings on Jan. 30 and Feb. 1 in Cedar Park. Iowa is 1-3-1-1 in the series Last season, Texas sported a 5-2-0-1 after Texas claimed a pair of victories in mark over the Wild in the season series, extra sessions, including a 4-3 shootout including a 1-2-0-1 record on home ice. win Oct. 22 and 5-4 overtime win Jan. 30. Before moving to Cedar Park, the Texas The Stars have won 10 of their last 14 Stars were previously known as the Iowa meetings against the Wild and are 26-13- Stars (later named the Iowa Chops) from 0-3 against Iowa over the course of the last 2005-2009, where they also called Des five seasons. Moines, Iowa, their home.

APRIL LEADERS GOALS

ASSISTS

POINTS

PLUS/MINUS

Mavrik Bourque - 7

Gardner, McKenzie - 5

Mavrik Bourque - 10

Rhett Gardner - +8

Studenic, Tufte - 4

Four Players Tied - 4

Curtis McKenzie - 7

Nicholas Caamano - +5

Barber, Gleason, McKenzie - 2

Back, Bourque, Petrovic - 3

Gardner, Studenic - 6

Harley*, Tufte - +4

TEXAS STARS

GAME NOTES

SATURDAY

VS

APRIL 15, 2023

H-E-B CENTER AT CEDAR PARK

NEWS & NOTES

QUICK STATS

PUSH FOR THE POSTSEASON

Streaks

The Texas Stars clinched their ninth postseason berth in franchise history two weeks ago by earning a point in a 2-1 overtime loss hosting the San Jose Barracuda (Mar. 31). It marks back-to-back seasons securing a spot in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Last season, Texas clinched the final playoff spot in the division on April 26 with a 4-2 win over the Manitoba Moose in their season finale up in Winnipeg. The Stars have now managed to clinch a playoff spot during March three times (2010, 2014 and 2023). After claiming a two-game road sweep against the Tucson Roadrunners last weekend, Texas secured at least a second seed in the Cental Division and currently sit one points away from clinching a third division crown in franchise history with a pair of games left to play.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

Entering the final weekend of the regular season, the Stars are locked in a two-team race for a division title. With 90 points so far, Texas currently leads the Central Division by one point over Milwaukee (89). The Stars’ Magic Number to clinch a divisional title now sits at one point after picking up a 3-2 win over Manitoba Wednesday night in Cedar Park, combined with Milwaukee’s 5-4 overtime loss Friday against Chicago. Texas can clinch the division title with a win or overtime/shootout loss in either Saturday or Sunday’s games against Iowa, or a Milwaukee loss of any kind Sunday against Rockford. The Stars have won their division twice in franchise history, capturing the South Division in 2012-13 and the West Division in 2013-14, with the latter resulting in an eventual Calder Cup Championship.

5 - Curtis McKenzie is on a five-game point streak (2-5=7) after an assist Apr. 12 vs MB. 5 - Marian Studenic rides a five-game point streak (4-2=6) after scoring Apr. 12 vs MB. 3 - Remi Poirier has won his last three starts posting a 2.57 GAA since Apr. 1 vs SJ. 3 - Ryan Shea is on a three-game point streak (0-4=4) after an assist Apr. 12 vs MB. 2 - Rhhett Gardner carries a two-game point streak (0-2=2) after picking up an assist in back to back games.

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS

Texas has been on an offensive tear since the start of April. In five games since the start of the month, the Stars have outscored their opposition 27-18 and grasp a 4-1 record throughout the stretch. Mavrik Bourque has led the charge with seven of the Stars’ 27 tallies, while Marian Studenic and Riley Tufte are tied for second on the team with four goals each in April. Tuesday’s 7-5 loss to the Manitoba Moose matched a season-high of seven goals against for the Stars. Additionally, it was a new high for goals against at home, breaking the previous mark of six which has occurred twice in Cedar Park. The only other time Texas surrendered seven goals in a game this season was back on Nov. 23 at Rockford (7-2 L). On a lighter note, the Stars have prevailed by scoring a season-high seven goals three times this year, including twice at home and once on the road. Texas recently scored seven in back-to-back wins vs. San Jose (7-2, Apr. 1) and at Tucson (7-3, Apr. 7).

CHASING HI(STAR)Y

Multiple Texas Stars franchise records have already been captured by this year’s Stars team. For starters, Curtis McKenzie already set a franchise record for career penalty minutes. Earlier this season, McKenzie passed Luke Gazdic’s 447 career PIMs and the captain is now up to 507 PIMs in a Texas sweater. With his overtime goal Mar. 25, Riley Barber set a new franchise record for game-winning goals (8), passing Greg Rallo’s total from the 2010-11 season. The goal was also Barber’s 30th of the season, making him just the sixth player in team history to score 30 or more goals in a single season, joining Matt Fraser (37, 2011-12), Fraser (33, 2012-13), Travis Morin and Colton Sceviour (32, 2014-15), and Joel L’Esperance (30, 2018-19). He upped his total to 32 goals on the season Tuesday night in the Stars’ 7-5 loss to the Moose by scoring twice. Rallo also holds the team’s record for shots on goal in a single season (254, 2010-11). Barber is closing in on that record too, as he checks in at tied for second in the league with 241, just 13 shy of Rallo’s mark with two games remaining. The next record most likely to fall is the team’s plus-minus rating in a single season, held by current Seattle Kraken defenseman Jamie Oleksiak, who registered a plus-26 with Texas in 2014-15. Defensemen Ryan Shea (plus-38) and Alex Petrovic (plus-37) currently rank first and second in the entire league in that category as they are both are on pace to smash Oleksiak’s record.

KING OF THE CORN

With two games to go, the Iowa Wild (76) are in pursuit of one of the final two playoff spots to come out of the AHL’s Central Division. They are in a tight race with the Rockford IceHogs (75) and Chicago Wolves (72), who each have a game in hand on the Wild, on their heels. After prevailing 3-2 in overtime on the road at Chicago last Saturday, the Wild fell 3-1 hosting Milwaukee Wednesday in Des Moines.

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MILESTONES Games Played

200 - Riley Tufte played his 200th AHL game Apr. 1 vs. San Jose. 200 - Rhett Gardner played his 200th career AHL game Apr. 7 at TUC. .

Statistical

50 - Oskar Back earned his 50th career AHL point Apr. 7 at TUC. 100 - Tanner Kero is six goals away from his 100th AHL goal. 100 - Alex Petrovic notched his 100th AHL assist Apr. 1 vs. San Jose. 100 - Riley Damiani earned his 100th AHL point Apr. 11 vs MB. 400 - Curtis McKenzie earned his 400th AHL point Apr. 8 at TUC.

TEXAS STARS

GAME NOTES

SATURDAY

VS

APRIL 15, 2023

H-E-B CENTER AT CEDAR PARK

TEAM BREAKDOWN

STARS / WILD CONNECTIONS

Birth Year

• Wild forward Brandon Baddock and Stars forward Marian Studenic were teammates with the Binghampton Devils in 2019-20. Baddock was also briefly a teammate of Stars forward Justin Ducharme last season in Laval.

1

Grushnikov

2002 Born

3

Bourque, Stranges, Thomson

1

Poirier

2000 Born

5

Back, Barteaux, Blumel, Damiani, Mastrodonato

1999 Born

3

Berard, Laaksonen, Reedy

1998 Born

7

Caamano, Gleason, Karlstrom, Karow, Murray, Studenic, Tufte

1997 Born

1

Shea

1996 Born

2

Gardner, Rosburg

1995 Born

1

Butcher

1994 Born

1

Barber

1992 Born

2

Kero, Petrovic

1

McKenzie

2002 Born 2001 Born

1991 Born

• Texas forward Riley Tufte and Iowa forward Nick Swaney were college teammates at the University of Minnesota-Duluth from 2017-19 and won back-to-back National Championships together. • Iowa forward Mitchell Chaffee and Texas goaltender Matt Murray were teammates for three college seasons from 2017-20 at UMass-Amherst. • During the COVID-shortened 2020-21 season, current Stars captain Curtis McKenzie and Wild forward Tanner Kaspick were teammates with the Utica Comets. • Wild defenseman Joe Hicketts and Stars forward Riley Barber joined forces in 2020-21 with the Grand Rapids Griffins.

ROSTER MAKE-UP (BY LOCATION) CANADA 2

Murray, Petrovic

British Columbia

3

Berard, Mastrodonato, McKenzie

1

Barteaux

Ontario

2

Caamano, Damiani

2

Gardner, Thomson

Quebec

2

Bourque, Poirier

CZECHIA

1

Blumel

FINLAND

1

Laaksonen

RUSSIA

1

Grushnikov

SLOVAKIA

1

Studenic

SWEDEN

2

Back, Karlstrom

U.S.A

10

Barber, Butcher, Gleason, Karow, Kero, Reedy, Rosburg, Shea, Stranges, Tufte

Alberta

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

ORGANIZATIONAL MAKE-UP NHL ENTRY DRAFT 1st Round

2

Tufte (‘16), Bourque (‘20)

1

Grushnikov (‘21)

3rd Round

5th Round

2nd Round

2

Karlstrom (‘16), Back (‘18)

4th Round

2

Gardner (‘16), Stranges (‘20)

2

Caamano (‘16), Damiani (‘18)

6th Round

3

McKenzie (‘09), Barteaux (‘18), Poirier (‘20)

FREE AGENT

11

Barber, Blumel, Butcher, Gleason, Karow, Kero, Murray, Petrovic, Rosburg, Shea, Thomson

TRADE

2

Laaksonen, Reedy

TRYOUT

2

Berard, Mastrodonato

WAIVERS

1

Studenic

DALLAS STARS NOTEBOOK

(47-21-14, 1st Central)

LAST GAME (Thursday): vs. St. Louis Blue (W 1-0)

- The Dallas Stars wrapped up the regular season scheduled with a 1-0 win over the St. Louis Blues at American Airlines Center. The Stars finished one point out of first place in the Central Division and face the Minnesota Wild in a best-of-seven series starting Monday in Dallas. - Wyatt Johnston scored Dallas’s only goal of the finale, giving the 19-yearold rookie his 24th of the season early in the third period. Jake Oettinger stopped 25 Blues shots to earn his fifth shutout in his first full season as the Stars number-one goaltender.

NOTABLE ALUMNI - Jake Oettinger earned his fifth shutout of the season and sixth of his NHL career in the 25-save performance against St. Louis, giving the former Texas Stars netminder a 37-11-11 record for Dallas, with a 2.37 GAA and .919 SV% in 62 appearances this season.