Rocky Mountain Regional Tier 1 U18 Championship

A few weeks after the Dallas Stars Elites dominated the Tier 1 State Tournament from February 10-12. Both the Stars Elites & Alliance Bulldogs will now move on to the upcoming Rocky Mountain Regional Championships that will take place from March 1-4 up at Big Bear Arena in Denver as the Stars Elites & Alliance Bulldogs at the U12, U16 & U18 levels with the opportunity to represent the Rocky Mountain Region at the USA Hockey National Tier 1 Championship that will take place in Buffalo, N.Y. from March 28 through April 1.

Unlike the Tier 2 Teams where the State Champions go straight to Nationals, the Regional is used because of the small number of teams of each state (or none at all in some states like Oklahoma & New Mexico) to use to determine who will play at Nationals. After seeing the action of the Texas Amateur Hockey Association (TAHA) back earlier this month, I feel that Texas should have had only one team at Regional because of the great disparity of the Stars Elites & Alliance Bulldogs over the last couple of years.

For instance, in addition to the U12, U16 & U18 Tier 1 Teams getting sweeped by the Stars Elites at the State Tournament; the Alliance Bulldogs U14 Tier 2 Team made it the Final only to get crushed by the Ice Jets as well. So that tells you the decline of the Alliance Bulldogs Program in recent years (But that's another story for another day).

The U18's are coming off a very strong season in the Tier 1 Elite League where they went 27-8-5 where they ran away with the Pacific Division Title winning by 16 points over the LA Jr. Kings & finished in a tie for 2nd Place with the Chicago Fury with 59 points. Even in the Tier 1 Elite League Season Finale when the Stars Elites played Victory Honda, they were leading 2-0 at the end of 2 periods before 3 unanswered goals for Victory Honda helped them win 3-2 in a 3rd period comeback. If you include all their games, they finished the regular season 32-8-5 where most recently, the Stars Elites went 3-1 during their final Tier 1 Elite League Showcase of the season in the Detroit Area with wins over the Cleveland Barons, Oakland Grizzlies & Belle Tire over the course of the Showcase.

Coming up this we as they have been drawn with the Alliance Bulldogs again during the Regional Tournament Group Stage, they will also play the Pikes Peak Miners which compete in the North American Prospects Hockey League & finished  finished 3rd in the Colorado Tier 1 League behind power houses Colorado Rampage & Colorado Thunderbirds, as well as the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes who in 4 games this season, the Stars Elites went 3-0-1 during the Tier 1 Elite League Season.

It was a series where all 4 games were close including in the first head-to-head matchup of the season on October 10 where despite not trailing for the entire game, the Jr. Coyotes were able to get the game tied on every occasion to earn a 4-4 draw. Also back in the December, the Stars Elites had to comeback from a 3-2 deficit when Brad Ferguson started a 3rd period surge where the Special Teams shined big time by scoring twice in the final 7 minutes of the game. Ferguson tied the game with 6:48 left in the 3rd period to tie it at 3-3. He also scored a an empty netter in the final seconds to win 5-3. William Clark also scored the game winner with just under a minute left to eventually put the game out-of-hand for the Jr. Coyotes

These close games should provide the team with a big confidence booster to play them in the upcoming Regional. But the team shouldn't take them lightly knowing how they have challenged them over the course of the season. They should be seen at least as a slight favorite to possibly win the group. Despite the Pikes Peak Miners finishing 3rd in Colorado, the strong Crop of Tier 1 Talent in Colorado as well as the improving North American Prospects Hockey League (NAPHL) should prepare them well for this tournament.

Alliance will be looked as a major underdog this year after losing 4 of 5 games overall this year against the Stars Elites. As well as struggling in events like their 2 High Performance Hockey League (HPHL) Events this year in early December & Mid-January where they lost every game in those Showcases. Including getting wipped by Honeybaked 10-0 on January 15th & a 6-3 loss to the Ice Jets back on December 3rd where in a game that got away from them after the Bulldogs had the game tied at 3-3 at one point only to lose 6-3.

Other low lights of the season came back in Mid-December where during a trip to Colorado in a game against the Colorado Rampage where a 5 goal 3rd period end any hopes of upset against one of Colorado's Best Teams at the Tier 1 Level. They went on to go winless that weekend which also included a 9-1 loss against the Pikes Peak Miners & a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Rampage that weekend.

Also closer to home, saw the team tie the Dallas Oilers U18 AA Team 3-3 the weekend before the State Tournament. Even though this is part weakness' of the Alliance Bulldogs & part of the growing strength the Dallas Oilers are having in winning the U18 Tier 2 State Championship. No matter how strong a AA Team is, the AAA Team, especially a Tier 1 Team, should be a sizeable favorite no matter how good a team because of the amount of practice & Game Time differences have in the two levels. By pulling a tie against the Alliance Bulldogs AA, this should set them up well for a possible strong U18 Tier 2 Tournament Run in Michigan that starts up a month from today

In all, the U18 Tier 1 Tournament will have 8 teams divided into 2 groups of 4. Group A will feature the Colorado Powers in the Colorado Thunderbirds & Colorado Rampage as well as the Phoenix Firebirds & the Utah Regulators. While Group B will feature the Dallas Stars Elites & Alliance Bulldogs along with the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes & Pikes Peak Miners. Each team will play once per day during the Group Stage on Thursday, Friday & early on Saturday.

The Semifinals will take place on Saturday Night with the winners playing each other for the Regional Championship Game Sunday Afternoon. The winner will move on the National Championships in Buffalo, N.Y. from March 28 through April 1 in Buffalo, N.Y. Last year, both the Stars Elites & Alliance Bulldogs advanced to the Semifinals and even were matched up against each other where the Stars Elites defeated the Alliance Bulldogs 3-2 in the Semifinals only to roughed up in the Final where they lost to the Colorado Thunderbirds 7-2 for the Regional Championship when the Tournament was in Dallas.

With Nationals on the line, expect everybody to be putting everyone on the line as a spot in Nationals is on the line and everyone else bascially planning to wrap up their season after this weekend. One of the few execptions to this rule is the Dallas Stars Elites heading up Fairbault, Minnesota to play Shattuck St. Marys the weekend of 3/17-18 that will be used as a National Championship Tune up.

If they don't quailify, they will still play but it will be looking to end the season on a high and it will have a very different tune for the Stars Elites as Shattuck will be playing their final games before the National Championship with the Stars Elites as a team will have nothing to play for.

For Alliance, any kind of big victory would be a huge achomplishment after the down season the team has had this year as they will be viewed as one of the weakeast teams in this year's Rocky Mountain Regional Tournament. Especially with them being paired in the same group as the Stars Elites after losing 4-of-5 this season. It's most likely going to be a long weekend for the Bulldogs this weekend.

Here's the Full U18 Tier 1 Regional Championship Schedule in Denver, Colorado

Group A: Colorado Rampage, Colorado Thunderbirds, Phoenix Firebirds, Utah Regulators

Group B: Alliance Bulldogs, Dallas Stars Elites, Phoenix Jr. Coyotes, Pikes Peak Miners

3/1

Colorado Rampage VS. Phoenix Firebirds  5:45 PM

Utah Regulators VS. Colorado Thunderbirds 6:00 PM

Dallas Stars Elites VS. Phoenix Jr. Cyotes  8:00 PM

Alliance Bulldogs VS. Pikes Peak Miners  8:15 PM

3/2

Colorado Rampage VS. Colorado Thunderbirds  5:45 PM

Utah Regulators VS. Phoenix Firebirds  6:00 PM

Dallas Stars Elites VS. Pikes Peak Miners  8:00 PM

Phoenix Jr. Coyotes VS. Alliance Bulldogs  8:15 PM

3/3

Colorado Rampage VS. Utah Regulators  12:30 PM

Phoenix Firebirds VS. Colorado Thunderbirds  12:45 PM

Dallas Stars Elites VS. Alliance Bulldogs  2:45 PM

Phoenix Jr. Coyotes VS. Pikes Peak Miners  3:00 PM

SF #1: 1A VS. 2B  9:15 PM

SF #2: 1B VS. 2A  9:30 PM

3/4

Final: SF Winners  1:30 PM



Weekend Tier 1 Action: Dallas Stars U18 Continues Great Start, U16's studder in Michigan

U18's

It was another great weekend for the Dallas Stars U18's as they remain unbeaten through 8 games and have built a lead in the Mid-American Division thinks to a 3-0-1 weekend. However, unlike the last series of games in late September, the Stars Elites are taking charge with some big performances. Among them included 4 goals from 4 different goal scorers in the opening game of the weekend as the Stars beat the LA Selects 4-2 on Friday Night.

Perhaps though the biggest individual showing came on Sunday when Tanner Karty scored 5 points to take his team leading total to 11 points in 8 games where he had a hat trick on Sunday against the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes and two assists against the LA Kings Elites on Saturday Afternoon.

Other strong showings came from players like Marcus Ortiz as he scored a goal in 3 of the 4 games this weekend after being held without a goal in the opening weekend last month and is starting to already pass his scoring total last year in 20 games with the Dallas Stars U16 last year with just 8 points in 20 games.

So far this year for Ortiz he has 7 points in 8 games where he is averaging nearly a point a game so far in the Tier 1 Season where after he was noticed after having a strong first half of the season last year with the Garland ISD Stampede in the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey Season last season.

Another piece is the Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) Prospect Christian Frey who continues to have a great shot to the season where he hasn't given up more then two goals in any of his five starts. In addition to being a perfect 5-0-0 start, his GAA is a very strong 1.80 GAA and his SV% at .919 is near the top in the entire Elite League.

 His backup Sean Lawrence is also having a strong showing where his only game of the weekend was the first tie of the season where he had to fight off an attempt for the Colorado Thunderbirds to win the game late, but preserved a tie when the Stars Elites scored the only goal of the period to get a tie and get their record to 7-0-1 for a total of 15 points and continues to lead the Mid-American Division after playing 8 games so far.

Here's the Scores from the weekend.

9/15: LA Selects Hockey Club 2  Dallas Stars Elites 4  (0-1, 1-2, 0-2)

9/16: Colorado Thunerbirds 2  Dallas Stars Elites 2  (1-0, 0-2, 1-0) (No Boxscore Provided)

9/16: LA Kings Elites 2  Dallas Stars Elites 4  (0-1, 3-0, 1-1)

9/17: Dallas Stars Elites 5  Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 2  (0-2, 1-0, 1-3)


Here's a look at the next set of games for the Dallas Stars U18's which will be located at the Ice Line Quad rinks in West Chester, Penn. on Halloween Weekend from October 29-31. All four games will be against the Mid-American Division Teams which could give them a chance to really open up a lead in the Division.

10/29: VS. Madison Capitals     2:00 PM

10/30: VS. St. Louis Amateur Blues    12:15 PM

10/31: VS. Ohio Blue Jackets    8:15 AM

10/31: VS. Russel Stover Hockey   2:15 PM

Dallas Stars U18 Stats


U16's

It was a rough weekend at times for the U16 Team as the Stars U16 Went 1-2-1 including a couple of heavy defeats as they went to Michigan to play the different Michigan Teams over the weekend. Among them included a 8-2 loss to Little Caesars on Sunday Afternoon and then a 6-0 loss against Honeybaked Hockey which was part of a weekend where they wasn't much celebrating on the trip back home.

The only win over the weekend was a 2-1 against Comuware Hockey where Austin Runney and Chris Stovall where they were the goal scorers, also among the scoring was Portland Winterhawks (WHL) Prospect Connor Hutchins which turned out to be his only assist of the weekend, he also scored a goal against the Belle Tires Team where they finished in a 3-3 tie.

With the 1-2-1 record, this takes their overall record after 8 games to 2-4-2 with 6 points overall. It's a good thing that the last place teams in the Ohio Blue Jackets and Madison Capitals are still win-less in the early portion of the season.

In the 3rd game of the weekend against the Belle Tires team, a bad start for the U16's as the Belle Tire Teammates Dante Suffredini, Ryan Cusin and Matthew Seidel each scored within 5 minutes late in the 1st period to go up 3-0. Even though the Stars U16 went down, they came back and finally able to beat Belle Tire Goalie Daniel Emandes in the first with Dmitry Maximov team leading 5th point of the season and 3rd goal of the season.

Then in the 3rd period, Connor Hutchins and Austin Runey scored his 2nd goal of the weekend with under 6 minutes left to force the 3-3 tie and were able to avoid their 3rd loss of the weekend.

Just like the U18 Team, the Dallas Stars U16's will return to Tier 1 Action on Halloween Weekend at the Great Lakes Sports Center in Fraser, Michigan as the U16's will be taking on the Mid-American Division Teams. So far through 8 games for most of the teams, it's starting to look like that no body is going to contending for the U16 Title in the Division.

10/15: Honeybaked Hockey 6  Dallas Stars U16's 0  (0-0, 3-0, 3-0)

10/16: Compuware Hockey 1  Dallas Stars U16's 2  (0-1, 0-1, 1-0)

10/16: Belle Tires 3  Dallas Stars U16's 3  (3-0, 0-1, 0-2)

10/17: Little Caesars 8  Dallas Stars U16's 2  (3-0, 2-1, 3-1)


Here's the schedule for the weekend of Halloween in Michigan.

10/29: VS. Madison Capitals    1:55 PM

10/29: VS. St. Louis AAA Blues   8:10 PM

10/30: VS. Russel Stover Hockey    10:25 AM

10/31: VS. Ohio Blue Jackets    12:25 PM  

Dallas Stars U16 Stats

Dallas Stars Elites and Midget Minors in Tier 1 Action this weekend

Both of the Dallas Stars Elites and Midget Minor Teams are in action this weekend as both teams will by playing in their 2nd Tier 1 Events of the young season.

Elites (U18)

Back in Mid-September the Elites (U18) finished with a perfect 4-for-4 weekend where they had to come back in all 4 of their wins back where they played their opener in Illinois where they played 4 of the 5 teams from the Illinois/Ohio Division where they played teams like Team Illinois and Chicago Youth Association (CYA) and had some great performances like Garret Cox had 2 goals in the win against Team Illinois while Marcus Ortiz had critical assists on both goals in the game.

Also that weekend, players like Tanner Karty and Garrett Cox who lead the team in scoring with 4 and 3 goals respectably while 6 other players registered goals during the opening weekend of action over in Illinois.

Where the Elites need to improve is the defense where they don't need to comeback and gave up 6 goals, but got better as that weekend went on. Goaltending was very solid in the opening weekend event as both Des Moines Buccaneers Prospect Christan Frey and Sean Lawrence had a GAA of a strong 1.50 while Frey had a .952 SV% while giving up just 3 goals over the weekend.

If the goaltending continues to stay this good, they could find themselves in a position where they can compete for the Tier 1 Mid-American Division and overall league titles this season.

This weekend is a weekend roadtrip to Glendale Arizona where they will faceoff the West Division Teams like the LA Selects Hockey Club and the Phoenix Jr. Coyotes who's hosting the event this weekend. In addition to these two teams. They will also face the Colorado Thunerbirds and the LA Kings Elites as well this weekend. They need to show that the weekend in Illinois wasn't a fluke and continue the momentum they built up back in Illinois. If they can do that, they will be a force in the Tier 1 Elite League this season at the U18 Level.

Midget Minors (U16)

It was a different story for the Dallas Stars Midget Minor Team (U16) as the team went 1-2-1 back in late September. They will head to Detroit to faceoff against the Detroit Area Teams this weekend as the goaltending was suspect at times where despite playing some really close games, they proved that they didn't have the killer instinct that the Elites had.

Not a single multi goal scorer came out of the opening weekend where just 3 players (Maximov, Sinitsyn, Schartz) were able to get multi points this weekend, but neither of them had more then one goal or one assists that. So far, just one player in Zane Schartz has multiple assists with 2 that weekend.

There needs to be some work done of the offense for the Midget Minors to have a strong shot of bouncing back and catching up with the St. Louis AAA Blues and Russel Stover Hockey Teams who are also in Detroit this weekend.

If the Midget Minor can't turn it around this weekend while the Blues and Stover Teams who are expected to do well continue, then it maybe another long season for the Midget Minor who won just 9 games last year and have won just 1 in 4 games this season.

Here's links to the Rosters, Stats and info reguarding the Dallas Stars Elites and Dallas Stars Midget Minors.

Dallas Stars Midget Minor U16

Dallas Stars Midget Minors Roster and Stats

Dallas Stars Elites Website

Dallas Stars Elites Roster And Stats

Here's a schedule for both teams this weekend as the teams are competition in Arizona and Michigan this weekend.

Dallas Stars Elites (U18) in Arizona All Games are at the Coyotes Rink.

10/15: VS. LA Selects Hockey Club   3:20 PM

10/16: VS. Colorado Thunderbirds   2:00 PM

10/16: VS. LA Kings Elites    8:30 PM

10/17: Phoenix Jr. Coyotes   12:10 PM


Dallas Stars Midget Minors Schedule in Michigan from in Detroit

10/15: VS. Honeybaked Hockey    5:00 PM

10/16: VS. Compuware     9:45 AM

10/16: VS. Belle Tires    6:00 PM

10/17: VS. Little Cesars    8:45 AM

Dallas Stars Elites have impressive start to Tier 1 Season

The Dallas Stars Midget Majors went 4-for-4 in their season opening event up in Wisconsin as the Stars Elites, despite giving up the first goal in all 4 games, won all 4 games last weekend. As they went up against the Illinois/Ohio Division to start the Tier 1 Season as they took down 3 of the Illinois Teams and the only Ohio based Team against the Cleveland Barons as well.

Through the first 4 games, Tanner Karty & Garrett Cox were the leading scorers with 4 & 3 goals respectively.Other big performances coming from players like Marcus Ortiz with 3 assists, who's playing his first full season after getting noticed by the team while he played for Garland ISD in the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League midway through last season.

One of the big things that could have gone wrong by giving up the first goal, but the goaltending duo of Christian Frey (Whose a Des Moines Buccaneers Prospect) and Sean Lawrence who are able to fight it off to help the Elites win all 4 games last weekend.

If Christian Frey keeps playing like this, it may just be a matter of time before he may get a shot with the Dese Moines Buccaneers, especially if the Buccaneers have some injury problems to deal with in net. In his first two games against Team Illinois and the Cleveland Barons, he went an impressive 1.50 GAA with a 2-1 win over Team Illinois on Saturday Afternoon and a 4-2 win over Cleveland on Sunday.

As for his goaltending partner with Sean Lawrence who also just gave up 3 goals during the weekend in a 3-1 win over the Chicago Fury on Friday and a 4-2 win over the CYA on Saturday Morning.

If the Stars Elites Goaltending can keep this up, it could be a year where the team could be in a spot to at least not just contend for the Mid-American Division Title, if not the Tier 1 U18 Title this season.

One thing the Stars Elites will need to correct is the massive amount of penalties as they almost had their coach suspended due to the penalty acclimation and a 10 minute misconduct in the 2nd period by Kyle Mckenzie in the game against Team Illinois. This should be the #1 thing the Stars Elites need to work on before their next game against the Alliance Bulldogs on Friday Night, and for their next event in Arizona in Mid-October when they face the West Division Teams.

If the Stars Elites are going to be a force in the Tier 1 League this season, the number of penalties seriously needs to come down. They will have plenty of time before the next set of Tier 1 Games next month as they will head west to Arizona for 4 games in Mid-October.

However, before then it's their next game against the Dallas Alliance Bulldogs on Friday Night at the Dr. Pepper Starcenter in Valley Ranch. Earlier this month, the Stars Elites played the Alliance Bulldogs during Labor Day Weekend who won 3-0 in their first game of the season.

Also with the 4-for-4 weekend, the Stars Elites find themselves on top of the Mid-American Division with a perfect 8 points with the St. Louis Amateur Blues 2 points back who had a record of 2-0-2 last weekend


Here's the Boxscores from this past weekend.

9/17: Dallas Stars Elites 2 Team Illinois 1 (1-1, 1-0, 0-0)

9/18: Chicago Fury 1 Dallas Stars Elites 3 (1-0, 0-2, 0-1)

9/18: Dallas Stars Elites 4 Cleveland Barons 2 (1-1, 2-1, 1-0)

9/19: CYA 2 Dallas Stars Elites 4 (2-0, 0-2, 0-2)

Here's the Rosters & Stats for the Stars Elites


Here's the Dallas Stars Elites Upcoming Schedule

9/24: VS. Dallas Alliance Bulldogs 7:30 PM @ Valley Ranch Starscenter

10/15: VS. LA Selects Hockey Club 3:20 PM @ Ice Den (Scottsdale, ARZ)

10/16: VS. Colorado Thunderbirds 2:00 PM @ Ice Den

10/16: VS. LA Kings Elites 8:30 PM @ Ice Den

10/17: VS. Phoenix Jr. Coyotes 12:10 PM @ Ice Den


In addition to the Elites great start to the Tier 1 Season, the Midget Minor's kick off the Tier 1 Season this weekend in Lewis Center, Ohio as the Stars Midget Minors will take on 4-of-the-5 Detroit Division Teams this weekend.

Here's the Midget Minor Roster & Stats


Dallas Stars Midget Minor Upcoming Schedule

9/24: VS. Honeybaked Hockey 6:20 PM @ Chiller North (Lewis Center, OH)

9/25: VS. Belle Tires 1:00 PM @ Chiller North

9/25: VS. Victory Honda 8:10 PM @ Chiller North

9/26: VS. Little Caesars 8:00 AM @ Chiller North

Catching Up during the Blaine Showcase

With the North American Hockey League Blaine Showcase dominating things on the website and officially opening up the hockey season for Southwest Teams. Here's a look at other recent news and notes that have happened this week.

Stars Sign James Neal and Matt Niskanen

After long talks and nervously thinking the two of the best young players might miss the start of training camp in PEI, Canada. The Stars last night officially signed both Neal & Niskanen to 2 year deals worth $5.75 Million & $3 Million each over the next two seasons. With now Neal & Niskanen now signed, the Stars finally have all their players from last year resigned and ready to go with the team kicking off training camp in Charlottentown, PEI, Canada this weekend.

For James Neal he's going to make $2.25 Million this upcoming season and then $3.5 Million in the 2011-2012 season. Neal had 55 points (27G 28A) last season. He also had 64 penalty minutes and is looking to add some physicality along the boards and with Modano & Possibly Lehtinen gone, he looks to start adding a leadership role to the team as well for the 23 year old native of Oshawa, Ontario.

Niskanen who has admitted that he didn't have a strong season last year will make $1.25 Million this upcoming season and $1.75 Million next season. Niskanen who's also 23 years old did have a team low -15 Rating last season as he produced 15 Points (3G 12A) and will look to improve +/- rating and be more physical, despite having just 15 penalty minutes stills feel like he's a bit empty handed on the ice at times throughout the season as he played in 74 games last year.

I'm happy that Neal has been re-signed, but it's without a doubt that Niskanen is being overpaid, especially on a team that is having to work on an internal salary cap until this team gets sold. For Neal, i'm expecting another big year and for him to be a part of the Stars Next Generation. Niskanen on the other hand needs to take a big step up and show that he is worth the money next season. He was a very unreliable at times and is almost afraid of taking so called "Good Penalties" that could prevent goals because of the team's shaky defensemen.

Here's some links to read more about the Neal & Niskanen signings.

Stars Agree to Terms

Matt Niskanen Profile

James Neal Profile

Comments from Neal, Niskanen & Nieuwendyk


Begginning of Training Camp

In addition, the Charlottentown Guardian Newspaper will be covering the Dallas Stars Training Camp. Here's two of their stories about Brad Richards coming home and the team arriving.

Stars Arrive in PEI

Brad Richards training in his home Provence


Dallas Stars Midget Major Kicks off Tier 1 Season.

The Dallas Stars Midget Major Team gets their Tier 1 Elite League Season underway this weekend as they will play 4 games this weekend at the Capitol Ice Rink in Middleton, Wisconsin as they will kick off the season playing against the Illinois Division this afternoon at 4:15 PM against Team Illinois. They will also see the Chicago Fury on Saturday Morning, the Cleveland Barons on Saturday Afternoon then the weekend set wraps up against the Chicago Youth Association (CYA) on Sunday Morning.

This is how most of the schedule works as 12 of the 24 teams are in Wisconsin to kick off the Tier 1 Season. Other teams of interest competing their this weekend include the Madison Capitals who are also in the Mid-American Division and Team Illinois who has Arlington Native Cole Martin who played on the Team Illinois Midget Minor Team last year who was taken by the Lincoln Stars in the USHL Futures Draft back in May.

Speaking of the Midget Minor Team, they season gets underway gets going next weekend at the Chiller North Rink which is in Lewis Center, Ohio.

Here's the Midget Major Schedule for this weekend

9/17: VS. Team Illinois 4:15 PM

9/18: VS. Chicago Fury 8:30 AM

9/18: VS. Cleveland Barons 4:00 PM

9/19: VS. CYA 8:00 AM


Dallas Stars AAA Website

Team Roster & Stats


Texas Stars Announce 2010-2011 Promotions

The Dallas Stars AHL Affliate has announced their promotions & Special Events for the 2010-2011 season. A few of them will include a military night, wearing special Jerseys and 3-2-1 nights where you can get special deals in both the gift shots and Concession Stands.

To see the Full List, Click Here


Texas Stars & San Antonio Rampage Announce Youth Hockey Commitments

In an effort to help improve the numbers of hockey participation in both the Austin & San Antonio Areas, both the Texas Stars & San Antonio Rampage have announced major commitments to help improve youth hockey in their areas to form the Texas Junior Stars & San Antonio Jr. Rampage.

To see more on both projects, click on the team links below.

San Antonio Rampage

Texas Stars


Here's a look at the Home Openers for all 4 SW AHL Teams as the Season starts in less then a month.

Houston Aeros: 10/16 VS. Peoria Rivermen

Oklahoma City Barons: 10/9 VS. Houston Aeros

Texas Stars: 10/16 VS. San Antonio Rampage

San Antonio Rampage: 10/8 VS. Chicago Wolves


AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Preseason Showcase

With last weekend being the Leveling Showcase for the AT&T Metroplex HS Hockey League Showcase. Here's a look at what the Divisions could look like at the Varsity Level when the season starts next month in the D/FW Area.

Here's a look at how the teams did last weekend in the Varsity Gold & Silver Divisions. Click on the Ind. Team to see the schedule & Their results from last weekend. Of course things can change on what the actual divisions will look like this season.

Click on the team of your choice to see their results from the weekend, plus rosters, stats as well.

Varsity Gold Division

Plano Senior 3-0-0 6 PTS

Allen 3-0-0 6 PTS

Coppell 2-1-0 4 PTS

SL Carroll 1-1-1 3 PTS

Plano West 1-1-1 3 PTS

Frisco ISD 1-2-0 2 PTS

Dallas Jesuit 1-2-0 2 PTS

Flower Mound 0-3-0 0 PTS


Varsity Silver Division

Richardson/Rockwall 3-0-0 6 PTS

Keller ISD 3-0-0 6 PTS

Mansfield ISD 3-0-0 6 PTS

FM Marcus 2-0-1 5 PTS

Highland Park 2-1-0 4 PTS

Midlothian 2-1-0 4 PTS

Prosper 2-1-0 4 PTS

Arlington Martin 2-1-0 4 PTS

Garland ISD 1-1-1 3 PTS

Mckinney ISD 1-2-0 2 PTS

Plano East 0-3-0 0 PTS

Lovejoy 0-3-0 0 PTS

Grapevine 0-3-0 0 PTS

Arlington Wild 0-3-0 0 PTS

Bishop Lynch 0-3-0 0 PTS

2010-2011 Dallas Stars Elites Information

The schedules are coming out in chunks as the schedule for the Dallas Stars Midget Major (U18) and Midget Minor (U16) are slowly starting to come out for the Tier 1 Elite League which is the best Youth Hockey League and System in the country.

For area players playing Juniors & the NCAA in recent years, this is where a majority of the talent is coming from so it's important to track this team to see how their doing and which players could have a shot of getting recognized by leagues like the United States Hockey League (USHL), the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the NCAA.

As for players who are looking to make USHL Rosters include Seth Johnson (Sioux City Musketeers), Christian Frey (Des Moines Buccaneers), Teemu Tiitnen (Youngstown Phantoms) and Tyler Hope (Tri-City Storm) and Jeff Mcminimy (Lincoln Stars) all played for the Dallas Stars Elites in recent seasons and will be looking to use this level as a chance to move up to the NCAA & Professional Ranks, possibly the NHL later in their careers.

This is where the best Youth Players look to play for in the Dallas Area and around the country hoping to get noticed by teams in the Junior Ranks and into the NCAA as well, so it shows you how important it is to make the Tier 1 Elite League to improve your chances.

Last year for the U18's finished the 48 game season at .500 with a 20-20-8 record which was good good for 3rd Place in the League's Mid American Division.

They looking to improve on that and especially the defense where it was a bit leaky at times by giving up 153 goals during the season. And by hoping that the defense improves in a division that has the Madison Capitals, Ohio Blue Jackets, Russell Stover and St. Louis Amateur Blues. This

The season gets underway on September 17 with a 4 game in 3 day weekend set with the teams in the Illinois Division against Team Illinois. They will also play the Chicago Fury, Cleveland Barons and the Chicago Youth Association during the weekend as well.

This was a division where Russell Stover edged out the St. Louis Amateur Blues for the Mid-Am Division title by a mere two points, but the rest of the division was well back where the Dallas Stars finished 3rd by a massive margin of 18 points over the Division Champions. This year thought that Dallas is expecting to see a much more competitive division like the top of the Illinois Division was last year.

As for the defending Champions, the Belle Tires Team out of Detroit are the defending Midget Major Champions with an impressive 36 wins that got them 77 points, edging out the CYA by 3 points.

In the Midget Minor League everyone will be gunning for the Chicago Missions who ran away with the Illinois Division and were an 8 points clear of the Detroit Division Champion Little Caesars.

The full schedule for the most part is not out yet because of how the league is set up. Most teams play at different events where you could have like 6 or 8 of the 25 teams for instance may play something like 3 or 4 games in a single weekend. As it stands right now, they are no plans for the Dallas Stars Elites to host any events yet (At least what we know).

As for the Midget Minor (U16) Team, they looking to put last year behind them with just 9 wins in 38 games last year in the Tier 1 League and had one of the worst offenses by scoring just 67 goals.

However, they did have a strong defense and goaltending which had Christian Frey who was selected by the Des Moines Buccaneers in the USHL Entry Draft back in May.

Things are looking like that he may return to get some more experience, or if he doesn't come back with the Dallas Stars Elites, he may go to a league like the NAHL or one of the Canadian Jr. A Leagues to prepare him for the USHL.

For the U16 Team to be successful, the offense will have to show big improvements on the offense with a lot of new players and put last year behind them. However, can they find the goaltending that they had last year like a Christian Frey type player that can keep opposing teams off the scoreboard.

As I told you earlier the full schedule has not been released yet as 20 of the scheduled 48 games have been official while 20 of the 38 scheduled games are official for the Midget Minor Team as the season is scheduled to start in Mid September.

Here's the Links to follow for the Dallas Stars Midget Major (U18) & Midget Minor (U16) Teams to check out as the season starts next month.

In addition to the current schedule, the Dallas Stars U18 has games against Dallas Alliance on 9/3 at Farmers Branch Starscenter and again on September 24 in Valley Ranch. The U18 Team also has a pair of games this fall against Dallas Ice Jets but those haven't been officially schedule yet.

Nothing yet on any possible friendlies for the Dallas Stars U16 Team yet.

In addition to the Links, here's the Divisions for both the Tier 1 U18 & U16 Divisional Alignments for the upcoming season.

Midget Major (U18)

Illinois Division: Chicago Youth Association (CYA), Chicago Fury, Chicago Missions, Cleveland Barons, Team Illinois

Detroit Division: Belle Tires, Compuware, Honeybaked, Little Caesars, Victory Honda

East Division: Boston Advantage, Buffalo Regals, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, Pittsburgh Hornets, Team Comcast

Mid-American Division: Dallas Stars Selects, Madison Capitals, Ohio Blue Jackets, Russell Stover, St. Louis Amateur Blues

West Division: Colorado Rampage, Colorado Thunderbirds, LA Kings Selects, LA Selects Hockey Club, Phoenix Jr. Coyotes


Midget Minor (U16)

Illinois Division: Chicago Fury, Chicago Missions, Chicago Young Americans, Clevland Barons, Team Illinois

Detroit Division: Belle Tires, Compuware, Honeybaked, Little Caesars, Victory Honda

East Division: Boston Advantage, Buffalo Regals, Philadelphia Jr. Flyers, Pittsburgh Hornets, Team Comcast

Mid-American Division: Dallas Stars, Madison Capitals, Ohio Blue Jackets, Russell Stover, St. Louis AAA Blues

West Division: Colorado Rampage, Colorado Thunderbirds, LA Kings, LA Selects Hockey Club, Phoenix Jr. Coyotes

Team Links

Tier 1 Elite Hockey League

Dallas Stars AAA

Dallas Stars U18

Dallas Stars U16

Dallas Stars Elite Hockey Club


Pointstreak Links

Dallas Stars U16 Schedule

Dallas Stars U16 Roster/Stats

Dallas Stars U18 Schedule

Dallas Stars U18 Roster/Stats