2008–09 Dallas Stars season

	2008–09 Dallas Stars
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	12th Western
2008–09 record	36–35–11
Home record	20–16–5
Road record	16-19-6
Goals for	230
Goals against	257
Team information
General manager	Brett Hull ; Les Jackson
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Brenden Morrow
Alternate captains	Mike Modano; Sergei Zubov
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	17,681 (95.4%); Total: 724,911
Team leaders
Goals	Loui Eriksson (24)
Assists	Mike Ribeiro (31)
Points	Mike Ribeiro (42)
Penalty minutes	Krys Barch (84)
Plus/minus	Stephane Robidas (12)
Wins	Marty Turco (22)
Goals against average	Marty Turco (2.98)
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Dallas Stars season will see the Stars attempt to win the Stanley Cup for the second time in franchise history.

Pre-season[]

The Stars finished the pre-season with a 1-5-1 record.

2008 Pre-season Game Log: 1–5–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Dallas	2–3	St. Louis		Stephan	10,796	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 25	Colorado	4–2	Dallas		Climie	16,634	0–2–0	[2]
3	September 27	St. Louis	3–4	Dallas		Turco	17,191	1–2–0	[3]
4	September 28	Dallas	3–4	Chicago		Stephan	18,425	1–3–0	[4]
5	October 1	Dallas	1–3	Colorado		Climie	?	1–4–0	[5]
6	October 2	Chicago	4–3	Dallas	SO	Turco	15,142	1–4–1	[6]
7	October 5	Edmonton	3–2	Dallas		Turco	16,835	1–5–1	[7]

Regular season[]

Divisional standings[]

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
p-San Jose Sharks	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
x-Anaheim Ducks	82	42	33	7	245	238	91
e-Dallas Stars	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
e-Phoenix Coyotes	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
e-Los Angeles Kings	82	34	37	11	207	234	79

Conference standings[]

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
p-San Jose Sharks *	82	53	18	11	257	204	117
y-Detroit Red Wings *	82	51	21	10	295	244	112
y-Vancouver Canucks *	82	45	27	10	246	220	100
x-Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	24	12	264	216	104
x-Calgary Flames	82	46	30	6	254	248	98
x-St. Louis Blues	82	41	31	10	233	233	92
x-Columbus Blue Jackets	82	41	31	10	226	230	92
x-Anaheim Ducks	82	42	33	7	245	238	91

e-Minnesota Wild	82	40	33	9	219	200	89
e-Nashville Predators	82	40	34	8	213	233	88
e-Edmonton Oilers	82	38	35	9	234	248	85
e-Dallas Stars	82	36	35	11	230	257	83
e-Phoenix Coyotes	82	36	39	7	208	252	79
e-Los Angeles Kings	82	34	37	11	207	234	79
e-Colorado Avalanche	82	32	45	5	199	257	69

x - clinched playoff spot, y - clinched division title, p - clinched Presidents' Trophy and best record in conference, e - eliminated from playoff contention

* – division leader

Game log[]

2008–09 Game Log

October: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 10	Columbus	5–4	Dallas	OT	Turco	18,532	0–0–1	1	[8]
2	October 11	Dallas	1–3	Nashville		Turco	17,113	0–1–1	1	[9]
3	October 15	Nashville	4–6	Dallas		Turco	16,899	1–1–1	3	[10]
4	October 16	Dallas	1–6	St. Louis		Turco	18,550	1–2–1	3	[11]
5	October 18	Colorado	5–4	Dallas		Turco	17,151	1–3–1	3	[12]
6	October 20	Dallas	2–1	NY Rangers		Turco	18,200	2–3–1	5	[13]
7	October 22	Dallas	0–5	New Jersey		Turco	12,101	2–4–1	5	[14]
8	October 23	Dallas	5–3	NY Islanders		Turco	10,183	3–4–1	7	[15]
9	October 25	Washington	6–5	Dallas	OT	Turco	18,532	3–4–2	8	[16]
10	October 29	Minnesota	2–4	Dallas		Stephan	18,431	4–4–2	10	[17]
11	October 31	Dallas	2–5	Chicago		Stephan	21,212	4–5–2	10	[18]

November: 4–6–2 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 1	Dallas	1–5	Boston		Turco	14,576	4–6–2	10	[19]
13	November 7	Dallas	5–2	Anaheim		Turco	17,048	5–6–2	12	[20]
14	November 8	Dallas	1–2	San Jose		Turco	17,496	5–7–2	12	[21]
15	November 11	Dallas	2–3	Los Angeles	SO	Turco	13,823	5–7–3	13	[22]
16	November 13	Los Angeles	3–2	Dallas		Turco	17,675	5–8–3	13	[23]
17	November 15	Dallas	3–2	Phoenix		Turco	15,508	6–8–3	15	[24]
18	November 20	Chicago	6–3	Dallas		Turco	18,027	6–9–3	15	[25]
19	November 22	Anaheim	2–1	Dallas	SO	Turco	17,734	6–9–4	16	[26]
20	November 24	Dallas	3–4	Philadelphia		Turco	19,171	6–10–4	16	[27]
21	November 26	Dallas	4–3	Minnesota		Turco	18,568	7–10–4	18	[28]
22	November 28	San Jose	6–2	Dallas		Turco	18,532	7–11–4	18	[29]
23	November 30	Edmonton	3–4	Dallas		Turco	16,650	8–11–4	20	[30]

December: 8–4–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
24	December 2	Dallas	3–1	Calgary		Turco	19,289	9–11–4	22	[31]
25	December 3	Dallas	2–5	Edmonton		Turco	16,839	9–12–4	22	[32]
26	December 5	Colorado	1–2	Dallas	SO	Turco	16,651	10–12–4	24	[33]
27	December 10	Phoenix	5–3	Dallas		Turco	16,374	10–13–4	24	[34]
28	December 12	Detroit	1–3	Dallas		Turco	18,532	11–13–4	26	[35]
29	December 13	Dallas	0–3	Nashville		Stephan	15,426	11–14–4	26	[36]
30	December 16	Phoenix	1–2	Dallas	OT	Turco	15,387	12–14–4	28	[37]
31	December 18	Columbus	5–6	Dallas	SO	Turco	16,281	13–14–4	30	[38]
32	December 20	Dallas	4–5	Ottawa	OT	Turco	19,486	13–14–5	31	[39]
33	December 23	Dallas	8–2	Toronto		Turco	19,269	14–14–5	33	[40]
34	December 27	Anaheim	3–4	Dallas	OT	Turco	18,532	15–14–5	35	[41]
35	December 29	San Jose	3–1	Dallas		Turco	18,532	15–15–5	35	[42]
36	December 31	New Jersey	2–4	Dallas		Turco	18,584	16–15–5	37	[43]

January: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–0–1 ; Road: 4–3–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
37	January 3	Dallas	1–4	Edmonton		Turco	16,839	16–16–5	37	[44]
38	January 4	Dallas	3–2	Vancouver	SO	Turco	18,630	17–16–5	39	[45]
39	January 8	Dallas	1–6	Detroit		Turco	20,066	17–17–5	39	[46]
40	January 10	Dallas	0–1	Phoenix	SO	Turco	14,557	17–17–6	40	[47]
41	January 12	Detroit	4–5	Dallas	OT	Turco	17,648	18–17–6	42	[48]
42	January 15	Buffalo	5–4	Dallas	SO	Turco	17,339	18–17–7	43	[49]
43	January 17	Los Angeles	2–3	Dallas	SO	Turco	18,532	19–17–7	45	[50]
44	January 19	Dallas	2–4	Tampa Bay		Turco	13,991	19–18–7	45	[51]
45	January 21	Dallas	4–1	Florida		Turco	11,200	20–18–7	47	[52]
46	January 27	Atlanta	0–2	Dallas		Turco	16,726	21–18–7	49	[53]
47	January 29	Dallas	4–2	Detroit		Turco	20,066	22–18–7	51	[54]
48	January 31	Dallas	7–3	Columbus		Turco	18,049	23–18–7	53	[55]

February: 6–7–0 (Home: 5–5–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
49	February 3	Calgary	1–3	Dallas		Turco	16,395	24–18–7	55	[56]
50	February 5	Dallas	2–3	Colorado		Turco	13,624	24–19–7	55	[57]
51	February 6	NY Rangers	2–10	Dallas		Turco	18,532	25–19–7	57	[58]
52	February 8	Nashville	1–4	Dallas		Turco	17,689	26–19–7	59	[59]
53	February 11	Phoenix	1–0	Dallas		Turco	16,440	26–20–7	59	[60]
54	February 13	Vancouver	1–2	Dallas		Turco	18,532	27–20–7	61	[61]
55	February 14	Dallas	2–6	Chicago		Turco	22,704	27–21–7	61	[62]
56	February 16	Dallas	3–2	Columbus	SO	Turco	15,006	28–21–7	63	[63]
57	February 19	Edmonton	2–4	Dallas		Turco	17,792	29–21–7	65	[64]
58	February 21	Chicago	3–1	Dallas		Turco	18,584	29–22–7	65	[65]
59	February 23	San Jose	1–0	Dallas		Turco	17,988	29–23–7	65	[66]
60	February 26	St. Louis	3–1	Dallas		Turco	17,603	29–24–7	65	[67]
61	February 28	Anaheim	4–3	Dallas		Turco	18,171	29–25–7	65	[68]

March: 5–8–3 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–4–2)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
62	March 1	Pittsburgh	4–1	Dallas		Stephan	18,532	29–26–7	65	[69]
63	March 3	Dallas	4–1	San Jose		Turco	17,496	30–26–7	67	[70]
64	March 5	Dallas	4–5	Los Angeles	OT	Turco	17,430	30–26–8	68	[71]
65	March 6	Dallas	3–2	Anaheim		Turco	17,380	31–26–8	70	[72]
66	March 8	Montreal	3–1	Dallas		Turco	17,646	31–27–8	70	[73]
67	March 10	Dallas	2–5	St. Louis		Turco	17,708	31–28–8	70	[74]
68	March 12	Carolina	2–3	Dallas		Turco	16,788	32–28–8	72	[75]
69	March 14	Minnesota	2–3	Dallas	OT	Turco	18,584	33–28–8	74	[76]
70	March 17	Dallas	2–4	Vancouver		Turco	18,630	33–29–8	74	[77]
71	March 18	Dallas	1–2	Calgary		Turco	19,289	33–30–8	74	[78]
72	March 21	Dallas	2–5	San Jose		Turco	17,496	33–31–8	74	[79]
73	March 24	Vancouver	5–2	Dallas		Turco	17,276	33–32–8	74	[80]
74	March 26	Los Angeles	1–0	Dallas	SO	Turco	16,908	33–32–9	75	[81]
75	March 28	Florida	6–3	Dallas		Turco	18,532	33–33–9	75	[82]
76	March 30	Dallas	5–6	Phoenix	OT	Stephan	13,831	33–33–10	76	[83]
77	March 31	Dallas	3–2	Los Angeles		Turco	17,648	34–33–10	78	[84]

April: 2–2–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
78	April 2	Calgary	2–1	Dallas		Turco	17,106	34–34–10	78	[85]
79	April 4	St. Louis	4–5	Dallas	OT	Climie	18,532	35–34–10	80	[86]
80	April 7	Dallas	1–3	Minnesota		Climie	18,568	35–35–10	82	[87]
81	April 9	Dallas	3–2	Colorado	SO	Climie	13,822	36–35–10	84	[88]
82	April 10	Dallas	3–4	Anaheim	SO	Turco	17,531	36–35–11	85	[89]

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

The Dallas Stars failed to qualify for the 2009 NHL Playoffs.

Player stats[]

Skaters[]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro	82	22	56	78	-4	52
Eriksson, LouiLoui Eriksson	82	36	27	63	+14	14
Richards, BradBrad Richards	56	16	32	48	-4	6
Modano, MikeMike Modano	80	15	31	46	-13	46
Ott, SteveSteve Ott	64	19	27	46	+3	135
Neal, JamesJames Neal	77	24	13	37	-11	51
Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	80	6	29	35	-11	52
Brunnstrom, FabianFabian Brunnstrom	55	17	12	29	-8	8
Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas	72	3	23	26	+10	76
Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	75	7	18	25	+2	73
Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	48	8	16	24	+1	8
Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow	18	5	10	15	-4	49
Parrish, MarkMark Parrish	44	8	5	13	-3	18
Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	65	2	11	13	-2	16
Conner, ChrisChris Conner	38	3	10	13	-5	10
Grossman, NiklasNiklas Grossman	81	2	10	12	-8	51
Petersen, TobyToby Petersen	57	4	7	11	+1	14
Avery, SeanSean Avery	23	3	7	10	+2	77
Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison	19	6	3	9	+3	16
Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby	42	5	4	9	-5	52
Barch, KrysKrys Barch	72	4	5	9	+1	133
Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	27	2	6	8	+5	21
Lundqvist, JoelJoel Lundqvist	43	1	5	6	-9	20
Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson	38	2	3	5	-4	12
Crombeen, B.J.B.J. Crombeen	15	1	4	5	-1	26
Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	10	0	4	4	-4	0
Fistric, MarkMark Fistric	36	0	4	4	-1	42
Boucher, PhilippePhilippe Boucher	16	0	3	3	-4	15
Wandell, TomTom Wandell	14	1	2	3	-1	4
Begin, SteveSteve Begin	20	1	1	2	-1	15
Stafford, GarrettGarrett Stafford	3	0	2	2	0	0
Vishnevskiy, IvanIvan Vishnevskiy	3	0	2	2	+1	2
Janik, DougDoug Janik	13	0	1	1	-2	2
Sawada, RaymondRaymond Sawada	5	1	0	1	-1	0
Jancevski, DanDan Jancevski	3	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders[]

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime Losses; GA = Goals Against; GAA= Goals Against Average; SA= Shots Against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season

Player	GP	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV	Sv%	SO
Turco, MartyMarty Turco	74	4327	33	31	10	203	2.81	1993	1790	.898	3
Stephan, TobiasTobias Stephan	10	437	1	3	1	27	3.70	208	181	.870	0
Climie, MattMatt Climie	3	185	2	1	0	9	2.92	85	76	.894	0
Krahn, BrentBrent Krahn	1	20	0	0	0	3	9.00	9	6	.667	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect player's season totals.
^‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Awards and records[]

Records[]

Milestones[]

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
James Neal	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point	October 10, 2008
Fabian Brunnstrom	1st NHL Game 1st NHL Goal 1st NHL Point 1st NHL Hat Trick	October 15, 2008
James Neal	1st NHL Assist	October 15, 2008
Fabian Brunnstrom	1st NHL Assist	October 20, 2008
Mike Ribeiro	300th NHL Point	October 23, 2008
B.J. Crombeen	1st NHL Goal	October 25, 2008
Joel Lundqvist	100th NHL Game	October 25, 2008
Stéphane Robidas	500th NHL Game	October 31, 2008

Transactions[]

Trades[]

Date	Details
November 16, 2008	To Pittsburgh Penguins Philippe Boucher	To Dallas Stars Darryl Sydor
November 30, 2008	To Tampa Bay Lightning Lauri Tukonen	To Dallas Stars Andrew Hutchinson
December 14, 2008	To Anaheim Ducks David McIntyre, Conditional 2009 draft pick	To Dallas Stars Brian Sutherby
February 26, 2008	To Montreal Canadiens Doug Janik	To Dallas Stars Steve Begin

Free agents[]

Player	Former team	Contract Terms
Sean Avery	New York Rangers	4 years, $15.5 million

Player	New team
Niklas Hagman^[1]	Toronto Maple Leafs
Nolan Baumgartner	Vancouver Canucks
Antti Miettinen	Minnesota Wild
Brad Winchester	St. Louis Blues

Waivers[]

Player	Former team	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Doug Janik	Chicago Blackhawks	Dallas Stars	October 2
Sean Avery	Dallas Stars	New York Rangers	March 3, 2009
Brendan Morrison	Anaheim Ducks	Dallas Stars	March 4, 2009

Draft picks[]

The Stars' picks at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft in Ottawa • Ontario.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
2	59	Tyler Beskorowany	(G)	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3	89	Scott Winkler	(C)	Norway	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
5	149	Philip Larsen	(D)	Denmark	Frölunda HC (Elitserien)
6	176 (from Montreal)	Matthew Tassone	(C)	Canada	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)
7	209	Mike Bergin	(D)	Canada	Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL)

Roster[]

Updated March 30, 2009.^[2]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
13	Canada	Barch, KrysKrys Barch	7.0 RW	L	47	2007	Guelph, Ontario
44	Canada	Begin, SteveSteve Begin	6.0 LW	L	44	2009	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
96	Sweden	Brunnstrom, FabianFabian Brunnstrom	4.0 C	L	40	2008	Helsingborg, Sweden
25	United States	Conner, ChrisChris Conner	7.0 RW	L	41	2006	Westland, Michigan
6	Canada	Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	2.0 D	L	41	2002	Toronto, Ontario
21	Sweden	Eriksson, LouiLoui Eriksson	6.0 LW	L	39	2003	Gothenburg, Sweden
28	Canada	Fistric, MarkMark Fistric	2.0 D	L	38	2004	Edmonton, Alberta
2	Sweden	Grossman, NicklasNicklas Grossman	2.0 D	L	40	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
27	United States	Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson	2.0 D	R	45	2008	Evanston, Illinois
4	Canada	Jancevski, DanDan Jancevski	2.0 D	L	43	1999	Windsor, Ontario
26	Finland	Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	7.0 RW	R	51	1992	Espoo, Finland
39	Sweden	Lundqvist, JoelJoel Lundqvist	4.0 C	L	43	2000	Åre, Sweden
9	United States	Modano, MikeMike Modano (A)	4.0 C	L	54	1988	Livonia, Michigan
11	Canada	Morrison, BrendanBrendan Morrison	4.0 C	L	49	2009	Pitt Meadows, British Columbia
10	Canada	Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow (C)	6.0 LW	L	46	1997	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
18	Canada	Neal, JamesJames Neal	6.0 LW	L	37	2005	Whitby, Ontario
5	United States	Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	2.0 D	R	38	2005	Virginia, Minnesota
29	Canada	Ott, SteveSteve Ott (A)	6.0 LW	L	42	2000	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
37	United States	Parrish, MarkMark Parrish	7.0 RW	R	48	2008	Bloomington, Minnesota
17	United States	Petersen, TobyToby Petersen	4.0 C	L	46	2007	Minneapolis, Minnesota
63	Canada	Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro	4.0 C	L	45	2006	Montreal, Quebec
91	Canada	Richards, BradBrad Richards	4.0 C	L	44	2008	Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island
3	Canada	Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas (A)	2.0 D	R	48	2005	Sherbrooke, Quebec
37	United States	Stafford, GarrettGarrett Stafford	2.0 D	R	45	2007	Los Angeles, California
31	Switzerland	Stephan, TobiasTobias Stephan	1.0 G	L	41	2002	Zurich, Switzerland
20	Canada	Sutherby, BrianBrian Sutherby	4.0 C	L	43	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
55	Canada	Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	2.0 D	L	52	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
35	Canada	Turco, MartyMarty Turco	1.0 G	L	49	1994	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
23	Sweden	Wandell, TomTom Wandell	4.0 C	L	38	2005	Södertälje, Sweden
22	United States	Wilson, LandonLandon Wilson	7.0 RW	R	50	2004	St. Louis, Missouri
56	Russia	Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov (A)	2.0 D	R	54	1996	Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Farm teams[]

In 2008, the Stars ended their affiliation with the AHL's Iowa Stars as their primary minor league affiliate, expecting to announce the formation of a new minor league expansion team, the Texas Stars, at the beginning of the 2009-10 season. The Texas Stars will be based in Cedar Park, TX, just three hours driving time from the metroplex. The Stars' minor league contract players are currently scattered among four different teams in the AHL and more in the ECHL.

References[]

↑ CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Games - Toronto signs Niklas Hagman and Jeff Finger
↑ Dallas Stars - Team - Roster. Dallas Stars. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.

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[1] CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey NHL - Games - Toronto signs Niklas Hagman and Jeff Finger

[2] Dallas Stars - Team - Roster. Dallas Stars. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.

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