FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill introduced nowadays the workforce’s roster for opening night. The 2022-23 opening night roster is composed of twenty-two lively gamers, together with 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders.
Additionally, ahead Nick Caamano was once put on Injured Non-Roster and defenseman Will Butcher was once loaned to the Texas Stars, Dallas’ building associate within the American Hockey League (AHL).
For the second one time in as many seasons, the Stars will open their marketing campaign clear of American Airlines Center. The membership’s first contest of the 2022-23 season will probably be towards the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, Oct. 13 (7:30 p.m. CT, TV: ESPN+/Hulu, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM, 1310-AM). Dallas’ 2022-23 house opener will happen on Saturday, Oct. 15 towards Nashville at 7 p.m. CT.
All enthusiasts are invited to wait the workforce’s Opening Night Watch Party at AT&T Discovery District (208 S Akard St., Dallas, TX 75202) on Thursday, Oct. 13 which is unfastened and open to the general public starting at 6:30 p.m. The season kickoff tournament will function workforce giveaways, the Dallas Stars Street Squad, are living leisure and tune from Stars Music Director DJ Shippy, and appearances by means of the Dallas Stars Ice Girls and legitimate workforce mascot Victor E. Green. The tournament will probably be hosted by means of Stars PA Announcer Jeff Okay.
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Forwards (13)
Jamie Benn, Ty Dellandrea, Radek Faksa, Luke Glendening, Denis Gurianov, Roope Hintz, Wyatt Johnston, Joel Kiviranta, Mason Marchment, Joe Pavelski, Jacob Peterson, Jason Robertson, Tyler Seguin
Defensemen (7)
Jani Hakanpaa, Joel Hanley, Miro Heiskanen, Esa Lindell, Nils Lundkvist, Colin Miller, Ryan Suter
Goaltenders (2)
Jake Oettinger, Scott Wedgewood
Injured Non-Roster (1)
Nick Caamano
BY COUNTRY
Canada: 8, USA: 5, Finland: 5, Sweden: 2, Czech Republic: 1, Russia: 1
EXPERIENCE
Dallas’ 2022-23 opening night roster has a mixed 7,745 regular-season video games of enjoy. The 20 skaters contain 7,591 of the ones video games, having a mixed 4,260 issues (1,625-2,635-4,260).
The two goaltenders have a mixed report of 64-56-22 in 154 profession video games.
Defenseman Ryan Suter is essentially the most skilled participant at the workforce with 1,280 profession regular-season video games performed. Forward Wyatt Johnston has the fewest NHL video games performed at the opening night roster, as he’s having a look to make his NHL debut.
VETERANS CLOSING IN ON SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES
Suter (1,280 GP) appears to be like to skate in his 1,three hundredth profession regular-season NHL sport this season. The 37-year-old blueliner is the league’s chief in video games performed amongst lively skaters, stocks twenty second all-time amongst NHL defensemen and ranks 8th all-time for U.S.-born gamers. The 2022-23 marketing campaign will mark Suter’s 18th season within the NHL.
Jamie Benn (948 GP) is drawing near 1,000 profession NHL regular-season video games, all with the Stars. Benn, 33, would turn out to be simply the second one participant in franchise historical past to achieve the milestone, trailing Mike Modano (1,459 GP with Minnesota/Dallas). The Victoria, B.C. local was once decided on by means of Dallas within the 5th spherical (129th general) of the 2007 NHL Draft.
Joe Pavelski (1,168 GP) is at the cusp of one,200 profession NHL regular-season video games. The 38-year-old ahead is embarking on his seventeenth NHL season, and his fourth with the Stars. Pavelski ranks twenty first all-time amongst U.S.-born skaters, trailing Tony Amonte (1,174 GP) for twentieth at the listing. With 421 profession regular-season objectives, Pavelski is 8 shy of tying Bill Guerin (429) for 8th all-time amongst U.S.-born skaters.
SIZE
Average Height: 74 inches – 6’2″, Tallest: Hakanpaa (78 inches – 6’6″), Shortest: Glendening, Hanley, Kiviranta, Lundkvist, Pavelski (71 inches – 5’11”)
Average Weight: 202 kilos, Heaviest: Faksa, Hakanpaa (225 kilos); Lightest: Peterson (180 kilos)
Average Age: 27.5, Oldest: Pavelski (38), Youngest: Johnston (19)