Texas Stars

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other The Texas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Cedar Park, Texas. They are the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the National Hockey League's (NHL) Dallas Stars. They play their homes games at the H-E-B Center.

History

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The Stars playing at the Milwaukee Admirals in 2024

In April 2008, the Iowa Stars announced that they would no longer affiliate with the Dallas Stars and changed the team's name to Chops for the 2008–09 season. For the 2008–09 season, Dallas made agreements to send their AHL prospects to four other teams, while a few remained with the Chops. AHL teams that received Dallas Stars prospects were the Hamilton Bulldogs, Manitoba Moose, Peoria Rivermen, and Grand Rapids Griffins.

On April 28, 2009, the AHL granted a provisional Austin-area franchise to Tom Hicks, owner of the NHL Stars, with the stipulation that Hicks purchase an existing AHL franchise within one year. That condition was met on May 4, 2010, when the AHL approved the Texas Stars' ownership group's purchase of the Iowa Chops franchise, which had been suspended for the 2009–10 season.

The team's inaugural season was a successful one. After finishing second in the West Division, the Stars swept Rockford in the first round of the playoffs, then claimed their first division championship by defeating Chicago four games to three. The Stars then won their first Robert W. Clarke Trophy by defeating Hamilton in another seven-game series to become the Western Conference champions. The Stars eventually fell to Hershey in game six of the 2010 Calder Cup Finals.

The Stars won the Calder Cup in 2014, defeating the St. John's IceCaps in the finals. After the season, head coach Willie Desjardins resigned to accept the head coaching position with the Vancouver Canucks. In July 2014 he was succeeded by Derek Laxdal, who won a Kelly Cup championship with the Stars' ECHL affiliate, the Idaho Steelheads, in 2007. Also during 2014, the Stars were purchased by Tom Gaglardi's ownership group, thus having the AHL affiliate under control of the parent club.

On June 11, 2015, the Stars unveiled their new logo, color scheme, and jerseys to more closely match the parent club's identity.

In 2018, the Stars once again made it to the Calder Cup finals, but lost to the Toronto Marlies in seven games. During the 2019–20 season, head coach Laxdal was promoted to the Dallas Stars as an assistant and the Texas Stars promoted Neil Graham to head coaching position.

Season-by-season results

Calder Cup Champions

Conference Champions

Division Champions

League leader

Regular season											Playoffs
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	Pts	PCT	GF	GA	Standing	Year	Prelims	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Finals
2009–10	80	46	27	3	4	99	.619	238	198	2nd, West	2010	—	W, 4–0, RFD	W, 4–3, CHI	W, 4–3, HAM	L, 2–4, HER
2010–11	80	41	29	4	6	92	.575	213	210	4th, West	2011	—	L, 2–4, MIL	—	—	—
2011–12	76	31	40	3	2	67	.441	224	251	5th, West	2012	Did not qualify
2012–13	76	43	22	5	6	97	.638	235	201	1st, South	2013	—	W, 3–1, MIL	L, 1–4, OKC	—	—
2013–14	76	48	18	3	7	106	.697	274	197	1st, West	2014	—	W, 3–0, OKC	W, 4–2, GR	W, 4–3, TOR	W, 4–1, STJ
2014–15	76	40	22	13	1	94	.618	242	216	2nd, West	2015	—	L, 0–3, RFD	—	—	—
2015–16	76	40	25	8	3	91	.599	277	246	3rd, Pacific	2016	—	L, 1–3, SD	—	—	—
2016–17	76	34	37	1	4	73	.480	224	265	7th, Pacific	2017	Did not qualify
2017–18	76	38	24	8	6	90	.592	223	231	2nd, Pacific	2018	—	W, 3–1, ONT	W, 4–1, TUC	W, 4–2, RFD	L, 3–4, TOR
2018–19	76	37	31	4	4	82	.539	238	231	6th, Central	2019	Did not qualify
2019–20	62	27	28	3	4	61	.492	171	192	6th, Central	2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	38	17	18	3	0	37	.487	117	124	5th, Central	2021	No playoffs were held
2021–22	72	32	28	6	6	76	.528	219	230	5th, Central	2022	L, 0–2, RFD	—	—	—	—
2022–23	72	40	20	9	3	92	.639	265	210	1st, Central	2023	BYE	W, 3–0, RFD	L, 2–3, MIL	—	—
2023–24	72	33	33	4	2	72	.500	234	240	4th, Central	2024	W, 2–0, MB	L, 2–3, MIL	—	—	—
2024–25	72	43	26	3	0	89	.618	240	210	2nd, Central	2025	BYE	W, 3–0, GR	W, 3–2, MIL	L, 2–4, ABB	—

Players

Current roster

Updated June 19, 2025.
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Team captains

• Landon Wilson, 2009–2010
• Brad Lukowich, 2010–2012
• Maxime Fortunus, 2012–2015
• Travis Morin, 2015–2017
• Curtis McKenzie, 2017–2018, 2021–present
• Justin Dowling, 2018–2019
• Dillon Heatherington, 2019–2020
• Cole Schneider, 2021

Retired numbers

Texas Stars retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	No. retirement
23	Travis Morin	C	2009–2019	October 19, 2019

Notable alumni

The following players have played both 100 games for Texas and 100 games in the National Hockey League:

Head coaches

• Glen Gulutzan, 2009–2011
• Jeff Pyle, 2011–2012
• Willie Desjardins, 2012–2014
• Derek Laxdal, 2014–2019
• Neil Graham, 2019–present

Team records

Single season

Goals: Matěj Blümel, 39 (2024–25)

Assists: Travis Morin, 56 (2013–14)

Points: Travis Morin, 88 (2013–14)

Penalty Minutes: Luke Gazdic, 155 (2009–10)

GAA: Richard Bachman, 2.20 (2010–11)

SV%: Richard Bachman, .927 (2010–11)

Wins: Richard Bachman, 28 (2010–11)

Shutouts: Richard Bachman, 6 (2010–11)

• Goaltending records need a minimum 25 games played by the goaltender

Career

Career goals: Travis Morin, 175

Career assists: Travis Morin, 385

Career points: Travis Morin, 560

Career penalty minutes: Luke Gazdic, 447

Career goaltending wins: Jack Campbell, 66

Career shutouts: Richard Bachman, Jack Campbell, 9

Career games: Travis Morin, 686

External links

• Cedar Park Center website
• American Hockey League