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This article documents a current ice hockey season.
Information may change as the event progresses.

2008–09 Dallas Stars
Division	TBD Pacific
Conference	TBD Western
2008–09 record	TBD
Home record	TBD
Road record	TBD
Goals for	TBD
Goals against	TBD
Team information
General Manager	Brett Hull Les Jackson
Coach	Dave Tippett
Captain	Brendan Morrow
Alternate captains	Mike Modano Sergei Zubov
Arena	American Airlines Center
Average attendance	TBD
Team leaders
Goals	TBD
Assists	TBD
Points	TBD
Penalties in minutes	TBD
Plus/Minus	TBD
Wins	TBD
Goals against average	TBD

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

Contents:	Regular season — Playoffs — Player stats — Awards and records — Transactions Roster — Draft picks — Farm teams — See also — References

Pre-season

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

Regular season

Divisional standings

Pacific Division	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
San Jose Sharks	23	19	3	1	89	55	39
Anaheim Ducks	24	13	8	3	70	69	29
Phoenix Coyotes	22	10	10	2	53	60	22
Los Angeles Kings	21	9	9	3	54	58	21
Dallas Stars	22	7	11	4	61	83	18

Conference standings

Western Conference	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
San Jose Sharks *	23	19	3	1	89	55	39
Detroit Red Wings *	22	15	3	4	81	66	34
Vancouver Canucks *	23	14	7	2	72	56	30
Anaheim Ducks	24	13	8	3	70	69	29
Minnesota Wild	21	13	7	1	56	45	27
Calgary Flames	23	13	9	1	69	73	27
Chicago Blackhawks	21	10	5	6	73	60	26
Nashville Predators	22	11	9	2	66	71	24

Phoenix Coyotes	22	10	10	2	53	60	22
Los Angeles Kings	21	9	9	3	54	58	21
Columbus Blue Jackets	22	9	10	3	65	73	21
St. Louis Blues	20	9	9	2	57	61	20
Edmonton Oilers	21	9	10	2	54	64	20
Colorado Avalanche	22	10	12	0	54	63	20
Dallas Stars	22	7	11	4	61	83	18

* – division leader

Game log

Green background indicates win (2 points).
Red background indicates regulation loss (0 points).
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss (1 point).

2008–09 Game Log

October

November

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Location/Attendance	Record
12	1	Boston Bruins	1-5	Boston	4-6-2
13	7	Anaheim Ducks	5-2	Anaheim	5-6-2
14	8	San Jose Sharks	1-2	San Jose	5-7-2
15	11	Los Angeles Kings	2-3	Los Angeles	5-7-3
16	13	Los Angeles Kings	3-2	Dallas	5-8-3
17	15	Phoenix Coyotes	2-3	Phoenix	6-8-3
18	20	Chicago Blackhawks		Dallas
19	22	Anaheim Ducks		Dallas
20	24	Philadelphia Flyers		Philadelphia
21	26	Minnesota Wild		Minnesota
22	28	San Jose Sharks		Dallas
23	30	Edmonton Oilers		Dallas

December

January

February

March

April

2008–09 Schedule

Playoffs

Player stats

Skaters

		Regular season						Playoffs
Player	#	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Mike Ribeiro	63	22	2	17	19	-4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brad Richards	91	21	6	13	19	-1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Loui Eriksson	21	22	11	7	18	+6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brenden Morrow	10	18	5	10	15	-4	49	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mike Modano	9	22	8	7	15	-1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stéphane Robidas	3	22	1	8	9	+7	24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sean Avery	16	22	2	7	9	+3	77	-	-	-	-	-	-
James Neal	18	17	6	2	8	-5	12	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Parrish	37	10	4	3	7	-1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Fabian Brunnstrom	96	19	6	1	7	-9	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trevor Daley	6	22	2	5	7	-1	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Steve Ott	29	14	2	4	6	-1	51	-	-	-	-	-	-
Krystofer Barch	13	22	2	2	4	-2	31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sergei Zubov	56	10	0	4	4	-4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Darryl Sydor	55	13	1	2	3	+2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Matt Niskanen	5	20	1	1	2	-9	17	-	-	-	-	-	-
Landon Wilson	22	4	1	1	2	0	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toby Petersen	17	20	0	2	2	-2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jere Lehtinen	26	3	1	0	1	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Joel Lundqvist	39	9	0	1	1	+1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicklas Grossman	2	22	0	1	1	-6	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mark Fistric	28	11	0	1	1	-2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Doug Janik	33	4	0	0	0	-1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chris Conner	25	4	0	0	0	-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Goaltenders

		Regular season									Playoffs
Player	#	GP	MIN	W	L	OTL	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA	GP	MIN	W	L	GA	SO	Sv%	GAA
Marty Turco	35	20	1138	6	10	4	69	0	.866	3.64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tobias Stephan	31	5	190	1	1	0	11	0	.864	3.47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Free Agents

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

Player	New team
Niklas Hagman¹	Toronto Maple Leafs
Nolan Baumgartner	Vancouver Canucks
Antti Miettinen	Minnesota Wild
Brad Winchester	St. Louis Blues

Claimed from Waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Doug Janik	Chicago Blackhawks	October 2

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

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Updated November 16, 2008.[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16	Canada	Avery, SeanSean Avery	6.0 LW	L	28	2008	Pickering, Ontario
13	Canada	Barch, KrysKrys Barch	7.0 RW	R	28	2007	Guelph, Ontario
96	Sweden	Brunnstrom, FabianFabian Brunnstrom	4.0 C	L	23	2008	Helsingborg, Sweden
25	United States	Conner, ChrisChris Conner	7.0 RW	L	24	2006	Westland, Michigan
6	Canada	Daley, TrevorTrevor Daley	2.0 D	L	25	2002	Toronto, Ontario
21	Sweden	Eriksson, LouiLoui Eriksson	6.0 LW	L	23	2003	Gothenburg, Sweden
28	Canada	Fistric, MarkMark Fistric	2.0 D	L	22	2004	Edmonton, Alberta
2	Sweden	Grossman, NicklasNicklas Grossman	2.0 D	L	23	2004	Stockholm, Sweden
33	United States	Janik, DougDoug Janik	2.0 D	L	28	2008	Agawam, Massachusetts
26	Finland	Lehtinen, JereJere Lehtinen	7.0 RW	R	35	1992	Espoo, Finland
39	Sweden	Lundqvist, JoelJoel Lundqvist	4.0 C	L	26	2000	Are, Sweden
9	United States	Modano, MikeMike Modano (A)	4.0 C	L	38	1988	Livonia, Michigan
10	Canada	Morrow, BrendenBrenden Morrow (C)	6.0 LW	L	29	1997	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
18	Canada	Neal, JamesJames Neal	6.0 LW	L	21	2005	Whitby, Ontario
5	United States	Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen	2.0 D	R	21	2005	Virginia, Minnesota
29	Canada	Ott, SteveSteve Ott	6.0 LW	L	26	2000	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
37	United States	Parrish, MarkMark Parrish	7.0 RW	R	31	2008	Bloomington, Minnesota
17	United States	Petersen, TobyToby Petersen	4.0 C	L	30	2007	Minneapolis, Minnesota
63	Canada	Ribeiro, MikeMike Ribeiro	4.0 C	L	28	2006	Montreal, Quebec
91	Canada	Richards, BradBrad Richards (A)	4.0 C	L	28	2008	Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island
3	Canada	Robidas, StephaneStephane Robidas (A)	2.0 D	R	31	2005	Sherbrooke, Quebec
31	Switzerland	Stephan, TobiasTobias Stephan	1.0 G	L	24	2002	Zurich, Switzerland
55	Canada	Sydor, DarrylDarryl Sydor	2.0 D	R	36	2008	Edmonton, Alberta
35	Canada	Turco, MartyMarty Turco	1.0 G	L	33	1994	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
56	Russia	Zubov, SergeiSergei Zubov	2.0 D	R	38	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

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2008–09 NHL season by team

Atlantic	New Jersey Devils • New York Islanders • New York Rangers • Philadelphia Flyers • Pittsburgh Penguins

Northeast	Boston Bruins • Buffalo Sabres • Montreal Canadiens • Ottawa Senators • Toronto Maple Leafs

Southeast	Atlanta Thrashers • Carolina Hurricanes • Florida Panthers • Tampa Bay Lightning • Washington Capitals

Central	Chicago Blackhawks • Columbus Blue Jackets • Detroit Red Wings • Nashville Predators • St. Louis Blues

Northwest	Calgary Flames • Colorado Avalanche • Edmonton Oilers • Minnesota Wild • Vancouver Canucks

Pacific	Anaheim Ducks • Dallas Stars • Los Angeles Kings • Phoenix Coyotes • San Jose Sharks