2022 Texas Stars Offseason Player Tracker

Originally posted on Full Press Hockey
By Elaine Shircliff | Last updated 8/4/22

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Texas Stars didn’t have the best showing during the 2021-22 season, posting a record of 32-28-6-6 and placing fifth in the Central Division. However, they were often able to bounce back and never let a big loss demoralize them. Plus, their 20.6% success rate on the power play made them a bit of a bear to deal with while up a man.

With the expanded postseason, the Stars were able to squeak into the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs with a few percentage points above the Iowa Wild. Unfortunately, they were swept in a best-of-three series against the Rockford IceHogs. Forward Fredrick Karlstrom scored the lone Stars goal of the series.

Karlstrom might have been the Stars standout skater in the playoffs, but Anthony Louis was a positive consistent force during the regular season. In 66 games, Louis tallied 55 points (24g, 31a) and 11 power play goals. He finished the seasons first on the team in goals, points, and power play goals.

Despite seven different netminders suiting up for the Stars, Adam Scheel was the only one who met the 1300 minutes required to be a qualified goaltender. Scheel boasted a 11-10-7 record and 2.91 goals against average for the 2021-22 season.

However, it was newcomer Matt Murray who helped carry the Stars into a playoff spot. After signing an amateur tryout agreement on April 5, Murray won five of the six games he played with a 1.68 GAA and .947 sv%. In the final week of the season, Scheel was named AHL Player of the Week, earning his first professional shutout and stopping 101 of 103 shots he faced. During the playoffs, he held the IceHogs to three goals in two games.

(List accurate as of August 4th at 11:45am CT)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

Oskar Back – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
Riley Damiani – Last year of entry-level contract
Ty Dellandrea – Last year of entry-level contract
Rhett Gardner – Last year of NHL contract
Tanner Kero – Last year of NHL contract
Curtis McKenzie – Last year of AHL contract
Nicholas Caamano – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on June 13
Fredrik Karlström – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 14
Riley Tufte – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 30
Marian Studenic – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 13
Jordan Kawaguchi – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 1

Defensemen

Dawson Barteaux – Last year of entry-level contract
Thomas Harley – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
Jerad Rosburg – Last year of NHL contract
Alex Petrovic – Signed a one-year, two-way contract extension on June 7
Joseph Cecconi – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 28
Ryan Shea – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on June 29
Ben Gleason – Signed a one-year, two-way contract extension on July 29

Goaltenders

Adam Scheel – Last year of two-year entry-level contract
Matt Murray – Signed two-year AHL contract extension on July 19

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

Antonio Stranges – Signed a three-year, entry-level contract on March 1 (played with the London Knights of the OHL in 2021-22)
Fredrik Olofsson – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on May 18 (played for IK Oskarshamn of the SHL in 2021-22)
Matej Blümel – Signed a two-year, entry-level contract on June 6 (played for HC Dynamo Pardubice of Czechia in 2021-22)
Riley Barber – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for the Grand Rapids Griffins in 2021-22)
Ryan Dmowski – Signed a one-year AHL contract on August 4 (played for the Hershey Bears and ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays & Idaho Steelheads in 2021-22)