2009–10 Dallas Stars season

National Hockey League team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 2009–10 2009 Dallas Stars Western 12th place Pacific 5th place 37–31–14 23–11–7 14–20–7 237 254 Joe Nieuwendyk Marc Crawford Brenden Morrow Mike ModanoSteve OttBrad RichardsStephane Robidas American Airlines Center Loui Eriksson (29) Brad Richards (67) Brad Richards (91) Mark Fistric (+27) Steve Ott (153) Marty Turco (22) Marty Turco (2.72) The 2009–10 Dallas Stars season was the 43rd season in the National Hockey League. (NHL) franchise that was established on June 5, 1967. The Stars introduce Joe Nieuwendyk as their new general manager, replacing Les Jackson and Brett Hull, who were both reassigned within the organization.http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=424629&page=NewsPage&service=page Nieuwendyk introduced as Stars' new GM 2009-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726194109/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=424629&page=NewsPage&service=page 2011-07-26 dead On June 11, head coach Dave Tippett was fired and replaced with Marc Crawford.http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=425322&page=NewsPage&service=page Dallas Stars Hire Marc Crawford 2009-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090614043203/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=425322 2009-06-14 dead 2 Preseason 2009 Pre-season Game Log: 4-4–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Recap 1 September 16 Tampa Bay Lightning 3 - 4 Dallas Stars SO Turco 1-0-0 2 September 17 Dallas Stars 1 - 3 Colorado Avalanche Auld 1-1-0 3 September 19 Dallas Stars 4 - 2 St. Louis Blues Turco 2-1-0 4 September 22 Florida Panthers 3 - 1 Dallas Stars Krahn 2-2-0 5 September 23 Dallas Stars 1 - 4 Florida Panthers Turco 2-3-0 6 September 24 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 3 Dallas Stars Auld 3-3-0 7 September 26 St. Louis Blues 5 - 0 Dallas Stars Turco 3-4-0 8 September 30 Dallas Stars 5 - 1 Texas Stars (AHL) Turco 4-4-0 Regular season Divisional standings DAL Conference standings DAL Schedule and results 2009–10 Game Log October: 6–3–5 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 4–1–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Nashville Predators 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 0-0-1 18,532 0-0-1 1 2 October 6 Dallas Stars 4-5 Edmonton Oilers SO Turco 0-0-2 16,839 0-0-2 2 3 October 9 Dallas Stars 5-2 Calgary Flames Auld 1-0-0 19,289 1-0-2 4 4 October 11 Dallas Stars 3-4 Vancouver Canucks SO Turco 0-0-3 18,810 1-0-3 5 5 October 14 Nashville Predators 0-6 Dallas Stars Turco 1-0-3 16,365 2-0-3 7 6 October 16 Boston Bruins 3-0 Dallas Stars Turco 1-1-3 17,811 2-1-3 7 7 October 17 Dallas Stars 4-3 Chicago Blackhawks Auld 2-0-0 20,424 3-1-3 9 8 October 19 Los Angeles Kings 4-1 Dallas Stars Turco 1-2-3 16,210 3-2-3 9 9 October 21 Dallas Stars 4-2 Anaheim Ducks Turco 2-2-3 14,503 4-2-3 11 10 October 22 Dallas Stars 4-5 Los Angeles Kings OT Auld 2-0-1 15,025 4-2-4 12 11 October 24 Dallas Stars 4-1 St. Louis Blues Turco 3-2-3 19,150 5-2-4 14 12 October 28 Toronto Maple Leafs 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Turco 4-2-3 16,302 6-2-4 16 13 October 30 Florida Panthers 6-5 Dallas Stars SO Auld 2-0-2 16,824 6-2-5 17 14 October 31 Dallas Stars 2-4 Nashville Predators Auld 2-1-2 12,520 6-3-5 17 November: 6-5–2 (Home: 4–1–2; Road: 2–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 4 Calgary Flames 3-2 Dallas Stars OT Turco 4-2-4 16,369 6-3-6 18 16 November 6 Vancouver Canucks 1-2 Dallas Stars Turco 5-2-4 16,839 7-3-6 20 17 November 7 Dallas Stars 2-3 Minnesota Wild Auld 2-2-2 18,558 7-4-6 20 18 November 12 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Turco 6-2-4 17,562 8-4-6 22 19 November 14 Dallas Stars 2-3 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 6-3-4 11,319 8-5-6 22 20 November 18 Dallas Stars 3-1 Detroit Red Wings Auld 3-2-2 18,112 9-5-6 24 21 November 19 Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 Dallas Stars Turco 6-4-4 16,155 9-6-6 24 22 November 21 New Jersey Devils 3-5 Dallas Stars Turco 7-4-4 17,514 10-6-6 26 23 November 23 Carolina Hurricanes 0-2 Dallas Stars Turco 8-4-4 16,243 11-6-6 28 24 November 25 St. Louis Blues 4-3 Dallas Stars SO Turco 8-4-5 18,156 11-6-7 29 25 November 27 Dallas Stars 2-5 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 8-5-5 10,691 11-7-7 29 26 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 3-4 Dallas Stars OT Auld 4-2-2 17,334 12-7-7 31 27 November 30 Dallas Stars 1-4 Detroit Red Wings Turco 8-6-5 17,645 12-8-7 31 December: 6-3–4 (Home: 5–1–1; Road: 1–2–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 3 Anaheim Ducks 1-3 Dallas Stars Turco 9-6-5 16,217 13-8-7 33 29 December 5 Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 9-6-6 15,860 13-8-8 34 30 December 8 Dallas Stars 3-4 Anaheim Ducks OT Turco 9-6-7 13,861 13-8-9 35 31 December 11 Dallas Stars 3-2 San Jose Sharks SO Turco 10-6-7 17,562 14-8-9 37 32 December 12 Dallas Stars 2-3 Los Angeles Kings SO Auld 4-2-3 18,118 14-8-10 38 33 December 16 Dallas Stars 3-5 Carolina Hurricanes Turco 10-7-7 13,954 14-9-10 38 34 December 17 Dallas Stars 5-6 Atlanta Thrashers OT Auld 4-2-4 11,957 14-9-11 39 35 December 19 Detroit Red Wings 3-4 Dallas Stars Turco 11-7-7 18,532 15-9-11 41 36 December 21 San Jose Sharks 4-2 Dallas Stars Turco 11-8-7 18,532 15-10-11 41 37 December 23 Columbus Blue Jackets 1-3 Dallas Stars Auld 5-2-4 16,532 16-10-11 43 38 December 26 Dallas Stars 1-4 Colorado Avalanche Auld 5-3-4 18,007 16-11-11 43 39 December 29 Chicago Blackhawks 4-5 Dallas Stars Turco 12-8-7 18,532 17-11-11 45 40 December 31 Anaheim Ducks 3-5 Dallas Stars Turco 13-8-7 18,532 18-11-11 47 January: 6-9–0 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 1–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Vancouver Canucks 3-1 Dallas Stars Turco 13-9-7 17,059 18-12-11 47 42 January 5 Dallas Stars 0-4 New Jersey Devils Auld 5-4-4 14,202 18-13-11 47 43 January 6 Dallas Stars 2-5 New York Rangers Turco 13-10-7 18,200 18-14-11 47 44 January 8 New York Islanders 3-4 Dallas Stars Turco 14-10-7 17,430 19-14-11 49 45 January 10 Dallas Stars 0-2 Columbus Blue Jackets Turco 14-11-7 14,501 19-15-11 49 46 January 12 Dallas Stars 3-6 Philadelphia Flyers Turco 14-12-7 19,133 19-16-11 49 47 January 14 Dallas Stars 3-5 Montreal Canadiens Turco 14-13-7 21,273 19-17-11 49 48 January 16 Detroit Red Wings 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Auld 6-4-4 18,532 20-17-11 51 49 January 18 Minnesota Wild 3-4 Dallas Stars Auld 7-4-4 16,302 21-17-11 53 50 January 21 Dallas Stars 3-4 Vancouver Canucks Auld 7-5-4 18,810 21-18-11 53 51 January 22 Dallas Stars 4-3 Edmonton Oilers Turco 15-13-7 16,839 22-18-11 55 52 January 24 Dallas Stars 0-4 Colorado Avalanche Turco 15-14-7 11,741 22-19-11 55 53 January 27 Calgary Flames 3-4 Dallas Stars SO Auld 8-5-4 16,807 23-19-11 57 54 January 29 Colorado Avalanche 2-3 Dallas Stars Auld 9-5-4 18,532 24-19-11 59 55 January 31 Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Dallas Stars Auld 9-6-4 16,498 24-20-11 59 February: 3-1–1 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Minnesota Wild 2-4 Dallas Stars Turco 15-14-7 16,729 25-20-11 61 57 February 4 Dallas Stars 1-2 Columbus Blue Jackets Turco 15-15-7 14,028 25-21-11 61 58 February 6 Phoenix Coyotes 0-4 Dallas Stars Turco 16-15-7 18,532 26-21-11 63 59 February 9 Dallas Stars 3-4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Turco 16-15-8 21,446 26-21-12 64 60 February 11 Dallas Stars 3-1 Calgary Flames Turco 17-15-8 19,289 27-21-12 66 61 February 13 Dallas Stars 3-0 Phoenix Coyotes Turco 18-15-8 16,734 28-21-12 68 March: 6-8-2 (Home: 3-4-2; Road: 3-4-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Los Angeles Kings 5-1 Dallas Stars Turco 18-16-8 15,571 28-22-12 68 63 March 4 St. Louis Blues 6-1 Dallas Stars Turco 18-17-8 17,132 28-23-12 68 64 March 6 Dallas Stars 3-6 Pittsburgh Penguins Lehtonen 0-1-0 17,132 28-24-12 68 65 March 8 Dallas Stars 4-3 Washington Capitals SO Turco 19-17-8 18,277 29-24-12 70 66 March 10 Dallas Stars 3-5 Buffalo Sabres Turco 19-18-8 18,690 29-25-12 70 67 March 12 Los Angeles Kings 2-1 Dallas Stars SO Turco 19-18-9 16,651 29-25-13 71 68 March 14 Colorado Avalanche 5-3 Dallas Stars Turco 19-19-9 16,246 29-26-13 71 69 March 16 San Jose Sharks 2-8 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 1-1-0 18,532 30-26-13 73 70 March 18 Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 1-2-0 17,529 30-27-13 73 71 March 20 Ottawa Senators 4-5 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 2-2-0 17,110 31-27-13 75 72 March 21 Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 Dallas Stars SO Turco 19-19-10 16,114 31-27-14 76 73 March 23 Dallas Stars 3-1 Nashville Predators Lehtonen 3-2-0 15,501 32-27-14 78 74 March 25 Dallas Stars 0-3 San Jose Sharks Turco 19-20-10 17,562 32-28-14 78 75 March 27 Dallas Stars 4-1 Los Angeles Kings Lehtonen 4-2-0 18,118 33-28-14 80 76 March 29 Dallas Stars 3-1 Anaheim Ducks Lehtonen 4-3-0 15,070 33-29-14 80 77 March 31 San Jose Sharks 1-5 Dallas Stars Turco 20-20-10 17,263 34-29-14 82 April: 3-2-0 (Home: 2-1-0; Road: 1-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Edmonton Oilers 3-6 Dallas Stars Lehtonen 5-3-0 17,626 35-29-14 84 79 April 3 Dallas Stars 1-2 St. Louis Blues Lehtonen 5-4-0 19,150 35-30-14 84 80 April 6 Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 Dallas Stars Climie 0-1-0 17,826 35-31-14 84 81 April 8 Anaheim Ducks 2-3 Dallas Stars SO Turco 21-20-10 18,009 36-31-14 86 82 April 10 Dallas Stars 4-3 Minnesota Wild SO Turco 22-20-10 19,109 37-31-14 88 Legend: #ccffcc Win (2 points) 1px solid #ccffcc #ffcccc Loss (0 points) 1px solid #ffcccc #ffffff Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) 1px solid #AAAAAA Player statistics Skaters Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Brad Richards 80 24 67 91 -12 14 Loui Eriksson 82 29 42 71 -4 26 James Neal James Neal (ice hockey) 78 27 28 55 -5 64 Mike Ribeiro 66 19 34 53 -5 38 Brenden Morrow 76 20 26 46 -3 69 Stephane Robidas Stéphane Robidas 82 10 31 41 -10 70 Jamie Benn 82 22 19 41 -1 45 Steve Ott 73 22 14 36 -14 153 Mike Modano 59 14 16 30 -6 22 Trevor Daley 77 6 16 22 3 25 Jere Lehtinen 58 4 13 17 -8 8 Toby Petersen 78 9 6 15 3 6 Matt Niskanen 74 3 12 15 -15 18 Tom Wandell 50 5 10 15 2 14 Karlis Skrastins Kārlis Skrastiņš 79 2 11 13 -4 24 Fabian Brunnstrom Fabian Brunnström 44 2 9 11 -3 10 Mark Fistric 67 1 9 10 27 69 Brandon Segal† 19 5 5 10 3 18 Brian Sutherby 46 5 4 9 8 66 Nicklas Grossmann 71 0 7 7 -3 32 Krys Barch 63 0 6 6 0 130 Jeff Woywitka 36 0 3 3 -6 11 Warren Peters 11 1 0 1 1 2 Philip Larsen 2 0 1 1 1 0 Maxime Fortunus 8 0 0 0 -6 4 Francis Wathier 5 0 0 0 0 5 Raymond Sawada 5 0 0 0 1 0 Aaron Gagnon 2 0 0 0 0 0 Perttu Lindgren 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ivan Vishnevskiy Ivan Vishnevskiy (ice hockey)‡ 2 0 0 0 -2 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% SO G A PIM Marty Turco 53 3088 22 20 11 140 2.72 1605 .913 4 0 4 10 Kari Lehtonen 12 663 6 4 0 31 2.81 350 .911 0 0 1 0 Matt Climie 1 60 0 1 0 5 5.00 38 .868 0 0 0 0 Alex Auld‡ 21 1181 9 6 3 59 3.00 558 .894 0 0 2 2 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Stars. Stats reflect time spent with the Stars only. ‡Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record Awards and records Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Loui ErikssonLangenbrunner, Smith, Eriksson top week's '3 Stars' NHL Third Star of the Week January 4, 2010 Marty TurcoStamkos, Leighton and Turco top week's '3 Stars' NHL Third Star of the Week February 15, 2010 Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Game October 3, 2009 Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Assist1st Career NHL Point October 6, 2009 Jamie Benn 1st Career NHL Goal October 11, 2009 Aaron Gagnon 1st Career NHL Game October 16, 2009 Perttu Lindgren 1st Career NHL Game October 19, 2009 Francis Wathier 1st Career NHL Game October 21, 2009 Mike Modano 800th Career NHL Assist April 2, 2010 Transactions The Stars have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season. Trades DateDetails June 27, 2009 To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick (189th overall) in 2009 To Dallas Stars 6th-round pick in 2010 July 8, 2009http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436560 Dallas Stars Acquire Goaltender Alex Auld Dallas Stars staff Dallas Stars July 8, 2009 2009-07-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20090710123911/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436560 July 10, 2009 dead mdy-all To Ottawa Senators 6th-round pick in 2010 To Dallas Stars Alex Auld February 9, 2010http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=517010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110726194647/http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=517010 dead July 26, 2011 Stars Trade for Kari Lehtonen Dallas Stars staff Dallas Stars February 9, 2010 2010-02-10 To Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Vishnevskiy4th-round pick in 2010 To Dallas Stars Kari Lehtonen Free agents acquired Player Former team Contract terms Karlis SkrastinsStars Sign Karlis Skrastins To Two-Year Deal Florida Panthers 2 years, $2.75 million Warren Petershttp://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=434555&page=NewsPage&service=page Stars Sign Center Warren Peters To 1-Yr Deal 2009-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20090709055425/http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=434555 2009-07-09 dead Calgary Flames 1 year, 2-way contract Jeff WoywitkaDallas Signs Defenseman Jeff Woywitka To Two-Year Contract St. Louis Blues 2 years, $1.3 million Mathieu TousignantStars Sign Two to Entry Level Contracts Texas Stars 3-year entry-level contract Sean BackmanStars Sign Free Agent Sean Backman To 1-Yr Deal Yale University 1 year Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Steve Beginhttp://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=433129&page=NewsPage&service=page Bruins Sign Steve Bégin 2009-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090704221736/http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=433129 2009-07-04 dead Boston Bruins 1 year, $850,000 Chris Connerhttp://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=433492&page=NewsPage&service=page Pens Sign Conner, Lee 2009-08-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20090822050610/http://penguins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=433492&page=NewsPage&service=page 2009-08-22 dead Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year Brendan Morrisonhttp://capitals.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=436776&page=NewsPage&service=page Caps Sign Brendan Morrison 2009-08-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20090714222247/http://capitals.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=436776 2009-07-14 dead Washington Capitals 1 year, $1.5 million Joel LundqvistJoel Lundqvist klar för Frölunda Frolunda HC 6 years Sergei ZubovFREE AGENT ZUBOV SIGNS WITH ST. PETERSBURG OF KHL SKA Saint Petersburg 6 years Darryl SydorBlues Sign Darryl Sydor St. Louis Blues 1 year Mark ParrishLightning sign free agent RW Mark Parrish Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, 2-way contract Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Brandon SegalStars Claim Brandon Segal Off Waivers From LA Los Angeles Kings February 11, 2010 Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Alex AuldGoaltender Auld claimed from Stars New York Rangers February 27, 2010 Player signings Player Contract terms Matt ClimieStars Lock Up Pair of Goaltenders 1 year, 2-way contract Brent Krahn 1 year, 2-way contract Jere LehtinenStars Re-Sign Lehtinen To One-Year Contract 1 year, $1.5 million Mark FistricDallas Stars Re-Sign Mark Fistric To Three-Year Contract 3 years, $3 million Aaron GagnonStars Re-Sign Aaron Gagnon To 1-Yr Deal 1 year, 2-way contract Tyler BeskorowanyStars Sign Tyler Beskorowany To Entry-Level Deal 3-year entry-level contract Tristan KingStars Sign Two To Entry-Level Deals 3-year entry-level contract Hubert Labrie 3-year entry-level contract Stephane Robidas|DAL|home Robidas Inked to 4-Year Contract ExtensionJuly 2026 medicmedic 4 years, $13.2 million contract extension Loui ErikssonStars Sign Eriksson To 6-Year Extension 6 years, $25.5 million contract extension Ondrej RomanStars Sign Prospect Ondrej Roman 3-year entry-level contract Steve OttOtt Signed To 4-Year Contract Extension 4 years, $11.8 million contract extension Tomas Vincour 3-year entry-level contract Tom WandellWandell Signed To 2-Year Contract Extension 2 years, $1.55 million contract extension Toby PetersenPetersen Signed To 2-Year Contract Extension 2 years, $1.55 million contract extension Kari LehtonenStars and Lehtonen Agree to 3-Year Contract Extension 3 years, $10.65 million contract extension Draft picks The Stars' picks at the 2009 NHL entry draft in Montreal. Round # Player Position Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League) 1 8 Scott Glennie (RW) Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) 2 38 Alex Chiasson (RW) Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 3 69 Reilly Smith (RW) St. Michael's Buzzers (OJHL) 5 129 Tomas Vincour (C) Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) 6 159 Curtis McKenzie (LW) Penticton Vees (BCHL) See also 2009–10 NHL season Farm teams Texas Stars (AHL) The Texas Stars played their inaugural season in 2009-10 after being granted limited membership into the league. The Stars finished the regular season second in the Western Division. In the 2010 Calder Cup Playoffs They swept Rockford in the first round, then beat Chicago and Hamilton in seven games to win the Western Division and Western Conference respectively. They lost to the Hershey Bears in game six of the 2010 Calder Cup Finals. Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) In 2009–10, the Steelheads clinched their first Brabham Cup with one week remaining in the season. They received a bye in the first round of the 2010 Kelly Cup Playoffs before sweeping the Utah Grizzlies in the conference semifinals and the Stockton Thunder in six games to win the National Conference Championship to advance to their 3rd Kelly Cup Finals since joining the league in 2003. They met the Cincinnati Cyclones in the finals, but lost the series 4–1, with each game being decided by only one goal. Allen Americans (CHL) On April 15, 2009, the Central Hockey League announced an expansion team for Allen, Texas, to begin play in the 2009–10 season.CHL Introduces Allen, Texas Franchise https://web.archive.org/web/20090422235312/http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3404 2009-04-22 The Allen Americans finished second in the Southern Conference. In the playoffs, Allen beat Laredo and Odessa in seven games. The Rapid City Rush beat the Americans in game six of the 2010 Ray Miron President's Cup Finals. References 2 External links 2009–10 Dallas Stars season at ESPN 2009–10 Dallas Stars season at Hockey Reference Category:Dallas Stars seasons D