Mike McKenna

What would Erik Karlsson's impact be in Dallas? How important is Miro Heiskanen to the team's future? How resolute is Tyler Seguin on getting a market-setting contract? All that and more!

The Texas Stars came up one game short of a championship, losing 6-1 in Game 7 of the Calder Cup final against the Toronto Marlies. Mike McKenna made 40 saves in the loss and Austin Fyten scored the lone goal as Texas fell in the final game of the 2017-18 pro hockey season. 1. Andreas Johnsson won...

The Texas Stars extended the AHL season to a do-or-die Game 7 with a 5-2 victory against the Toronto Marlies in Game 6 of the Calder Cup Finals. Texas scored three times in the second period and Mike McKenna made 43 saves. Game 7 is Thursday night at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. 1. There were two...

It's do-or-die time for the Stars with Game 6 set in Toronto on Tuesday. "There is nothing in there that we can't do better and come out and have a better game on Tuesday," said Mike McKenna.

The Stars' Justin Dowling scores the game-winning goal in the third period against the Toronto Marlies in the Calder Cup Final. Game 5 is set Saturday in Texas.

The Texas Stars evened up the Calder Cup Final with a 2-1 victory in Game 2 on Sunday in Toronto’s Ricoh Coliseum. Curtis McKenzie and Gavin Bayreuther scored for Texas and Mike McKenna made 21 saves. The series switches back to Texas for the middle three games, with Game 3 on Tuesday at the...

The Stars can't hold a second-period lead, and will try to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole Sunday in Game 2 in Toronto.

The Texas Stars have reached the Calder Cup Final for the third time in nine years. Sean Shapiro tells you about the team and their opposition.

An errant pass in overtime was the difference. With 17 seconds remaining an attempted stretch pass by the Rockford IceHogs missed the mark and went for icing. With an offensive zone draw and a tired group of Rockford players, the Texas Stars rolled out a modified forward line built on speed and...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — The Texas Stars moved within two games of the Calder Cup Final on Sunday. Curtis McKenzie scored in overtime and Texas defeated the Rockford IceHogs 3-2 in Game 2 of the Western Conference Final. Brent Regner and Jason Dickinson also scored for Texas, which improved to 5-1...

CEDAR PARK, Texas — The Texas Stars opened the AHL Western Conference Final with a 4-2 win against the Rockford IceHogs on Friday. Curtis McKenzie, Remi Elie, Sheldon Dries, and Roope Hintz scored for Texas and Mike McKenna made 31 saves on 33 shots as Texas took a 1-0 lead in the...

It's good that he likes the vibe because Nyberg will likely be calling Austin home next season when the Stars defensive prospect is expected to make a full-time jump to North America.

How good will Miro Heiskanen be? Is there room for both Dan Hamhuis and Julius Honka? Will the Stars get an extension done with Tyler Seguin?

Joel L’Esperance went to the net, kept his stick on the ice, and buried a rebound eight minutes, 43 second into overtime on Friday. It was the deciding tally in a 3-2 Game 5 victory and the Texas Stars advanced to the AHL’s Western Conference finals for the first time since they won the...

The original Black Aces had it rough. The term was originally coined by Eddie Shore, the rough-and-tough defenseman turned rough-and-tough coach when he purchased the AHL’s Springfield Indians in the 1940s. For Shore “Black Aces” was a derogatory term. It was the group of players...

The Stars haven't always focused properly on goalie development. But that's changing.

ANAHEIM, CA — The Dallas Stars played their penultimate game of the 2017-18 season and it didn’t go well. Dallas lost 5-3 to the Anaheim Ducks. Radek Faksa, Jamie Benn, and Marc Methot each scored for the Stars and Mike McKenna made 28 saves in a rare NHL start. But that was far from...

He's played for 19 different teams across three different leagues, and with that career resume you'd be hard-pressed to find a player that isn't connected by “Six Degrees of Mike McKenna"