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The Dallas Stars are off this week and usually if they needed someone to bolster their ranks for a weekend game, they would wait until gameday to make a recall. This week is no ordinary week. Earlier today, the Dallas Stars landed in Finland, where they will skate against the defending Cup champs in Tampere on Friday and Saturday.
Defenseman Kyle Capobianco and goaltender Magnus Hellberg both made the trip. Capobianco was officially recalled this morning. Hellberg has yet to be officially called, but he is in Finland with the team.
In a corresponding move, the Texas Stars received Ben Kraws from Idaho. Kraws has appeared in three games so far with Idaho, winning two. He will form the goalie tandem this weekend in Colorado with Remi Poirier.
Here's the release for Capobianco and Kraws:
Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today the NHL club recalled defenseman Kyle Capobianco from the Texas Stars, Dallas' development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL), ahead of the team’s trip to Finland for the NHL’s Global Series.
Additionally, Dallas recalled goaltender Ben Kraws from the ECHL’s Idaho Steelheads and reassigned him to Texas.
Capobianco, 27, had three points (1-2=3) in six games with Texas to start the season and scored his first goal Friday in a 6-2 win against Iowa. The defenseman signed a two-way contract with Dallas on July 1 after a career year in 2023-24 with the Manitoba Moose. Capobianco paced all AHL blueliners last season in assists (42) and points (54), earning the Eddie Shore Award as the league’s best defenseman.
The Mississauga, Ontario native was originally selected by Arizona in the third round (63rd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.
Kraws, 24, has started three games for the Steelheads so far and has a 2-1-0 record with a 2.68 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage. Upon finishing his college career last season, the goaltender joined Texas on an amateur tryout and went 2-2-0 in four regular-season starts, with a 2.77 GAA and .901 SV%, before appearing in two Calder Cup Playoff games.
The Cranbury, New Jersey native was originally undrafted and signed a one-year entry-level contract with Dallas on March 25.
I did not see the Hellberg move anywhere but here. Where did your reassignment info come from?
ReplyDeleteHe has yet to be recalled, but he is physically in Finland with the team. Robert Tiffin, who is in Finland with the Stars, has reported as much.
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