The motley crew that made up the Dallas Stars' prospects roster had its positive moments, along with its negative moments, mostly on special teams.
But for a group that had around three or so practices under their belt together, they showed grit and determination, grinding out a tight 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings prospects Sunday night.
“We were talking about it in [the locker room]; for September 14th, it was a pretty exciting game,” Texas Stars and prospect team head coach Toby Petersen said. “It's nice to find a first one.”
Jaxon Fuder, one of two free agent invitees on the roster for Dallas, had his moments, notably scoring within the first minute of the opening period, sneaking a goal past Red Wings goaltender Michal Pradel in the low slot — capitalizing on the Stars' forecheck.
Although Fuder collected his third point in the prospect games, intercepting the puck on a shallow pass by Detroit and connecting with Artem Shlaine for the night's second goal. Fuder struggled to stay out of the box, committing back-to-back penalties near the end of the first.
Dallas was on the penalty kill for six consecutive minutes, and despite the group's inexperience with each other on the penalty kill lines, they put up a solid fight, having some success against Detroit’s aggressive power play unit.
Still, the Red Wings were able to cash in on two out of the three power plays in the first, finding the back of the net with 20 and three seconds left with the extra man advantage to tie the game up at 2-2.
Three of the five Red Wings' goals came from their power play, with Dallas only killing off one tonight. Harrison Scott, one of the late-season college acquisitions for Texas, acknowledged Detroit’s chemistry, noting many of the Red Wings played with each other in Grand Rapids last season.
“They had some guys who played together in Grand Rapids, so they kind of had some [chemistry] going off the start,” Scott said. “That kind of took us a little bit to find.”
Scott and Emil Hemming, Dallas’ most recent first-round selection, fought all night it seemed for pucks; it just took until the final 20 minutes to see scoring opportunities come to fruition. Out of the six periods played this weekend, the Stars' best came within the last 20, scoring four goals in the final period.
Despite the numbers on the score sheet, goaltender Arno Tiefensee, Dallas’ 2023 fifth-round selection, was surprisingly composed for most of the night, facing multiple Detroit rushes towards the slot.
“It was fun to finally get back out there,” Tiefensee said. “I think the guys did a really good job today, blocking shots and being there for me.”
Arguably, the most impressive aspect of the prospect games has to be the newish Texas Stars coaching staff making proper adjustments from games one to two. Other than some mistakes that come as expected from players in their late teens and early twenties, the Stars were a more polished product than they were 48 hours ago.
Dallas Stars training camp is set to begin this Thursday at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas.
Prospect Lines September 14 2025
Hemming-Scott-Ertel
Schmidt-Shlanie-Fuder
Pearson-Chisholm-Martino
Gorzynski-MacDonell-Paquette
Taylor-Bertucci
Cristoforo-Punnett
Hreschuk-Bergsland
But for a group that had around three or so practices under their belt together, they showed grit and determination, grinding out a tight 6-5 victory over the Detroit Red Wings prospects Sunday night.
“We were talking about it in [the locker room]; for September 14th, it was a pretty exciting game,” Texas Stars and prospect team head coach Toby Petersen said. “It's nice to find a first one.”
Jaxon Fuder, one of two free agent invitees on the roster for Dallas, had his moments, notably scoring within the first minute of the opening period, sneaking a goal past Red Wings goaltender Michal Pradel in the low slot — capitalizing on the Stars' forecheck.
Although Fuder collected his third point in the prospect games, intercepting the puck on a shallow pass by Detroit and connecting with Artem Shlaine for the night's second goal. Fuder struggled to stay out of the box, committing back-to-back penalties near the end of the first.
Dallas was on the penalty kill for six consecutive minutes, and despite the group's inexperience with each other on the penalty kill lines, they put up a solid fight, having some success against Detroit’s aggressive power play unit.
Still, the Red Wings were able to cash in on two out of the three power plays in the first, finding the back of the net with 20 and three seconds left with the extra man advantage to tie the game up at 2-2.
Three of the five Red Wings' goals came from their power play, with Dallas only killing off one tonight. Harrison Scott, one of the late-season college acquisitions for Texas, acknowledged Detroit’s chemistry, noting many of the Red Wings played with each other in Grand Rapids last season.
“They had some guys who played together in Grand Rapids, so they kind of had some [chemistry] going off the start,” Scott said. “That kind of took us a little bit to find.”
Scott and Emil Hemming, Dallas’ most recent first-round selection, fought all night it seemed for pucks; it just took until the final 20 minutes to see scoring opportunities come to fruition. Out of the six periods played this weekend, the Stars' best came within the last 20, scoring four goals in the final period.
Despite the numbers on the score sheet, goaltender Arno Tiefensee, Dallas’ 2023 fifth-round selection, was surprisingly composed for most of the night, facing multiple Detroit rushes towards the slot.
“It was fun to finally get back out there,” Tiefensee said. “I think the guys did a really good job today, blocking shots and being there for me.”
Arguably, the most impressive aspect of the prospect games has to be the newish Texas Stars coaching staff making proper adjustments from games one to two. Other than some mistakes that come as expected from players in their late teens and early twenties, the Stars were a more polished product than they were 48 hours ago.
Dallas Stars training camp is set to begin this Thursday at the Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas.
Hemming-Scott-Ertel
Schmidt-Shlanie-Fuder
Pearson-Chisholm-Martino
Gorzynski-MacDonell-Paquette
Taylor-Bertucci
Cristoforo-Punnett
Hreschuk-Bergsland
Tiefensee
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