Logan Stankoven Selected to AHL All-Rookie Team
Apr 17, 2024
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Texas Stars forward Logan Stankoven has been selected to the 2023-24 AHL All-Rookie Team, the league announced Wednesday.
Stankoven, 21, compiled 57 points (24-33=57) in 47 games for Texas during his first professional season, including six power play goals, 20 power play points, three game-winning goals and a +9 rating. He becomes the third Texas rookie all-time to earn a spot on the AHL All-Rookie Team, joining Curtis McKenzie (2013-14) and Riley Damiani (2020-21). Both McKenzie and Damiani went on to win their year’s Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the AHL’s Most Outstanding Rookie.
2023-24 AHL All-Rookie Team
Goaltender – Joel Blomqvist, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Defenseman – Brandt Clarke, Ontario Reign
Defenseman – Logan Mailloux, Laval Rocket
Forward – Josh Doan, Tucson Roadrunners
Forward – Brad Lambert, Manitoba Moose
Forward – Logan Stankoven, Texas Stars
Recalled by the Dallas Stars on Feb. 24, Stankoven still leads AHL rookies with 57 points, shares first with 33 assists and ranks third with 24 goals. He made his NHL debut for Dallas on Feb. 24 at Carolina and has totaled 14 points (6-8=14) in 23 NHL games.
He was named the AHL’s Rookie of the Month for November and selected to the AHL All-Star Game, where he was joined by teammates Matej Blumel and Mavrik Bourque. The first-year forward matched a franchise record 11-game point streak from Nov. 10, 2023 through Dec. 9, 2023, where he totaled 16 points (8-8=16) during that span.
Stankoven is the first Stars rookie to surpass 50 points since Jason Dickinson (22-31=53) in 2015-16. His 57 points is the second most all-time for a first-year Texas player, behind McKenzie, who had 65 points (27-38=65) in 2013-14.
The Kamloops, British Columbia native was originally selected in the second round (47th overall) by Dallas in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.
Texas hosts Manitoba in the final two games of the regular season Friday and Saturday at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, with puck drop scheduled for 7:00 p.m. both nights. Tickets are on sale now at www.texasstars.com/tickets and the H-E-B Center Box Office.
Photo Credit: Andy Nietupski