The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, announced Friday the team has signed forward Will Merchant to a professional tryout agreement.

Caleb Herbert’s penalty-shot goal gave the Texas Stars an early lead, but the Rockford IceHogs responded with three unanswered goals to take a 3-1 win on Friday night in front of 5,216 fans in attendance at the BMO Harris Bank Center.

The Texas Stars are proud to announce that Brandon DeFazio has been named the team’s winner of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to the Central Texas community during the 2016-17 season.

Jon Gillies put in another strong goaltending performance and the Stockton Heat added two insurance goals in the third period to skate away with a 4-1 win over the Texas Stars on Tuesday night at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in the regular-season series…

After Stars Captain Travis Morin third-round goal extended the shootout, Smith, who earned three assists on the night prior to the deciding goal, beat Stockton netminder David Rittich with a back-handed shot in front of 6,453 fans that earned the Stars…