FLINT, Mich. -- For more than four minutes Saturday night -- as the sting of yet another loss lingered, and the gulf between the Flint Firebirds and the rest of the Ontario Hockey League widened -- Ty Dellandrea found himself entrenched in a bidding war.
Dellandrea is the Stars' first-round pick from last year, a two-way center taken with the No. 13 selection who signed an entry-level contract with the team in September. On Saturday night, following his Flint team's 6-5 overtime loss to Sarnia, Dellandrea was the postgame centerpiece during an auction for game-worn jerseys. The Firebirds wore special pink-accented jerseys for their "Pink Out The Rink" night, and the auction proceeds benefited breast cancer research.