The Dallas Stars continued their Northwestern swing of North America on Tuesday against the Edmonton Oilers. At the beginning of the season this was just an ordinary match-up against Edmonton and the first game of a back-to-back, but as of November 20th, it became Dallas’ first game against their old coach, Ken Hitchcock.
Martin Hanzal joined the team on the road and participated in full team practice, taking rushes as a ‘5th line’ with Gemel Smith and Brett Ritchie. While Anton Khudobin was in net on Tuesday, his third straight start, Ben Bishop is expected to return soon as he too was a full participant during Tuesday’s morning skate.