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Texas Stars Announce 2010- 11 Broadcast Radio Deal

TEXAS STARS AND BORDER MEDIA GROUP ANNOUNCE BROADCAST AGREEMENTHockey

Team Inks Broadcast Deal with The Horn / ESPN Austin for Second AHL SeasonCedar Park, TX – The Texas Stars and Border Media Group announced on Thursday a broadcast agreement for the 2010-11 American Hockey League season. “The inaugural year of the Texas Stars was an absolute blast on air and in the arena for Central Texans,” said Sports Radio Director Erin Hogan. “We are thrilled to be partnering with them again this year and look forward to many fun events together, both at the arena and in the community.

Count on 104.9 The Horn to be the voice of the fan for Central Texas hockey fans this season.” The entire 80-game schedule will be heard on one of Border Media Group’s ESPN radio affiliates, composed of 104.9 The Horn and ESPN 1530 AM. The schedule includes 53 games broadcast on 104.9 The Horn, Austin’s only FM sports talk station. All other broadcasts will be on ESPN 1530 AM. Texas Stars play-by-play voice, Josh Fisher returns for his second season behind the microphone. Fisher called the Stars inaugural season, including the exciting run to the Calder Cup Finals in the spring of 2010. He is entering his 11th season in professional hockey and has called over 800 games over that span.

Not only will Border Media Group carry all the broadcasts, hockey fans will be able to tune to 104.9 The Horn every Wednesday at 3:45 pm for “On the Ice with the Texas Stars”, presented by Toyota. Once a week, a Texas Stars personality (players, GM, coaches or front office staff) will join Chip Brown and Sean Adams for a weekly segment on their show “The Bottom Line”. Border Media Group -

Ready for some ice at the CP Center!

Photo credit: Texas Stars Facebook page

Stars Restricted Free Agents Negotiations...2 more left

Dallas Stars News:

The negotiations for restricted free agents James Neal and Matt Niskanen are ongoing, according to their two agents.
The agent for Niskanen, Neil Sheehy, said he expects to meet with the Stars Tuesday in Traverse City, Mich., where the Stars prospects are participating in an eight-team tournament. The agent for Neal, Pat Morris, said he continues to have talks with the Stars.
``We will continue to negotiate with the goal to getting a deal done that is representative of James' progress and stature as the 2nd leading goal scorer for Dallas last year and over the last 2 seasons,'' Morris wrote in an e-mail.
Neal and Niskanen are the last two players who are not signed for the Stars. Physicals are Friday in Frisco and training camp starts Saturday on Prince Edward Island.

AHL News

Joe Colborne Excited To Face Islanders in Rookie Games
by Adam Kaufman on Sep 13, 2010


Over the last several months, Bruins prospect Joe Colborne has blogged on NESN.com about many things both personal and professional.

He’s shared his thoughts on his family members and discussed his hockey aspirations and anxieties. He’s done this not because it has been demanded of him, but rather because it is yet another in a long list of impressive character traits that some people well beyond 20 years still fail to possess.

Simply, he wants to allow fans the opportunity to get to know him as he prepares to get acquainted with them.

For Colborne, it’s almost time. He’s discussed his nerves turning pro. He spent July’s development camp detailing what it takes to succeed in the face of adversity. And by the end of each of his entries, we are reminded of what makes us want to read in the first place: We feel like we can relate.

Sure, he’s a lot better at hockey than most of us. After all, he was a 16th overall draft pick. But he’s also a kid who would be entering his junior year of college if not for hockey, even if he’d probably be too studious for a major in partying and a minor in sleeping.

His path has been different, but we can empathize because, like anyone in Joe’s position, he has fears, questions, doubts and waves of emotion. He has the pressures of living up to the organization’s projections, the fantasies of the fan base, the media comparisons and his own beliefs. But ultimately, he’s charged with the responsibility of casting all that aside in an effort to make an NHL team.

When he next writes, we’ll know if he was successful.

While many in 2010-11 will be pulling up their seats for the Tyler Seguin Show, it’s become increasingly clear that there could be a few fun stops at Colborne’s Corner. As he gets ready to share yet again, we can be confident he’ll be there to greet us when we arrive.

Hey everybody,

The last time I worked on this blog, I was getting ready to head back home from the eventful summer development camp with six-plus weeks until rookie/main camp. And let me tell you, they crawled along slower than you could ever believe. I’ve been hungry to get started pretty much since my plane landed in Calgary back in July, and since then, I've solely been preparing for mid-September.

Everyone has been flying in over the last few days and it’s been great to catch up with all the familiar faces around the rink. I've now been in Boston for three days, just shooting on our goalies with some of the other young guys, and skating with most of the vets as well. Everyone has that excitement in their eyes that can only mean one thing -- the start of training camp. Once again, the biggest fear for the majority of the guys is Whitey's (strength coach John Whiteside's) shuttle run test. I guess no matter how many years you have played in pro hockey, it never gets easy.

But the thing that I have been looking forward to the most is putting that spoked-B logo on for real when we rookies lace up against the Islanders rookies at the Garden [on Sept. 15 and 16]. I would be lying if I said I had not had those dates circled on my calendar since the schedule came out. I know they are just rookie exhibition games, but you have to start somewhere, and no doubt, it will be special and an honor for me.

Thanks again for reading. I’m really enjoying doing this blog -- as is my grandmother, haha -- so if there’s anything you’d like me to write me about, feel free to leave me a comment below. Talk to you again after camp!

Joe

New Season...new Texas Stars Blog

I am looking forward to the 2010-2011 Texas Stars season. I will be blogging about the Stars all season long including game previews and recaps; the fan experience; team info and everything Texas Stars and the AHL. Please let me know if you have any topics you would like to cover and look forward to connecting with you this season.

Thanks,
Robert Hale

Texas Stars 2010-2011 Schedule