{"id":39478,"date":"2018-12-28T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39478"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:37:32","slug":"dallas-stars-place-martin-hanzal-jason-dickinson-on-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/28\/dallas-stars-place-martin-hanzal-jason-dickinson-on-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Stars Place Martin Hanzal, Jason Dickinson on IR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Stars<\/a> have announced that forwards<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hanzama01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Hanzal<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dickija01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Dickinson<\/a><\/strong> have been placed on injured reserve. Dallas also activated defeceman <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/carrico01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor Carrick<\/a><\/strong> and sent defender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bayrega01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Bayreuther<\/a><\/strong> to AHL Texas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gavin Bayreuther has been reassigned to the Texas Stars. Connor Carrick has been activated from IR. Dickinson and Hanzal have been placed on IR. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gxrLnED4iB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gxrLnED4iB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; X &#8211; Dallas Stars (@DallasStars) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasStars\/status\/1078719742804979712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Martin Hanzal Placed on IR<\/h1>\n<p>Hanzal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/stars-activate-connor-carrick-place-hanzal-dickinson-ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is continuing to have back troubles<\/a>. He came back to the team after his third back surgery of his career. Stars head coach <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/montgji01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Montgomery<\/a><\/strong> said that the 31-year-old may be out long-term.<\/p>\n<p>The Czech forward has a goal and an assist in seven games this season. Hanzal also has four penalty minutes. His possession numbers were 42.6 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -4.6.<\/p>\n<p>Hanzal has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> and Dallas Stars over his 12-year NHL career. He has 127 goals and 211 assists for 338 career points in 673 career games. The Coyotes originally drafted him in the first round, 17th overall of the 2005 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<h1>Jason Dickinson Out for Dallas<\/h1>\n<p>Dickinson left the Dec. 22 game against the Minnesota Wild with back spasms. He&#8217;s already missed two games because of the ailment.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgetown, Ontario native has five goals and six assists for 11 points in 34 games this season. Dickinson also has 16 penalty minutes. His possession numbers were 43.8 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -4.3.<\/p>\n<p>Dickinson has played just for the Dallas Stars over his four-year NHL career. He has eight goals and eight assists for 16 career points in 72 career games. Dallas originally drafted him in the first round, 29th overall of the 2013 NHL draft.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>The moves cap a wild day for the Stars as team CEO Jim Lites <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/stars-ceo-lites-calls-team-004008003.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used some colorful language<\/a> to describe top players <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seguity01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Seguin<\/a><\/strong> and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bennja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamie Benn<\/a><\/strong>. He questioned the pair&#8217;s effort despite a 2-0 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville Predators<\/a> on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Stars occupy the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference but they are just one point clear of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canucks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> and two points away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/oilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmonton Oilers<\/a>. If Benn and Seguin do not play better, Dallas could miss the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/03\/Martin-Hanzal.jpg\" alt=\"\">DALLAS, TX &#8211; DECEMBER 21: Martin Hanzal #10 of the Dallas Stars controls the puck against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Corey Crawford<\/a> #50 of the Chicago Blackhawks in the first period at American Airlines Center on December 21, 2017 in Dallas, Texas. (Photo by Tom Pennington\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dallas Stars have announced that forwards Martin Hanzal and Jason Dickinson have been placed on injured reserve. Dallas also activated defeceman Connor Carrick and sent defender Gavin Bayreuther to AHL Texas. Gavin Bayreuther has been reassigned to the Texas Stars. Connor Carrick has been activated from IR. 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