AHL Texas Stars

Dallas Recalls Warren Peters From Texas

Published on January 19, 2010 under American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release


Cedar Park, TX - The Dallas Stars announced Tuesday that the club has placed right wing Jere Lehtinen on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 16. He suffered an upper-body injury on Jan. 16 vs. Detroit. The club also announced that it has recalled center Warren Peters from the Texas Stars, Dallas' primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Lehtinen, 36, has appeared in 32 games for Dallas this season, scoring three goals and eight assists for 11 points. He has appeared in 849 career games for the Stars (third-most in franchise history), scoring 242 goals and 266 assists for 508 points. Lehtinen was the team's fourth round pick (88th overall) in 1992.

Peters, 27, will be making his third call-up to Dallas this season. He has appeared in four total games for Dallas in 2009-10, collecting one goal. Peters has played 33 games for Texas so far this season, recording 19 points (13g, 6a) and 21 penalty minutes. The 6-0, 198-pound center signed with Dallas as a free agent on July 6, 2009.

The 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic will feature Stars defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy. The 2010 AHL All-Star Game is on Tuesday, Jan. 19 (6:00 p.m. ET). Fox Sports Southwest will be broadcasting the All-Star Game.

Texas will travel to Cleveland for back-to-back games against the Lake Erie Monsters on Friday, Jan. 22 at 6:30 PM and then again on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 12:00 PM. The next home game will be on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 PM against the Milwaukee Admirals. All games can be heard on the Stars flagship station ESPNAustin 104.9 FM "The Horn" or ESPNAustin 1530-AM.

Tickets for any of the Stars 40 regular season home games at Cedar Park Center are on sale, starting as low as $9.00 a seat. Individual game tickets may be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000, by going online at www.ticketmaster.com or by visiting any local Ticketmaster outlet.

Season ticket packages to see the Stars play their Inaugural season at the Cedar Park Center are on sale now, starting as low as $12.00 a seat. For more information on Texas Stars season tickets call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit www.TexasStarsHockey.com. Anyone interested in purchasing season tickets, suites, group tickets or mini-plans may call the Texas Stars front office.




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