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Dallas Stars Sign Maxime Fortunus to One-Year Contract; Oleksiak Returned to Texas

December 18, 2013 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Texas Stars News Release


CEDAR PARK, Texas - The Texas Stars, proud American Hockey League affiliate of the Dallas Stars, announced today that Dallas has signed defenseman Maxime Fortunus to a one-year contract. Per club policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dallas has also returned defenseman Jamie Oleksiak on loan to Texas. Additionally, Texas has signed defenseman Russ Sinkewich to a professional tryout contract, calling him up from the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL.

Fortunus, 27, has skated in 24 games this season for Texas and leads all team defensemen with 16 points (3-1316). The native of La Prairie, Que., is Texas' all-time franchise leader among defensemen in games played (296), goals (32), assists (89) and points (121). The 5-foot-11, 205-pound defenseman has skated in eight NHL contests, all as a member of the Dallas Stars during the 2009-10 campaign. Fortunus was undrafted and signed his first NHL contract with the Dallas Stars on July 3, 2008.

Oleksiak, 20, has played seven games for Dallas this season, collecting five shots and two penalty minutes. The 6-foot-7, 250-pound defenseman was originally recalled from Texas on Nov. 30, where he earned five points (3-25) and a plus-4 rating in 22 games for the club. The native of Toronto, Ont., was Dallas' first-round selection (14th overall) in the 2011 NHL Draft.

Sinkewich, 28, joins Texas after beginning the year in the ECHL with Toledo, where he has eight assists and 25 penalty minutes in 20 games. The Westlake, Ohio native also played one AHL game this year on a PTO with the Lake Erie Monsters, where he had an assist on November 30th at Hamilton. Undrafted after playing four years at Bowling Green State University, Sinkewich is currently in his fifth pro season and has played in 268 career pro games, including 63 in the AHL for Lake Erie, Milwaukee, Abbotsford, Bridgeport and Portland, recording seven assists and 47 penalty minutes. The six-foot-three, 215-pound blue liner made his Calder Cup playoff debut last season with the Portland Pirate in their first round series against the Syracuse Crunch. Sinkewich won the 2011 Kelly Cup Championship as a member of the Alaska Aces.

The Dallas Stars will host the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday, December 19th for a 7:30 p.m. puck drop at American Airlines Center.

The Texas Stars will host the San Antonio Rampage tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Cedar Park Center, carrying a five-game winning streak and six-game home point streak (5-0-0-1) into the contest. Wednesday's game is the 3rd Annual H-E-B Food Drive Night and another Winning Wednesday. Pro-rated full and partial 2013-14 Texas Stars Season Tickets are on sale now. For more information on Texas Stars season tickets call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit www.TexasStarsHockey.com.

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