Dallas Stars Reassign Defenseman Joel Hanley

Dec 19, 2018

FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has reassigned defenseman Joel Hanley to the Texas Stars.

Hanley, 27, has appeared in 16 NHL games with Dallas this season and recorded 16 hits, 16 blocked shots and two penalty minutes in an average 13:42 of ice time per game. Hanley has also posted five points (1-4=5) in 11 AHL contests with Texas so far in 2018-19.

The 5-foot-10, 190-pound native of Keswick, Ontario was signed by Dallas as a free agent on July 1, 2018.

Texas returns home this Friday night to face the San Antonio Rampage and will play eight of the next 10 games at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.