Hockey Operations Staff:

Scott  White is in his tenth season as assistant general manager for the Dallas Stars, while he also serves as the general manager for the Texas Stars, Dallas’ development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). The only GM in Texas Stars history, White was the architect behind the 2014 Calder Cup-winning Texas Stars, a team that set a franchise record with 48 wins, claiming the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the AHL’s regular-season points champion. He also manufactured the team’s second John D. Chick Trophy win (West Division champions) in 2018 as Texas again reached the Calder Cup Final. White was selected by Hockey Canada to serve as a member of the management group for Canada’s National Men’s Team at the 2014 Deutschland Cup and 2014 Spengler Cup.

 

A member of the Dallas Stars organization since 2005, White, 55, previously served as a professional scout and director of minor league operations. He headed up the hockey department for the Iowa Stars, Dallas’ then-primary affiliate, for three seasons. Prior to joining the Stars organization, he served as head coach of the Columbia Inferno of the ECHL for four seasons, qualifying for a playoff berth each year. He also guided Columbia to a Kelly Cup Final appearance in 2003 and finished with a 165-87-36 record with the Inferno. White also worked as an assistant coach with the ECHL’s Greensboro Monarchs for a season and a half, and was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Michigan Tech University, from 1994-99.

 

White played five years of professional hockey from 1989-94, including three seasons with Greensboro, where he won the 1990 ECHL Championship and earned ECHL Defenseman of the Year and First-Team All-ECHL honors for the 1991-92 season. He signed with the Ottawa Senators in 1992 and played the entire season with the club’s AHL affiliate in New Haven, capturing team MVP honors with 54 points (10-44=54) in 80 games.

White and his wife, Kathy, have four children: Emily, Katie, William, Madelyn and three grandkids: Remi, Corbin and Cooper.

Neil Graham is in his sixth season as head coach of the Texas Stars after leading the team to three straight Calder Cup Playoff appearances. He was promoted from assistant coach to head coach on December 10, 2019 and earned his first win the next night, a 3-1 victory over Manitoba. He went on to finish the shortened season with an 18-15-2-2 record. Graham was previously hired as assistant coach of the Stars on July 8, 2019, his first time coaching at the American Hockey League level.

 

Graham, 39, led the Stars to the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs, their first postseason appearance since 2018, ending with a first round loss to Rockford. He then guided Texas to the top of the Central Division in 2022-23, as the Stars won their first division title since 2014. The Stars swept Rockford in the 2023 division semifinals before coming up just short against Milwaukee in the division finals. The Stars again qualified for the playoffs in 2023-24 and swept Manitoba in the opening round. During his tenure, Graham has coached two AHL Rookie of the Year winners (Riley Damiani, 2021, and Logan Stankoven, 2024), as well as the league’s scoring champion and MVP (Mavrik Bourque, 2024).

 

Before making the move to Cedar Park, he served as head coach of the Idaho Steelheads, the ECHL affiliate of the Dallas Stars, from 2015 to 2019. Over that span, he amassed a 166-91-31 record in 288 regular-season contests and led Idaho to three consecutive 40-win seasons, guiding the Steelheads to the Kelly Cup Playoffs in all four seasons at the helm. Prior to being appointed head coach on Aug. 7, 2015, Graham served as Steelheads assistant coach for two seasons, after a role as a player/coach during the 2012-13 campaign.

 

The Calgary, Alberta native is a graduate of Mercyhurst University where he played four seasons before turning pro. Graham recorded 60 points (23-37=60) and 128 penalty minutes over 137 NCAA games. He turned pro in 2010 and split three seasons between the ECHL and Southern Professional Hockey League, accruing 98 points (42-56=98) in 113 professional games.

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Travis Morin is in his sixth season working alongside Neil Graham on the Texas Stars bench. He was promoted to assistant coach on December 10, 2019 after previously being named the team’s Skills Coach and Director of Business Development on July 31, 2019. During the shortened 2019-2020 season, Morin stepped in for Head Coach Neil Graham for two games and recorded a win in his debut commanding the bench, a 5-4 victory against Colorado on March 10, 2020.

 

Morin, 40, ended his playing career following the 2018-19 season, after 10 years with the Stars organization and 12 professional seasons overall. Morin retired as the Stars franchise leader in points (560), goals (175), assists (385), and games played (686). On Oct. 19, 2019, he became the first player in team history to have his jersey number (#23) retired. His 686 games played with the Stars are the most by any AHL player with one organization since 1974. 

 

The Brooklyn Park, Minnesota native captained the team during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, was a four-time AHL All-Star, and led the Stars in scoring across five of his 10 seasons. He was a focal point of Texas’ 2014 Calder Cup Championship season, capturing the Les Cunningham Award (AHL MVP), John B. Sollenberger Award (Regular Season Scoring Leader), and Jack A. Butterfield Award (Calder Cup Playoff MVP) that season. Morin is also the organization’s most decorated postseason scorer, earning 64 points (23-42=64) in 87 playoff games.

 

Morin is a graduate of Minnesota State University-Mankato where he played all four years before turning pro in 2007. Across 151 games at his alma mater, Morin recorded 133 points (58-75=133) and served as team captain in his senior season of 2006-07. Before joining the Stars, he also played for the ECHL’s South Carolina Stingrays and AHL’s Hershey Bears from 2007 to 2009.

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Max Fortunus is in his fourth season as assistant coach of the Texas Stars, after he was named to the staff on May 20, 2021. The former Stars defenseman returned to Cedar Park, following a 17-year playing career that spanned more than 1,100 regular season games in the NHL, AHL, DEL, and ECHL. Six of those seasons were spent in Texas, including a three-year stint as team captain.

Fortunus, 41, previously spent his final three playing seasons with Fischtown of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), Germany’s top professional hockey league. He recorded 50 points (7-43=50) in 139 career DEL games with Fischtown, serving as an assistant captain for all three seasons with the club from 2018-21.

 

Fortunus spent 15 seasons in the AHL where he amassed 286 points (76-210=286) in 882 career games with Houston, Manitoba, Texas, Iowa and Springfield. The former defenseman recorded 167 points (44-123=167) in 402 career games with Texas over six seasons from 2009-15. Fortunus was named an assistant captain for the 2011-12 campaign before serving as Texas’ captain from 2012-15. He ranks fourth in Texas Stars history in games played (402), fifth in assists (123), and sixth in points (167), leading all club defensemen in each category.

 

Fortunus made 10 trips to the Calder Cup Playoffs in his AHL career, logging 31 points (6-25=31) in 118 career AHL postseason games. Of his 10 career playoff appearances, five came with Texas, recording 15 points (2-13=15) in 63 Calder Cup Playoff games in a Texas sweater. Fortunus captained the Stars to the 2014 Calder Cup Championship, while he also reached the Calder Cup Final in 2009 with Manitoba and again in 2010 with Texas. He was also named to the 2014-15 AHL All-Star Game.

 

The native of La Prairie, Quebec, appeared in nine career NHL contests with Dallas during the 2009-10 and 2013-14 seasons, recording one assist (0-1=1). Additionally, he spent parts of two seasons with Louisiana of the ECHL from 2003-05, registering 42 points (11-31=42) in 123 games. Prior to his professional debut in 2003-04, Fortunus logged 148 points (40-108=148) in 285 career games in five seasons with Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the QMJHL, earning QMJHL First All-Star Team honors and winning the Emile Bouchard Trophy as the QMJHL’s Defenseman of the Year in 2002-03.

Ryan Daniels is in his fourth season as the Goaltender Development Coach of the Texas Stars. He was hired on June 8, 2021 and has worked with several Stars goaltending prospects, including NHL All-Star Jake Oettinger.

 

Daniels, 36, previously spent three years with the Ontario Hockey League’s Guelph Storm, who captured the 2019 league championship and a spot in the 2019 Memorial Cup. He joined Guelph after three seasons as the Goaltending Coach for the Mississauga Steelheads, who won the Eastern Conference Championship in 2016-17.

 

Prior to his time in major juniors, Daniels was the Goaltending Coach for the Toronto Patriots of the OJHL, the back-to-back Buckland Cup OJHL champions in 2014 and 2015.

 

Daniels was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the fifth round in 2006 and played five seasons in the OHL for the Saginaw Spirit and Peterborough Petes, where he accumulated 85 wins in 166 games. He was also a four-year varsity goaltender for Wilfrid Laurier University, where he was a 2nd Team All-Canadian and a two-time OUA West MVP.

While at Wilfrid Laurier University, Daniels received his Bachelor of Business Administration with honors. He was also an Academic All-Canadian.

Josh Johnson is in his second season as the Texas Stars video coach. He was hired in the summer of 2023 after spending two seasons as the director of hockey operations for the University of St. Thomas men’s hockey program. While at UST from 2021-23, he oversaw the Tommies’ video coordination and analytics, community outreach and travel arrangements. Johnson previously served as the video coordinator for Robert Morris University in 2020-21, where he handled practice and game film, video breakdown and analytics.

 

The Ludington, Michigan native earned a sport management degree from the University of Michigan in 2020, where he also served as an analytics and video assistant for the Wolverines men’s hockey program.

 

Charlie Kaser Equipment Manager	Noah Maddex Asst. Equipment Manager
Mike DeGaetano Athletic Trainer	Chris Nelson Assistant Athletic Trainer