Stars Recall Magnus Hellberg

12/14/2024 12:32 PM

With Casey DeSmith out with the flu, the Stars needed a second goaltender for their game tonight against St. Louis.  That netminder will be Magnus Hellberg as the team announced (Twitter link) that the veteran has been recalled from AHL Texas.

The 34-year-old is in his first season with Dallas after signing a one-year, two-way deal with them in mid-August, one worth the league minimum of $775K in the NHL and containing a guaranteed $475K payout.  Hellberg has played in 13 games so far with Texas and isn't off to the best of starts, putting up a 3.08 GAA with a .894 SV% but makes more sense to bring up on a short-term basis than prospect Remi Poirier, his backup in the minors.

Hellberg does have some NHL experience under his belt, albeit limited.  He has seen NHL action in six of the last ten years, compiling 26 appearances altogether where he has a 3.08 GAA and a .890 SV%.  Most of that action came in the 2022-23 campaign when he got into 18 games between Ottawa and Detroit.

Dallas had two open roster spots before bringing Hellberg up so no corresponding move needed to be made to add him to the roster.