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Brenden Morrow is taking his new role as captain seriously. Morrow had a goal and an assist for his first points of the season to help the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in their home opener Saturday night. Morrow, selected team captain last week, was reluctant to talk about his individual game afterward.

Loui Eriksson was sent back to the minors a day after scoring a goal in his NHL debut for the Dallas Stars. Eriksson and fellow left wing Vojtech Polak were assigned Thursday to Iowa of the American Hockey League. Eriksson scored his first NHL goal on Wednesday night in a 3-2 overtime victory at Colorado.

Dallas Stars defenseman Darryl Sydor slashed Milan Hejduk's stick in frustration, breaking it in two as the third period ended with the game tied. A boneheaded blunder? A big-time break, actually. Sydor came out of the penalty box to take a pass from goaltender Marty Turco and scored the winning goal at 2:07 of overtime Wednesday night, giving the Stars a 3-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche.

FRISCO, Texas (Ticker) - The Dallas Stars placed center Patrik Stefan and left wing Vojtech Polak on injured reserve Tuesday.

The head of the NHL Players' Association says a lawsuit filed by a group of dissident players is baseless. "The claims issued in the complaint are the same claims that have been made repeatedly over the last 13 months by this tiny group," union executive director Ted Saskin told The Canadian Press in an interview Tuesday.

DALLAS (Ticker) - SportsTicker recently obstructed Dallas Stars defenseman Trevor Daley and held him long enough to ask the following questions:

New Dallas captain Brenden Morrow scored with a second left in overtime to give the Stars a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday night in the final exhibition game for both teams. Morrow, who took over the captaincy from Mike Modano on Friday, won the game off an assist from Modano after the former captain tied it with 6:12 left in regulation.

MONTREAL (Ticker) - The Montreal Canadiens added a former All-Star to their blue line Saturday, acquiring defenseman Janne Niinimaa from the Dallas Stars for center Mike Ribeiro.

The Montreal Canadiens acquired defenseman Janne Niinimaa from Dallas on Saturday in a trade that sent center Mike Ribeiro to the Stars. Niinimaa shores up a Canadiens defense that has lost Francis Bouillon and Jean-Philippe Cote to injury. The 31-year-old Finn has 54 goals and 262 assists in 700 career regular-season games with Philadelphia, Edmonton, the New York Islanders and Dallas.

FRISCO, Texas (Ticker) - Eight days ago, the Dallas Stars rewarded Brenden Morrow with a contract extension. On Friday, the left wing received another perk.

DALLAS (Ticker) - SportsTicker recently obstructed Dallas Stars defenseman Stephane Robidas and held him long enough to ask the following questions:

Brenden Morrow got a new contract last week from the Dallas Stars. Now he has a new title: captain. The Stars named Morrow their captain Friday, a move that relegated Mike Modano to being an assistant captain with Sergei Zubov. Modano, the franchise's career leader in scoring and games played, had been the captain since 2003.

Ian Laperriere's tiebreaking goal on a third-period power play lifted the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. With the score even at 3-all, LaPerriere worked a 2-on-1 with Paul Stastny, converting his return pass at 3:58. Antti Laaksonen's power-play goal at 13:24 of the final period stretched Colorado's advantage to 5-3.