B.C.'s Logan Stankoven reflects on first NHL season with Dallas
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It's been a wild year for B.C.-born Logan Stankoven, who made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars in February.
He was named the American Hockey League's rookie of the year, scored his first NHL goal on his 21st birthday, then headed to the Stanley Cup playoffs where he scored his first playoff goal during Game 3 of the first round.
"I didn't really expect a call-up," he told CBC's Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce about his move to the big league from the AHL's Dallas-affiliate Texas Stars.
"I just wanted to put myself in the best opportunity or best case scenario to get called up. So, it was pretty cool."
Now back in his hometown of Kamloops after the Stars' loss in the Western Conference Final earlier this month, Stankoven is ready for a bit of downtime — but still plans to train and keep sharp in anticipation of another season with Dallas.
He said he's happy to be back home, with family and friends, and his parents' home cooking.
"I just love the summer weather here," he said about Kamloops, where hot, dry summers are the norm.
"It's a big enough city, but at the same time it kind of gives small-town vibes and everywhere you go you seem to kind of run into somebody and it feels like a very supportive town."
For a while, Stankoven and teammate Wyatt Johnston were rooming in the home of longtime NHLer Joe Pavelski.
"It's a bit better than a hotel, I'd say," Stankoven said with a laugh during an interview with CBC in April. "Really nice of him to open up his home to me."
Veterans often host young players in their homes as a way to mentor them and offer them somewhere to stay when they aren't quite earning seven-figure salaries.
Pavelski had hosted Johnston in past years — in 2022 he told the Dallas News it was his first time hosting a younger teammate.
"He's just kind of there to help us grow as players and as people," Stankoven said. "He's a perfect role model for us."
Pavelski isn't the only NHL great lending support to Stankoven — after Dallas lost to Edmonton in Game 6 of the Western Conference Final, Oilers captain Connor McDavid paid him some compliments.
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