Morin honored by Stars | TheAHL.com

The Texas Stars honored the face of their franchise on Saturday night time as Travis Morin‘s quantity 23 was raised to the rafters at H-E-B Heart in Cedar Park.Morin introduced his retirement on July 31 after 12 skilled seasons, together with 10 with the Stars. He joined the group earlier than Texas’s inaugural season in 2009 and went on to gather 175 objectives, 385 assists and 560 factors for the membership, serving to them to 3 Calder Cup Finals appearances and the 2014 championship. Morin’s 686 regular-season video games performed for Texas place him eighth all-time in video games for any single AHL franchise.Morin had one of the embellished seasons in AHL historical past in 2013-14. After representing Texas within the AHL All-Star Traditional, a showcase occasion in opposition to Farjestad BK of the Swedish Hockey League, Morin went on to win the league scoring title and regular-season MVP honors earlier than main the Stars to the Calder Cup title and capturing the league’s playoff MVP award as nicely.The native of Brooklyn Park, Minn., served as Stars captain from 2015-17, and led the crew in scoring 5 occasions.In postseason play, Morin registered 23 objectives and 41 assists for 64 factors in 87 video games because the Stars reached the Finals in 2010, 2014 and 2018.