If you have not seen it already, now you know. Yesterday, the Dallas Stars released a statement that their play-by-play announcer Dave Strader is currently battling cancer. Out of respect to the Strader family, the specifics of treatment and the illness itself were not disclosed.
“The Dallas Stars are deeply saddened to learn of Dave Strader’s cancer diagnosis,” Dallas Stars president and CEO Jim Lites said. “As he goes through his treatment, all of our thoughts and prayers are directed to Dave, his wife Colleen, their son Christopher and his wife Karen and daughter Sydney, their son Casey and his wife Dr.