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Dallas Stars go defense in NHL Draft first round after leaking goals last season

The Dallas Stars went defense and goalie in the first round of the NHL Draft on Friday night.

For a team that was 29th in goals-against average per game in the NHL last season, that probably made sense.

And it probably fits in with the thinking of new Stars head coach Ken Hitchcock, the old Stars head coach from the turn of the century and Stanley Cup days who has brought back defensive maestro Rick Wilson, 66, as an assistant.

The Stars selected defenseman Miro Heiskanen with the third overall pick in the first round of the 2017 NHL Draft at United Center in Chicago.