Stars Open Training Camp With Excitement, Pace

Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Dallas Stars training camp opened with on-ice sessions that were fast and hard-working. How did captain Jamie Benn, one of the older forwards on the ice, prepare for the new puck-possession style new coach Pete DeBoer favors?

“Just tried to get faster,” Benn said. “All these young guys are coming in and they can skate. I ain’t getting any younger,” he joked.

The captain is sporting a Vikings-esque hair cut tied into a top knot and looks relatively lean to the naked eye. In other words, the cliche “best shape of his career” label could go to Benn for the Stars’ training camp submission. However, he wasn’t the one that won the off-ice fitness…