Three ex-Mavericks are starting the season in the NHL. Ryan Carter has already played in a regular-season game for the Anaheim Ducks, and the St. Louis Blues set their opening-day roster with David Backes and the surprise of training camp, Steve Wagner making the club.
The New York Islanders sent Tim Jackman to their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport, Conn., Tuesday.
No MSU alum has ever been on an opening-day NHL roster before this year. Backes, Jackman and Grant Stevenson were all mid-season call-ups when they made their debuts, and Carter didn't get the nod until last season's conference finals.
Wagner was undrafted and signed with the Blues as a free agent last spring following an outstanding junior year. He becomes the first Mavericks defenseman to make an NHL club.
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