No place like home: Reunion with Stars, trip to Olympics highlight special year for Radek Faksa

Six years later, he made the overseas move to Ontario at age 17 to pursue his NHL dreams. Following a 67-point campaign in his first season with the Kitchener Rangers (OHL), he was drafted 13th overall by the Stars in the 2012 NHL Draft. After two more seasons in Kitchener and even a short stint in Sudbury with the Wolves, Faksa was called up to Cedar Park to begin his professional hockey career with the Texas Stars in the AHL. He was a core piece of the Calder Cup champion team in 2014, and after 68 games at the AHL level, he made the jump to Dallas and never looked back.