And then when it happens in your backyard, you realize, you know, the horror of it.” I think when you hear Sandy Hook and Parkland and Nashville, you know, unless it’s in your backyard, you compartmentalize it and put it aside. “Frankly, when you hear victims as young as 5 years old, you just, you get tired of hearing it. “It’s really close to home obviously, and just tragic,” DeBoer said. DeBoer, in his first season as coach, said that his family shops there and that Stars players go there, as well. While Game 3 of the NHL Western Conference playoff semifinals went on as scheduled Sunday night against the Kraken in Seattle, the Stars said they opted against having the watch party outside the American Airlines Center “out of respect for the victims, families and community of Allen.”Ĭoach Pete DeBoer, speaking in Seattle during the team’s morning skate Sunday, said the Stars were “heartbroken.”Īllen Premium Outlets, a sprawling outdoor shopping center, is about 14 miles from the Stars’ practice facility and offices in Frisco, Texas. DALLAS - The Dallas Stars canceled a watch party that had been planned during their road playoff game Sunday night in the plaza outside their home arena, which is less than 30 miles from the mall where eight people were killed Saturday.

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