CEDAR PARK, Texas — Ty Dellandrea was planning on watching the Texas Stars’ Wednesday game against the Grand Rapids Griffins.



Two days after his Ontario Hockey League season ended, the Dallas Stars prospect was told to pack for a trip from Flint, Michigan — home of the Firebirds — to Austin. He flew to Texas on Tuesday evening and was checked on by the team doctors before morning skate Wednesday, a precautionary measure after he left his final OHL game following a hard hit against the Sarnia Sting.



That precaution was supposed to continue into Wednesday’s game. The plan was for Dellandrea to be a healthy scratch, but after the team doctor ruled he had a clean bill of health, a decision was made that the 18-year-old center would be making his AHL debut that evening.



But nobody told Dellandrea that before he went onto the ice. So when players started to trickle off the ice at the end of morning skate, Dellandrea stuck around with...