Stars center Jason Spezza held his Youth Hockey Clinic Saturday at Dr Pepper StarCenter in Frisco, and answered a few questions afterward.

Here is the transcript, courtesy of Steve Hunt:

On skating with these kids

"It was great, yeah. It's fun to kind of see it all come together. It's been a work-in-progress for us now all of last year to get to kind of have the day come and see kids and see how excited some of them were, it's definitely a nice feeling."

On the impetus for the scholarship fund

"For me, like the fact just giving kids an opportunity to play the game. Hockey's been a huge part of my life, it's some of my best childhood memories or probably all of my best childhood memories were on the ice and going to tournaments. All of my friends have been through hockey. Even now to this day, it's an escape for you. When you're on the ice, you have no problems and you just kind of play and worry about that. To just give kids an opportunity was my thought, Texas being relatively new to the state, trying to grow the game a little bit and then kind of share the joy you can get through the game of hockey."

On hockey being an expensive sport "It is. It can be financially challenging and we were really lucky to have Texas Land & Cattle come and really help double the support and just be on board. They've provided the food and the experience. We didn't know to what extent they were going to help out in. They've matched and been a big supporter in this, so it's nice when you have passionate people behind you to kind of help bring things along."

On heading into year three in Dallas

"Yeah, I think we're growing. We feel like we're in a bit of a window here, we have to try to win. You can sense the urgency around the rink, you can sense through Jim [Nill] and Lindy [Ruff], just the push to try to make us better. And as players, we have to recognize that we have a good team and you can't take anything for granted. It's hard to keep good teams together. I'm excited. It feels like home for me now. Year one, there's all getting your feet wet and kind of figuring things out. Last year I felt more comfortable and this year it feels like home. Family's settled, kids are in the same school and with friends, so it's nice to kind of get back and get going."

On if as a die-hard Cowboys fan he's going to their season opener on Sunday

"I'm not. I was gone all week. I was out in Vail training, so going to spend some time with the kiddoes and watch it on TV, but a bunch of the guys are going."

On if it took him a while to adjust after he came here as far as getting involved in the community

"You want to help out in the community right way, but you don't want to jump in feet first into something you don't know either. I think the first half year, you almost have to be a little selfish and figure out kind of where you are and get your own self comfortable, worry about my house, kids and getting everybody comfortable. Now that we're comfortable, you want to try to help give back and really just give people an opportunity to see the game, to see how good hockey is and see what it can do for your family. Year three now, it feels like I've been here for a long time. Just looking to kind of get more and more comfortable."

On if he got a chance to meet players like this when he was young

"I do [remember that], yeah. I won a contest through I think it was Coca-Cola at the time. I got to go to Maple Leaf Gardens and skate at a Wayne Gretzky camp. There was 100 kids and I won. I still have the jersey. My whole childhood, I had the jersey hanging in my room, so it makes it really personal. I met Steve Yzerman when I was 12, 13-years-old and he became my favorite player. It's just when you have the encounters, it sometimes sticks with you. As a hockey player, it's nice to kind of see kids go through what you went through, and you hope to kind of touch them a little bit."