It may not be time for Stars hockey just yet, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start making plans.

On Friday, the Stars released their preseason schedule, and good news: all six games are against teams you care about! (No offense to the Panthers, but yeah. Some offense to the Panthers.) Starting on September 19th, Dallas will split six games with the Blues, Wild and Avalanche, playing three of those games at American Airlines Center. Preseason will wrap up on September 30th in Minnesota against the Wild.

The Stars also announced that training camp will be held from Friday, September 15th through Monday, September 18th at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park. The Stars have held training camp in Cedar Park the last couple of years, and it’s generally been a fun time, especially for fans who don’t get a chance to drive out to see the big club as often during the year.

There is no official word on broadcasts of the preseason games yet, but years past have seen occasional radio feeds available from the visiting squads, with Dallas’s broadcast team usually doing a sort of warmup in the final preseason game or two.

Either way, it will be fun to get the Central Division rivalries going right off the hop this year, especially with players like Denis Guryanov likely to get a good chunk of playing time.

The official release is below:

The Dallas Stars announced today the club's 2017-18 preseason schedule. The Stars will play a total of six preseason contests, including three games at American Airlines Center and three road contests against Central Division rivals. The club will open the preseason schedule at home on Tuesday, Sept. 19 against the St. Louis Blues.

The Stars will conduct training camp for the third consecutive season at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, Texas, which serves as the home to the Texas Stars, Dallas' top development affiliate in the American Hockey League. The team will depart from Dallas on Thursday, Sept. 14 and on-ice sessions for camp will span from Friday, Sept. 15, through Monday, Sept. 18. A complete training camp practice schedule will be posted on DallasStars.com at a later date.

The preseason schedule consists of home-and-home matchups with the Stars' Central Division foes St. Louis Blues, Minnesota Wild, and Colorado Avalanche, and spans from Sept. 19th until Sept. 30th.

Tickets for all Stars home preseason games will go on sale on Monday, June 12 at 10 a.m. CT and can be purchased by logging on to DallasStars.com or by calling 214-GO-STARS.

Dallas' full preseason schedule is listed below (home games in bold):