SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that the Texas Stars are ahead Cameron Hughes is chosen as Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 12, 2025.
Hughes recorded four goals and four assists for eight points last week, helping the Stars sweep a three-game Midwest road series.
On Wednesday evening, Hughes got help as Texas opened its week by defeating Rockford, 4-1. On Friday, he posted his third AHL hat trick to lead the Stars to a 5-2 win in Milwaukee. And back in Rockford on Saturday, Hughes scored one goal and had three assists — tying a career high with four points — as the Stars beat the IceHogs, 6-1, for their eighth straight road win.
Hughes has tallied 15 goals and 16 assists for 31 points in 32 games for Texas this season, and is tied for the league lead with five game-winning goals. The seventh-year pro from Edmonton, Alta., appeared in 356 AHL games with Texas, Coachella Valley and Providence, tallying 97 goals and 160 assists for 257 points, and was voted to the Atlantic Division AHL All-Star following the 2020-21 season. In postseason play, Hughes collected four goals and 35 assists for 39 points in 48 contests, making trips to the Calder Cup Finals with the Firebirds in 2023 and 2024.
Originally a sixth-round pick by Boston in the 2015 NHL Draft, Hughes played two games in the NHL, both with the Bruins. He joined the Dallas Stars organization as a free agent on July 1, 2024.
