DALLAS, Texas--  Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today the club has signed former UND forward Jordan Kawaguchi to a one-year, entry-level contract. Kawaguchi will report to the Texas Stars, Dallas' top development affiliate in the American Hockey League on an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2020-21 season.

Kawaguchi led the Fighting Hawks in scoring for the third consecutive year, the first UND player to do that since Greg Johnson did so from 1991-93. He recorded ten goals and 26 assists this season, fourth-most points in all of NCAA D1. The team's captain had a flair for the dramatic, scoring a school-record five overtime goals, including two this season. He posted nine points in five playoff games for North Dakota this year. 

A two-time All-NCHC First Team selection, Kawaguchi finished his UND career with 126 points (40 goals, 86 assists) in 136 career games played. That point total ranks 46th all-time in the North Dakota record books.  

He was an All-College Hockey News Second Team selection this season after being a Hobey Baker Hat Trick finalist his junior season in 2019-20. As a junior, the Abbotsford, B.C., native was dubbed the USCHO.com National Player of the Year and the NCHC's Forward of the Year and was First Team All-America by College Hockey News, American Hockey Coaches Association and USCHO. He was the Jeff Anderson Hockey Scholarship winner, the player annually voted UND's Most Valuable Player by his teammates. An assistant captain, he finished second in the country in points (15-30--45) and paced the NCAA in game-winning points (13) in 2019-20.