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Associated Press
10/7/2006 11:35:32 PM

DALLAS (AP) - Brenden Morrow is taking his new role as captain seriously.

Morrow had a goal and an assist for his first points of the season to help the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1 in their home opener Saturday night.

Morrow, selected team captain last week, was reluctant to talk about his individual game afterward. The 27-year-old left winger preferred to discuss team goals and accomplishments.

"We are continuing to build character," said Morrow, who signed a US$24.6 million, six-year extension last month. "We want to be a gritty team that's tough to play against, and we feel like we did that tonight."

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The Stars seem to be as solid as usual. They haven't exactly made a huge improvement on last year's team, but they've done okay to keep their core group together.

Morrow seems to be doing well in his role of Captain of the team.