The Dallas Stars will honor the five police officers killed in the line of duty this past July with decals on their helmets during Thursday's season opener.

Four Dallas officers (Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, and Patricio "Patrick" Zamarripa) and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officer, Brent Thompson, were killed by a lone gunman while hundreds of people gathered to protest fatal shootings by police elsewhere in the United States earlier that week.

Several Stars players tweeted to offer thoughts and prayers immediately following the shooting, while the team's prospects paused for a moment of silence during their summer camp.

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