Dallas Stars

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{{NHL Team Infobox |team_name = Dallas Stars |bg_color = #005837 |text_color = white |logo = Dallas Stars.gif |alternate_logo = stars_secondary_logo.gif |founded = 1967 |home_arena = American Airlines Center |hometown = Dallas, Texas |team_colors = Green, gold, black |head_coach = Dave Tippett |captain = Mike Modano |alternate_captains = Bill Guerin
Brendan Morrow
Sergei Zubov |general_manager = Doug Armstrong |owner = Tom Hicks |minor_league = Iowa Stars (AHL)
Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) }}

The Dallas Stars are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Dallas, Texas.

1 Facts
2 Franchise history
3 Season-by-season record
4 Notable players
5 See also
6 References

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Facts

Founded: 1967

Formerly Known As: Minnesota North Stars (1967-1993). In 1978 the Cleveland Barons merged with the North Stars. That team's history is: Oakland Seals (1967-1970), California Golden Seals (1970-1976) and Cleveland Barons (1976-1978).

Arena: American Airlines Center

Former Home Arena: Reunion Arena (1993-2001)

Logo design: A green star outlined in gold

Main Rivals: Colorado Avalanche, Edmonton Oilers, Detroit Red Wings, and Minnesota Wild

Division Championships: 9 - 1982, 1984, 1997-2001, 2003, 2006

Presidents' Trophy: 2 - 1998, 1999

Conference Championships 4 - 1981, 1991, 1999, 2000

Stanley Cup Championships: 1 - 1999

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Franchise history

The Minnesota North Stars were founded as an expansion team in 1967, playing their games at the newly-constructed Metropolitan Sports Center (the "Met Center") in Bloomington, adjacent to Metropolitan Stadium. Initially sucessful both on the ice and at the gate, the North Stars fell victim to financial problems after several poor seasons in the mid 1970s. In 1978, they were purchased by the owners of the also struggling Cleveland Barons (formerly the California Golden Seals), and the NHL permitted the two franchises to merge. The merged team retained the Minnesota North Stars name, but assumed the Barons old place in the Adams Division. The merger brought with it a number of talented players, and the North Stars were revived, making the Stanley Cup finals in 1981. However, by the early nineties, declining attendance and the inability to secure a new downtown, revenue-generating arena led ownership to request permission to move the team to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1990. The NHL rejected the request, and instead agreed to award an expansion franchise for 1991-92 (the San Jose Sharks) to the Gund's in what was technically a dissolution of the Barons-North Stars merger. The new franchise was also allowed to select a number of North Stars players. However, just two years later amid further attendance woes, new Norm Green obtained permission to move the team to Dallas's Reunion Arena. After moving to Dallas, the team was sold to Tom Hicks and a new arena, American Airlines Center, was finished.

Despite initial reservations about the move to Texas, the Stars have enjoyed success at the box office and on the ice. They have won two Presidents' Trophies as the team with the best overall regular-season record, and have won the Stanley Cup once.

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Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Logo	Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1993-94	84	42	29	13	--	97	286	265	1919	3rd in Central	Lost in 2nd round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1994-95¹	48	17	23	8	--	42	136	135	1117	5th in Central	Lost in 1st round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1995-96	82	26	42	14	--	66	227	280	1652	6th (last) in Central	Out of playoffs
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1996-97	82	48	26	8	--	104	252	198	1325	1st in Central	Lost in 1st round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1997-98	82	49	22	11	--	109	242	167	1301	1st in league	Lost in 3rd round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1998-99	82	51	19	12	--	114	236	168	1108	1st in league	Won Stanley Cup
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	1999-00	82	43	23	10	6	102	211	184	1029	1st in Pacific	Lost in finals
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2000-01	82	48	24	8	2	106	241	187	1041	1st in Pacific	Lost in 2nd round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2001-02	82	36	28	13	5	90	215	213	959	4th in Pacific	Out of playoffs
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2002-03	82	46	17	15	4	111	245	169	1166	1st in Pacific	Lost in 2nd round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2003-04	82	41	26	13	2	97	194	175	1143	2nd in Pacific	Lost in 1st round
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2004-05²	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Image:Dallas Stars.gif	2005-06	82	53	23	--	6	112	265	218	1168	1st in Pacific

¹ Season was shortened due to the 1994-95 NHL lockout.

² Season was cancelled due to the 2004-05 NHL lockout.

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Notable players

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Current squad

As of April 20, 2006 [1]

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
1	Template:Flagicon	Johan Hedberg	L	2005	Leksand, Sweden
35	Template:Flagicon	Marty Turco	L	1994	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

Defensemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
2	Template:Flagicon	Willie Mitchell	L	2006	Port McNeill, British Columbia
3	Template:Flagicon	Stephane Robidas	R	2005	Sherbrooke, Quebec
4	Template:Flagicon	Janne Niinimaa	L	2006	Raahe, Finland
6	Template:Flagicon	Trevor Daley	L	2002	Toronto, Ontario
42	Template:Flagicon	Jon Klemm	R	2003	Cranbrook, British Columbia
43	Template:Flagicon	Philippe Boucher	R	2002	St. Apollinaire, Quebec
56	Template:Flagicon	Sergei Zubov - A	R	1996	Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Forwards
Number		Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
9	Template:Flagicon	Mike Modano - C	L	C	1988	Livonia, Michigan
10	Template:Flagicon	Brenden Morrow - A	L	LW	1997	Carlyle, Saskatchewan
11	Template:Flagicon	Jaroslav Svoboda	L	LW/RW	2004	Cervenka, Czechoslovakia
13	Template:Flagicon	Bill Guerin - A	R	RW	2002	Worcester, Massachusetts
14	Template:Flagicon	Stu Barnes	R	C/W	2003	Spruce Grove, Alberta
15	Template:Flagicon	Niklas Hagman	L	LW	2005	Espoo, Finland
20	Template:Flagicon	Antti Miettinen	R	LW/RW	2000	Hämeenlinna, Finland
24	Template:Flagicon	Nathan Perrott	R	RW	2005	Owen Sound, Ontario
25	Template:Flagicon	Jeremy Stevenson	L	LW/RW	2006	San Bernardino, CA
26	Template:Flagicon	Jere Lehtinen	R	RW/LW	1992	Espoo, Finland
29	Template:Flagicon	Steve Ott	L	C/LW	2000	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
36	Template:Flagicon	Jussi Jokinen	L	LW	2001	Kalajoki, Finland
39	Template:Flagicon	Niko Kapanen	L	C	1998	Hattula, Finland
44	Template:Flagicon	Jason Arnott	R	C	2002	Collingwood, Ontario

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Hall of Famers

none

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Team captains

Note: This list does not include former captains of the Minnesota North Stars and Oakland Seals

Mark Tinordi (1993-95)
Neal Broten (1995)
Derian Hatcher (1995-2003)
Mike Modano (2003-present)

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Retired numbers

7 Neal Broten, C, 1981-95 & 1997 (Minnesota 1981-93, Dallas 1993-95 & 1997)
8 Bill Goldsworthy, RW, 1967-77 (Minnesota)
19 Bill Masterton, C, 1967-68 (Minnesota)
99 Wayne Gretzky (retired league-wide by the NHL)

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Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top-ten point-scorers in the history of the Dallas Stars/Minnesota North Stars franchise. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Player	POS	GP	G	A	Pts
Mike Modano	C	1101	458	648	1106
Neal Broten	C	867	274	593	867
Brian Bellows	LW	753	342	380	722
Dino Ciccarelli	RW	602	332	319	651
Bobby Smith	C	572	185	369	554
Dave Gagner	C	609	247	287	534
Bill Goldsworthy	RW	670	267	239	506
Tim Young	C	564	178	316	494
Steve Payne	LW	613	228	238	466
Craig Hartsburg	D	570	98	315	413