The Modano Era (1998–2008)
The Dallas Stars: A legacy of Lone Star hockey.
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. The Stars compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The Stars played in Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas from 1993 to 2001, when they moved into the American Airlines Center in Dallas's nearby Victory Park neighborhood, an arena they share with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Quick Facts
- Peak achievement
- 1999 Stanley Cup Champions (defeated Buffalo Sabres 4-2 in the Finals)
- Modano tenure in dallas
- 1993–2010
Lore & Background
The Stars were founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. Before the 1978–79 NHL season, the team merged with the Cleveland Barons after the league granted them permission due to each team's respective financial struggles. The franchise relocated to Dallas for the 1993–94 NHL season and was renamed the Dallas Stars. The Stars have won eight division titles in Dallas, two Presidents' Trophies as the top regular season team in the league, the Western Conference championship four times, and the Stanley Cup in 1999, when center Joe Nieuwendyk won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs. Over the course of the franchise's history in both Minnesota and Dallas, the team has appeared in the Stanley Cup Final seven times (1981, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2020, 2023, and 2024).
Reader's Guide
The Stars moved to Dallas for the 1993–94 season. Mike Modano is the highest-scoring player in franchise history. The team won the Stanley Cup in 1999. Key Hall of Fame inductees include Brett Hull (2009), Ed Belfour and Joe Nieuwendyk (2011), and Mike Modano (2014).
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