Dallas Stars
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| Conference | Western |
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| Division | Pacific |
| Founded | 1967 |
| History | Minnesota North Stars 1967 – 1993 Dallas Stars 1993 – present |
| Home arena | American Airlines Center |
| City | Dallas, Texas |
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| Colors | Black, gold, green, white
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| Media | FSN Southwest KDFI (My 27) WBAP (820 AM) |
| Owner(s) |  Tom Hicks |
| General manager |  Joe Nieuwendyk |
| Head coach | Marc Crawford |
| Captain | Brenden Morrow |
| Minor league affiliates | Allen Americans (CHL), Idaho Steelheads (ECHL), Texas Stars (AHL) |
| Stanley Cups | 1998–99 |
| Conference championships | 1998–99, 1999–00 |
| Division championships | 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06 |
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). They play their home games at the American Airlines Center. Prior to 1993, this team played as the Minnesota North Stars.
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[edit] Franchise history
[edit] 1967-1993: Minnesota Years
The Minnesota North Stars began play in 1967 as part of the NHL's six-team expansion. Home games were played at the newly-constructed Metropolitan Sports Center (the "Met Center") in Bloomington, Minnesota. Initially successful 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, the North Stars were purchased by the owners of the Cleveland Barons (formerly the California Golden Seals), the Gund brothers, George III and Gordon. With both on the verge of folding, the NHL permitted the two failing franchises to merge. The merged team continued as the Minnesota North Stars, but assumed the Barons’ 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, where they lost in five games to the New York Islanders. However, by the early 1990s, 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, the San Jose Sharks, to the Gund brothers. The North Stars were sold to a group of investors that were originally looking to place a team in San Jose, although one of the group's members, Norman Green, would eventually gain control of the team.[1] In the following season, Minnesota made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
[edit] 1993: Relocation to Dallas
In 1993, amid further attendance woes and bitter personal controversy, Green obtained permission to move the team to the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas, where they took the shortened "Stars" name. The NHL, to quell the controversy, promised the fans of Minnesota a return in the future with a new franchise; that promise was fulfilled in 2000 when Minnesota was awarded the Minnesota Wild as an expansion franchise.
In the 1994 playoffs the Stars lost to the Cinderella-story Vancouver Canucks. Green would later sell the team to Tom Hicks.
In 1999 the Stars won the franchise's first Stanley Cup, versus the Buffalo Sabres in six games. Dallas returned to the Cup Finals in 2000, but would lose to the New Jersey Devils, losing the final game at home in overtime. The Stars in 1999 were the only NHL team other than the Devils, Colorado Avalanche, and Detroit Red Wings to win a Stanley Cup between 1995 and 2003. For 2001–02, the team moved to a new arena, the American Airlines Center.
Despite initial reservations about the move to Texas, the Stars have enjoyed success both on and off the ice. On top of their 1999 Cup, they have won two Presidents' Trophies as the team with the best overall regular-season record. Dallas has also won seven division titles and two Western Conference titles in the past ten seasons. In the last ten years the Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and New Jersey Devils have had the most points.[citation needed]
[edit] 2006 – current season
The Stars made a number of changes during summer 2006. Former Stars goalkeeper Andy Moog was promoted to Assistant General Manager for Player Development (he kept his job as goaltending coach), and former player Ulf Dahlen was hired as an assistant coach.
The Stars allowed center Jason Arnott, defenseman Willie Mitchell and goaltender Johan Hedberg to leave as free agents. Forward Niko Kapanen was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers and the remaining two years on right-winger Bill Guerin's contract were bought out.
The Stars received Patrik Stefan and Jaroslav Modry in the Atlanta trade, and signed Eric Lindros, Jeff Halpern, Matthew Barnaby and Darryl Sydor as free agents. Young goaltender Mike Smith was promoted to the NHL to serve as Marty Turco's backup.
On September 29, 2006, Brenden Morrow was announced as new team captain, taking the "C" from Mike Modano, who had served in the role since 2003. Modano and Lehtinen are the last Minnesota North Stars still with the franchise.
During the season, center Mike Ribeiro, winger Ladislav Nagy and defenseman Mattias Norstrom were added through three separate trades. Young players Joel Lundqvist, Krys Barch, Nicklas Grossman, Chris Conner all saw significant ice time while other players were out of the lineup with injuries.
On January 24, 2007, the 55th National Hockey League All-Star Game was held at the American Airlines Center. Defenceman Philippe Boucher and goaltender Marty Turco would represent the Stars as part of the Western Conference All-Star roster.
On March 13, 2007, Mike Modano scored his 500th career NHL goal, making him only the 39th player and 2nd American to ever reach 500 goals. On March 17, 2007, Modano scored his 502nd and 503rd NHL goals, breaking the record for an American-born player previously held by Joe Mullen.
The Stars qualified for the playoffs as the #6 seed in the Western conference and squared off against the Vancouver Canucks in the first round of the playoffs. Goalkeeper Marty Turco pitched three shutout wins -- in games 2, 5 and 6 -- but the Stars' offense failed to capitalize and they lost the series 4 games to 3. This was the third season in a row that the Stars lost in the first round.
Due to little improvement in the offseason, and a bad start to the season, General Manager Doug Armstrong was fired. He was replaced by an unusual "Co-General Manager" arrangement of former assistant GM Les Jackson and former Stars player Brett Hull. The Stars finished #5 during the 2007–08 season. On April 25, 2008, in Round 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Stars eliminated the defending Stanley Cup champions, the Anaheim Ducks, in six games. On May 4, 2008, the Stars finished off the San Jose Sharks in six games, to advance to the Western Conference Finals, where they lost to the eventual champions Detroit Red Wings four games to two.
The 2008-09 season saw the early loss for the season of Captain Brenden Morrow to an ACL tear. Off season free agent acquisition Sean Avery caused a media uproar over comments he made to a Canadian reporter about ex-girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert and her then current relationship with Flames' defenseman Dion Phaneuf before a game in Calgary. The incident caused the team to suspend Avery for the season. He was then later waived by the Stars and picked up by the New York Rangers. That incident, as well as other injuries to the lineup including top-flight center Brad Richards and Sergei Zubov, caused the talented Stars to tailspin to a 12th place finish, and the first playoff miss for Dallas since 2002.
In the wake of the failed 08-09 season, the Stars hired a new General Manager, former player and captain Joe Nieuwendyk. Former GM's Hull, and Jackson remained with the Stars and were re-assigned to new roles within the organization. Nieuwendyk acted quickly, firing head coach Dave Tippett less than a week after his hiring on June 10. Marc Crawford was named head coach on June 11, 2009.
[edit] Team information
[edit] Jerseys
The team since its inception has used the Stars logo jersey on both home and away jerseys. For 2007, as part of the league-wide changeover to the Rbk Edge jerseys, the Stars changed their jerseys. The home jersey simply states 'Dallas' on the chest, with the primary logo relocated to the shoulders and the player number on the chest. The color of the home jersey has also changed from green to black. The alternate logo remains on the shoulders of the away jerseys. On November 18, 2008 the Stars unveiled a third jersey similar to their current home jersey, white, similar to the road jersey but with all the features of the home. 'Dallas' on the chest, and Stars logos on the shoulders.
[edit] Arena
The Stars played in 17,001-seat Reunion Arena from their relocation in 1993, until the club moved to the 18,500-seat American Airlines Center in 2001. It has become tradition that the fans in attendance shout "Star!" and "Stars!" during the phrasing of the words as the National Anthem is sung. At games, as part of the entertainment, a Kahlenberg KDT-123 fog horn sounds after every Stars goal, followed by "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" (which was ironically first used anywhere at the games of the CHL's Fort Worth Texans); and a song called "The Darkness Music" plays after nearly every away goal.[2] The "Dallas Stars Fight Song", recorded by Pantego natives Pantera, is played when the Stars hit the ice after every intermission.
[edit] Broadcast
All Dallas Stars games are broadcast on radio on WBAP. Television games are broadcast primarily on Fox Sports Southwest (FSN) with KDFI (Channel 27) broadcasting games when FSN has a conflict.
In January of 2009, the Stars and local sports radio station KTCK announced a 5-year deal that will have The Ticket broadcasting all Dallas Stars games beginning with the 2009-10 NHL season. [3]
The Stars are one of only three professional sports teams (all NHL), and by far the largest media market, to simulcast its games on TV and radio. The broadcast team consists of the highly popular duo of "Ralph and Razor" (play-by-play announcer Ralph Strangis and color commentator Daryl "Razor" Reaugh). The simulcast goes back to the arrival of the Stars in Dallas. Although with their market size and fan base the team could support separate broadcasters, the Stars have retained the simulcast due to Ralph and Razor being among the area's most popular sports announcers (the Stars have even added in-arena radio of the duo, available on 97.5FM, due to their popularity).
[edit] Affiliated Teams
[edit] Texas Stars
The Texas Stars are the new American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate of the Dallas Stars, who after becoming unaffiliated with the Iowa Stars of the AHL, did not have an AHL affiliate in the 2008-09 season. The Texas Stars will begin playing their first season in the AHL in the 2009-10 season. They are located in Cedar Park, Texas (Outside of Austin).
[edit] Idaho Steelheads
The Idaho Steelheads are the ECHL is affiliate of the Dallas Stars. They play out of Boise, Idaho, and have been members of the EHCL since 2003.
[edit] Allen Americans
The Allen Americans are an announced ice hockey team and Central Hockey League (CHL) affiliate of the Dallas Stars set to begin play in the 2009-10 season. They will play at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas.
[edit] Season-by-season record
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Stars. For the full season-by-season history, see Dallas Stars seasons
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
Records as of May 11, 2007. [4]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
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| 2005–061 | 82 | 53 | 23 | — | 6 | 112 | 265 | 218 | 1168 | 1st, Pacific | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Avalanche) |
| 2006–07 | 82 | 50 | 25 | — | 7 | 107 | 226 | 197 | 1111 | 3rd, Pacific | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Canucks) |
| 2007–08 | 82 | 45 | 30 | — | 7 | 97 | 242 | 207 | 1162 | 3rd, Pacific | Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Red Wings) |
| 2008–09 | 82 | 36 | 35 | — | 11 | 83 | 230 | 257 | 1134 | 3rd, Pacific | Did not qualify |
- 1 As of the 2005–06 NHL season, all games tied after regulation will be decided in a shootout; SOL (Shootout losses) will be recorded as OTL in the standings.
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Current roster
Updated July 1, 2009.[5]
[edit] 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, 2003–06
- Brenden Morrow, 2006–present
[edit] Hall of Famers
Please see the Hall of Fame section for the Minnesota North Stars for a list of franchise Hockey Hall of Fame members.
- Brett Hull, RW, 1986-09, inducted 2009
[edit] Retired numbers
- 7 Neal Broten, C, 1981–95, including 1993–95 in Dallas & 1997, number retired February 7, 1998
- 8 Bill Goldsworthy, RW, 1967–77, number retired February 15, 1992
- 19 Bill Masterton, C, 1967–68, number retired January 17, 1987
Note: Goldsworthy and Masterton played for the Minnesota North Stars. While Broten's NHL career started with the North Stars
[edit] First-round draft picks
Note: This list does not include selections of the Minnesota North Stars.
- 1993: Todd Harvey (ninth overall)
- 1994: Jason Botterill (20th overall)
- 1995: Jarome Iginla (11th overall)
- 1996: Ric Jackman (fifth overall)
- 1997: Brenden Morrow (25th overall)
- 1998: None
- 1999: None
- 2000: Steve Ott (25th overall)
- 2001: Jason Bacashihua (26th overall)
- 2002: Martin Vagner (26th overall)
- 2003: None
- 2004: Mark Fistric (28th overall)
- 2005: Matt Niskanen (28th overall)
- 2006: Ivan Vishnevskiy (27th overall)
- 2007: None
- 2008: None
- 2009: Scott Glennie (8th overall)
[edit] Franchise scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scorers in franchise (Minnesota & Dallas) history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; * = current Stars player
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[edit] NHL awards and trophies
[edit] Franchise individual records
- Most goals in a season: Dino Ciccarelli; Brian Bellows, 55 (1981–82; 1989–90)
- Most assists in a season: Neal Broten, 76 (1985–86)
- Most points in a season: Bobby Smith, 114 (1981–82)
- Most penalty Minutes in a season: Basil McRae, 378 (1987–88)
- Most points in a season, defenseman: Craig Hartsburg, 77 (1981–82)
- Most points in a season, rookie: Neal Broten, 98 (1981–82)
- Most goals in a season, rookie: James Neal, 21 (2008–09)*
- Most wins in a season: Marty Turco, 41 (2005–06)
- Most shutouts in a season: Marty Turco, 9 (2003–04)
- =since relocating to Dallas
[edit] References
- ^ Cameron, Steve (1994). Feeding Frenzy! The Wild New World of the San Jose Sharks. Taylor Publishing Co.. pp. 29–38.
- ^ "Darkness music a big hit. Even if you don't want to hear it.". NHL.com. 4 June 2004. http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=315733&page=NewsPage&service=page. Retrieved on 2008-12-02.
- ^ http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=404535
- ^ Hockeydb.com, Dallas Stars season statistics and records
- ^ "Dallas Stars - Team - Roster". Dallas Stars. http://stars.nhl.com/team/app?service=page&page=TeamPlayers&type=roster. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.
[edit] See also
- Minnesota North Stars
- Oakland Seals
- List of NHL players
- List of NHL seasons
- List of Stanley Cup champions
[edit] External links
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