The Dallas Stars Tickets : The Stars Have Won Seven Division Titles In Dallas

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). The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The franchise transferred to Dallas for the 1993/94 NHL season. The Stars played out of Reunion Arena from their relocation until 2001, when the team moved less than 1.5 miles into the American Airlines Center.

The Stars have won seven division titles in Dallas, two President's Trophies as the top regular season team in the NHL, the Western Conference championship twice, and in 1998/99, the Stanley Cup. Joe Nieuwendyk won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs that year. Brett Hull became the first Dallas Stars player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, however Neal Broten was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000, and Derian Hatcher will be inducted to the USHHOF in 2010.

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 later waived by the Stars.

That incident, plus injuries to the lineup including Brad Richards and Sergei Zubov caused the Stars to tailspin to a 12th place finish, and the first missed playoffs for Dallas since 2002.

In the wake of the season, the Stars hired a new general manager former player and alternate captain Joe Nieuwendyk. Hull and Jackson remained with the Stars and were re-assigned to new roles within the organization. Nieuwendyk fired head coach Dave Tippett less than a week after his hiring on June 10 and hired Marc Crawford the next day. Other off-season moves included the addition of Charlie Huddy as assistant coach in charge of defense and the promotions of Stu Barnes and Andy Moog to assistant coach.

The Stars' 2009-10 season was similar to the previous one. Inconsistent play and defensive struggles plagued the team throughout the season as they failed to adjust to Crawford's new offensively-minded system, and owner Tom Hicks' financial troubles prevented the team from spending more than $45 million on payroll, over $11 million beneath the league salary cap.

The Stars failed to win more than three games in a row all season, finished in last in the Pacific Division, and repeated their 12th place conference finish from the year before with a record of 37-31-14 for 88 points.This was the first time that they would miss the playoffs two seasons in a row since the Stars moved to Texas.

In the offseason longtime goaltender Marty Turco was let go in favor of Kari Lehtonen to be the team's #1 goaltender for the future.[24] In the last game of the season in Minnesota, Mike Modano was named the game's #1 star and skated around the rink after the game wearing his North Stars uniform, receiving a rousing ovation.

Features the player's 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. Prior to the 2010-11 season, the team reversed their road and alternate uniforms.

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)" and a song called "The Darkness Music" plays after nearly every away goal. The "Dallas Stars Fight Song", recorded by Pantera, is played when the Stars hit the ice after every intermission.

All Dallas Stars games are broadcast on radio on KTCK under a five-year deal announced in January 2009. KTCK replaced WBAP, which had broadcast games since the team's relocation from Minnesota in 1993. Television coverage occurs primarily on Fox Sports Southwest (FSN), with KDFI (Channel 27) broadcasting games when FSSW has a conflict.