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Top 50 Dallas Stars

Entering the National Hockey League in the first wave of expansion 1967, the Dallas Stars were originally the Minnesota North Stars bringing the professional game to what is arguably the most hockey-rich state in the United States.

The Minnesota North Stars would struggle the same way that other National Hockey League expansion teams would but in 1981 they would make the Stanley Cup despite having a subpar record.  They would again appear in the Finals in 1991 as the underdog and would lose, though they would be very popular in their state.

Despite the North Stars being in Minnesota, the economics did not work and the franchise would relocate south to Texas.  Now named the Dallas Stars, the franchise would win their first and to date only Stanley Cup in 1999 and while hockey did not seem right in Texas the Stars would become bona fide draws in the region.

Note: Hockey lists are based on an amalgamation of tenure, traditional statistics, advanced statistics, playoff statistics, and post-season accolades.

This list is up to the end of the 2022-23 Season.

By the time Philippe Boucher signed to the Dallas Stars, it was already known that he had a strong shot and could provide an offensive rush but he hadn’t really showed it.  This would change in Dallas where he would have three seasons of 30 Points, including a 51 Point…
The Dallas Stars nabbed Finnish Left Wing, Roope Hintz, in the Second Round of the 2015 Draft, and two years later, he left Scandinavia for the Stars and after a year in the AHL, he made the Dallas roster, and was a full-time NHL player by 2019/20. Hintz gradually improved…
Like many Defenceman Gordie Roberts did not light the lamp often but he did provide offensive spark providing the Minnesota North Stars with 30 Assists or more five times.  Perhaps calling Roberts a “spark” is inaccurate as he was better classified as a rugged player who could steal the puck…
If this list were in regards to overall importance to the organization Lou Nanne would be in the top ten.  Following his playing days he was the team’s coach for a brief time and the General Manager for a decade and it was his moves that built Minnesota into one…
In 2019, Joe Pavelski arrived as a Free Agent after spending 13 seasons in a San Jose Sharks uniform.  It was expected that the veteran would slow down, and in his first season, he scored only 31 Points in 67 Games, but in the playoffs, he became the first Star…
Craig Ludwig was brought into the then named Minnesota North Stars to provide a veteran presence in the blueline, which was exactly what he provided them for over 500 Games.
Alex Gologoski won a Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009) prior to being traded to the Dallas Stars but it was in the Lone Star State where he would post his biggest individual numbers.  Gologoski was never known to light the lamp but he was a solid playmaker providing…
Drafted 10th overall in the 1979 Draft, Tom McCarthy would quickly reach the pros and he would be named an All Star in the 1983 season when he posted a career high 79 Points.  While he was not an All Star the next year he would however light the lamp…
The best run of Barry Gibbs’ career was easily the five and a half seasons where he played for Minnesota.  Gibbs was a bit of an undisciplined blueliner early in his North Stars tenure but he would put together two straight 30 Point seasons where he also reduced his costly…
Tom Reid played 701 Games in the NHL, 610 of which were played in Minnesota.  Reid was a by the books stay-at-home Defenceman who only scored 17 Goals in his career (although one was a penalty shot against Ken Dryden) but as we say often here at Notinhalloffame.com in our…