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The Dallas Stars announce a franchise Hall of Fame

The Dallas Stars announce a franchise Hall of Fame
28 Feb
2022
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Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is news to us that the Dallas Stars have announced that they will be instituting a franchise Hall of Fame this year.

An official announcement will take place this August.

The Dallas Stars were first the Minnesota North Stars, an expansion team in 1967, and relocated to the Lone Star State in 1993.  It is unclear at this time if this Hall will acknowledge the team’s history in Minnesota though we suspect that will be the case, based on additional information mentioned below.

There will be two categories, the Player and Builder, with the criteria to qualify as follows.

Player Category

  • Any skater who has played a minimum of 300 games with the Club, or
  • Any goaltender who has played a minimum of 200 games with the Club, or
  • Any skater or goaltender who has won the Stanley Cup or a major NHL Award during their tenure with the Dallas Stars.
  • Must demonstrate exceptional attributes in the areas of playing ability, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the Dallas Stars Hockey Club.
  • Must not have played in a professional or international game during the previous one (1) season prior to election

Builder Category

  • Must have been employed by the Club for a minimum of 10 years, or
  • Has won the Stanley Cup or a major NHL Award during their tenure with the Dallas Stars.
  • Must demonstrate exceptional attributes in coaching, managerial or executive ability, or ability in another significant off-ice role, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the Dallas Stars Hockey Club and to the game of hockey in general.
  • May be active or inactive at the time of his/her election.

The announcement stated that all players who have had their numbers retired would be automatically included.  This indicates that Neal Broten, Bill Goldsworthy, Mike Modano, Bill Masterton, Jere Lehtinen and Sergei Zubov will be part of the inaugural class, and with Brote and Goldsworthy, the Minnesota chapter should be recognized.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com are thrilled with this impending Hall of Fame, and we can’t wait to see what they have in store. 

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