Dallas Stars
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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). 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 nine division titles in Dallas, two Presidents' Trophies as the top regular season team in the league, the Western Conference championship three 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 five times (1981, 1991, 1999, 2000, and 2020). In 2000, Neal Broten was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2009, Brett Hull became the first Dallas Stars player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, followed by Ed Belfour and Joe Nieuwendyk in 2011 and Mike Modano in 2014; Modano is the highest-scoring player in franchise history. Five further players and one coach have since been inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2020–21 | 56 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 60 | 158 | 154 | 5th, Central | Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 98 | 238 | 246 | 4th, Central | Lost in first round, 3–4 (Flames) |
| 2022–23 | 82 | 47 | 21 | 14 | 108 | 285 | 218 | 2nd, Central | Lost in conference finals, 2–4 (Golden Knights) |
| 2023–24 | 82 | 52 | 21 | 9 | 113 | 298 | 234 | 1st, Central | Lost in conference finals, 2–4 (Oilers) |
| 2024–25 | 82 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 106 | 277 | 224 | 2nd, Central | Lost in conference finals, 1–4 (Oilers) |
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 10 | | Oskar Back | C | L | 25 | 2018 | Karlstad, Sweden |
| 11 | | Nathan Bastian | RW | R | 28 | 2025 | Kitchener, Ontario |
| 14 | | Jamie Benn (C) | LW | L | 36 | 2007 | Victoria, British Columbia |
| 6 | | Lian Bichsel | D | L | 21 | 2022 | Olten, Switzerland |
| 15 | | Colin Blackwell | C | R | 32 | 2024 | North Andover, Massachusetts |
| 22 | | Mavrik Bourque | C | R | 23 | 2020 | Plessisville, Quebec |
| 20 | | Kyle Capobianco | D | L | 28 | 2024 | Mississauga, Ontario |
| 1 | | Casey DeSmith | G | L | 34 | 2024 | Rochester, New Hampshire |
| 95 | | Matt Duchene | C | L | 34 | 2023 | Haliburton, Ontario |
| 73 | | Adam Erne | LW | L | 30 | 2025 | New Haven, Connecticut |
| 12 | | Radek Faksa | C | L | 31 | 2025 | Vitkov, Czech Republic |
| 55 | | Thomas Harley | D | L | 24 | 2019 | Syracuse, New York |
| 4 | | Miro Heiskanen (A) | D | L | 26 | 2017 | Espoo, Finland |
| 24 | | Roope Hintz (A) | C/LW | L | 29 | 2015 | Tampere, Finland |
| 49 | | Justin Hryckowian | C | L | 24 | 2024 | L'Île-Bizard, Quebec |
| 53 | | Wyatt Johnston | C | R | 22 | 2021 | Toronto, Ontario |
| 44 | | Vladislav Kolyachonok | D | L | 24 | 2025 | Minsk, Belarus |
| 23 | | Esa Lindell (A) | D | L | 31 | 2012 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 5 | | Nils Lundkvist | D | R | 25 | 2022 | Piteå, Sweden |
| 46 | | Ilya Lyubushkin | D | R | 31 | 2024 | Moscow, Russia |
| 29 | | Jake Oettinger | G | L | 26 | 2017 | Lakeville, Minnesota |
| 28 | | Alex Petrovic | D | R | 33 | 2021 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 96 | | Mikko Rantanen | RW | L | 29 | 2025 | Nousiainen, Finland |
| 21 | | Jason Robertson | LW | L | 26 | 2017 | Arcadia, California |
| 91 | | Tyler Seguin (A) | C | R | 33 | 2013 | Brampton, Ontario |
| 18 | | Sam Steel | C | L | 27 | 2023 | Ardrossan, Alberta |
| No. | Player | Position | Career | Date of retirement |
| 7 | Neal Broten | C | 1981–1995, 1997 | February 7, 1998 |
| 8 | Bill Goldsworthy | RW | 1967–1977 | February 15, 1992 |
| 9 | Mike Modano | C | 1989–2010 | March 8, 2014 |
| 19 | Bill Masterton | C | 1967–1968 | January 17, 1987 |
| 26 | Jere Lehtinen | RW | 1995–2010 | November 24, 2017 |
| 56 | Sergei Zubov | D | 1996–2009 | January 28, 2022 |
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
| Mike Modano | C | 1,459 | 557 | 802 | 1,359 | 93 |
| Jamie Benn* | LW | 1,192 | 399 | 557 | 956 | 80 |
| Neal Broten | C | 992 | 274 | 593 | 867 | 87 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 753 | 342 | 380 | 722 | 96 |
| Tyler Seguin* | C | 786 | 304 | 384 | 688 | 88 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 602 | 332 | 319 | 651 | 1.08 |
| Bobby Smith | C | 572 | 185 | 369 | 554 | 97 |
| Sergei Zubov | D | 839 | 111 | 438 | 549 | 65 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 609 | 247 | 287 | 534 | 88 |
| Brenden Morrow | LW | 835 | 243 | 285 | 528 | 63 |
| Player | Pos | G |
| Mike Modano | C | 557 |
| Jamie Benn* | LW | 399 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 342 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 332 |
| Tyler Seguin* | C | 304 |
| Neal Broten | C | 274 |
| Bill Goldsworthy | RW | 267 |
| Dave Gagner | C | 247 |
| Jere Lehtinen | RW | 243 |
| Brenden Morrow | LW | 243 |
| Player | Pos | A |
| Mike Modano | C | 802 |
| Neal Broten | C | 593 |
| Jamie Benn* | LW | 557 |
| Sergei Zubov | D | 438 |
| Tyler Seguin* | C | 384 |
| Brian Bellows | LW | 380 |
| Bobby Smith | C | 369 |
| Dino Ciccarelli | RW | 319 |
| Tim Young | C | 316 |
| Craig Hartsburg | D | 315 |
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