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Minnesota North Stars

Minnesota lost its Stars. Then things got Wild.

Minnesota lost its Stars. Then things got wild: Mike Modano in Minnesota North Stars and Dallas Stars jerseys beside a Minnesota Wild player — photo 1 of 13

A hockey state built its own stage: Minnesota built the Met for the North Stars when the NHL doubled in 1967, with 12,951 fans at game one — photo 2 of 13

68 points, one wild spring: the 1991 Minnesota North Stars knocked out Chicago, St. Louis and Edmonton on the way to the Stanley Cup Final — photo 3 of 13

The Met chanted the owner's name: Norm! Norm! Norm! for North Stars owner Norm Green in May 1991 — photo 4 of 13

March 10, 1993: Norm Green announced the North Stars were moving to Dallas and the chant became Norm sucks — photo 6 of 13

Plot twist: Dallas was plan B. Anaheim came first, but Disney's Mighty Ducks got the arena and the L.A. Stars were canceled — photo 7 of 13

Minnesota hockey star Neal Broten scored the first goal in Dallas Stars history in October 1993 — photo 8 of 13

Plot twist 2: football brought hockey to Texas, with Roger Staubach and Frank Gifford pointing Norm Green to Dallas. The ice of Texas is upon you — photo 9 of 13

Seven years without the NHL, zero years without hockey: Minnesota kept the game alive from 1993 to 2000 while Dallas won the 1999 Stanley Cup — photo 10 of 13

The Minnesota Wild arrived in 2000: number 1 retired for the fans and 409 straight home sellouts to start — photo 11 of 13

The North vs. the Wild: Dallas won the first two playoff meetings, then the Wild won 4-2 in the first round in 2026 — photo 12 of 13

The Stars went west, the Wild came home and the colors never left: fans in Bench Clearers North Stars, Wild and Dallas Stars gear — photo 13 of 13

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The North Stars took their name from the state motto, L'Etoile du Nord, and played 26 seasons at the Met Center from 1967. Neal Broten became the first American-born player to top 100 points in a season with them, and they reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1981 and 1991 before moving to Dallas in 1993.

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