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[edit] Minnesota Stars

As a kid many years ago, I have the faint memory of the North Stars being called the Stars shortly before moving to Dallas but I noticed that this article makes no mention of it. Did this actually happen or is my mind playing memory tricks on me? Masterhatch 15:55, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, according to nhluniforms.com, they used the current "stars" logo in 1991-92 and 1992-93. I'm not sure if the name changed as well. ccwaters 16:07, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
Yeah I'm fairly certain that they were the North Stars until the end. It wouldn't have been such an obscure piece of a trivia if it did happen. Its the logo change that you're thinking of. ccwaters 18:50, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
You are probably right and it is just my mind playing memory tricks on me. Masterhatch 01:58, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm dead certain that the name never changed before Dallas (the North Stars being my second favorite NHL team throughout). RGTraynor 02:35, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
It must have been the logo change that my mind got confused with. That was a long time ago. Masterhatch 02:58, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm stating something thats already been said but they DID change their logo to the current Dallas Stars logo, but were never known as the "Stars" till they moved to Dallas. DavidReject
I myself remember they were always known as the North Stars until they moved to Dallas. --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 14:11, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually Masterhatch, you're correct; the North Stars owners had wanted the club to be called the Minnesota Stars at the start of the 1991-92 season (I was 20 years old then). However ,people in the sports media continued to call the team the North Stars and the old name stuck until the move to Dallas. GoodDay 18:25, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

If so, they certainly didn't notify the NHL, which continued to refer to the North Stars as such in their media guides ... RGTraynor 18:32, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
I know, yet that's how I remember it. However, since there's no concrete proof of the name Minnesota Stars, then it's best not to add it to the article. GoodDay 14:19, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I was and still am an avid hockey fan in the "State of Hockey" and watched the North Stars from the beginning. When Norm Green got total control of the Minnestoa North Stars he wanted a new stadium and then got into the sexual harassment thing. My belief is before the start of the 91-92 season he had already decided to move the team to Dallas. He made the announcement that he was going to change the team name to simply the Stars, because he recognized that Minnestoa is called the North Star State (That's how they got there name to begin with) and Texas is called the Lone Star State. He changed the uniform from the N with the star to just the star in that year. After they left everybody went back to calling them the North Stars and that's the only memorabilia that’s important here in MinnestoaCHamersma 19:16, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] This is not a sentence

"With the new Metropolitan Sports Center in Bloomington, Minnesota]] for a home arena and behind a skilled management team, the North Stars had respectable success in the early years, prospering behind goaltending duo Lorne "Gump" Worsley and Cesare Maniago, defenseman and captain Ted Harris, high-scoring winger Bill Goldsworthy and other quality players such as Barry Gibbs, Jude Drouin, J.P. Parise, Danny Grant, and Dennis Hextall."

This a classic example of the run on sentence. This is all over the place and has 500 different thoughts throw in.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MinnesotaNorthStars9192.gif

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:MinnesotaNorthStars67.gif

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[edit] Captaincy vacant, in 1989-90

I've seen video clips (can't source them here) of the Minnesota North Stars 1989-90 season & playoffs (recently on NHLnetwork's Classic series - 1990 Blackhawks vs North Stars). The North Stars had no captain, they dressed 3 alternate captains - Gavin, Giles and McRae. I've made correction at this pages 'team captain' section. GoodDay 18:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Contradicting the video I've seen, I'm reversing my edits. North Stars sources and site have Giles as captain during the 1989-90 season. There's something wrong, somewhere. GoodDay 20:55, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dallas Stars?

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There is no reason for the Minnesota North Stars to be separate from the Dallas Stars. The Dallas Stars retain the North Stars history. I believe they should be merged. --Kitch (Talk : Contrib) 14:09, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Nope, like all the other 'relocated' teams, it should remain seperate. All members at Wikipedia: WikiProject Ice Hockey are against a merger. GoodDay 14:25, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
Lets keep all of the discussion in one place. The merge tag points to Talk:Dallas Stars#Minnesota North Stars?, so we should keep the discussion there. Resolute 14:55, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Cleanup

I've picked the history of the North Stars book and over time I plan on cleaning up this article. Hopefully, it will reach good article status in the near future! RyguyMN 05:25, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Curt Giles status in 1991 Finals

During the 1991 Finals (if not the entire playoffs) Curt Giles wore an A as an alternate captain (infact, the North Stars went with 3 alternate captains - no captain). Yet we've got Giles listed as 'captain' 1989-91. Does anybody know what's up with Giles' captaincy status during that season ('90-'91)? GoodDay (talk) 20:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

If it helps at all, the 1991–92 NHL Official Guide & Record book lists Giles as a team captain from 1988–89 to 1990–91. – Nurmsook! (talk) 18:08, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I'd sure like to know what happened during the 1991 Playoffs. Perhaps Giles was stripped of the captaincy during the playoffs. GoodDay (talk) 19:04, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] crowds

Is this correct: "An all-time record Met Center crowd of 15,962 squeezed into every nook and cranny of the arena, which was the largest crowd to ever witness a hockey game in Minnesota to that time." As I recall, the high school down to pee-wee tournaments were sold-out, standing only events. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.718281828plus (talk • contribs) 12:18, 7 May 2008 (UTC)