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1989-1990 Season

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Record: 36-40-4
Points: 76
Home Record: 26-12-2
Away Record: 10-28-2
Division Finish: 4th - Norris Division
Conference Finish: 7th - Campbell Conference
NHL Finish: 14th
Season Summary: The North Stars would continue to play losing hockey as they posted a record of 36-40-4. However, by finishing in 4th place they would sneak into the playoffs where they would be beaten by the Chicago Blackhawks in a 7-game series. With North Stars struggling to draw fans co-owner George Gund expressed interest in moving the team to San Jose. However, the NHL wanted to keep its Minnesota presence. So the NHL announced it would dissolve the merger 1978 Cleveland Barons and allows Gund to move half the team, establishing an expansion team following the 1990/91 season, while the North Stars, were purchased by Norm Green, who was seen as the savior of North Stars Hockey.

Regular Season
5 Oct W NY Islanders 6- 5
7 Oct W at Hartford 6- 4
8 Oct T at Buffalo 2- 2
12 Oct W St Louis 3- 0
14 Oct W Quebec 3- 2
17 Oct W at NY Islanders 6- 3
18 Oct L at Detroit 3- 4
21 Oct L at Quebec 2- 7
25 Oct W Buffalo 4- 2
26 Oct L at St Louis 1- 4
28 Oct W Philadelphia 6- 5
31 Oct L Toronto 4- 6
2 Nov LOT at Chicago 3- 4
4 Nov W Chicago 3- 0
6 Nov L at Toronto 1- 2
9 Nov W Detroit 5- 1
11 Nov WOT Calgary 3- 2
12 Nov W Toronto 6- 3
15 Nov WOT at New Jersey 2- 1
16 Nov L at Philadelphia 3- 6
18 Nov W St Louis 3- 0
21 Nov L at St Louis 4- 7
22 Nov W Toronto 6- 3
24 Nov W New Jersey 7- 6
26 Nov W Chicago 5- 3
30 Nov L at Calgary 2- 5
2 Dec L at Edmonton 1- 6
3 Dec L at Vancouver 5- 6
6 Dec L Montreal 1- 4
8 Dec L at Detroit 1- 2
9 Dec L Detroit 1- 3
12 Dec L Vancouver 2- 4
14 Dec T Pittsburgh 4- 4
16 Dec W at Toronto 4- 3
19 Dec L Edmonton 0- 5
21 Dec L at Boston 2- 4
23 Dec L at Hartford 3- 4
26 Dec L at Winnipeg 3- 5
28 Dec T at Chicago 1- 1
30 Dec L at St Louis 2- 3
31 Dec WOT St Louis 2- 1
4 Jan W NY Rangers 8- 2
6 Jan W Detroit 4- 3
9 Jan L at Detroit 0- 9
11 Jan L NY Islanders 4- 8
13 Jan W Detroit 6- 4
15 Jan L at Montreal 3- 4
17 Jan L at Chicago 1- 3
18 Jan W Quebec 7- 4
24 Jan L at Toronto 3- 7
26 Jan W at Vancouver 6- 3
27 Jan L at Calgary 1- 3
29 Jan W Winnipeg 4- 2
31 Jan LOT Washington 3- 4
3 Feb LOT at Philadelphia 6- 7
4 Feb L at NY Rangers 3- 4
7 Feb L Hartford 3- 5
10 Feb W Chicago 6- 4
11 Feb L at Washington 3- 5
13 Feb LOT St Louis 1- 2
15 Feb W Los Angeles 6- 3
18 Feb L at Edmonton 2- 3
21 Feb L at Los Angeles 2- 4
24 Feb L Boston 2- 3
27 Feb W Winnipeg 8- 3
3 Mar W Montreal 3- 2
4 Mar L at Pittsburgh 6- 8
7 Mar W Chicago 5- 4
10 Mar T NY Rangers 2- 2
12 Mar W at Toronto 4- 1
13 Mar L New Jersey 1- 3
17 Mar W at Pittsburgh 6- 2
18 Mar L Washington 3- 4
20 Mar W Los Angeles 5- 2
22 Mar W at Detroit 5- 1
24 Mar W at Boston 7- 6
26 Mar W Toronto 5- 4
29 Mar L at Buffalo 2- 4
31 Mar W at St Louis 6- 3
1 Apr L at Chicago 1- 4

Playoffs
Norris Division Semifinals
Game 1 April 4 North Stars 2, @Blackhawks 1
Game 2 April 6 @Blackhawks 5, North Stars 3
Game 3 April 8 Blackhawks 2, @ North Stars 1
Game 4 April 10 @North Stars 4, Blackhawks 0
Game 5 April 12 @Blackhawks 5, North Stars 1
Game 6 April 14 @North Stars 5, Blackhawks 3
Game 7 April 16 @Blackhawks 5, North Stars 2
(Blackhawks win series, 4-3)
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1990-1991 Season

Stanley Cup Finalist


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Record: 27-39-14
Points: 68
Home Record: 19-15-6
Away Record: 8-24-8
Division Finish: 4th - Norris Division
Conference Finish: 7th - Campbell Conference
NHL Finish: 16th
Season Summary: With uncertainty surrounding the North Stars the team would get off to a slow start under new Coach Bob Gainey posting a 3-9-3 recurs in their first 15 games, playing in front of 5,000 fans at the Met Center. However, as the season wore on the North Stars began to put the pieces together acquiring Jim Johnson and Chris Dalquist and for the Pittsburgh Penguins for Larry Murphy to toughen the defense. As the second half started the Stars started playing better hockey posting a 14-6-6 record from late January to March 17th. Although the North Stars finished with a less then stellar 27-39-14 record they would sneak into the playoffs by finishing in 4th place. Entering the playoffs the North Stars were ranked 15th of 16 teams, facing the Chicago Blackhawks who won the President's Trophy. The Stars would get off to fast start stealing Game 1 in overtime. After 4 games the series was tied at 2 games apiece when the North Stars stunned the Blackhawks with a 6-0 win in Chicago to take a 3-2 series lead. With a chance to complete the upset at home the North Stars beat the Blackhawks 3-1 in Game 6. In the Norris Finals the North Stars faced the St. Louis Blues who had the 2nd best record in the NHL, and continued to play solid hockey grabbing a 3-1 series lead. After dropping Game 5 in St. Louis the North Stars completed the upset with a 4-2 win in game 6 to move on to the Campbell Conference Finals. In the Conference Finals the North Stars faced the defending Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers, splitting the first 2 games on the road. As the series shifted to Minnesota the North Stars exploded scoring 15 goals in the next 2 games to grab a 3-1 series lead. In Game 5 in Edmonton the North Stars Bobby Smith on a break beat Grant Fuhr to give the North Stars the lead for good, as they advanced to their 2nd cup final with a 3-2 win. In the Stanley Cup Finals the North Stars were matched up against the Pittsburgh Penguins, after splitting the first 2 games in Pittsburgh the North Stars took a 2--1 series lead with a 3-1 win in front of a load sold out crowd at the Met Center. However the Penguins would recover to win the next 3 games as the North Stars ran out of gas closing the series out in 6 games.

Regular Season
4 Oct L St Louis 2- 3
6 Oct W NY Islanders 4- 2
8 Oct L at NY Rangers 3- 6
9 Oct L at New Jersey 2- 5
11 Oct T Boston 3- 3
13 Oct L Chicago 1- 4
17 Oct L at Los Angeles 2- 5
20 Oct T at St Louis 2- 2
21 Oct L at Chicago 1- 7
24 Oct W Hartford 3- 0
26 Oct L at Detroit 6- 8
27 Oct T Detroit 2- 2
30 Oct L at Toronto 4- 5
1 Nov L at Philadelphia 3- 6
3 Nov W at Quebec 2- 0
4 Nov T at Montreal 2- 2
8 Nov W Quebec 3- 2
10 Nov LOT Hartford 2- 3
13 Nov L Pittsburgh 1- 4
15 Nov L NY Rangers 2- 4
17 Nov L St Louis 2- 3
19 Nov T at NY Rangers 2- 2
21 Nov L at Detroit 3- 4
23 Nov W Vancouver 6- 4
24 Nov L New Jersey 3- 5
27 Nov T at Vancouver 1- 1
30 Nov W at Winnipeg 4- 2
1 Dec W Pittsburgh 6- 3
5 Dec W at Toronto 3- 2
6 Dec LOT Toronto 1- 2
8 Dec W Philadelphia 7- 0
11 Dec L Calgary 4- 5
13 Dec L at St Louis 2- 4
15 Dec W Chicago 5- 1
16 Dec L at Chicago 2- 5
20 Dec L at Pittsburgh 3- 4
22 Dec L at Boston 2- 6
23 Dec W at Hartford 5- 2
26 Dec L Winnipeg 4- 6
29 Dec T Boston 4- 4
31 Dec L Los Angeles 2- 4
2 Jan L at Detroit 2- 6
3 Jan T Toronto 3- 3
5 Jan L Vancouver 5- 6
8 Jan W at NY Islanders 3- 0
12 Jan L Buffalo 3- 5
13 Jan L at Chicago 3- 5
15 Jan L Montreal 1- 5
17 Jan W Washington 5- 2
21 Jan L at Winnipeg 0- 2
22 Jan W St Louis 7- 3
25 Jan T at Washington 2- 2
26 Jan W at New Jersey 3- 1
28 Jan L at Toronto 0- 4
30 Jan W Detroit 5- 2
2 Feb W at Quebec 6- 4
4 Feb L at Montreal 3- 5
7 Feb W Toronto 4- 2
9 Feb W Detroit 6- 5
12 Feb L at NY Islanders 4- 5
13 Feb T at Buffalo 6- 6
16 Feb W at Detroit 3- 0
20 Feb W Edmonton 5- 1
23 Feb T Chicago 3- 3
26 Feb T Philadelphia 2- 2
1 Mar T at Edmonton 1- 1
2 Mar L at Calgary 1- 5
6 Mar W Edmonton 5- 1
9 Mar W Detroit 6- 2
10 Mar W Calgary 7- 3
12 Mar W Buffalo 5- 2
14 Mar T at St Louis 2- 2
16 Mar LOT at Toronto 3- 4
17 Mar W Toronto 4- 3
22 Mar L at Washington 1- 3
24 Mar L at Chicago 4- 5
25 Mar L St Louis 4- 5
28 Mar L at Los Angeles 5- 6
30 Mar W Chicago 2- 1
31 Mar L at St Louis 1- 2

Playoffs
Norris Division Semifinals
Game 1 April 4 North Stars 4, @ Blackhawks 3 (00:04:14 OT)
Game 2 April 6 @Blackhawks 5, North Stars 2
Game 3 April 8 Blackhawks 6, @North Stars 5
Game 4 April 10 @North Stars 3, Blackhawks 1
Game 5 April 12 North Stars 6, @Blackhawks 0
Game 6 April 14 @North Stars 3, Blackhawks 1
(North Stars win series, 4-2)

Norris Division Finals
Game 1 April 18 North Stars 2, @Blues 1
Game 2 April 20 @Blues 5, North Stars 2
Game 3 April 22 @North Stars 5, Blues 1
Game 4 April 24 @North Stars 8, Blues 4
Game 5 April 26 @Blues 4, North Stars 2
Game 6 April 28 @North Stars 3, Blues 2
(North Stars win series, 4-2)

Campbell Conference Finals
Game 1 May 2 North Stars 3, @Oilers 1
Game 2 May 4 @Oilers 7, North Stars 2
Game 3 May 6 @North Stars 7, Oilers 3
Game 4 May 8 @North Stars 5, Oilers 1
Game 5 May 10 North Stars 3, @Oilers 2
(North Stars win series, 4-1)

Stanley Cup Finals
Game 1 May 15 North Stars 5, @Penguins 4
Game 2 May 17 @Penguins 4, North Stars 1
Game 3 May 19 @North Stars 3, Penguins 1
Game 4 May 21 Penguins 5, @North Stars 3
Game 5 May 23 @Penguins 6, North Stars 4
Game 6 May 25 Penguins 8, @North Stars 0
(Penguins win series, 4-2)
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1991-1992 Season

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Record: 32-42-6
Points: 68
Home Record: 20-16-4
Away Record: 12-26-2
Division Finish: 4th - Norris Division
Conference Finish: 8th - Campbell Conference
NHL Finish: 17th
Season Summary: Coming off their improbable trip to the Stanley Cup Finals the North Stars Had to deal with losing several players to the expansion San Jose Sharks due to dissolution of the Cleveland Barons merger, while getting to select players in the expansion draft the North Stars still lost depth, stifling any momentum from the run to the finals. In fact the North Stars would need to scramble just to make the playoffs holding the Toronto Maple Leafs off by 3 points while posting a 32-42-6 record. In the playoffs the North Stars looked poised for another run again as they jumped out to a 3-1 series lead over the first place Detroit Red Wings. However, the Red Wings would shutout the Stars in the next 2 games to force a 7th game, which they won 5-2 to end, any hope of another magical run for the North Stars.

Regular Season
5 Oct W Chicago 4- 2
10 Oct W Quebec 3- 2
12 Oct W Detroit 3- 2
15 Oct L at Calgary 3- 6
17 Oct W at San Jose 8- 2
19 Oct L at Los Angeles 2- 5
22 Oct L Calgary 2- 4
24 Oct L Philadelphia 2- 5
26 Oct W Boston 4- 0
29 Oct L at NY Rangers 2- 3
31 Oct L at Pittsburgh 1- 8
2 Nov W Chicago 4- 3
3 Nov T at Chicago 4- 4
5 Nov W at Detroit 3- 2
6 Nov L at Toronto 3- 4
9 Nov L Pittsburgh 2- 3
12 Nov W Toronto 7- 0
16 Nov L at St Louis 3- 5
19 Nov L NY Islanders 4- 7
22 Nov L at Detroit 3- 4
23 Nov T Detroit 2- 2
29 Nov L Toronto 2- 3
30 Nov W at Toronto 4- 3
3 Dec T St Louis 3- 3
4 Dec W St Louis 5- 2
7 Dec L Washington 2- 4
8 Dec L at Chicago 2- 7
10 Dec W New Jersey 4- 3
12 Dec L at Vancouver 5- 7
14 Dec W at San Jose 3- 2
17 Dec W at Los Angeles 2- 1
21 Dec L Philadelphia 0- 3
26 Dec W at Winnipeg 3- 2
28 Dec W St Louis 5- 2
31 Dec W Chicago 6- 2
2 Jan L at St Louis 1- 6
4 Jan W Vancouver 4- 3
5 Jan L at Chicago 2- 5
7 Jan W at Washington 5- 3
9 Jan L at Detroit 4- 9
11 Jan W San Jose 7- 4
13 Jan L Edmonton 4- 7
15 Jan W Montreal 5- 2
22 Jan T Los Angeles 3- 3
25 Jan L Chicago 0- 2
27 Jan L at Boston 2- 3
28 Jan W at Hartford 4- 3
30 Jan L at Philadelphia 3- 5
1 Feb L NY Rangers 1- 2
3 Feb W Toronto 4- 2
5 Feb LOT at Toronto 2- 3
7 Feb W at Buffalo 2- 0
9 Feb T at Hartford 4- 4
11 Feb L Edmonton 4- 5
13 Feb W Winnipeg 6- 1
15 Feb W Pittsburgh 5- 2
17 Feb L at Montreal 0- 8
18 Feb L at Quebec 0- 4
21 Feb L at NY Rangers 4- 5
22 Feb L at NY Islanders 1- 2
24 Feb W at New Jersey 3- 1
26 Feb L Montreal 1- 4
29 Feb LOT Hartford 4- 5
1 Mar L at Toronto 2- 6
3 Mar W at Washington 3- 1
5 Mar W at Detroit 4- 2
8 Mar W Winnipeg 4- 2
10 Mar L at St Louis 2- 5
11 Mar L Toronto 0- 3
14 Mar W Detroit 4- 1
17 Mar W Buffalo 3- 1
19 Mar L at Chicago 1- 4
21 Mar L at Quebec 2- 4
24 Mar L Vancouver 2- 4
27 Mar L at Edmonton 3- 5
28 Mar L at Calgary 3- 4
31 Mar W Buffalo 5- 3
12 Apr T St Louis 1- 1
14 Apr L Detroit 4- 7
16 Apr L at St Louis 3- 5

Playoffs
Norris Division Semifinals
Game 1 April 18 North Stars 4, @Red Wings 3
Game 2 April 20 North Stars 4, @Red Wings 2
Game 3 April 22 Red Wings 5, @North Stars 4 (00:01:15 OT)
Game 4 April 24 @North Stars 5, Red Wings 4
Game 5 April 26 @Red Wings 3, North Stars 0
Game 6 April 28 Red Wings 1, @North Stars 0 (00:16:13 OT)
Game 7 April 30 @Red Wings 5, North Stars 2
(Red Wings win series, 4-3)
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1992-1993 Season

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Record: 36-38-10
Points: 82
Home Record: 18-17-7
Away Record: 9-22-3
Division Finish: 5th - Norris Division
Conference Finish: 9th - Campbell Conference
NHL Finish: 18th
Season Summary: When Norm Green first purchased the North Stars he was though of the savior of Minnesota hockey. However, playing at the outdated Met Center it was clear changes had to be made to keep the team afloat. Green asked the city of Bloomington to add 200 more seats to the 15,000-seat Met Center. However, when Bloomington balked Green sought other places for the North Stars to play. Although the Target Center in Minneapolis seemed like a viable alternative Norm Green seemed unreceptive as if he wanted to move the team to another market. As the season wound down the worst fear of North Stars fans would come through as it was announced the team would move to Dallas. As the talk of the move surrounded the team the North Stars struggled down the stretch missing the playoffs while finishing in 5th place with a record of 36-38-10.

Regular Season
6 Oct L at St Louis 4- 6
8 Oct W St Louis 5- 2
10 Oct W Tampa Bay 2- 1
13 Oct L Calgary 3- 4
15 Oct W at St Louis 5- 4
17 Oct L at Montreal 1- 8
18 Oct W at Toronto 5- 1
22 Oct W Quebec 5- 2
24 Oct T Los Angeles 5- 5
28 Oct L at Edmonton 2- 5
30 Oct W at Vancouver 3- 2
31 Oct L at Calgary 3- 5
5 Nov W NY Islanders 3- 0
7 Nov T Edmonton 2- 2
10 Nov L Pittsburgh 1- 4
12 Nov L Winnipeg 2- 7
14 Nov W Chicago 3- 0
15 Nov L at Chicago 1- 2
18 Nov W at Washington 5- 4
19 Nov W at Tampa Bay 4- 1
21 Nov W at Buffalo 4- 3
25 Nov L Vancouver 2- 4
27 Nov T NY Rangers 4- 4
28 Nov W San Jose 10- 3
30 Nov W at NY Rangers 4- 2
1 Dec W at Ottawa 3- 1
3 Dec W at Detroit 4- 2
5 Dec W at Quebec 7- 4
10 Dec L Edmonton 2- 3
12 Dec L Chicago 0- 3
15 Dec W Toronto 6- 5
19 Dec T Detroit 3- 3
20 Dec L at Chicago 0- 4
22 Dec T St Louis 2- 2
26 Dec W Winnipeg 5- 4
27 Dec L at Winnipeg 4- 7
31 Dec W Boston 5- 3
2 Jan L at NY Islanders 2- 3
3 Jan T at Hartford 6- 6
6 Jan L at New Jersey 1- 5
7 Jan W at Pittsburgh 6- 3
9 Jan W Tampa Bay 6- 4
12 Jan L Chicago 1- 3
14 Jan L at Chicago 1- 3
16 Jan W Calgary 4- 3
19 Jan W at Tampa Bay 4- 2
21 Jan W Ottawa 7- 2
23 Jan T Vancouver 3- 3
24 Jan T at Tampa Bay 2- 2
26 Jan W at Toronto 2- 1
28 Jan W New Jersey 4- 2
30 Jan L Tampa Bay 3- 4
1 Feb W at Vancouver 5- 4
3 Feb W at San Jose 7- 3
9 Feb L Washington 2- 3
11 Feb W at Tampa Bay 1- 0
13 Feb L at Toronto 1- 6
14 Feb L Toronto 5- 6
17 Feb L Los Angeles 5- 10
20 Feb W Philadelphia 5- 2
21 Feb L Detroit 1- 4
25 Feb T at Boston 3- 3
27 Feb L at St Louis 2- 3
28 Feb L at Winnipeg 6- 7
3 Mar L at Toronto 1- 3
6 Mar W Montreal 4- 3
7 Mar L Detroit 1- 7
9 Mar W San Jose 4- 2
11 Mar W at Vancouver 4- 3
13 Mar L at St Louis 2- 6
14 Mar L St Louis 1- 3
16 Mar L at Philadelphia 3- 4
18 Mar L at Detroit 1- 5
21 Mar L Detroit 2- 6
25 Mar T Toronto 3- 3
27 Mar L Hartford 1- 2
31 Mar L at Edmonton 2- 5
1 Apr L at Calgary 3- 5
3 Apr W at Los Angeles 3- 0
6 Apr W Buffalo 3- 1
10 Apr W St Louis 4- 3
11 Apr L at St Louis 1- 5
13 Apr L Chicago 2- 3
15 Apr L at Detroit 3- 5

Playoffs
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1993-1994 Season

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Record: 42-29-13
Points: 97
Home Record: 23-12-7
Away Record: 19-17-6
Division Finish: 3rd - Central Division
Conference Finish: 4th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 7th
Season Summary: After 26 mediocre years in Minnesota the North Stars moved to Dallas becoming the Stars after flittering with the notion of the name Lone Stars. On October 5th the State of Texas finally had a NHL team of its own, after years of Minor League Hockey and the WHA's Houston Aeros, as the Stars beat the Detroit Red Wings at Reunion Arena 6-4. The Stars would go on to have a solid first season in Dallas as Mike Modano scored 50 goals with the Stars finishing in 3rd place in the Central Division with a solid 42-29-13. In the playoffs the Stars got off to a fast start sweeping the St. Louis Blues in 4 straight games. However, in the 2nd round they would be upset by the Vancouver Canucks in 5 games.

Regular Season
5 Oct W Detroit 6- 4
7 Oct L at Toronto 3- 6
9 Oct T Winnipeg 3- 3
12 Oct T Chicago 3- 3
16 Oct W St Louis 4- 0
18 Oct W at Chicago 5- 3
20 Oct L at Montreal 2- 5
21 Oct WOT at Ottawa 6- 5
23 Oct L at Quebec 2- 3
25 Oct W at Detroit 5- 3
27 Oct W Hartford 5- 1
30 Oct LOT Ottawa 4- 5
1 Nov T Toronto 3- 3
3 Nov L at Anaheim 4- 5
5 Nov L at San Jose 2- 4
7 Nov T Winnipeg 1- 1
9 Nov L at Anaheim 2- 4
11 Nov W San Jose 4- 0
13 Nov W at Winnipeg 3- 2
14 Nov L at Chicago 1- 4
17 Nov W Tampa Bay 4- 3
20 Nov W Calgary 4- 3
21 Nov W Los Angeles 7- 4
24 Nov T NY Islanders 2- 2
27 Nov L at Detroit 4- 10
29 Nov WOT at Edmonton 6- 5
30 Nov T at Calgary 2- 2
4 Dec L at St Louis 3- 4
5 Dec W Edmonton 4- 3
8 Dec W Pittsburgh 3- 2
9 Dec W Ottawa 6- 1
12 Dec T Florida 4- 4
15 Dec L Chicago 2- 3
17 Dec L Anaheim 2- 3
19 Dec W at Vancouver 3- 1
22 Dec WOT at Anaheim 3- 2
23 Dec W at Los Angeles 2- 1
27 Dec L Detroit 0- 6
29 Dec W Toronto 4- 0
31 Dec W at Chicago 5- 2
2 Jan L Quebec 4- 6
4 Jan LOT Chicago 1- 2
6 Jan W Philadelphia 8- 0
9 Jan W St Louis 2- 1
11 Jan W Edmonton 5- 2
13 Jan LOT at Toronto 3- 4
14 Jan L at Detroit 3- 9
16 Jan L Buffalo 2- 4
18 Jan W Los Angeles 5- 3
24 Jan L New Jersey 2- 6
26 Jan W at Calgary 3- 2
27 Jan WOT at Vancouver 3- 2
29 Jan W at Edmonton 5- 3
2 Feb W at Winnipeg 7- 3
6 Feb L San Jose 1- 7
9 Feb W Winnipeg 4- 2
12 Feb W at Pittsburgh 9- 3
13 Feb W at Buffalo 5- 3
16 Feb L Boston 0- 3
18 Feb W Calgary 4- 2
21 Feb W at San Jose 6- 3
23 Feb T at Los Angeles 0- 0
26 Feb W NY Rangers 3- 1
2 Mar L at Winnipeg 2- 4
4 Mar L Vancouver 1- 4
6 Mar T Montreal 2- 2
8 Mar WOT at Philadelphia 4- 3
9 Mar L at Toronto 2- 4
12 Mar T at Hartford 2- 2
13 Mar L at New Jersey 0- 4
18 Mar W Washington 6- 2
20 Mar WOT Vancouver 2- 1
22 Mar W Anaheim 4- 3
25 Mar L at St Louis 3- 5
27 Mar T at Tampa Bay 2- 2
28 Mar W at Florida 5- 4
31 Mar T at Boston 2- 2
1 Apr L at NY Rangers 0- 3
3 Apr W at Washington 6- 3
5 Apr L Toronto 4- 6
8 Apr L at NY Islanders 1- 5
10 Apr T at St Louis 2- 2
12 Apr W St Louis 9- 5
14 Apr W Detroit 4- 3

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 17 @Stars 5, Blues 3
Game 2 April 20 @Stars 4, Blues 2
Game 3 April 22 Stars 5, @Blues 4 (00:08:34 OT)
Game 4 April 24 Stars 2, @Blues 1
(Stars win series, 4-0)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 May 2 Canucks 6, @Stars 4
Game 2 May 4 Canucks 3, @Stars 0
Game 3 May 6 Stars 4, @Canucks 3
Game 4 May 8 @Canucks 2, Stars 1 (00:11:01 OT)
Game 5 May 10 @Canucks 4, Stars 2
(Canucks win series, 4-1)
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1995 Season

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Record: 17-23-8
Points: 42
Home Record: 9-10-5
Away Record: 8-13-3
Division Finish: 5th - Central Division
Conference Finish: 8th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 19th
Season Summary: The Stars second season in Dallas would be delayed by a 4-month lockout that wiped out half the season. When the season did start the Stars struggled posting a record of 17-23-8, while sneaking into the 8th and final playoff spot. Along the way longtime Stars hero Neal Broten is traded to the New Jersey Devils. In the playoffs the Stars would find themselves in a quick hole dropping the first 3 games to the Detroit Red Wings before falling in 5 games.

Regular Season
20 Jan T at Vancouver 1- 1
24 Jan W at Los Angeles 4- 2
25 Jan W at Anaheim 4- 1
28 Jan L at San Jose 2- 3
30 Jan L Toronto 1- 2
1 Feb W Anaheim 9- 2
2 Feb L San Jose 1- 2
4 Feb L at St Louis 4- 7
8 Feb T at Toronto 3- 3
11 Feb L Calgary 0- 6
13 Feb L Winnipeg 4- 7
15 Feb L Los Angeles 1- 3
18 Feb LOT at Calgary 2- 3
20 Feb W at Calgary 2- 1
22 Feb L at Edmonton 1- 2
24 Feb T Vancouver 3- 3
26 Feb L Chicago 1- 2
28 Feb W at Winnipeg 4- 0
1 Mar W at Edmonton 5- 3
3 Mar W Anaheim 4- 0
5 Mar W St Louis 2- 1
6 Mar W Los Angeles 8- 2
8 Mar L at Toronto 2- 3
10 Mar L at Winnipeg 3- 4
12 Mar T Calgary 4- 4
13 Mar W Chicago 4- 2
16 Mar L at Detroit 4- 5
22 Mar T Edmonton 4- 4
23 Mar W Edmonton 2- 1
27 Mar L St Louis 2- 3
30 Mar L at Detroit 2- 3
1 Apr L Detroit 2- 3
2 Apr W at Chicago 2- 1
4 Apr T at Vancouver 2- 2
6 Apr L at Los Angeles 2- 3
7 Apr W at Anaheim 2- 0
9 Apr W at St Louis 3- 2
11 Apr L Detroit 1- 4
14 Apr L at Toronto 1- 2
16 Apr W Chicago 2- 0
17 Apr T Vancouver 2- 2
19 Apr T San Jose 5- 5
22 Apr W Toronto 6- 4
23 Apr W Winnipeg 5- 2
25 Apr L St Louis 4- 8
27 Apr L at Chicago 1- 5
29 Apr L at Detroit 2- 4
1 May L at San Jose 1- 3

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 May 7 @Red Wings 4, Stars 3
Game 2 May 9 @Red Wings 4, Stars 1
Game 3 May 11 Red Wings 5, @Stars 1
Game 4 May 14 @Stars 4, Red Wings 1
Game 5 May 15 @Red Wings 3, Stars 1
(Red Wings win series 4-1)
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1995-1996 Season

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Record: 26-42-14
Points: 66
Home Record: 14-18-9
Away Record: 12-24-5
Division Finish: 6th - Central Division
Conference Finish: 11th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 22nd
Season Summary: The Stars struggled all season as Bob Gainey resigns as Coach to concentrate full on his duties as General Manager. Under his replacement Ken Hitchcock the Stars would go on to finish in last place with a disappointing record of 26-42-14.

Regular Season
7 Oct L at Winnipeg 5- 7
10 Oct W Calgary 7- 3
12 Oct L St Louis 1- 3
14 Oct W Boston 6- 5
17 Oct L Washington 3- 4
19 Oct T at St Louis 1- 1
21 Oct T Tampa Bay 3- 3
24 Oct W Buffalo 3- 0
26 Oct W Anaheim 5- 2
28 Oct W at San Jose 4- 3
30 Oct L Colorado 1- 6
1 Nov T Chicago 1- 1
4 Nov L at Detroit 1- 5
8 Nov T Los Angeles 3- 3
9 Nov T at Colorado 1- 1
14 Nov L at Pittsburgh 2- 4
15 Nov L at Buffalo 1- 2
17 Nov W San Jose 2- 1
22 Nov W Vancouver 4- 3
25 Nov W New Jersey 2- 0
2 Dec T at Los Angeles 2- 2
3 Dec W at Colorado 7- 6
5 Dec L at Boston 4- 6
7 Dec L at Detroit 1- 3
9 Dec L at Toronto 1- 3
11 Dec L at NY Rangers 2- 3
13 Dec L Calgary 4- 8
15 Dec L Pittsburgh 1- 5
17 Dec W San Jose 4- 2
21 Dec T NY Islanders 3- 3
23 Dec L Chicago 0- 2
26 Dec L at Chicago 3- 5
28 Dec L at St Louis 1- 4
29 Dec L Detroit 1- 2
1 Jan L Toronto 0- 1
3 Jan T at Detroit 3- 3
5 Jan W Winnipeg 5- 4
7 Jan L at Chicago 2- 5
8 Jan T Los Angeles 4- 4
10 Jan L Detroit 0- 4
12 Jan T Florida 6- 6
14 Jan L at New Jersey 2- 7
15 Jan L at Philadelphia 1- 6
17 Jan L Edmonton 3- 4
22 Jan W at Vancouver 6- 4
24 Jan W at Edmonton 5- 3
26 Jan W at Calgary 4- 2
29 Jan L Winnipeg 1- 2
31 Jan T NY Rangers 1- 1
2 Feb L Vancouver 4- 5
4 Feb L at NY Islanders 3- 5
6 Feb W at St Louis 5- 2
7 Feb L Montreal 2- 4
10 Feb L St Louis 3- 6
11 Feb L Hartford 3- 5
16 Feb W Edmonton 6- 1
18 Feb L at Florida 4- 6
19 Feb L at Tampa Bay 2- 4
22 Feb W Ottawa 3- 2
24 Feb W at Toronto 3- 2
25 Feb W at Hartford 6- 2
28 Feb T Philadelphia 4- 4
2 Mar W Toronto 5- 1
5 Mar W at Anaheim 3- 1
6 Mar W at San Jose 2- 1
11 Mar L at Montreal 1- 4
13 Mar L at Ottawa 1- 4
15 Mar L at Toronto 0- 3
17 Mar L at Washington 1- 2
20 Mar W St Louis 2- 1
22 Mar L at Vancouver 2- 5
23 Mar T at Los Angeles 4- 4
26 Mar L Winnipeg 2- 8
28 Mar W Anaheim 3- 1
31 Mar L at Chicago 3- 5
3 Apr L at Winnipeg 1- 3
5 Apr T Chicago 3- 3
7 Apr L Colorado 1- 4
9 Apr WOT at Calgary 4- 3
10 Apr W at Edmonton 4- 2
12 Apr L at Anaheim 3- 5
14 Apr L Detroit 1- 5

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1996-1997 Season

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Record: 48-26-8
Points: 104
Home Record: 25-13-3
Away Record: 23-13-5
Division Finish: 1st - Central Division
Conference Finish: 2nd - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 2nd
Season Summary: With the acquisition of Pat Verbeek and Sergei Zubov the Stars were improved in all facets of the game going from last to first while posting a solid record of 48-26-8, eclipsing 100 points for the first time in franchise history. Down the stretch the Stars would reacquire Neal Broten who was winding down a stellar 17-year career. However, in the playoffs the Stars struggled as they were beaten by the Edmonton Oilers in 7 games losing 3 games, including the finale in overtime.

Regular Season
5 Oct W Colorado 4- 1
8 Oct W Washington 5- 3
10 Oct W at NY Rangers 2- 1
12 Oct W at New Jersey 4- 2
13 Oct W at Chicago 5- 3
15 Oct W Detroit 3- 1
17 Oct L Vancouver 1- 6
19 Oct W Toronto 2- 0
23 Oct L at Detroit 1- 4
26 Oct W Ottawa 5- 1
30 Oct W Buffalo 2- 0
1 Nov LOT Chicago 2- 3
3 Nov L at St Louis 3- 6
6 Nov W at Phoenix 3- 2
8 Nov L at San Jose 1- 3
11 Nov W at Anaheim 3- 2
13 Nov T Calgary 3- 3
15 Nov W Anaheim 4- 3
17 Nov W at Edmonton 7- 3
19 Nov L at Vancouver 0- 2
20 Nov W at Calgary 3- 1
22 Nov LOT Florida 1- 2
27 Nov L New Jersey 2- 3
29 Nov W at Tampa Bay 2- 1
30 Nov W Toronto 5- 2
4 Dec L San Jose 1- 2
6 Dec L Philadelphia 3- 6
8 Dec T at Florida 1- 1
11 Dec T St Louis 5- 5
13 Dec W Vancouver 2- 1
15 Dec W at Ottawa 4- 0
18 Dec WOT at Chicago 3- 2
20 Dec W at Hartford 4- 1
21 Dec W at NY Islanders 3- 2
23 Dec L San Jose 1- 2
27 Dec W Boston 6- 4
29 Dec L at Colorado 2- 3
30 Dec L NY Rangers 2- 3
1 Jan L Montreal 4- 6
3 Jan W at Detroit 2- 1
4 Jan L at Boston 2- 3
8 Jan W Detroit 6- 3
10 Jan L Phoenix 3- 4
13 Jan W at Montreal 2- 1
14 Jan L at Pittsburgh 1- 3
21 Jan T at Philadelphia 3- 3
24 Jan W at Washington 5- 2
25 Jan W at Toronto 5- 1
27 Jan W Los Angeles 7- 2
29 Jan W Anaheim 3- 1
31 Jan L at Buffalo 1- 3
2 Feb LOT at Detroit 3- 4
5 Feb W Tampa Bay 4- 0
6 Feb L at St Louis 4- 6
8 Feb WOT at Phoenix 5- 4
9 Feb WOT Los Angeles 2- 1
12 Feb L Phoenix 0- 5
14 Feb WOT Detroit 4- 3
17 Feb W at Los Angeles 2- 1
18 Feb L at San Jose 1- 3
21 Feb W Calgary 4- 2
23 Feb W Edmonton 6- 1
25 Feb W at Chicago 1- 0
27 Feb W at Colorado 6- 2
1 Mar L at Calgary 1- 4
5 Mar W St Louis 3- 2
7 Mar W Edmonton 2- 1
10 Mar T at Toronto 3- 3
14 Mar T Chicago 4- 4
16 Mar W Pittsburgh 6- 2
19 Mar W Phoenix 7- 2
21 Mar W Hartford 2- 0
23 Mar W at St Louis 4- 1
30 Mar W at Vancouver 3- 2
31 Mar W at Edmonton 3- 1
2 Apr W NY Islanders 5- 4
4 Apr L at Anaheim 2- 3
5 Apr T at Los Angeles 3- 3
7 Apr T at Phoenix 2- 2
9 Apr W Toronto 3- 2
11 Apr L Colorado 1- 2
13 Apr L Chicago 2- 5

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 16 @Stars 5, Oilers 3
Game 2 April 18 Oilers 4, @Stars 0
Game 3 April 20 @Oilers 4, Stars 3 (00:09:15 OT)
Game 4 April 22 Stars 4, @Oilers 3
Game 5 April 25 Oilers 1, @Stars 0 (00:20:22 OT)
Game 6 April 27 Stars 3, @Oilers 2
Game 7 April 29 Oilers 4, @Dallas Stars 3 (00:12:26 OT)
(Oilers win series, 4-3)
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1997-1998 Season

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Record: 49-22-11
Points: 109
Home Record: 26-8-7
Away Record: 23-14-4
Division Finish: 1st - Central Division
Conference Finish: 1st - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 1st
Season Summary: With the acquisition of goalie Eddie Belfour the Stars are even stronger capturing the President's Trophy for the best record in the NHL at 49-22-11. In the playoffs the Stars would jump out to a 2-0 lead over the San Jose Sharks. However, after losing the next 2 games in San Jose memories of last year's failures began to crop up. The Stars would recover to win Game 5 by a score of 3-2, and would go on to take the series in 6 games on Mike Keane's overtime goal. Facing the Edmonton Oilers in the 2nd round the Stars dropped Game 2 at home and went to Edmonton tied at a game apiece. Game 3 would go into overtime scoreless when Benoit Houge scored 13:47 in to give the Stars Game 3 and momentum in the series, as they went on to win in 5 games. In the Conference Finals against the Detroit Red Wings the Stars would find themselves in a hole dropping 3 of the first 4 games. Facing elimination in Game 5 Jamie Langenbrunner would score 46 seconds into overtime. However, the Wings would shut out the Stars 2-0 in Game 6 and would go on to win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup.

Regular Season
1 Oct T at Colorado 2- 2
4 Oct L St Louis 1- 2
7 Oct W at Buffalo 4- 2
8 Oct L at Detroit 1- 3
10 Oct W Chicago 7- 0
14 Oct WOT Calgary 5- 4
16 Oct W Florida 4- 0
18 Oct W at Toronto 5- 4
19 Oct L at Ottawa 1- 3
21 Oct L Vancouver 1- 5
24 Oct W at Chicago 2- 0
25 Oct W Colorado 3- 1
28 Oct W at NY Rangers 3- 2
29 Oct W at Washington 4- 3
2 Nov T at Philadelphia 3- 3
3 Nov L at Montreal 4- 6
5 Nov W at Pittsburgh 5- 2
7 Nov T NY Rangers 2- 2
10 Nov L St Louis 1- 7
12 Nov T Boston 3- 3
15 Nov W at Los Angeles 5- 1
16 Nov W at Anaheim 4- 0
19 Nov W Edmonton 3- 2
21 Nov L at Detroit 2- 4
22 Nov W at Boston 2- 0
24 Nov W Anaheim 5- 0
26 Nov W Los Angeles 4- 1
27 Nov W at Phoenix 4- 1
29 Nov W Phoenix 5- 2
3 Dec W Edmonton 4- 1
5 Dec W Calgary 4- 1
8 Dec L at Toronto 0- 3
10 Dec W Tampa Bay 3- 0
12 Dec L San Jose 0- 1
15 Dec W Buffalo 8- 4
18 Dec W at Calgary 2- 1
20 Dec WOT at Edmonton 2- 1
23 Dec W at Vancouver 3- 1
27 Dec T Vancouver 3- 3
29 Dec T at Detroit 2- 2
31 Dec T Los Angeles 2- 2
2 Jan W NY Islanders 2- 1
3 Jan W at Carolina 6- 1
5 Jan WOT at New Jersey 4- 3
7 Jan L Ottawa 0- 2
9 Jan T Detroit 3- 3
11 Jan LOT at Anaheim 1- 2
12 Jan W at San Jose 3- 1
14 Jan WOT at St Louis 2- 1
21 Jan W Colorado 3- 2
24 Jan W at Colorado 3- 2
26 Jan W Toronto 5- 1
29 Jan L at Florida 2- 3
31 Jan L at St Louis 3- 6
2 Feb W at Toronto 5- 1
4 Feb W Philadelphia 1- 0
7 Feb W Chicago 3- 1
25 Feb W at NY Islanders 4- 1
28 Feb W Phoenix 4- 0
1 Mar T at Chicago 2- 2
4 Mar L Montreal 1- 3
7 Mar L at St Louis 1- 2
8 Mar T Phoenix 1- 1
12 Mar L at Phoenix 4- 5
13 Mar W Anaheim 6- 3
17 Mar W at Los Angeles 4- 3
18 Mar W at San Jose 3- 1
20 Mar W Carolina 6- 1
22 Mar T Pittsburgh 0- 0
26 Mar L Toronto 0- 1
28 Mar L San Jose 1- 4
29 Mar W New Jersey 3- 1
1 Apr L at Calgary 1- 3
3 Apr L at Edmonton 1- 4
4 Apr L at Vancouver 3- 5
6 Apr W Toronto 4- 2
8 Apr WOT Washington 2- 1
11 Apr W at Tampa Bay 5- 1
12 Apr W St Louis 4- 3
15 Apr W Detroit 3- 1
16 Apr L at Phoenix 2- 3
18 Apr W Chicago 3- 1

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 23 @Stars 4, Sharks 1
Game 2 April 24 @Stars 5, Sharks 2
Game 3 April 26 @Sharks 4, Stars 1
Game 4 April 28 @Sharks 1, Stars 0
Game 5 April 30 @Stars 3, Sharks 2
Game 6 May 2 Stars 3, @Sharks 2 (00:03:43 OT)
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 May 7 @Stars 3, Oilers 1
Game 2 May 9 Oilers 2, @Stars 0
Game 3 May 11 Stars 1, @Oilers 0 (00:13:07 OT)
Game 4 May 13 Stars 3, @Ollers 1
Game 5 May 16 @Stars 2, Oilers 1
(Stars win series, 4-1)

Western Conference Finals
Game 1 May 24 Red Wings 2, @Stars 0
Game 2 May 26 @Stars 3, Red Wings 1
Game 3 May 29 @Red Wings 5, Stars 3
Game 4 May 31 @Red Wings 3, Stars 2
Game 5 June 3 @Stars 3, Red Wings 2 (00:00:46 OT)
Game 6 June 5 @Red Wings 2, Stars 0
(Red Wings win series, 4-2)
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1998-1999 Season

Stanley Cup Champions


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Record: 51-19-12
Points: 114
Home Record: 29-8-4
Away Record: 22-11-8
Division Finish: 1st - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 1st - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 1st
Season Summary: After falling short in the Conference Finals the Stars add another weapon by signing Brett Hull who finishes 2nd on the team in scoring despite missing 22 games as the Stars are moved to the Pacific Division and repeat as President's Trophy Champions with a 51-19-12 record. Entering the playoffs with a Stanley Cup or bust mind set the Stars sweep the Edmonton Oilers in 4 straight. However, it was not as easy as it appeared as all 4 games were decided by 1 goal including the finale on Joe Nieuwendyk's goal in a 3rd overtime. In the 2nd round the Stars would take the first 2 games at home against the St. Louis Blues but found themselves in a must win situation in Game 5 as the Blues won the next 2 in St. Louis in overtime. Eddie Belfour would come up big in Game 5 as the Stars won 3-1. They would go on to take Game 6 in overtime on a goal by Mike Modano. In the Conference Finals for the 2nd straight year the Stars were matched up against the Colorado Avalanche. Both teams yielded nothing as ten series was tied at 2 after 4 games. However, in Game 5 in Dallas the Stars found themselves facing elimination as the Avalanche erupted for 7 goals. Needing a big road win the Stars forced a 7th game with a dominating 4-1 victory in Game 6. Back home for Game 7 the Stars but away the Avalanche with another 4-1 victory. In the Stanley Cup Finals the Stars and Buffalo Sabres would battle evenly through 4 games before Eddie Belfour put forth his best effort in the postseason to take Game 5 at home 2-0. With the cup 1 win away the Stars and Sabres battled deep into overtime tied at 1, in Buffalo before Brett Hull scored a disputed goal with 5 minuets left in the 3rd OT to deliver the Stars their first Stanley Cup. With a NHL record 6 game winning goals Joe Nieuwendyk was awarded the Conn Smythe for playoff MVP.

Regular Season
10 Oct W Buffalo 4- 1
13 Oct W Chicago 3- 1
15 Oct T at Carolina 2- 2
17 Oct L at Chicago 3- 4
20 Oct W Calgary 3- 1
22 Oct W Phoenix 2- 1
24 Oct W San Jose 2- 1
30 Oct T Anaheim 3- 3
31 Oct W Detroit 3- 2
4 Nov L at San Jose 0- 4
7 Nov W at Los Angeles 4- 3
11 Nov L Phoenix 0- 2
13 Nov W at Detroit 5- 1
14 Nov W at Boston 3- 1
20 Nov W NY Islanders 4- 2
21 Nov T at St Louis 3- 3
23 Nov W San Jose 3- 2
25 Nov L New Jersey 2- 5
27 Nov W Washington 4- 0
2 Dec W at San Jose 3- 0
4 Dec L at Vancouver 1- 4
6 Dec W at Edmonton 6- 2
7 Dec W at Calgary 3- 2
9 Dec T San Jose 3- 3
11 Dec W Montreal 3- 2
13 Dec T at Chicago 2- 2
15 Dec W St Louis 7- 3
18 Dec W at Detroit 3- 1
20 Dec W at Ottawa 3- 2
21 Dec T at Montreal 2- 2
23 Dec W at Toronto 5- 1
26 Dec W at Colorado 4- 2
28 Dec W Nashville 1- 0
31 Dec W Boston 6- 1
1 Jan WOT at Phoenix 2- 1
6 Jan W Vancouver 6- 4
8 Jan L at Calgary 0- 1
10 Jan L at Vancouver 0- 2
12 Jan T at Edmonton 2- 2
13 Jan W at San Jose 2- 1
15 Jan W at Anaheim 3- 1
18 Jan L Vancouver 3- 5
20 Jan L Toronto 4- 6
27 Jan W Los Angeles 3- 2
29 Jan W at Tampa Bay 4- 1
30 Jan W at Florida 5- 2
1 Feb T Calgary 2- 2
7 Feb L Colorado 0- 3
12 Feb W at Anaheim 3- 2
13 Feb W at Los Angeles 3- 2
15 Feb W Edmonton 4- 1
17 Feb W Florida 2- 1
19 Feb W Chicago 5- 1
21 Feb T Colorado 1- 1
23 Feb W at Nashville 4- 3
24 Feb L Nashville 1- 2
26 Feb W Pittsburgh 6- 4
28 Feb W Los Angeles 1- 0
2 Mar T at NY Rangers 2- 2
4 Mar WOT at NY Islanders 3- 2
5 Mar L at Buffalo 1- 2
7 Mar W St Louis 4- 3
10 Mar W Edmonton 7- 4
12 Mar W Anaheim 4- 0
14 Mar T at Philadelphia 1- 1
16 Mar T at Pittsburgh 2- 2
17 Mar LOT at Washington 1- 2
19 Mar L Ottawa 1- 2
21 Mar WOT Carolina 3- 2
23 Mar W at Phoenix 3- 2
25 Mar W at Los Angeles 2- 1
26 Mar L at Anaheim 1- 5
28 Mar W at Nashville 3- 0
31 Mar W Tampa Bay 6- 4
3 Apr L at St Louis 2- 5
4 Apr L Detroit 0- 3
7 Apr W Anaheim 5- 1
9 Apr W NY Rangers 3- 1
11 Apr W Los Angeles 6- 2
14 Apr W Phoenix 4- 2
17 Apr L at Phoenix 0- 2
18 Apr L at Colorado 1- 2

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 21 @Stars 2, Oilers 1
Game 2 April 23 @Stars 3, Oliers 2
Game 3 April 25 Stars 3, @Oilers 2
Game 4 April 27 Stars 3, @Oilers 2 (00:57:34 OT)
(Stars win series, 4-0)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 May 6 @Stars 3, Blues 0
Game 2 May 8 @Stars 5, Blues 4 (00:08:22 OT)
Game 3 May 10 @Blues 3, Stars 2 (00:02:43 OT)
Game 4 May 12 @Blues 3, Stars 2 (00:05:52 OT)
Game 5 May 15 @Stars 3, Blues 1
Game 6 May 17 Stars 2, @Blues 1 (00:02:21 OT)
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Finals
Game 1 May 22 Avalanche 2, @Stars 1
Game 2 May 24 @Stars 4, Avalanche 2
Game 3 May 26 Stars 3, @Avalanche 0
Game 4 May 28 @Avalanche 3, Stars 2 (00:19:29 OT)
Game 5 May 30 Avalanche 7, @Stars 5
Game 6 June 1 Stars 4, @Avalanche 1
Game 7 June 4 @Stars 4, Avalanche 1
(Stars win series, 4-3)

Stanley Cup Finals
Game 1 June 8 Sabres 3, @Stars 2 (00:15:30 OT)
Game 2 June 10 @Stars 4, Sabres 2
Game 3 June 12 Stars 2, @Sabres 1
Game 4 June 15 @Sabres 2, Stars 1
Game 5 June 17 @Stars 2, Sabres 0
Game 6 June 19 Stars 2, @Sabres 1 (00:54:51 OT)
(Stars win series, 4-2)
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JUNE 19, 1999 - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Dallas Stars were almost too exhausted to lift the Stanley Cup -- and the Buffalo Sabres were almost too mad to let go.

Brett Hull scored at 14:51 of the third overtime, putting a rebound over weary Dominik Hasek as the Dallas Stars won Hockey's biggest prize as much by exhaustion as execution, outlasting the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday night.

It was the second-longest overtime game in Stanley Cup finals history and the longest to decide a winner -- and a disputed winner at that. The angry Sabres protested that Hull's left skate was in the crease as he scored to make Dallas the first Sun Belt city to hoist the Stanley Cup. When Lord Stanley paid $50 for the cup in 1892, he likely didn't envision it being won by a team located much closer to Mexico than Canada. The OT lasted 54:51, the longest in the finals except for Edmonton's 3-2 victory over Boston in Game 1 in 1990 that lasted 55:13.

"We had nothing left. They had nothing left. Thank God it's over," Stanley Cup playoff MVP Joe Nieuwendyk of Dallas said.

The game may have been over. The arguing was only beginning.

The Sabres refused to leave their locker room for 20 minutes, claiming the goal shouldn't have counted. When they heard NHL officials supervisor Bryan Lewis' explanation that Hull had possession of the puck both inside and outside of the crease, they almost couldn't believe it.

It was the NHL's worst nightmare -- to have one of the most exciting, if lowest scoring, finals in years decided by a controversial play. TV replays showed Hull's left skate in the crease before he shot.

"Can he have a foot in (the crease) and the goal count? Yes," Lewis said. "He played the puck from his foot to his stick and shot and scored. He was deemed to be in control and possession of the puck even if a skate was in crease."

Lewis said this very scenario -- a skate being in the crease but a goal being counted -- was contained in a March 25 memorandum to officials.

The Sabres countered by insisting that Hull did not have control of the puck. Hasek, who made 48 saves, was among the most upset.

"It makes me very mad. It could happen any time during the season, but if it happens in a Stanley Cup Final ... I still cannot believe it," he said. "I don't understand what the video judge is doing. Maybe he was in the bathroom. Maybe he was sleeping. Maybe he doesn't know the rule."

After seeing the replay, Hasek said, "I was going to put my jersey on and go back out."

Hull replied, "All I know is, I'm not going back out there."

The Sabres' Joe Juneau suggested the NHL didn't want the embarrassment of restarting a game that everybody thought had ended, saying, "It was a gutless move."

Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said, "That's your worst nightmare right there. We're going to protest, of course. Anybody could see it. It wasn't a goal. All we want is a review. They said it was a good goal."

Hull ended the intense, suspenseful game with his third goal of the series and third career overtime playoff goal. Hasek, outplayed again by Ed Belfour, went to his chest to bounce on a shot by Jere Lehtinen, who scored the first goal four hours before. But the puck rebounded into the slot to Hull, who lifted it into the net from the right side of the crease.

"You can have all the other ones, this is the biggest for me," Hull said. "It is unbelievable."

Hull's name goes on the ancient trophy with that of his father, Bobby, who won an NHL title with Chicago in 1961.

"It is unbelievable starting out as a kid growing up in that shadow and finally making a niche for myself," Brett Hull said. "This finally completes the cycle. I hope someday my son or grandkids can do it."

Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said Hull played in the last two games with a left knee that needs reconstructive surgery and two injured groin muscles.

"He may be rehabbing when the next season starts," Hitchcock said. "He played on one knee and no groins the last three shifts. He limped to the front of the net. He limped into the corner. ... I'm glad there isn't a Game 7, because I don't know where this team would be (physically) if we did."

Dallas' delight at winning a Stanley Cup only six years after the Minnesota North Stars relocated there probably is surpassed only by Buffalo's disappointment at losing -- again. The Buffalo Bills lost four consecutive Super Bowls earlier in the 1990s, once when Scott Norwood's game-winning field goal attempt against the New York Giants sailed wide.

Once again Saturday, Buffalo was wide right. Joe Juneau, Michael Peca and Alexei Zhitnik all missed excellent scoring chances from the third period on that sailed to the right by Belfour. Of course, the odds also were in Dallas' favor as soon as the game went into overtime. The last six teams with a chance to win the cup in overtime have done so. Also, the road team has won the last eight Stanley Cup finals overtime games.

The Stars are the fourth team to win a Stanley Cup in a game decided in multiple overtimes, joining Colorado (1996), Detroit (1950) and Chicago (1934). With 22 goals -- 13 by Dallas and nine by Buffalo -- it was the lowest-scoring six-game final round in Stanley Cup history. The record of 25 was set by the New York Rangers (14) and Toronto (11) in 1940.

"Today is the happiest day of my life," said Belfour, who stopped 53 shots, allowing only Stu Barnes' second-period goal. "It is just unbelievable. I'm just happy to be on this team and get a chance to play on such a great team. ... I am a hardworking goaltender and am happy to be on this team."

Mike Modano assisted on the Stars' final five goals of the series. Modano led the Stars with 23 points in the playoffs, two more than Nieuwendyk, whose six game-winning playoff goals matched the record Joe Sakic set with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996.

Game 6 Stanley Cup Winning Scoresheet
FIRST PERIOD - SCORING: 1, Dallas, Lehtinen 10 (Modano, Ludwig), 8:09. PENALTIES: None.

SECOND PERIOD - SCORING: 2, Buffalo, Barnes 7 (Primeau, Zhitnik), 18:21. PENALTIES: Sanderson, Buf (interference), 5:19; Ludwig, Dal (interference), 10:49; Hogue, Dal (tripping), 14:28; Peca, Buf (slashing), 19:27.

THIRD PERIOD - SCORING: None PENALTIES: None.

FIRST OVERTIME - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: None.

SECOND OVERTIME - SCORING: None. PENALTIES: None.

THIRD OVERTIME - SCORING: 3, Dallas, Hull 8 (Lehtinen, Modano), 14:51. PENALTIES: None.

SHOTS ON GOAL -
Dallas: 1st - 5 | 2nd - 11 | 3rd - 10 | 1OT - 4 | 2OT - 13 | 3OT - 7 | Total - 50
Buffalo: 1st - 11 | 2nd - 15 | 3rd - 6 | 1OT - 6 | 2OT - 12 | 3OT - 4 | Total - 54

POWER PLAY: Dallas 0 of 2; Buffalo 0 of 2. GOALIES: Dallas, Belfour 16-7 (54 shots-53 saves). Buffalo, Hasek 13-6 (50-48).

Referees: Terry Gregson, Bill McCreary. Linesmen: Gord Broseker, Kevin Collins.

A:18,595 (18,595).
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1999-2000 Season

Stanley Cup Finalist


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Record: 43-23-10-6
Points: 102
Home Record: 21-11-5-4
Away Record: 22-12-5-2
Division Finish: 1st - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 2nd - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 5th
Season Summary: Looking to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions the Stars remained one of the top teams in the West posting a solid 43-29-10-6 record for their 4th straight division title. In the playoffs the Stars would roll through the first 2 rounds needing just 5 games in each series to knock of the Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks to reach the Western Conference Finals. In a rematch with the Colorado Avalanche the Stars found themselves in another Game 7, which they won 3-2 surviving a late flurry by the Avalanche. In the Stanley Cup Finals the Stars would get off to a rocky start as they were blown out by the Devils in New Jersey 7-3. After taking Game 2 on a late 3rd period goal by Brett Hull the Stars were unable to do anything at home scoring just 2 goals the Devils grabbed a 3-1 series lead. Facing elimination in Game 5 the Stars continued to struggle, as they were unable to get the puck past Devils goalie Martin Brodeur. However, Eddie Belfour was able to blank the Devils and the game went into a 3rd overtime where Mike Modano broke the scoreless dead lock to give the Stars some hope. Back home for Game 6 the Stars and Devils continued to play tight defensive hockey as they game went into overtime tied at 1. However, midway through the 2nd overtime Jason Arnott of the Devils beat Belfour on a one timer to end the Stars Stanley Cup reign.

Regular Season
1 Oct W Pittsburgh 6- 4
2 Oct W Anaheim 2- 0
5 Oct W at Detroit 3- 2
8 Oct L at Anaheim 0- 3
9 Oct W at San Jose 3- 2
13 Oct L San Jose 0- 2
15 Oct T Boston 2- 2
16 Oct L at Nashville 2- 3
20 Oct W Edmonton 2- 1
22 Oct WOT New Jersey 2- 1
25 Oct L at Toronto 0- 4
30 Oct L Tampa Bay 1- 2
3 Nov L Buffalo 1- 3
5 Nov W at Phoenix 6- 4
6 Nov L at San Jose 1- 2
9 Nov W at St Louis 5- 2
10 Nov L Detroit 2- 4
17 Nov T at Washington 2- 2
18 Nov T at Philadelphia 1- 1
20 Nov L at Carolina 0- 1
22 Nov LOT Colorado 2- 3
24 Nov WOT Los Angeles 3- 2
26 Nov L Anaheim 2- 4
28 Nov W at Atlanta 4- 2
30 Nov W at NY Islanders 2- 1
1 Dec W at Montreal 3- 2
4 Dec W at Ottawa 3- 1
6 Dec L Phoenix 2- 3
8 Dec W Carolina 2- 1
10 Dec W Florida 4- 3
11 Dec L at St Louis 2- 4
15 Dec W Calgary 5- 1
17 Dec T at Edmonton 2- 2
18 Dec W at Vancouver 4- 2
21 Dec T at Calgary 0- 0
23 Dec L at Chicago 2- 5
27 Dec L San Jose 1- 3
29 Dec WOT NY Rangers 4- 3
31 Dec W Anaheim 5- 4
3 Jan W Los Angeles 4- 1
5 Jan W Nashville 3- 1
7 Jan L Vancouver 1- 3
11 Jan W at Edmonton 3- 2
12 Jan LOT at Calgary 1- 2
15 Jan W at Vancouver 2- 1
19 Jan L at Anaheim 1- 3
20 Jan W at Los Angeles 5- 2
23 Jan W at Chicago 3- 2
26 Jan W Los Angeles 3- 1
28 Jan L St Louis 1- 3
31 Jan W Edmonton 2- 1
2 Feb W Atlanta 2- 1
3 Feb W at Phoenix 2- 0
9 Feb W at Anaheim 5- 3
11 Feb L at Los Angeles 2- 3
13 Feb W Washington 2- 1
16 Feb W Nashville 3- 0
18 Feb L Phoenix 3- 4
20 Feb W at Colorado 2- 1
21 Feb L at Nashville 2- 5
23 Feb W at Detroit 5- 2
25 Feb LOT Chicago 3- 4
27 Feb T Colorado 1- 1
1 Mar W Philadelphia 2- 0
3 Mar W at Phoenix 4- 1
5 Mar L Detroit 3- 5
8 Mar T Vancouver 3- 3
10 Mar LOT NY Islanders 3- 4
12 Mar W St Louis 4- 2
13 Mar W at NY Rangers 4- 3
15 Mar W at New Jersey 3- 2
18 Mar T at Chicago 2- 2
19 Mar W San Jose 5- 3
24 Mar W Chicago 5- 1
26 Mar LOT Colorado 1- 2
28 Mar W at Tampa Bay 4- 2
29 Mar W at Florida 4- 1
2 Apr LOT at Colorado 2- 3
3 Apr T Calgary 2- 2
5 Apr L at San Jose 2- 5
7 Apr L at Los Angeles 2- 3
9 Apr T Phoenix 2- 2

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 12 @Stars 2, Oilers 1
Game 2 April 13 @Stars 3, Oilers 0
Game 3 April 16 @Oilers 5, Stars 2
Game 4 April 18 Stars 4, @Oilers 3
Game 5 April 21 @Stars 3, Oilers 2
(Stars win series, 4-1)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 April 28 @Stars 4, Sharks 0
Game 2 April 30 @Stars 1, Sharks 0
Game 3 May 2 @Sharks 2, Stars 1
Game 4 May 5 Stars 5, @Sharks 4
Game 5 May 7 @Stars 4, Sharks 1
(Stars win series, 4-1)

Western Conference Finals
Game 1 May 13 Avalanche 2, @Stars 0
Game 2 May 15 @Stars 3, Avalanche 2
Game 3 May 19 @Avalanche 2, Stars 0
Game 4 May 21 Stars 4, @Avalanche 1
Game 5 May 23 @Stars 3, Avalanche 2 (00:12:10 OT)
Game 6 May 25 @Avalanche 2, Stars 1
Game 7 May 27 @Stars 3, Avalanche 2
(Stars win series, 4-3)

Stanley Cup Finals
Game 1 May 30 @Devils 7, Stars 3
Game 2 June 1 Stars 2, @Devils 1
Game 3 June 3 Devils 2, @Stars 1
Game 4 June 5 Devils 3, @Stars 1
Game 5 June 8 Stars 1, @Devils 0 (00:46:21 OT)
Game 6 June 10 Devils 2, @Stars 1 (00:28:20 OT)
(Devils win series, 4-2)
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2000-2001 Season

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Record: 48-24-8-2
Points: 106
Home Record: 21-11-5-4
Away Record: 22-12-5-2
Division Finish: 1st - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 3rd - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 4th
Season Summary: Hoping to win back the Stanley Cup the Stars again captured their division posting a solid 48-24-8-2 record. Facing a familiar foe the Stars and Edmonton Oilers battled back and forth through the first 4 games; with each team each game being decided by 1 goal including 3 in overtime. Game 5 would also go to overtime as the Stars took a 3-2 series lead on a goal by Kurt Muller. In Game 6 in Edmonton the stars would not need overtime as they advanced to the 2nd round with a 3-1 win. However, in the 2nd round the Stars would suddenly run out of gas as they were swept by the St. Louis Blues in 4 straight games.

Regular Season
4 Oct T Colorado 2- 2
7 Oct L at Ottawa 1- 3
9 Oct W at Toronto 3- 1
10 Oct L at Carolina 2- 5
12 Oct W Philadelphia 4- 1
14 Oct W Washington 3- 0
18 Oct W San Jose 2- 1
20 Oct W at Chicago 5- 1
21 Oct W Los Angeles 4- 3
25 Oct L Vancouver 2- 6
27 Oct L Phoenix 2- 4
28 Oct LOT at St Louis 3- 4
1 Nov W Columbus 4- 0
3 Nov T at Phoenix 2- 2
11 Nov W Montreal 2- 0
14 Nov L at Columbus 2- 3
15 Nov T at Buffalo 2- 2
17 Nov W at Detroit 1- 0
20 Nov W Tampa Bay 6- 2
22 Nov W at Nashville 1- 0
24 Nov W Columbus 3- 0
25 Nov W at Columbus 4- 2
29 Nov L Calgary 3- 4
1 Dec L at Colorado 2- 4
2 Dec W at Phoenix 5- 2
6 Dec T at San Jose 2- 2
7 Dec L at Los Angeles 2- 5
10 Dec W at Anaheim 1- 0
13 Dec W Edmonton 5- 2
15 Dec W Chicago 4- 1
17 Dec L at Minnesota 0- 6
20 Dec L at New Jersey 1- 4
21 Dec W at NY Islanders 3- 1
23 Dec W at Pittsburgh 8- 2
27 Dec W Anaheim 3- 1
29 Dec L Los Angeles 1- 4
31 Dec W NY Rangers 6- 1
4 Jan L at Detroit 2- 4
6 Jan W at Boston 4- 0
8 Jan W at NY Rangers 2- 1
10 Jan W at Atlanta 3- 2
12 Jan L Detroit 2- 3
14 Jan W at Tampa Bay 3- 2
15 Jan L at Florida 0- 2
17 Jan WOT Nashville 4- 3
19 Jan WOT Pittsburgh 6- 5
21 Jan L at Phoenix 2- 5
22 Jan W Vancouver 2- 1
24 Jan L New Jersey 1- 4
26 Jan L San Jose 1- 2
30 Jan L at Los Angeles 0- 8
1 Feb W at San Jose 4- 2
7 Feb W Edmonton 3- 2
9 Feb L Minnesota 1- 2
11 Feb T St Louis 3- 3
13 Feb W at Nashville 2- 1
14 Feb W Los Angeles 4- 2
16 Feb WOT Anaheim 3- 2
18 Feb L Detroit 1- 2
21 Feb W Minnesota 6- 2
23 Feb WOT Boston 5- 4
25 Feb LOT at Edmonton 2- 3
26 Feb L at Calgary 2- 3
28 Feb L at Vancouver 4- 5
2 Mar W at Anaheim 5- 2
4 Mar W Buffalo 4- 1
7 Mar L Chicago 1- 4
10 Mar WOT Colorado 3- 2
11 Mar L at Colorado 2- 3
13 Mar W at Chicago 3- 0
16 Mar T Phoenix 1- 1
18 Mar W Ottawa 5- 1
19 Mar W at Minnesota 4- 1
21 Mar W Anaheim 8- 0
23 Mar W NY Islanders 2- 1
25 Mar T St Louis 1- 1
28 Mar W at Vancouver 3- 1
30 Mar W at Edmonton 5- 4
31 Mar W at Calgary 2- 0
2 Apr T Calgary 4- 4
4 Apr W Nashville 5- 1
7 Apr WOT at San Jose 5- 4

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 11 @Stars 2, Oilers 1 (00:02:08 OT)
Game 2 April 14 Oilers 4, @Stars 3
Game 3 April 15 Stars 3, @Oilers 2 (00:19:48 OT)
Game 4 April 17 @Oilers 2, Stars 1 (00:17:19 OT)
Game 5 April 19 @Stars 4, Oilers 3 (00:08:01 OT)
Game 6 April 21 Stars 3, @Oilers 1
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 April 27 Blues 4, @Stars 2
Game 2 April 29 Blues 2, @Stars 1
Game 3 May 1 @Blues 3, Stars 2 (00:29:26 OT)
Game 4 May 3 @Blues 4, Stars 1
(Blues win series, 4-0)
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2001-2002 Season

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Record: 36-28-13-5
Points: 90
Home Record: 18-13-6-4
Away Record: 18-15-7-1
Division Finish: 4th - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 10th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 17th
Season Summary: Moving into the brand new American Airlines Center the Stars got off to a slow start as goalie Eddie Belfour struggled through one of his worst season facing the prospect of Free Agency. To shake thing up Coach Ken Hitchcock was fired, and replaced by Rick Wilson. However, the Stars continued to play catch up. With the prospect of missing the playoffs the Stars traded 1999 Conn Smythe winner Joe Nieuwendyk, and Jamie Langenbrunner to the New Jersey Devils for Randy McKay and Jason Arnott who scored the heartbreaking game winning goal in the 2000 Cup Finals. The Stars would go on to post a respectable record of 35-28-13-5. However, it would not be enough for the playoffs as they fell 4 points short of the final playoff spot. Following the season Rick Wilson would go back to being an assistant coach as the Stars brought in Dave Tippett.

Regular Season
5 Oct W Nashville 4- 1
7 Oct L at Carolina 0- 3
9 Oct W Los Angeles 2- 1
11 Oct L Vancouver 1- 4
13 Oct LOT Calgary 3- 4
17 Oct T at St Louis 2- 2
18 Oct W Phoenix 3- 1
20 Oct T Chicago 2- 2
24 Oct L at Pittsburgh 2- 3
26 Oct W at Detroit 5- 3
28 Oct LOT at NY Islanders 2- 3
29 Oct L at NY Rangers 2- 4
31 Oct LOT Detroit 3- 4
2 Nov W Nashville 3- 0
3 Nov L at Nashville 1- 4
7 Nov T San Jose 2- 2
9 Nov L Phoenix 1- 5
11 Nov T at Anaheim 2- 2
15 Nov W at Los Angeles 4- 3
17 Nov WOT at San Jose 3- 2
19 Nov L NY Islanders 2- 3
21 Nov T Carolina 4- 4
23 Nov T Philadelphia 3- 3
25 Nov W at Minnesota 4- 3
29 Nov W at Calgary 3- 0
1 Dec W at Edmonton 6- 4
2 Dec W at Vancouver 4- 2
5 Dec L Ottawa 3- 6
7 Dec W Edmonton 5- 0
12 Dec W Buffalo 4- 3
14 Dec L Calgary 3- 4
15 Dec W at Phoenix 6- 2
17 Dec L San Jose 1- 4
20 Dec L at Philadelphia 1- 2
22 Dec W at Columbus 4- 2
23 Dec W at Atlanta 4- 1
26 Dec L Colorado 0- 2
28 Dec LOT Washington 2- 3
31 Dec W Boston 2- 1
2 Jan W Atlanta 2- 1
5 Jan L at St Louis 2- 5
8 Jan W at Tampa Bay 2- 1
9 Jan W at Florida 3- 2
12 Jan L at Detroit 2- 5
13 Jan W at Minnesota 3- 1
16 Jan W Detroit 3- 2
18 Jan L Florida 2- 3
20 Jan L at Chicago 2- 3
21 Jan W at Columbus 5- 3
23 Jan L Vancouver 2- 4
25 Jan L Anaheim 1- 6
28 Jan W Columbus 4- 2
6 Feb L at Nashville 1- 2
8 Feb T Edmonton 1- 1
10 Feb W at Anaheim 5- 1
11 Feb L at Los Angeles 1- 2
13 Feb W NY Rangers 4- 2
26 Feb L at Phoenix 1- 5
28 Feb WOT at Vancouver 4- 3
2 Mar W at Colorado 2- 1
3 Mar W San Jose 4- 1
6 Mar WOT Los Angeles 3- 2
8 Mar L Minnesota 3- 5
10 Mar L New Jersey 0- 3
12 Mar W at Washington 5- 2
14 Mar T at Montreal 3- 3
16 Mar T at Toronto 5- 5
18 Mar T at Chicago 2- 2
20 Mar W St Louis 3- 2
22 Mar W Phoenix 4- 3
24 Mar L Anaheim 1- 2
26 Mar L at San Jose 2- 3
28 Mar T at Calgary 2- 2
30 Mar L at Edmonton 1- 3
1 Apr W Columbus 3- 1
3 Apr LOT St Louis 1- 2
5 Apr W Colorado 3- 1
7 Apr L at Anaheim 1- 4
8 Apr L at Los Angeles 0- 3
10 Apr T Minnesota 4- 4
12 Apr W Chicago 3- 1
14 Apr T at Colorado 2- 2

Playoffs
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2002-2003 Season

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Record: 46-17-15-4
Points: 111
Home Record: 28-5-6-2
Away Record: 18-12-9-2
Division Finish: 1st - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 1st - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 2nd
Season Summary: With the departure of Goalie Eddie Belfour the Stars gave the job to Marty Turco who had one of the best seasons for a goalie in NHL history posting the lowest GAA since 1940 at 1.76. However missing 18 games late in the season likely cost him a shot at the Vezina. Nonetheless the Stars posted the best record in the Western Conference at 46-17-15-4, along the way two-way star Jere Lehtinen won his 3rd Selke Trophy. In the playoffs the Stars met a familiar foe in the Edmonton Oilers Once again the Oilers would prove pesky winning 2 of the first 3 games. However, the Stars would prove the better team again by winning the next 3 games to take the series in 6 games. The Stars second round series against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim got off to an unbelievable start as the game went deep into overtime tied at 3. However, Ducks Goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere stopped 60 shots as the Ducks scored early in the 5th OT. Game 2 would be more of the same as the Ducks stunned the Stars in overtime. Desperately needing a win the Stars bounced back to take Game 3 in Anaheim. However, the Ducks would take a 3-1 series lead by breaking a scoreless tie late in the 3rd period of Game 4. In Game 5 the Stars finally solved Giguere by scoring 4 goals to keep their playoff hopes alive. However, the Stars dreams of a return trip to the Stanley Cup Finals would end in heartbreak fashion as the Ducks broke a 3-3 tie with 1:06 left in Game 6, on a goal by Sandi Ozolinsh.

Regular Season
9 Oct T at Colorado 1- 1
11 Oct W Anaheim 4- 2
12 Oct W at Phoenix 5- 2
15 Oct W Edmonton 3- 0
17 Oct L at Minnesota 1- 3
19 Oct L at St Louis 3- 5
20 Oct W Washington 5- 2
24 Oct T at Calgary 3- 3
26 Oct W at Vancouver 4- 1
28 Oct WOT at Edmonton 4- 3
30 Oct LOT Florida 2- 3
1 Nov L at Columbus 2- 4
3 Nov T at Detroit 3- 3
6 Nov W Vancouver 4- 0
8 Nov W Toronto 2- 1
10 Nov L at NY Islanders 2- 3
12 Nov W at Montreal 4- 2
13 Nov W at Washington 6- 1
15 Nov W Colorado 4- 2
17 Nov WOT Columbus 3- 2
20 Nov T at Phoenix 2- 2
22 Nov W at Anaheim 4- 0
23 Nov L at Los Angeles 0- 2
25 Nov W Phoenix 5- 1
27 Nov W Minnesota 5- 0
29 Nov T NY Rangers 3- 3
30 Nov L at Nashville 2- 5
4 Dec W Montreal 5- 1
6 Dec T Detroit 3- 3
11 Dec L Los Angeles 0- 3
13 Dec W Atlanta 3- 1
15 Dec W at Chicago 5- 0
17 Dec T at Philadelphia 2- 2
19 Dec T at Detroit 1- 1
21 Dec L at New Jersey 3- 5
22 Dec L at Carolina 0- 1
26 Dec L at Nashville 1- 3
27 Dec W at Florida 4- 0
29 Dec T Detroit 2- 2
31 Dec W Edmonton 4- 1
2 Jan W at San Jose 3- 1
4 Jan W at Los Angeles 3- 2
5 Jan T at Anaheim 1- 1
7 Jan W Los Angeles 7- 4
9 Jan WOT Chicago 4- 3
11 Jan W Colorado 6- 3
18 Jan W at San Jose 3- 1
20 Jan T at Colorado 1- 1
22 Jan W Columbus 4- 2
24 Jan L Tampa Bay 1- 4
25 Jan W at St Louis 4- 2
27 Jan W Ottawa 5- 3
29 Jan W Calgary 4- 1
5 Feb T St Louis 2- 2
8 Feb W at Phoenix 3- 1
9 Feb W Los Angeles 3- 1
11 Feb WOT Carolina 2- 1
14 Feb L Anaheim 2- 4
16 Feb W San Jose 3- 1
19 Feb T Calgary 1- 1
21 Feb T Phoenix 2- 2
23 Feb W at Chicago 3- 0
25 Feb T at Boston 5- 5
27 Feb LOT at Ottawa 2- 3
28 Feb L at Buffalo 3- 5
2 Mar W Pittsburgh 3- 1
5 Mar W Chicago 7- 4
7 Mar L Nashville 1- 2
9 Mar W San Jose 3- 0
11 Mar W at Columbus 2- 0
12 Mar L at Minnesota 2- 4
15 Mar L at Edmonton 3- 4
17 Mar L Vancouver 2- 4
19 Mar WOT at Atlanta 5- 4
21 Mar LOT Minnesota 2- 3
23 Mar W St Louis 3- 1
25 Mar W at Vancouver 4- 3
27 Mar LOT at Calgary 1- 2
29 Mar W at San Jose 4- 3
31 Mar W Buffalo 3- 0
2 Apr W Anaheim 2- 1
6 Apr W Nashville 2- 0

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 9 Oilers 2, @Stars 1
Game 2 April 11 @Stars 6, Oilers 1
Game 3 April 13 @Oilers 3, Stars 2
Game 4 April 15 Stars 3, @Oilers 1
Game 5 April 17 @Stars 5, Oilers 2
Game 6 April 19 Stars 3, @Oilers 2
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 April 24 Ducks 4, @Stars 3 (01:20:48 OT)
Game 2 April 26 Ducks 3, @Stars 2 (00:01:44 OT)
Game 3 April 28 Stars 2, @Ducks 1
Game 4 April 30 @Ducks 1, Stars 0
Game 5 May 3 @Stars 4, Ducks 1
Game 6 May 5 @Ducks 4, Stars 3
(Ducks win series, 4-2)
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2003-2004 Season

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Record: 41-26-13-2
Points: 97
Home Record: 28-5-6-2
Away Record: 18-12-9-2
Division Finish: 2nd - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 5th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 11th
Season Summary: Coming off their disappointing playoff loss the Stars would get off to a shaky start as they played mediocre hockey through the first 3 months of the season with a losing record. As the calendar turned to 2004 the Stars began to find their game as they posted a 9-4-3 record in January. As the season wore on the Stars would get stronger climbing up the playoff ladder and eventually into 2nd place in the Pacific Division where they finished with a solid 41-26-13-2 record, as Goalie Marty Turco had another outstanding season with a 1.98 GAA. However the Stars could not carry their momentum into the playoffs as they were beaten by the Colorado Avalanche in 5 games.

Regular Season
8 Oct W Anaheim 4- 1
11 Oct W at Nashville 3- 1
13 Oct L at Buffalo 3- 4
15 Oct L Boston 0- 2
17 Oct W Washington 4- 2
19 Oct W Minnesota 3- 1
22 Oct L Toronto 1- 3
24 Oct L at Detroit 0- 4
25 Oct W at Columbus 3- 2
29 Oct WOT Calgary 4- 3
1 Nov T at Nashville 1- 1
2 Nov W Nashville 7- 3
4 Nov L at NY Rangers 0- 3
6 Nov L at NY Islanders 1- 4
8 Nov L at Boston 1- 4
12 Nov L Detroit 2- 6
14 Nov T Phoenix 3- 3
15 Nov L at Colorado 0- 3
19 Nov T Anaheim 3- 3
21 Nov W Los Angeles 3- 1
22 Nov L at St Louis 1- 2
24 Nov W Phoenix 5- 2
26 Nov W at Minnesota 3- 1
28 Nov W New Jersey 2- 0
30 Nov L Los Angeles 1- 2
4 Dec L at Los Angeles 0- 3
6 Dec L at San Jose 1- 2
7 Dec L at Anaheim 0- 4
10 Dec L at Phoenix 1- 2
12 Dec W Chicago 1- 0
14 Dec T at Chicago 1- 1
17 Dec W Vancouver 3- 1
19 Dec L at Florida 0- 1
20 Dec W at Tampa Bay 2- 1
22 Dec W at Carolina 3- 1
26 Dec W Nashville 2- 1
27 Dec W at Columbus 4- 3
29 Dec T Philadelphia 2- 2
31 Dec T Montreal 1- 1
2 Jan L Phoenix 0- 6
3 Jan T at Los Angeles 2- 2
5 Jan T at Anaheim 2- 2
8 Jan W Atlanta 2- 1
10 Jan L Colorado 2- 4
13 Jan W at San Jose 3- 0
15 Jan L at Colorado 1- 4
17 Jan W at Calgary 3- 2
19 Jan W at Vancouver 3- 2
20 Jan L at Edmonton 0- 3
23 Jan W St Louis 2- 0
24 Jan W at St Louis 3- 2
26 Jan T Detroit 2- 2
28 Jan W Ottawa 5- 3
30 Jan W San Jose 3- 1
31 Jan W at Phoenix 5- 4
4 Feb W Columbus 1- 0
11 Feb T NY Islanders 4- 4
14 Feb L at Phoenix 2- 3
16 Feb L at Anaheim 1- 3
18 Feb W at Los Angeles 4- 3
20 Feb W Colorado 5- 1
22 Feb W Anaheim 4- 0
25 Feb T Los Angeles 1- 1
27 Feb W Minnesota 3- 1
29 Feb WOT Edmonton 5- 4
3 Mar W Columbus 4- 2
5 Mar W Calgary 5- 1
7 Mar W San Jose 4- 0
9 Mar L at Pittsburgh 0- 4
11 Mar T at Philadelphia 2- 2
13 Mar L at Detroit 0- 3
14 Mar W at Chicago 4- 0
16 Mar T San Jose 3- 3
18 Mar W Vancouver 3- 0
20 Mar W St Louis 3- 1
22 Mar W at Calgary 4- 0
24 Mar WOT at Edmonton 4- 3
27 Mar LOT at Vancouver 2- 3
28 Mar LOT at San Jose 1- 2
31 Mar L Edmonton 1- 3
2 Apr L at Minnesota 2- 4
4 Apr W Chicago 5- 2

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 7 @Avalanche 3, Stars 1
Game 2 April 9 @Avalanche 5, Stars 2
Game 3 April 12 @Stars 4, Avalanche 3 (00:02:11 OT)
Game 4 April 14 Avalanche 3, @Stars 2 (00:25:18 OT)
Game 5 April 17 @Avalanche 5, Stars 1
(Avalanche win series, 4-1)
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2005-2006 Season

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Record: 53-23-6
Points: 112
Home Record: 28-11-2
Away Record: 25-12-4
Shoot Out Record: 12-1
Shoot Out Home Record: 5-0
Shoot Out Away Record: 7-1
Division Finish: 1st - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 2nd - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 3rd
Season Summary: Coming out of the Lock Out the Stars remained one of the strongest teams in the Western Conference as they won 4 of their first 5 games on the way to a solid October, November would be even better for Dallas as they won 10 of 13 games an took over first place in the Pacific Division, a position they would hold most of the season, as they went on to finish with a terrific record of 53-23-6. One reason for the Stars success was their strong play in shoot outs as Jussi Jokinen was almost automatic when 1-on-1 with the goalie and the game on the line making 10-of-13 shot attempts successful with a dazzling wrister that seemed to have all the NHL's top goalies bewildered. Also performing strong in shoot outs was Sergei Zubov who used a slow but steady backhand to go 7-for-12, as the Stars won 12 of 13 games that went to a shoot out. However, in the playoffs the Stars would stumble right from the start losing Game 1, by a score of 5-2 as the Avalanche scored 5 unanswered goals as the Stars jumped out to a 2-0 lead. Game 2 would see the Stars suffer another setback at home as the Stars lost in overtime 5-4 on a goal by Joe Sakic. On the road in Game 3 the Stars appeared to be on the road to getting back in the series leading 3-2 in the final minute when the Avalanche forced overtime on a goal by Andrew Brunette, while Alex Tanguay won the game just 69 seconds into OT to put the Stars in a 0-3 hole. The Stars would avoid the sweep with 4-1 win in Game 4, but overtime would doom them again in Game 5 as Brunette scored the series winner at 6:05 ending the Stars playoffs after just 5 games.

Regular Season
5 Oct W Los Angeles 5- 4
8 Oct L Colorado 2- 3
11 Oct W Phoenix 3- 2
13 Oct WOT at Calgary 3- 2
14 Oct W at Edmonton 3- 2
16 Oct L at Vancouver 2- 5
20 Oct L Los Angeles 2- 7
22 Oct W Calgary 2- 1
26 Oct LOT San Jose 4- 5
28 Oct L Edmonton 3- 5
29 Oct W at Phoenix 5- 3
2 Nov L Los Angeles 3- 6
4 Nov W Chicago 9- 1
5 Nov WSO at Colorado 3- 2
7 Nov W Edmonton 4- 0
10 Nov L at Nashville 3- 5
12 Nov WSO at San Jose 3- 2
13 Nov W at Anaheim 3- 1
16 Nov W at Anaheim 4- 2
18 Nov W Columbus 6- 3
23 Nov W Anaheim 3- 1
25 Nov L Phoenix 1- 4
26 Nov W at Nashville 3- 1
30 Nov W San Jose 4- 1
2 Dec WSO Carolina 5- 4
7 Dec W Florida 4- 3
10 Dec W at Toronto 2- 1
14 Dec L at Buffalo 3- 4
15 Dec W at Ottawa 2- 0
18 Dec W at Chicago 5- 3
19 Dec L at Minnesota 1- 2
21 Dec W at Columbus 5- 3
23 Dec L Phoenix 2- 3
26 Dec W at St Louis 6- 1
27 Dec L Detroit 1- 4
29 Dec W St Louis 3- 0
31 Dec L Los Angeles 2- 3
2 Jan LOT at Los Angeles 2- 3
4 Jan W Vancouver 3- 1
6 Jan WSO Anaheim 4- 3
8 Jan W at Detroit 6- 3
9 Jan W at Minnesota 2- 1
12 Jan W Washington 4- 1
14 Jan WSO at Boston 2- 1
16 Jan L at Montreal 2- 4
18 Jan L Atlanta 2- 5
20 Jan L Tampa Bay 3- 6
23 Jan W Phoenix 4- 1
25 Jan WSO St Louis 4- 3
26 Jan WSO at Colorado 3- 2
28 Jan WSO Detroit 2- 1
30 Jan WOT San Jose 3- 2
1 Feb W Nashville 2- 1
4 Feb LOT at St Louis 3- 4
6 Feb W Nashville 4- 2
9 Feb W at Phoenix 5- 1
10 Feb L at San Jose 3- 6
12 Feb L at Los Angeles 5- 6
2 Mar L at Phoenix 2- 6
4 Mar W Colorado 5- 3
5 Mar W at Chicago 7- 2
7 Mar WSO at Edmonton 4- 3
9 Mar L at Calgary 0- 1
11 Mar W at Vancouver 2- 1
13 Mar W Vancouver 4- 2
16 Mar W at Los Angeles 4- 1
18 Mar WSO at San Jose 4- 3
20 Mar L Anaheim 1- 2
22 Mar W Minnesota 4- 2
24 Mar WSO Chicago 3- 2
26 Mar W Calgary 3- 2
29 Mar W Anaheim 2- 1
31 Mar LSO at Anaheim 4- 5
1 Apr L at Los Angeles 0- 1
3 Apr LOT San Jose 2- 3
6 Apr W at Anaheim 5- 3
8 Apr WSO at Phoenix 3- 2
9 Apr L at San Jose 1- 4
11 Apr W Columbus 3- 2
15 Apr WOT Minnesota 4- 3
17 Apr L at Detroit 2- 3
18 Apr LOT at Columbus 4- 5

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 22 Avalanche 5, @Stars 2
Game 2 April 24 Avalanche 5, @Stars 4 (00:04:36 OT)
Game 3 April 26 @Avalanche 4, Stars 3 (00:01:09 OT)
Game 4 April 28 Stars 4, @Avalanche 1
Game 5 April 30 Avalanche 3, @Stars 2 (00:13:55 OT)
(Avalanche win series, 4-1)
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2006-2007 Season

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Record: 50-25-7
Points: 107
Home Record: 28-11-2
Away Record: 22-14-5
Shoot Out Record: 9-4
Shoot Out Home Record: 3-2
Shoot Out Away Record: 6-2
Division Finish: 3rd - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 6th - Western Conference
NHL Finish: 7th
Season Summary: After a disappointing finish the previous season, the Stars went out and completely mixed up their team. Bill Guerin, Jason Arnott, Willie Mitchell, and Niko Kapanen left the team while Matthew Barnaby, Eric Lindros, Jeff Halpern, and Patrik Stefan joined the team. Along with those four, Darryl Sydor rejoined the team. The Stars made their biggest trade of the season by trading Janne Niinimaa a day before the regular season started to Montreal for Mike Ribeiro. After the Stars came back in the first game of the year, Ribeiro made his presence right away for the starting helping Dallas to a 3-1 win over New Jersey. The Stars went on to have the best start in franchise history going 8-1-0 to start the year. After starting 11-2-0, injuries began to plague the defensive minded team. And it continued through out the year. The Stars finished the regular season with 290 man games lost. While the Stars lost many players through out the year, Mike Modano once again was the back horse for the team. Modano's 22 goals on the year not only gave him 500 goals for his career, but also gave him the title of the Most Goals Scored by a US Born Player in the history of the NHL. Marty Turco continued his awesome streak of regular season accomplishments by passing Ed Belfour's win mark as a goalie in a Stars uniform and most shut outs in a career in a Stars uniform. The accomplishments were good enough to give Dallas a 50-25-7 record for 107 points but only a 6th seed in the Western Conference. 7 of the 8 teams that made the playoffs went on to have 100 or more fans. The Stars drew the Northwestern Division Champion and 3rd seeded, Vancouver Canucks who came in with two points less than them in the final regular season standings. Back handing by the goaltending of Roberto Luongo, Canucks were almost a carbon copy of the Dallas Stars. And it showd in the 1st game. After the two teams went back and forth in Game 1, the two teams finished regulation tied at 4-4. And it would stay that way for almost four straight periods. However a pass from Daniel Sedin to his brother Henrik Sedin with 1:54 left in the fourth overtime period sent GM Place in a craze as Henrik Sedin one-time it past Marty Turco for the 5-4 victory. The Stars, though, struck back in Game 2 with great tips from Jeff Halpern and Joel Lundqvist for the 2-0 victory over the Canucks. The shut out was the first ever of Turco's career in the playoffs. Heading back to Dallas, the two teams once again headed to overtime and only 7:47 in this time, Taylor Pyatt ended the game with a quick shot from the side boards that went past Turco to send Vancouver to a 2-1 victory. In game 4, the Canucks would once again win 2-1 sending Dallas back to Vancouver down 3 games to 1. After a full 60 minutes of scoreless hockey, and great goaltending by Marty Turco, Dallas would finally win a game in overtime in the playoffs just 6:22 into the game. Brenden Morrow's tip infront of Roberto Luongo on a shot from Sergei Zubov on the powerplay sent Dallas back home for Game 6 and a 1-0 victory in Game 5. In Game 6, the Stars once again ended one streak they didn't want to have. Mike Modano's 5 on 3 powerplay goal and Jeff Halpern's 3rd period goal sent the AAC into a frienzy and sent the Stars to a 2-0 shut out of the Canucks in Game 6. Marty Turco's three shut outs tied a NHL record for most shut outs in a series. But at the end of Game 7, it still wasn't enough for the Stars to win the series. After a goal from Henrik Sedin in the 2nd period to tie the game, Trevor Linden's powerplay goal would give the Canucks all the needed to snatch the game from the Stars and end the Stars season, with a 4-1 victory in Game 7.

Regular Season
4 Oct WOT at Colorado 3- 2
7 Oct W New Jersey 3- 1
12 Oct W at Los Angeles 4- 1
Oct W at Los Angeles 4- 1
15 Oct WSO at Anaheim 4- 3
17 Oct L at San Jose 0- 2
20 Oct W Chicago 5- 4
21 Oct W at Phoenix 4- 0
23 Oct W Vancouver 2- 1
27 Oct L Detroit 3- 4
28 Oct W Los Angeles 3- 2
1 Nov W St Louis 4- 1
3 Nov W at Edmonton 3- 2
6 Nov L at Vancouver 1- 2
7 Nov L at Calgary 1- 3
9 Nov W at Phoenix 1- 0
15 Nov L NY Islanders 0- 3
17 Nov W at Atlanta 5- 3
18 Nov L at Carolina 4- 5
20 Nov W Colorado 5- 4
22 Nov W Nashville 1- 0
24 Nov W Los Angeles 5- 3
27 Nov L at Detroit 1- 2
29 Nov L at Chicago 1- 2
30 Nov L at Washington 3- 4
2 Dec WSO Minnesota 4- 3
4 Dec W San Jose 1- 0
6 Dec W Phoenix 3- 0
8 Dec L Edmonton 0- 2
9 Dec WOT at Phoenix 4- 3
12 Dec L Columbus 1- 3
14 Dec L NY Rangers 2- 5
16 Dec WSO at Los Angeles 4- 3
20 Dec L at Anaheim 1- 4
21 Dec W at San Jose 3- 0
23 Dec W Edmonton 3- 2
26 Dec L at Chicago 1- 2
27 Dec W at Colorado 5- 4
29 Dec W Nashville 4- 1
31 Dec L San Jose 2- 4
3 Jan LSO at Vancouver 1- 2
4 Jan WSO at Edmonton 6- 5
6 Jan L at Calgary 2- 4
9 Jan L Phoenix 2- 5
11 Jan L Anaheim 1- 5
15 Jan W Los Angeles 3- 1
17 Jan W Calgary 4- 2
20 Jan WSO at Minnesota 2- 1
26 Jan LSO Pittsburgh 3- 4
28 Jan L at Anaheim 1- 4
30 Jan WSO at San Jose 3- 2
1 Feb W at San Jose 4- 2
3 Feb L at St Louis 0- 2
6 Feb W Minnesota 4- 2
10 Feb W Anaheim 1- 0
11 Feb W Colorado 7- 5
14 Feb L Detroit 1- 3
18 Feb W San Jose 5- 2
20 Feb LSO at Minnesota 1- 2
23 Feb W Anaheim 4- 1
25 Feb WOT Vancouver 2- 1
27 Feb WOT at Tampa Bay 2- 1
1 Mar LOT at Florida 1- 2
2 Mar LSO Columbus 2- 3
4 Mar L San Jose 0- 4
8 Mar L at St Louis 3- 5
9 Mar W at Columbus 3- 0
11 Mar WOT Los Angeles 4- 3
13 Mar W Philadelphia 3- 2
15 Mar W Calgary 4- 2
17 Mar L at Nashville 2- 3
18 Mar WOT Phoenix 5- 4
21 Mar W at Los Angeles 4- 2
23 Mar LOT at Anaheim 2- 3
24 Mar WSO at Phoenix 4- 3
27 Mar W Phoenix 6- 0
30 Mar WSO at Detroit 4- 3
31 Mar W at Nashville 4- 2
2 Apr L St Louis 2- 4
5 Apr LOT at Columbus 1- 2
6 Apr WSO Anaheim 2- 1
8 Apr W Chicago 3- 2

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 11 @Canucks 5, Stars 4 (01:18:06 OT)
Game 2 April 13th Stars 2, @ Canucks 0
Game 3 April 15th Canucks 2, @ Stars 1 (00:07:47 OT)
Game 4 April 17th Canucks 2, @ Stars 1
Game 5 April 19th Stars 1, @ Canucks 0 (00:06:22 OT)
Game 6 April 21st @ Stars 2, Canucks 0
Game 7 April 23rd @ Canucks 4, Stars 1
(Canucks wins series, 4-3)
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Monday - January 22nd, 2007
'99 Stars a reminder of glory days

Jennifer Floyd Engel / Fort Worth Telegram - If not for really awful bad luck, the NHL might not have any luck at all.

Take Monday, for example, when hockey's next biggest stage (second only to NHL playoffs in terms of sexiness) had arrived in Dallas for a Texas-style party only to find Bill Parcells had crashed.

News of his resignation as Cowboys coach wiped away a good hunk of buzz from Sidney Crosby's debut and what probably is Brendan Shanahan's curtain call and what definitely was a grand platform for showcasing this new-and-improved NHL.

No such luck. All things Parcells proved to be such an all-consuming presence that hockey talk had been pushed to fringes, prompting Stars owner Tom Hicks to joke, "I cannot wait for the Super Bowl to come to Dallas so I can fire a coach."

Or, at least, I think he was joking.

I would not blame him if he was only kind of joking simply because Owner Jones has a way of dropping his bombshells on days that otherwise might belong to others.

Remember how Charles Haley's signing coincided with a certain baseball All-Star Game? Coincidence? Hardly.

What is crazy is there used to be a day, not too long ago, when hockey captivated Texas sports fans no matter what else was happening, a day when hockey ruled Dallas or, at least, played a pretty good 1A to Cowboys football.

For a little while Monday, hockey P1s were transported back to those magical days.

In one of the best and smartest events of All-Star 2007, the Stars brought back members of the 1999 Stanley Cup-winning team. And few have forgotten that June morning in Buffalo when Brett Hull brought a championship to Texas. There were more fans there to greet members of that team than attended an October game against Vancouver.

Having them follow a Cup engraved with their names down a red carpet lined with thousands of cheering fans and, poof, just like that, hockey was back again.

Chants of "Eddie, Eddie, Eddie" welcomed goalie Ed Belfour.

A long squeaky "Ga-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" greeted Guy Carbonneau when he was introduced.

Rivaling Belfour for amount and volume of screaming fans was Conn Smythe winner Joe Nieuwendyk. And fans serenaded Mike Modano with his customary "Mo."

Nor were players such as Sergei Zubov and Shawn Chambers and Darryl Sydor and Pat Verbeek and Brett Hull and Brian Skrudland and Craig Ludwig and Benoit Hogue forgotten.

Time has changed all of them, well, except for possibly Carbo. He looks like he has not aged a day and might be capable of playing. For everybody else, there were more wrinkles and grays and pounds and gaps caused by time apart.

Once they got back together, though, it was like not a second had passed. What players always say is there is something about winning a Cup that bonds a team for life, giving them stories to re-tell. Like when Belfour licked the Cup. Like when Hitch called them in for hour-long meetings. Like when Mo played with a broken wrist.

They are family. More importantly, they became a part of ours.

What made their Cup run special -- even more special than, say, ones won in Calgary and Montreal --- was how they grew with the Dallas hockey market.

They introduced hockey to this town. There is an entire generation of hockey fans down here for whom Newy and Skrudland and Belfour and Mo were hockey. Still are hockey.

"The football team was not going so well and we took up the slack," Verbeek said. "Now the Mavs are good and there seems to be plenty of football news and, well, things go in cycles. This is a good hockey team. What they need to do is get out of the first round of the playoffs and people will fall in love with hockey again."

It will be the Stars' luck that is the day Owner Jones chooses to retire.

A tip of the Cup to the '99 Stars

Mike Heika / Dallas Morning News - The way Craig Ludwig drew it up in his mind, all of the 1998-99 Stars would ride into their reunion with the Stanley Cup on Monday afternoon on a pack of Harleys. An impromptu gathering of horsemen of the apocalypse banging their heads to the music of Pantera.

"But you aren't ever going to get some of those guys on a chopper," he admitted.

And maybe that's the great thing about the '99 Stars. They were a gathering of different personalities from different backgrounds who did different jobs.

Individually, each had his strength. Together, they were a force.

And when they got together again, the feeling of force was still there. There were a few more pounds and a few fewer hairs, as scrappy center Brian Skrudland said, but there also was the twinkle in the eye that never goes away.

"It was a special team," defenseman Shawn Chambers said. "I remember being in the locker room and being down to Colorado in that series, and we just looked at each other and said, 'We are not going to lose. It's not going to happen.' And you just felt it."

That same feeling came back Monday. Ludwig rode the Cup up to the gathering of a couple of thousand fans on the back of a Harley. Mike Modano lifted it up and brought it onto the stage. Fans cheered loudly for Joe Nieuwendyk and Brett Hull and loudest of all for Ed Belfour.

"Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!" came the familiar chant. And Belfour ate it up.

"Playing here in Dallas was a great part of my career, and the fans really got behind me and supported me," Belfour said. "It brought back all of the old memories."

The 41-year-old goalie still is doing a solid job, now with the Florida Panthers, and was a last-minute addition to the party. He was the only '99 Stars player who is playing elsewhere in the NHL to attend, and he had to make it after playing on Saturday in Washington.

The trip was worth it.

"It's hard to describe the feelings you have," Belfour said. "You move on, but it means even more when you look back. You have some special moments in your life, and it's great to get a chance to go back for a little bit."

When told that the fans were just as excited because they missed that euphoria from winning the Cup and going deep in the playoffs, Belfour responded in his matter-of-fact way, "That's because it's not an easy thing to do."

Winning any championship isn't easy. The Stars' victory in 1999 is the last one the city has seen. And getting a chance to revisit made the team's owner just a little bit hungry again.

"I feel a little like a proud papa," Tom Hicks said after soaking up the crowd that packed the area around American Airlines Center's south plaza. "It just makes it seem like it was yesterday.

"Some team owners have to wait 40 or 50 years, and I was able to taste it pretty quickly. ... But that doesn't mean I don't want to do it again."

At some point in the discussion during this reunion, current Stars Modano, Sergei Zubov and Darryl Sydor might start talking about the drive to grasp the Cup again – this time with a new set of names on it. But to do that, they might have to draw a little from the past, look a little at the leadership from that time and find that "special place" inside of them.

"If you look at what we had in that room, a lot of guys had already won the Cup," Chambers said. "It really meant a lot to us when things got tough. You knew that guys had what it took."

When the 2006-07 Stars get healthy, it might be a good idea to bring out some of the old tapes. History can be a pretty good teacher.

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Tuesday - January 23rd, 2007
YoungStars game a fight to the Finnish

Chuck Carlton / Dallas Morning News - Stars winger Jussi Jokinen's worst nightmare was being blanked during Tuesday night's YoungStars Game in front of his hometown fans. So he asked childhood buddy Kari Lehtonen of Atlanta, the goaltender for the Eastern Conference team, to give him an early goal.

He should have asked for two. Jokinen beat Lehtonen on his first shot but was denied with 31 seconds remaining as the East hung on for a 9-8 victory at American Airlines Center.

"I got the puck on my first chance and scored," said Jokinen, whose father, Keijo, traveled from Finland to watch. "After that, I had maybe four or five good chances. But he was a wall."

East winger Zach Parise of New Jersey was named the most valuable player, recording two goals and four assists. East center Phil Kessel of Boston, who had surgery for testicular cancer in December, added a hat trick.

But the East still needed Lehtonen's pad save on Jokinen's wrist shot from in front of the net.

"I think I got a good shot," said Jokinen, who has nine goals and 24 points in 48 games for the Stars this season. "He got a great save."

That led to the rarest of sports language: Finnish trash-talking, though good natured. Lehtonen and Jokinen grew up in different parts of Finland but have played together on national teams since they were teens.

"I kind of let him score," Lehtonen said. "He's been talking about, 'Let me score one,' the last couple of weeks. I tried to be a good guy and let him score."

The West trailed, 9-4, after Kessel's last goal. A pair of goals by West center Ryan Getzlaf of Anaheim led a furious comeback during which the West scored four times in 3:36.

The game – which featured 17 first-round draft picks of its 23 players – had a distinctly Dallas flavor. Associate coach Rick Wilson and video coach Derek MacKinnon led the West. Assistants Mark Lamb and Ulf Dahlen were behind the bench for the East.

Wilson admitted the four-on-four format took some adjustment.

"Four-on-four hockey in overtime in the regular season is highly contested," Wilson said. "It's just the nature of the event. It's four-on-four. It's very loose. It's very skill-oriented. It's hard on goalies."

Three stars
1) Zach Parise, East: Devils center recorded six points and did papa J.P. proud.
2) Phil Kessel, East: Bruin's hat trick shows skill to go along with a gritty comeback.
3) Anze Kopitar, West: LA King led late comeback with Ryan Getzlaf.

FIRST PERIOD East leads 3-2
1, West, Kopitar 1 (Weber, Jokinen), :27. 2, East, Parise 1 (Vanek, Lehtonen), 1:32. 3, East, Whitney 1 (Staal, Steen), 3:35. 4, West, Jokinen 1 (Kopitar, Budaj), 4:30. 5, East, Meszaros 1 (Green, Steen), 9:47.
SECOND PERIOD East leads 6-3
6, East, Kessel 1 (Ranger, Vanek), :26. 7, West, Kopitar 2 (Smid), 3:35. 8, East, Ranger 1 (Green, Parise), 7:39. 9, East, Meszaros 2 (Steen, Parise), 9:22.
THIRD PERIOD East wins 9-8
10, East, Kessel 2 (Green, Parise), 1:57. 11, East, Parise 2 (Ranger, Kessel), 2:41. 12, West, Carle 1 (Wolski, Stempniak), 3:39. 13, East, Kessel 3 (Staal, Parise), 4:00 (pp). 14, West, Getzlaf 1 (Kopitar, Weber), 4:15. 15, West, Getzlaf 2 (Kopitar), 5:39. 16, West, Carle 2 (Stempniak, Wolski), 7:01. 17, West, Radulov 1, 7:51.

SHOTS ON GOAL
East 8-13-6–27 | West 8-7-9–24.

GOALIES
East, Lehtonen | West, Budaj.

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Crosby dazzles in SuperSkills

Mike Heika / Dallas Morning News - The shootout continues to be the most exciting revelation to come out of the NHL's post-lockout rule changes, and it proved a fitting finish to the NHL SuperSkills competition Tuesday night at American Airlines Center.

Pittsburgh sensation Sidney Crosby scored twice on three shootout attempts, and Buffalo's Ryan Miller stopped Anaheim's Teemu Selanne on two of three to lead the Eastern Conference to a 15-11 victory.

While the team results will probably be long forgotten, Crosby's moves will provide highlights for the NHL for months to come.

"It was fun to be in that situation," said Crosby, the second-year marvel participating in his first All-Star week. "I didn't ask for it, but I liked it, especially with all the ones that I missed this season. It was nice."

Crosby, who leads the NHL in scoring with 72 points, is 0-for-5 in shootouts in his career. That made his quick hands and slick moves all the more impressive.

"It was a made-for-TV moment," Stars goalie Marty Turco said. And that was perfect for an event that was pretty much made for television. The SuperSkills pits the players selected for tonight's 55th NHL All-Star Game in events such as fastest skater, hardest shot, shooting accuracy and puck control relay.

Andy McDonald of Anaheim won fastest skater, circling the rink in 14.03 seconds. Patrick Marleau of San Jose was second at 14.08 and former Stars winger Bill Guerin was third at 14:34.

"Well, I guess that proves I've still got it," joked Guerin, 36. "Maybe it was the fact I was throwing their skates around in the parking lot."

Stars defenseman Philippe Boucher had the third-hardest shot but the hardest of his career. He launched a puck 98 mph, following closely behind Zdeno Chara of Boston (100.4 mph) and Sheldon Souray of Montreal (100.0).

"I was really nervous, for sure," Boucher said. "But it was good, because it helps me for tomorrow."

Eric Staal of Carolina and Marian Hossa of Atlanta each hit four of five plates to tie for victory in the shooting accuracy competition, and Jay Bouwmeester of Florida won the puck control relay.

But the excitement of the night was reserved for Crosby and the shootout.

"I'm going to go out on a limb and say, yeah, the shootout will stick around ... just for a couple of years," Turco said.

NHL SKILLS COMPETITION
PUCK CONTROL
Team: East (Daniel Briere, Tomas Kaberle, Martin St. Louis)
Individual: Rick Nash, West
FASTEST SKATER
Team: West (14.15 seconds)
Individual: Andy McDonald, West (14.03 seconds)
HARDEST SHOT
Team: East (95.3 mph)
Individual: Zdeno Chara, East (100.4 mph)
SHOOTING ACCURACY
Team: East (14-for-24)
Individual: Eric Staal, East and Marian Hossa, East (4-for-5)
IN THE ZONE
Team: East (2 goals)
SHOOTOUT
West 7, East 4
ONE-ON-ONE SHOOTOUT
Team: East

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Wednesday - January 24th, 2007
West beats East in NHL All-Star Game

Bob Matuszak - A scoring bonanza from some unlikely sources helped make the 55th edition of the NHL All-Star game quite a memorable one.

Brian Rolston, Rick Nash, Yanic Perreault and Martin Havlat scored two goals apiece for the Western Conference, and Dallas goalie Marty Turco finished with 12 saves to secure the win in a wild 12-9 win over the Eastern Conference in Wednesday night's All-Star game at American Airlines Center.

Buffalo's Daniel Briere garnered MVP honors for the Eastern Conference, picking up a goal and four assists. The five points were the second-most in game history, just one behind Mario Lemieux's six in 1988.

"My impression was that it was going to go to someone on the winning team," Briere said. "Then I saw all the cameras coming around, and I thought maybe I have a chance."

It was the first All-Star game played since 2004, with goal-scoring taking center stage. The 21 combined goals were the third-most in All-Star game history, and the most since 22 goals were scored in the Wales Conference 16-6 win over the Campbell Conference in 1993 at Montreal.

Boston's Zdeno Chara had two goals for the East a day after winning the hardest shot event in Tuesday's SuperSkills competition.

"That's what it's all about&score some goals," he said. "The fans enjoy it."

Western Conference captain Joe Sakic added four assists in his 12th All-Star appearance, setting the record for most assists in game history with 16.

Sakic, the MVP in the '04 game, also moved up the points list, and has accumulated 22 points in All-Star games, the third-most total.

"It was a wide open game and a lot of goals," he said. "I don't know what more you want."

Briere began the barrage with a goal just 3:38 into the game.

"It was good to get that first goal out of the way early on," Briere said. "After that you say, 'This is cool, I can just go out there and don't have to force my play.' I knew I could just make the easy and expected play."

Less than two minutes later, Phoenix's Perreault tied it just under two minutes later with his first of the game.

Anaheim's Teemu Selanne gave the West its first lead 69 seconds later when his wrist shot eluded Eastern Conference starting goalie Ryan Miller.

Tampa Bay's Martin St. Louis and Carolina's Eric Staal gave the East a 3-2 lead, but Los Angeles defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky capped the first-period scoring by beating Miller with a little over a minute to go.

Those watching the game, though, hadn't seen anything yet, as the two teams combined for nine second-period goals, the second-most goals in one period in All-Star history, and the most since the North American and World squads popped in 10 goals in the third period in the 2001 game.

Minnesota's Rolston scored two goals on two slap shots and also added an assist to lead the Western Conference during the scoring spree, while prized Washington rookie Alexander Ovechkin scored his first All-Star game goal at 13:32 to cut the West's lead to 8-6.

Down 5-4 after Chara scored 6 1/2 minutes into the middle frame, the West rattled off four consecutive goals to take an 8-5 advantage before Ovechkin beat West goalie and Calgary Flame Miikka Kiprusoff.

Rolston's second of the game late in the second pushed the West's lead to 9-6 heading into the third.

"It was kind of crazy in the second," Chara said.

Perreault agreed.

"The second period was good for us," he said. "At the same time, there's so much talent on the ice that you never know because it could go back the other way. But I thought we played well tonight."

Turco came in to play in the third for the Western Conference and made several sparkling saves, including stopping Ovechkin's wrister and Montreal defenseman's Sheldon Souray's slap shot.

Souray, though, beat Turco with a wicked blast from the left circle with 35 seconds left in the game to make it 11-9. The goal, ironically, gave Turco the victory.

"I got the win," said Turco, who was miked up during his third-period appearance for the "Versus" national cable television network. "That's why I let that last goal in, just so I could collect the win, be the goalie of record. I was on the ice when we got the winning goal."

Actually, Turco said with the hard-shooting Souray bearing down, all he could was hope he didn't get injured.

"I closed my eyes," he said. "If it would have hit me, it would have hurt probably. That's 100 MPH, that guy ripping it at you."

Calgary defenseman Dion Phaneuf finished the scoring with an empty-net goal with 12 seconds remaining.

Dallas' other representative, defenseman Philippe Boucher, got the start in place of injured Anaheim defenseman Scott Niedermayer.

Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby was held without a point, while Ovechkin had just the one goal.

"There were 21 goals, you think I would have had one," Crosby joked. "I guess it wasn't meant to be. I had a few chances, it just didn't work out."

"Next All-Star game, it will happen," Ovechkin said. "There were a couple of times I normally would have shot. But I wanted to play for the fans."

The game marked the end of the All-Star experience in Dallas, a nearly week-long event that celebrated the rebirth of the All-Star game after a three-year break. Next year's game will be held in Atlanta, while Montreal will be hosting the gala in 2009.

Three stars
1) Daniel Briere
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FIRST PERIOD Tied 3-3
3:38 EAS D. BRIERE (D. HEATLEY M. HOSSA)
5:08 WES Y. PERREAULT (B. ROLSTON B. GUERIN)
6:17 WES T. SELANNE (Unassisted)
13:07 EAS M. ST. LOUIS (V. LECAVALIER B. RAFALSKI)
13:43 EAS E. STAAL (J. WILLIAMS J. BLAKE)
18:55 WES L. VISNOVSKY (J. SAKIC R. NASH)
SECOND PERIOD West leads 9-3
2:41 WES P. MARLEAU (J. CHEECHOO N. LIDSTROM)
5:19 EAS J. WILLIAMS (J. BLAKE)
6:29 EAS Z. CHARA (D. BRIERE B. RAFALSKI)
8:30 WES B. ROLSTON (Unassisted)
10:40 WES R. NASH (J. SAKIC D. PHANEUF)
11:34 WES M. HAVLAT (J. SAKIC R. NASH)
12:47 WES Y. PERREAULT (B. GUERIN B. ROLSTON)
13:32 EAS A. OVECHKIN (D. BRIERE S. SOURAY)
18:58 WES B. ROLSTON (E. JOVANOVSKI)
THIRD PERIOD West wins 12-9
2:01 EAS D. HEATLEY (D. BRIERE M. HOSSA)
7:12 WES R. NASH (J. SAKIC M. HAVLAT)
10:37 EAS Z. CHARA (M. HOSSA D. BRIERE)
19:00 WES M. HAVLAT (R. SMYTH E. JOVANOVSKI)
19:25 EAS S. SOURAY (M. HOSSA D. HEATLEY)
19:48 WES D. PHANEUF (L. VISNOVSKY)

SHOTS ON GOAL
East 12-11-15-38 | West 12-16-11-39

GOALIES
East, 1st-Miller 2nd-Brodeur 3rd-Huet | West, 1st-Luongo 2nd-Kiprusoff 3rd-Turco
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2007-2008 Season

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Record: 45-30-7
Points: 97
Home Record: 23-16-2
Away Record: 22-14-5
Shoot Out Record: 5-3
Shoot Out Home Record: 2-1
Shoot Out Away Record: 3-2
Division Finish: 3rd - Pacific Division
Conference Finish: 5th Western Conference
NHL Finish: 8th
Season Summary: The franchise's 39th season began the same way experts predicted it. Losing seemed to be the way this year would go early, as the team got off to a shaky start at best with just 7 wins in 16 games. And that's when the changed occurred. General Manager Doug Armstron was fired and the first ever co-General Managers in NHL history took over the job. Les Jackson and former Star Brett Hull took the team and right off the bat, the team responded. But one final hard loss would be the sparking point for the team's turnaround. The Stars had a 4-0 lead in Los Angeles with just 7 minutes to go in the game, before the ultimate comeback began. 5 straight goals in less than 4 minutes gave the Kings a 5-4 lead which eventually led to a 6-5 win in overtime for Los Angeles. Dallas went on to win 6 of their next 7 games and push them back into the Pacific Division race. The Stars winning ways would continue through out the season including a franchise best 12-2-0 in the month of number, the most wins ever in a month for the franchise. But the team still needed that one player to get them over the top. And that's when the news came. Dallas by far, made the biggest move on trade deadline day 2008 when they agreed to send Jussi Jokinen, Jeff Halpern, and Mike Smith to Tampa Bay in return for Brad Richards and Johan Holmqvist. The night he debuted, Richards picked up a franchise tying 5 assists and led the Stars to a 7-4 victory over Chicago. However, after that, not much success would come for the Stars. Dallas won only 4 of their remaining games in the regular season. But it was enough to get them into the playoffs as the No 5 seed. Another big story of the 2008 season, would be once again injuries and the way their rookies were able to handle themselves. Matt Niskanen, Mark Fistric, and Nicklas Grossman all debuted for the Stars on the blue line because of long term injuries to Zubov and Boucher. Jere Lehtinen being out also created room for Loui Eriksson to step in and create. And with the playoffs starting, the back line would again be a question about the Stars as Dallas took on the defending Stanley Cup Champion, Anaheim Ducks. In game 1, the Dallas powerplay would prove to be lethal as they lit the Ducks up for 4 powerplay goals and answered any questions about whether this team would go down easy. Steve Ott scored midway through the first period after deflecting a Stephan Robidas shot in past Giguere. Loui Eriksson would answer Ott's goal 6 minutes later after taking a pass from Richards to the slot. In the second period, the Stars would continue their rampage as Mike Ribeiro would find Jere Lehtinen all alone in front of Giguere for the 3-0 lead. Brenden Morrow would ice the cake late in the period, tapping the puck into the open net after taking a pass from Ribeiro. In game 2, the Stars found themselves in a bit of struggle. After taking a 2-0 lead, with goals from Ribeiro and Lehtinen, the Ducks answered in the second and would tie it right back up. Teemu Selanne and Travis Moen would give the Ducks all the momentum heading into the third period of play. But once again, Dallas would show why this is a different team. On the powerplay, Mike Modano slapped home the puck past Giguere less than 6 minutes into the period and that's all the Stars needed to put away Anaheim for the 2-0 series lead. Richards answered Modano's goal less than a minute later and Eriksson put any thoughts of a comeback out of reach late in the 3rd and Dallas rolled to the 5-2 win. Behind the eight ball, the Ducks responded in game three with a 4-2 victory in front of a blacked out American Airlines Center. But perhaps a little bit of the momentum the Ducks had enjoyed, was taken back after the Ducks were up 4-0 heading into the third until Brenden Morrow quickly added two powerplay goals. In game four, Dallas would build off that 3rd period in game 3 and in perhaps the closest game of the series escape Dallas with a 3-1 victory. Joel Lundqvist would get Dallas on board late in the first period and no other goals would occur until Stu Barnes jumped up on a breakaway midway through the third period. With a 2-0 lead, the Stars would take control and then capitalized to put the game away as Barnes and Ott came on a 2 on 0 and Otter would finish it 3-0. Schneider got Anaheim on the board with just 8 seconds remaining in the game. After Anaheim convincingly won game 5, 5-2, the Stars returned home looking to put away Anaheim and win their first series since 2003. But it didn't look good when Corey Perry scored just two minutes into the second period to give Anaheim a 1-0 lead. With a lifeless crowd heading into the 3rd period, the series looked to be choked away. But a powerplay less than a minute into the period sent everyone a buzz and Stephan Robidas answered. Modano's slap shot went off the board and right to Robidas to send the AAC into a frenzy and tie the game at 1. The crowd got even louder just a little bit more than a minute later when again Robidas answered the calling. He threw a pass in front to Barnes and boom. 2-1 Dallas. Constant chances would be the rest of the story for the Stars as they just took over and dominated the game. Loui Eriksson would end any doubt with a breakaway goal with less than three minutes to go and Modano would get the empty netter as for the first time, Dallas would advance on AAC ice with a 4-1 win in game six. After knocking off the defending Cup Champions, Dallas would take on another Pacific Division rival the San Jose Sharks. And in much like their first round series, Dallas once again was lucky enough to win the two opening games on the road. Brenden Morrow's two goals, including his overtime game winning goal, would give Dallas a 3-2 win over the Shars in game 1. And when down 2-1 in game 2 heading into the 3rd period, Richards would show exactly why the Stars traded for him. Just 32 second into the period, Richards would take the puck after Joe Pavelski fell down and slap it past Nabokov to tie the game at 2. And just three minutes later, Sergei Zubov's return would show to be huge after making an unbelievable spin-o-rama pass to Mike Modano for the powerplay goal and the 3-2 lead. Niklas Hagman would get on the board after taking a pass from Richards from behind the net and make it a 4-2 lead. Hagman again would get the empty netter as Dallas scored 4 goals in the third, all 4 with Brad Richards involved to beat San Jose 5-2. In game three, the crowd at the AAC would be hyped up as ever before, until Patrick Marleau would intercept a Zubov pass and breakaway shorthanded to give the Sharks a 1-0 lead. They held that lead until 47 seconds into the 3rd period, when Zubov made up for that pass by scoring a 5 on 3 powerplay goal to tie the game at 1 a'piece. With the second overtime game of the series already, it would be an unlikely Mattias Norstrom who would give Dallas their first 3-0 series lead since 1999 just 4:37 into the overtime period as the puck deflected off a diving Jeremy Roenick. After falling 2-1 in game 4, San Jose's Joe Pavelski would make up for his game 2 mishab by notching the overtime winner just 1:05 into the extra period and give his team a 3-2 win. With the Stars leading the series only by a game now, the fans came out in full force and would have no idea how long of a night they just were really in for. Antti Miettinen would put Dallas on the board first, early in the second period after a shooting in a rebound from a Zubov shot. Ryan Clowe would answer 1:39 into the 3rd period with a seeing-eye shot to tie the game at 1-1. And that's when the fun began. Four overtimes, game six went and not a single shot was an easy one. The overtime periods would be highlighted by Evgeni Nabokov's unbelievable save on Brad Richards early in the first overtime period. Brenden Morrow would end the 8th longest game in NHL history 9:03 into the fourth overtime on the powerplay to give Dallas a 2-1 win and the 4-2 series win. Returning to the Conference Finals for the first time since 2000, Dallas would have no gas against the powerful Detroit Red Wings. Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 series lead defeating the Stars 4-1 and 5-2 in the process. Dallas would give their fans a little hope with a 3-1 and 2-1 win in game 4 and 5...but the Red Wings would wake up and how just how good they were with their 4-1 win in game six.

Regular Season
3 Oct L at Colorado 4-3
5 Oct W Boston 4-1
6 Oct L at Nashville 5-1
10 Oct W Los Angeles 5-1
12 Oct LOT Calgary 3-2
13 Oct LOT at Chicago 2-1
17 Oct WSO at Columbus 3-2
20 Oct W Anaheim 3-1
25 Oct L at Los Angeles 2-1
27 Oct W at Phoenix 5-3
29 Oct L San Jose 4-2
31 Oct L Chicago 5-4
2 Nov L Phoenix 5-0
5 Nov W at Anaheim 5-0
7 Nov W at San Jose 3-1
8 Nov L at Phoenix 5-2
10 Nov LOT at Los Angeles 6-5
14 Nov LSO San Jose 4-3
16 Nov W Colorado 6-1
19 Nov W Los Angeles 3-0
21 Nov W Anaheim 2-1
23 Nov W Toronto 3-1
25 Nov W at New York R 3-2
26 Nov WOT at New York I 3-2
28 Nov L at New Jersey 4-2
30 Nov L at Pittsburgh 4-1
1 Dec W at Philadelphia 4-1
3 Dec WSO at Columbus 2-1
5 Dec L San Jose 3-2
7 Dec L Ottawa 4-2
10 Dec WOT Edmonton 5-4
13 Dec W Los Angeles 4-1
15 Dec W at San Jose 4-2
18 Dec WSO at Edmonton 2-1
20 Dec L at Vancouver 3-2
21 Dec WOT at Calgary 3-2
23 Dec W Montreal 4-1
26 Dec W Minnesota 8-3
29 Dec WSO St.Louis 5-4
31 Dec L Nashville 1-0
2 Jan L at Detroit 4-1
3 Jan L at Minnesota 6-3
5 Jan L Detroit 3-0
7 Jan W Minnesota 3-1
9 Jan W at Chicago 3-1
10 Jan L at St.Louis 4-2
12 Jan LSO at Los Angeles 4-3
15 Jan L at Anaheim 4-2
17 Jan W at San Jose 4-2
19 Jan W Columbus 3-1
20 Jan W Anaheim 5-2
22 Jan L Columbus 4-2
24 Jan L Buffalo 2-1
29 Jan W at Vancouver 4-3
1 Feb W at Edmonton 4-1
2 Feb W at Calgary 2-1
5 Feb WSO Vancouver 3-2
7 Feb W at Minnesota 1-0
9 Feb W St.Louis 6-2
11 Feb W Phoenix 2-1
14 Feb L at Phoenix 5-2
15 Feb W at Anaheim 4-2
17 Feb W Detroit 1-0
20 Feb L Calgary 3-2
22 Feb W Edmonton 5-2
23 Feb W at Nashville 6-3
26 Feb W at St.Louis 3-1
28 Feb W Chicago 7-4
1 Mar L Nashville 3-1
5 Mar L Phoenix 2-1
8 Mar L at Colorado 3-1
9 Mar W Colorado 3-0
13 Mar L at Detroit 5-3
15 Mar L Vancouver 4-3
19 Mar L Anaheim 2-1
22 Mar L Los Angeles 4-2
27 Mar LOT at San Jose 3-2
29 Mar W at Los Angeles 7-2
30 Mar LSO at Anaheim 3-2
3 Apr W at Phoenix 4-2
4 Apr L Phoenix 4-2
6 Apr W San Jose 4-2

Playoffs
Western Conference Quarterfinals
Game 1 April 10th Stars 4, @ Ducks 0
Game 2 April 12th Stars 5, @ Ducks 2
Game 3 April 15th Ducks 4, @ Stars 2
Game 4 April 17th @ Stars 3, Ducks 1
Game 5 April 18th @ Ducks 5, Stars 2
Game 6 April 20th @ Stars 4, Ducks 1
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Semifinals
Game 1 April 25th Stars 3, @ Sharks 2 (00:04:39 OT)
Game 2 April 27th Stars 5, @ Sharks 2
Game 3 April 29th @ Stars 2, Sharks 1 (00:04:37 OT)
Game 4 April 30th Sharks 2, @ Stars 1
Game 5 May 2nd @ Sharks 3, Stars 2 (00:01:05 OT)
Game 6 May 4th @ Stars 2, Sharks 1 (01:09:03 OT)
(Stars win series, 4-2)

Western Conference Finals
Game 1 May 8th @ Red Wings 4, Stars 1
Game 2 May 10th @ Red Wings 2, Stars 1
Game 3 May 12th Red Wings 5, @ Stars 2
Game 4 May 14th @ Stars 3, Red Wings 1
Game 5 May 17th Stars 2, @ Red Wings 1
Game 6 May 19th Red Wings 4, @ Stars 1
(Red Wings win series, 4-2)
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2008-2009 Season

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Record: 36-35-11
Points: 83
Home Record: 20-16-5
Away Record: 16-19-6
Shoot Out Record: 6-6
Shoot Out Home Record: 3-3
Shoot Out Away Record: 3-3
Division Finish: 3rd
Conference Finish: 12th
NHL Finish: 23rd
Season Summary: A season of struggles, disappointsment, and mistakes would summarize the Stars 2008-09 season. Expectations were raised after a trip to the Western Conference Finals just a year earlier. Thoughts of a Stanley Cup Championship returning to Big D were on all Stars' fans minds as the Stars kicked off the season against Columbus. And if Stars fans knew that the first game would show the entire season, they probably would have just sighed. Just in the first game, the Stars got down early and trailed 4-2 late in the 3rd. Despite a hard come back to try and get back into the race, it was a lost cause in the end as the Jackets left the Stars with a 5-4 overtime loss. Dallas would sink to last place into the entire National Hockey League, losing Sergei Zubov and Brenden Morrow to season ending injuries along the way. The signing of Sean Avery in the off-season was a complete disaster. Just 23 games into the season, the Avery experiment ended with a thud. Upon arriving in Calgary, Avery called media personnel over and referred to Dion Phaneuf's current girlfriend, also Avery ex-girlfriend, as just sloppy seconds. The term would effectively end Avery's run with the Stars as he would be suspended by the Stars and the NHL. The Stars responded that night in Calgary with a hard-fought 3-1 victory. The run would start with that victory, as Dallas went on an incredible tear looking as their former selves. The Stars climbed all the way to 5th in the NHL and looked prized to capture a playoff spot for the 7th consecutive season, despite taking on injury after injury along the road. But in a game in mid February, the Stars took on an injury they couldn't come back from. Brad Richards broke his left wrist against the Blue Jackets, and it showed right away just how big of a loss he was for the Stars. Dallas went on to win just 8 remaining games, as their injury total began to climb more and more. The Stars would end the season without a playoff spot for just the first time since 01-02, and with a total of 379 man games lost. Despite all the negative things that happened during the season, the Stars did have some bright spots. Loui Eriksson's break out season was a big part of the Stars staying in the race. With 36 goals on the season, he became the first Star to reach the 35 goal mark since Brett Hull did in 2000-01. Also, the rookies for the Stars showed for the first time since the move to Texas. Rookie James Neal powered in a goal in his first NHL game, and ended the season with 24 markers. It was the most goals ever scored by a rookie since the move to Dallas. Also, Fabian Brunnstrom showed his future potential in his first NHL game by netting a hat trick against the Nashville Predators. He would end the season with 17 goals. Another bright spot was the production of hat tricks by the Stars. Fabian Brunnstrom, Mark Parrish, Loui Eriksson, James Neal, and Mike Ribeiro all netted hat trick for the Stars in 08-09 for a total of 5, the most ever since the team moved to Texas. Despite the lows, the Stars' prospects and young players showed much to be excited for come future seasons.

Regular Season
10 Oct L Columbus 5-4 [OT]
11 Oct L at Nashville 3-1
15 Oct W Nashville 6-4
16 Oct L at St. Louis 6-1
18 Oct L Colorado 5-4
20 Oct W at New York R 2-1
22 Oct L at New Jersey L 5-0
23 Oct W at New York I 5-3
25 Oct L Washington 6-5 [OT]
29 Oct W Minnesota 4-2
31 Oct L at Chicago 5-2
01 Nov L at Boston 5-1
07 Nov W at Anaheim 5-2
08 Nov L at San Jose 2-1
11 Nov L at Los Angeles 3-2 [sO]
13 Nov L Los Angeles 3-2
15 Nov W at Phoenix 3-2
20 Nov L Chicago 6-3
22 Nov L Anaheim 2-1 [sO]
24 Nov L at Philadelphia 4-3
26 Nov W at Minnesota 4-3
28 Nov L at San Jose 6-2
30 Nov W Edmonton 4-3
02 Dec W at Calgary 3-1
03 Dec L at Edmonton 5-2
05 Dec W Colorado 2-1 [sO]
10 Dec L Phoenix 5-3
12 Dec W Detroit 3-1
13 Dec L at Nashville 3-0
16 Dec W Phoenix 2-1 [OT]
18 Dec W Columbus 6-5
20 Dec L at Ottawa 5-4 [OT]
23 Dec W at Toronto 8-2
27 Dec W Anaheim 4-3 [OT]
29 Dec L San Jose 3-1
31 Dec W New Jersey 4-2
03 Jan L at Edmonton 3-1
04 Jan W at Vancouver 3-2 [sO]
08 Jan L at Detroit 6-1
10 Jan L at Phoenix 1-0 [sO]
12 Jan W vs Detroit 5-4 [OT]
15 Jan L vs Buffalo 5-4 [sO]
17 Jan W vs Los Angeles 3-2 [sO]
19 Jan L at Tampa Bay 4-2
21 Jan W at Florida 4-1
27 Jan W vs Atlanta 2-0
29 Jan W at Detroit 4-2
31 Jan W at Columbus 7-3
03 Feb W vs Calgary 3-1
05 Feb L at Colorado 3-2
06 Feb W vs New York R 10-2
08 Feb W vs Nashville 4-1
11 Feb L vs Phoenix 1-0
13 Feb W vs Vancouver 2-1
14 Feb L at Chicago 6-2
16 Feb W at Columbus 3-2 [sO]
19 Feb W vs Edmonton 4-2
21 Feb L vs Chicago 3-1
23 Feb L vs San Jose 1-0
26 Feb L vs St. Louis 3-1
28 Feb L vs Anaheim 4-3
01 Mar L vs Pittsburgh 4-1
03 Mar W at San Jose 4-1
05 Mar L at Los Angeles 5-4 [OT]
06 Mar W at Anaheim 3-2
08 Mar L vs Montreal 3-1
10 Mar L at St. Louis 5-2
12 Mar W vs Carolina 3-2
14 Mar W vs Minnesota 3-2 [OT]
17 Mar L at Vancouver 4-2
18 Mar L at Calgary 2-1
21 Mar L at San Jose 5-2
24 Mar L vs Vancouver 5-2
26 Mar L vs Los Angeles 1-0 [sO]
28 Mar L vs Florida 6-3
30 Mar L at Phoenix 6-5 [OT]
31 Mar W at Los Angeles 3-2 [OT]
02 Apr L vs Calgary 2-1
04 Apr W vs St. Louis 5-4 [OT]
07 Apr L at Minnesota 3-1
09 Apr W at Colorado 3-2 [sO]
10 Apr L at Anaheim 4-3 [sO]
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