Dallas Stars history

The season was also marked by tragedy, as centre Bill Masterton became the first NHL player to die from an injury sustained during a game; he died after hitting his (helmetless) head on the ice during a January 1968 contest.

Shortly after college though, he began to lose his sight to a disease known as retinitis pigmentosa, finally going blind in 1970.

Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport opened in 1974, drawing business to the region and making it an attractive location for corporate headquarters.

On July 14, 1976, the move was made official and the Cleveland Barons were born.

After missing two payrolls in February 1977, the NHL took control of the Barons to avoid the team folding midseason - something that had occurred in the rival World Hockey Association (WHA), which at one point was considered a legitimate threat to the NHL.

Dallas became well known in popular culture as the setting for the eponymous television drama series (originally broadcast 1978–91); the ranch where the show was filmed is now a tourist attraction and convention centre.

The North Stars posted a winning record in 1979–80, and the following year the club made its first appearance in the Stanley Cup finals, where it lost to the New York Islanders in five games.

The Gunds and the North Stars experienced moderate success in the beginning of the new ownership tenure, making it to the Stanley Cup finals in 1981, losing to the defending champion New York Islanders.

By 1989, the Gunds became fed up with the Minnesota Sports Commission.

The North Stars lost in the first round each time, with one notable exception coming in the 1990–91 postseason.

In 1991, the front office began exploring the option of relocating the team.

The renamed Stars were off and running during the 1993-94 season in their new home.

In December of 1995, the Stars would change ownership as owner Norm Green, who brought the team from Minnesota, sold the franchise to Dallas-based businessman Thomas O. Hicks.

By 1998, the Dallas Mavericks, then owned by H. Ross Perot, Jr., and the Dallas Stars were indicating their desire for a new facility to replace the dated Reunion Arena.

The 1999 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Eastern Conference champion Buffalo Sabres and the Western Conference champion Dallas Stars.

The fans took the departure of the team very hard—so hard that the NHL promised a return of an NHL franchise to Minnesota, and later fulfilled that promise in 2000 when the Wild landed.

The Stars played out of Reunion Arena from their relocation until 2001, when the team moved less than 1.5 miles into the American Airlines Center.

The Gund brothers helped build the Sharks into one of the most consistent teams in the Western Conference before finally cashing out of the pro sports business and selling their shares of the team to the San Jose Sports and Entertainment Enterprises (SJSE) in February 2002.

The 2007-08 Stars surprised the Western Conference by upsetting the Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks in the first two rounds but falling in the Conference Finals to the eventual Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings.

They made it to the Western Conference Finals as recently as 2008, before losing to Detroit in six games, but are looking to get back to the playoffs this season after a two-year absence.

Gaglardi’s purchase was approved by the NHL Board of Governors on November 18, 2011.

On June 4, 2013 at AT&T Performing Arts Center, the organization unveiled a new primary and secondary logo.

Led by left wing Jamie Benn, the Stars posted the best record in the Western Conference during the 2015–16 season, but the team was upset by the St Louis Blues in a seven-game second-round postseason series.

After a disappointing 2016-17 campaign, Nill hired veteran bench boss Ken Hitchcock to serve as the team's head coach.

Entering the 2017-18 season, Benn has amassed 324 points (136-188=324) since being named captain, which is the third-most by any NHL player over that span.

Dallas returned to the playoffs in 2018–19, when the team pulled off a first-round upset before being eliminated in the second round.

The Stars advanced to the postseason again in 2019–20, where they ran off three series wins to capture the Western Conference title.

Revenues and operating income are for the 2020-21 season, including postseason and applicable non-NHL arena revenue (excluding the Seattle Kraken expansion fee) and are net of revenue sharing and arena debt service.