<P> After the 1991 season, the North Stars suffered through poor attendance and profitability . The team's fortunes were further impeded by the terms of the settlement with the Gund brothers, in which they were permitted to take a number of North Stars players to San Jose . New owner Norman Green explored the possibility of moving the team to Anaheim, however the NHL decided instead to place the expansion Mighty Ducks there in 1992 . In their final two seasons in Minnesota, the team adopted a new logo which omitted the "North" from "North Stars," leading many fans to anticipate the team heading south . </P> <P> In 1993, amid further attendance woes and bitter personal controversy, Green obtained permission to move the team to Dallas, and the decision was announced on March 10, 1993 . Green was convinced by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach that Dallas would be a suitable market for an NHL team . The NHL, to quell the controversy, promised the fans of Minnesota a return in the future with a new franchise; that promise was fulfilled in 2000 when Minnesota was awarded the Minnesota Wild as an expansion franchise . The Stars would move into Reunion Arena, built in 1980, the downtown arena already occupied by the Dallas Mavericks . </P> <P> The Stars played their first game in Dallas on October 5, 1993, a 6--4 win against the Detroit Red Wings . In that game, Neal Broten scored the first Stars goal in Dallas . Dallas was an experiment for the NHL . At that time, the Stars would be one of the three southern-most teams in the NHL, along with the newly created Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers as the NHL's first real ventures into southern non-traditional hockey markets . Though the Stars were relatively still unknown, word of the team spread rapidly, and the immediate success of the team on the ice, as well as Mike Modano's career best season (50 goals, 93 points) helped spur the team's popularity in Dallas . The Stars set franchise bests in wins (42) and points (97) in their first season in Texas, qualifying for the 1994 playoffs . The Stars further shocked the hockey world by sweeping the St. Louis Blues in the first round, but lost to the eventual Western Conference Champion Vancouver Canucks in the second round . The Stars' success in their first season, along with American superstar Mike Modano's spectacular on ice performances would be an integral part of the Stars' eventual franchise success in the immediate years to come . The almost immediate success of the Stars was also helped by a long history of second tier hockey in the area . The minor league Central Hockey League had two teams in the area, the Fort Worth Texans and the Dallas Blackhawks for three decades before the Stars arrival . </P> <P> Green, who had run into financial problems stemming from his business ventures outside of hockey, was forced to sell the team to businessman Tom Hicks in December 1995 . </P>

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