when did the dallas stars come to texas
1993
title: Dallas Stars text: Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. Before the beginning of the 1978–79 NHL season, the team merged with the Cleveland Barons after the league granted them permission due to each team's respective financial struggles. Ultimately, the franchise relocated to Dallas for the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars played out of Reunion Arena from their relocation until 2001, title: Dallas Stars text: into Reunion Arena, built in 1980, the downtown arena already occupied by the Dallas Mavericks. With the NHL changing the names of the conferences and divisions, the newly relocated Stars were placed in the Central Division of the Western Conference, and 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 title: 2017–18 Dallas Stars season text: 2017–18 Dallas Stars season The 2017–18 Dallas Stars season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 5, 1967, and 25th season since the franchise relocated from Minnesota prior to the start of the 1993–94 NHL season. The Stars failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second straight year. The Stars released their preseason schedule on June 9, 2017. The Stars' regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017. Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Stars. Stats reflect time with the Stars only. Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes title: Dallas Stars text: team heading south. In 1993, amid further attendance woes and bitter personal controversy, Green obtained permission from the league to move the team to Dallas for the 1993-94 season, 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 title: Dallas Stars text: Stars saluted Strader at center ice. On October 1, 2017, Strader died of cancer at the age of 62, leaving Reaugh and Ludwig to call the 2017-18 season. In July 2018, the Stars announced that Reaugh would return to color commentary for 2018-19, with former studio host Josh Bogorad taking over the play-by-play. When they debuted in Dallas for the 1993–94 season, they kept the same uniform design from their later Minnesota days, except for the addition of the Texas logo patch on the shoulders. Away uniforms were black and home uniforms were white. With minor trim changes, a darker