Sadly for fans of Minnesota hockey, the phrase "Let's play hockey" morphed into an empty promise 30 years ago this spring, when the North Stars moved to Dallas. Seven years later, the NHL returned.

Nearly two dozen hockey players whose youth careers took them through the State of Hockey — from playing in the state ...

Hockey also has stories of teams that have come and gone and relocated. Some stories have faded into history. That’s not the case with the Minnesota North Stars.

Shaver called Minnesota North Stars hockey games from 1967 to 1993, when the team moved from Minnesota to Dallas. Shortly after that, Shaver took over calling Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Early in the summer of 1993, when Mike Modano went from being a baby-faced Minnesota North Stars stud to getting a letter in the mail instructing him to report for Dallas Stars ...

The North Stars were one of the teams created during the National Hockey League’s first expansion in 1966. ... In 1987, Lou Nanne hired Minnesota hockey legend Herb Brooks to coach the team, ...

To this day, Hitchcock is the most successful coach in Dallas Stars history. Hitchcock was the head coach of the Stars for ...

He came to the Twin Cities in 1967 to call North Stars games, which he did for 26 years until the team moved to Dallas in 1993. He then broadcast Gophers hockey games until his retirement in 1996.

The North Stars were Minnesota's previous hockey team before the team moved to Dallas in 1993 and became the Dallas Stars. The Minnesota Wild came around seven years later and has been the State ...

DULUTH — Whether it was the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Minnesota North Stars, the Miracle on Ice or local prep hockey, there was one name associated with them all — John Gilbert. Gilbert, 82 ...

In the spring of 1993, at a time when it felt like the hockey world was abandoning Minnesota, Al Shaver stuck around. Hired as the radio voice of the expansion Minnesota North Stars in 1967 ...

40 years ago, the meek, mild, Minnesota North Stars started the greatest brawl in NHL history. ... Bobby Smith and Steve Payne, the two North Stars most determined to play artistic hockey, ...