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.

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.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Saturday night marks a significant milestone in the history of Minnesota professional sports -- it will be the 50th anniversary of the very first National Hockey League game ...

The Minnesota North Stars were one of the teams created during the National Hockey League’s first expansion in 1966, which finally brought an NHL team to the “state of hockey.” ...

Green, who sold the Stars to Tom Hicks in 1996, said he loves the fact that hockey is succeeding in Minnesota. "When I left, they did things the right way and built the arena in St. Paul," Green said.

A pair of former Minnesota North Stars are teaming up with a Richfield Middle School English teacher to get kids out on the ice again. Latest U.S.

Long after the North Stars moved to Dallas, after the Met Center was blown up and paved over, Gregg Otten hung onto his rubber chicken. Saturday, for old times' sake, the Maple Grove man brought ...

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.

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, ...

MINNEAPOLIS >> J.P. Parise, a Minnesota North Stars standout who also played for Canada in a landmark series against the Soviet Union in 1972, has died. He was 73. Parise died Wednesday night at ...

So when a 23-year-old Kari Takko went to his first NHL training camp in 1985 with the Minnesota North Stars, he was the only Finn in camp. The goalie was an outsider speaking an alien language in ...

Minnesota is the state of hockey, but Lakeville North pulled off a legendary season that has made the team an instant icon in the world of hockey. Hockey still seems to be a niche sport in America ...