A North Stars jersey from around 1990, during the team’s final years in Minnesota.

Minnesota North Stars jersey

A North Stars jersey from around 1990, during the team’s final years in Minnesota.

The Minnesota North Stars’ schedule for 1989, featuring the radio stations that broadcast games and a seating chart for Met Center home games.

Minnesota North Stars’ 1989 schedule

The Minnesota North Stars’ schedule for 1989, featuring the radio stations that broadcast games and a seating chart for Met Center home games.

The Minnesota North Stars’ goalie Gilles Meloche defends a shot on goal by the Islanders’ Anders Kallum in a Stanley Cup finals game at the Met Center in 1981.

Minnesota North Stars in the Stanley Cup

The Minnesota North Stars’ goalie Gilles Meloche defends a shot on goal by the Islanders’ Anders Kallum in a Stanley Cup finals game at the Met Center in 1981.

Metropolitan Sports Center, ca. 1967. The complex, nicknamed the Met Center, was located near the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The North Stars hockey team played there for their entire career in Minnesota.

Metropolitan Sports Center

Metropolitan Sports Center, ca. 1967. The complex, nicknamed the Met Center, was located near the Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The North Stars hockey team played there for their entire career in Minnesota.

The longtime logo of the Minnesota North Stars hockey team. Public domain.

Minnesota North Stars logo

The longtime logo of the Minnesota North Stars hockey team. Public domain.

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team at the Metropolitan Sports Center, 1969. The Minnesota North Stars played their home games at the Bloomington venue, better known as the Met Center.

Minnesota North Stars at the Met Center

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team at the Metropolitan Sports Center, 1969. The Minnesota North Stars played their home games at the Bloomington venue, better known as the Met Center.

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team in action against the New York Islanders, 1981. The North Stars played in their first Stanley Cup finals against the New York Islanders in that year and lost the series 4-1.

Minnesota North Stars in action against the New York Islanders

The Minnesota North Stars hockey team in action against the New York Islanders, 1981. The North Stars played in their first Stanley Cup finals against the New York Islanders in that year and lost the series 4-1.

Minnesota North Stars

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.” Their twenty-nine-year residency in the state produced two trips to the Stanley Cup finals, but their sudden departure to Dallas in 1993 shocked fans throughout Minnesota.

Minnesota Kicks fans hold a banner at Metropolitan Stadium, June 1980.

Banner Day at Metropolitan Stadium

Minnesota Kicks fans hold a banner at Metropolitan Stadium, June 1980.

Snowmobiling in Minnesota, ca. 1970. Recreational snowmobiling has its roots in the North Star State.

Snowmobiling

Snowmobiling in Minnesota, ca. 1970. Recreational snowmobiling has its roots in the North Star State.

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