No Stars: When Minnesota Lost Pro Hockey

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After a merger saved the Minnesota North Stars in the 1970’s, the franchise was saved again in the 1980’s when it was split in two. The move paved the way for the San Jose Sharks and kept professional hockey in Minnesota for another few years.

How can Minnesota, the State of Hockey, lose a professional hockey team? “No Stars: When Minnesota Lost Pro Hockey” pieces together what prompted the Minnesota North Stars to relocate to Texas in 1993 through interviews with former players, team employees and fans.

Watch FOX 9’s “No Stars” Documentary on FOX 9’s YouTube channel.

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Fans in the Twin Cities did a horrible job of supporting the North Stars. The original (local) owners almost folded the team in the late 70s due to horrible fan support. This led to the merger with the Gund Bros owned Cleveland Barons. Later, the fans deserted the team again in the 2nd half of the 80s, ending up with the North Stars finishing DEAD LAST In attendance for the 89-90 season! So the Gunds (owners in this short) were going to move to San Jose, where there was much more support.

Channel 5 News and the Strib did a poll after that 89-90 season asking fans if they cared if the North Stars moved to San Jose? 63% said NO they didn't care.

All of this before Norm Green saved the franchise. The fans thanked him by not showing up too many games the 90-91 season. Their first sellout of that season was the last home game of the season. And even that took the team getting hot AND a buy 2 get 1 free season tickets for the remainder of that season and the next season (91-92). After that promo ended and the team was not playing well, attendance dropped again. And they left town.

The State of Hockey???? The only state who lost their NHL team because they cared more about their college & high school hockey.

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I live in CT and was a North Star fan that was around the same time the wailers left

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In the middle of the night we lost pro hockey.

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