 the minnesota north stars were a professional ice hockey team in the national hockey league (nhl) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. the north stars played their home games at the met center in bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white. the north stars played 2,062 regular season games and made the nhl playoffs 17 times, including two stanley cup finals appearances. in the fall of 1993, the franchise moved to dallas, texas, and is now known as the dallas stars. ==history== ===beginnings===   on march 11, 1965, nhl president clarence campbell announced that the league would expand to twelve teams from six through the creation of a new six-team division for the 1967â68 season. in response to campbell's announcement, a partnership of nine men, led by walter bush, jr. and john driscoll, was formed to seek a franchise for the twin cities area of minnesota. their efforts were successful, as the nhl awarded one of its six expansion franchises to minnesota on february 9, 1966. in addition to minnesota, the five other franchises were awarded to california (oakland), los angeles, philadelphia, pittsburgh, and st. louis. the "north stars" name w
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