In Wild-Stars Playoff Matchup, History Comes To A Head

The Dallas Stars are, of course, the team that played its first 26 years in Minnesota before leaving in 1993, David McCoy reports (2:37). WCCO 4 News At 5 - April 14, 2016

[@AllyStrikesBack]

Norm Green be like: Why does everyone in Minnesota hate me? All I did was take their hockey team & move them to Texas because I didn't get what I wanted.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Their first ever meeting was December 17, 2000 Wild 6, Stars 0

[@pomerlain8924]

Hey Norm and Lou, you had the the new, modern Target Center in downtown Minneapolis that would have gladly housed the team. It would have sucked leaving the Met Center, but it would have kept the team in Minnesota.

[@kenmograd2009]

Pomerlain89 Don’t blame Norm when his wife was the one gave the him ultimatum of “Move the North Stars to Dallas, or I’m filing for divorce.”

[@joshuagamboaii741]

@@kenmograd2009 Those Minnesotans don't care. They enjoy voicing their displeasures towards Norm.

[@michaelleroy9281]

They couldn't reach a deal on arena advertising

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@kenmograd2009 I first heard that in December of 1992

[@ozzmoises]

For whatever reason they couldn't come to terms, I wish they had at least tried to see if it would work at the Target Center.

[@dustindingler629]

Maybe y’all should have kept going to the games and gave Norm a good reason to stay

[@dnasty312]

The Nordique fans were still going which was devastating

[@michaelleroy9281]

The fan support started waning around 1987 when the Gund Brothers owned the team

[@ozzmoises]

Last two seasons they averaged over 13000.

[@Joe_Ma99]

@@michaelleroy9281 What I don’t understand is how in the world do you make the Stanley Cup and have attendance continue to fall? There is no reason they shouldn’t have sold out of season tickets after a cup run. Is norm green being used a the scapegoat bc that doesn’t add up to me.

[@ericlehman6841]

I agree. The municipal governments are probably also responsible.