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On June 25, 1997, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced that Minnesota had been awarded an expansion franchise, to begin play in the 2000–01 season. The six finalist team names for the new NHL franchise (Blue Ox, Freeze, Northern Lights, Voyageurs, White Bears, and Wild), were announced on November 20, 1997. [7]
Minneapolis Auditorium: 1960 (moved to Los Angeles) Minnesota Muskies: Basketball American Basketball Association: Met Center: 1968 (Moved to Miami) Minnesota Kicks: Soccer North American Soccer League: Metropolitan Stadium: 1981 Minnesota North Stars: Ice hockey National Hockey League: Met Center: 1993 (moved to Dallas) Minnesota Arctic Blast ...
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, Minnesota, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white.
Professional ice hockey teams in Minnesota (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Ice hockey teams in Minnesota" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
With the grassroots of ice hockey well established after the war, Minnesota was producing a great deal of local talent. Unfortunately, at this time there were only 6 NHL teams and there was a de facto ban on American players. From 1945 through 1967 the rosters of NHL teams were made up almost entirely by Canadians.
During the 1920s, Minneapolis was home to the NFL team the Minneapolis Marines, later known as the Minneapolis Red Jackets. [24] During the 1940s and 1950s the Minneapolis Lakers basketball team, the city's first in the major leagues in any sport, won six basketball championships in three leagues to become the NBA 's first dynasty before moving ...