12 Facts About Dallas Stars

1. The next day, the Dallas Stars introduced their 11th all-time general manager, Jim Nill, the former assistant general manager of the Red Wings.

2. The next day, the Dallas Stars traded fan-favorite Steve Ott and Adam Pardy to the Buffalo Sabres for center Derek Roy.

3. On June 16, 2011, Dallas Stars hired Glen Gulutzan to be head coach, making him the sixth coach since the franchise's move from Minnesota.

4. The Dallas Stars allowed center Jason Arnott, defenseman Willie Mitchell and goaltender Johan Hedberg to leave as free agents.

5. The Dallas Stars ultimately won the Pacific Division for the second year in a row, and were seeded second in the Western Conference.

6. The Dallas Stars won 51 games, surpassing the 50-win mark for the first time in franchise history.

7. The Dallas Stars won the franchise's first Presidents' Trophy as the NHL's best regular season team, as well as the Central Division title for the second season in a row.

8. The Dallas Stars traded captain Mark Tinordi along with Rick Mrozik to the Washington Capitals before the season began for Kevin Hatcher.

9. At that time, the Dallas Stars would be one of the three southern-most teams in the NHL, along with the newly-created Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers as the NHL's first real ventures into southern non-traditional hockey markets.

10. The Dallas Stars would move into Reunion Arena, built in 1980, the downtown arena already occupied by the Dallas Mavericks.

11. The North Dallas Stars were sold to a group of investors that were originally looking to place a team in San Jose, although one of the group's members, Norman Green, would eventually gain control of the team.

12. The Dallas Stars played out of Reunion Arena from their relocation until 2001, when the team moved less than 1.5 miles into the American Airlines Center.