Mike Modano spent the final season of his NHL career with his hometown Detroit Red Wings.
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34 Facts About Mike Modano
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Mike Modano is the all-time goal-scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in NHL history.
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Mike Modano is considered one of the most influential figures in popularizing hockey in Texas and the southern United States.
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Mike Modano was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 17,2014.
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Mike Modano grew up in Highland Township, and due to causing problems at school with his mischievous behavior, a friend of his father suggested to put Modano in a team sport to get him controlled.
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Mike Modano learned it well, and six months later was put in local hockey teams.
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Mike Modano made the Midget Major team at the age of fourteen when his teammates were two to three years older.
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In 1986,16-year-old Mike Modano was invited by coach Rick Wilson of the Prince Albert Raiders to come to Saskatchewan and join the Western Hockey League team.
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Mike Modano was the second American to be selected first overall in the draft, after Brian Lawton in 1983.
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Mike Modano scored his first career NHL goal against Glenn Healy of the New York Islanders, and had a good rookie season which landed him on the NHL All-Rookie team and made him a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy.
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Mike Modano controversially lost to 31-year-old Sergei Makarov, who had already played professionally in the Soviet Championship League for over 12 years; this led to an age barrier of 26 for Calder candidates from the following year to the present.
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In 1992, Mike Modano signed a four-year extension that made him the highest-paid member of the team, receiving $2 million per year.
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Mike Modano recorded a personal-best 50 goals and again scored 93 points.
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In 1999, Mike Modano won the Stanley Cup with the Stars, playing all six games of the finals against the Buffalo Sabres despite breaking his wrist in the second game.
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Mike Modano assisted on the Stars' final five goals of the series, including both in Game 5 and Game 6, and final goal.
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Mike Modano was a candidate for the Frank J Selke Trophy, and the Lady Byng Trophy.
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On September 29,2006, Brenden Morrow replaced him as the Stars' captain; Mike Modano served an alternate captain from that time until 2010, a role in which he had previously served from 1995 to 2003.
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Mike Modano scored his 500th career regular-season goal on March 13,2007, with 10:24 left in the 3rd period in a regulation win against Antero Niittymaki of the Philadelphia Flyers with assists by Antti Miettinen and Jon Klemm.
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Mike Modano is only the 14th goal scorer to score 500 goals with a single team and the 39th player to reach 500 goals overall.
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Mike Modano holds the NHL all-time record for most points scored by a US -born player.
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Mike Modano broke the record, which previously belonged to Phil Housley, on November 7,2007, by scoring two goals in the first five minutes, with the record-breaker being a short-handed goal on a breakaway, against the San Jose Sharks.
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Coach Mike Babcock expressed a desire for Modano to center Detroit's third line with Dan Cleary and Jiri Hudler.
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Mike Modano finished his career with 1,499 regular-season games played.
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Mike Modano was the last active player to have played in the 1980s, along with Mark Recchi, as well as the last active player to have played for the Minnesota North Stars.
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In January 2013, Mike Modano became an alternate governor and executive advisor for the Stars' office.
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Mike Modano described his role as regarding the "business side of the organization", attracting the involvement of local businesses to the team, as well as getting more fans to Stars games.
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In 2019, Mike Modano was hired by the Minnesota Wild to serve as an executive advisor in the front office.
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Mike Modano married professional golfer Allison Micheletti, daughter and niece of former NHL players Joe Micheletti and Pat Micheletti, respectively, on September 1,2013.
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Mike Modano was one of a number of sportsmen to feature in a series of vignettes for WWF superstar Mr Perfect, with Perfect playing as a goaltender saving every shot including Mike Modano's.
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Mike Modano made a brief cameo appearance alongside then-teammate Basil McRae in the 1992 film The Mighty Ducks.
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Mike Modano received a membership voucher to the Screen Actors Guild for the role.
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Mike Modano is an avid golfer, having met his second wife on a golf course, and playing in some tournaments after retirement.
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