First season: 1993-94
Moved from Bloomington, Minnesota
Home arena: American Airlines Center

Stanley Cups won: 1
1999
Stanley Cup Final appearances: 3

There's nothing north about Dallas, Texas (except, perhaps, for the fact that Dallas is in North Texas). Therefore, for most NHL fans, the name "Dallas North Stars" makes absolutely no sense. So the team dropped the "North" from their nickname and became the Dallas Stars.

Retired numbers*
7 Neal Broten
8 Bill Goldsworthy
9 Mike Modano
19 Bill Masterton
26 Jere Lehtinen
56 Sergei Zubov

*Retired numbers from the team's Minnesota days were carried over