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Mike Modano
Born June 7, 1970
Livonia, MI, USA
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Center
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Dallas Stars
Minnesota North Stars
NHL draft 1st overall, 1988
Minnesota North Stars
Playing career 1989–present

Michael Thomas Modano, Jr. (born June 7 1970, in Livonia, Michigan, United States) is a professional ice hockey player for the Dallas Stars. Modano is of Italian descent. On Thanksgiving 2006, Modano proposed to his on and off girlfriend of 4 1/2 years, singing starlette & star of ABC's Dancing With The Stars, Willa Ford. The two are set to marry in 2007. He is currently injured and cannot play for a while.

Playing career

Modano has played all 15 of his NHL seasons with the Stars franchise (the first 5 spent with the Minnesota North Stars). He was the first overall draft pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, an honor shared by only 4 other Americans: Brian Lawton (1983), Bryan Berard (1995), Rick DiPietro (2000), and Erik Johnson (2006).

Modano won the Stanley Cup in 1999 with the Stars, putting together consecutive seasons of over twenty playoff points in 1999 and 2000. He has also played in the 1991 and 2000 championship finals. Modano has also been a finalist for the Calder Trophy (1990), Selke Trophy (2001), and Lady Byng Trophy (2003). His best statistical seasons were in 1992-93 and 1993-94, when he had 93 points each. The longtime face of the Dallas franchise, he has recorded over 1000 NHL points and became the captain of the Stars in 2003. On August 5, 2005, he signed a 5-year contract with Dallas. On September 29, 2006, he was replaced as the Stars team captain by Brenden Morrow, and is now the alternate captain.

Modano is also the only remaining Minnesota North Stars player currently with the Dallas Stars. Jere Lehtinen, who was drafted in 1992 when the franchise was still in the Twin Cities, never played an NHL game until the 1995-96 season, more than two years after the move.

He made a small cameo appearance in the movie "The Mighty Ducks".

Awards

  • East First All-Star Team (WHL) - 1989
  • NHL All-Rookie Team - 1990
  • Played in 7 NHL All-Star Games - 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004 - captaining the victorious Western Conference team in 2003

he is a hot temalee

Records

(as of last completed NHL season)

  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career games played (1179)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career goals (485)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career assists (698)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career points (1183)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff games (149)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff goals (52)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff assists (79)
  • Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars franchise record for career playoff points (139)
  • Entered 2006-07 season 2nd all-time in U.S. born players for goals and points (485) (1183)

Career Statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985-86 Detroit Compuware MNHL 69 66 65 131 32 -- -- -- -- --
1986-87 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 70 32 30 62 96 8 1 4 5 4
1987-88 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 65 47 80 127 80 9 7 11 18 18
1988-89 Prince Albert Raiders WHL 41 39 66 105 74 -- -- -- -- --
1988-89 Minnesota North Stars NHL -- -- -- -- -- 2 0 0 0 0
1989-90 Minnesota North Stars NHL 80 29 46 75 63 7 1 1 2 12
1990-91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 28 36 64 65 23 8 12 20 6
1991-92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 76 33 44 77 46 7 3 2 5 4
1992-93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 82 33 60 93 83 -- -- -- -- --
1993-94 Dallas Stars NHL 76 50 43 93 54 9 7 3 10 16
1994-95 Dallas Stars NHL 30 12 17 29 8 -- -- -- -- --
1995-96 Dallas Stars NHL 78 36 45 81 63 -- -- -- -- --
1996-97 Dallas Stars NHL 80 35 48 83 42 7 4 1 5 0
1997-98 Dallas Stars NHL 52 21 38 59 32 17 4 10 14 12
1998-99 Dallas Stars NHL 77 34 47 81 44 23 5 18 23 16
1999-00 Dallas Stars NHL 77 38 43 81 48 23 10 13 23 10
2000-01 Dallas Stars NHL 81 33 51 84 52 9 3 4 7 0
2001-02 Dallas Stars NHL 78 34 43 77 38 -- -- -- -- --
2002-03 Dallas Stars NHL 79 28 57 85 30 12 5 10 15 4
2003-04 Dallas Stars NHL 76 14 30 44 46 5 1 2 3 8
2005-06 Dallas Stars NHL 78 27 50 77 58 5 1 3 4 4
WHL Totals 176 118 176 294 250 17 8 15 23 22
NHL Totals 1179 485 698 1183 772 149 52 79 131 102

International play

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Ice hockey

Played for the United States in:

International statistics

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1988 USA WJC 7 4 1 5 8
1989 USA WJC 7 6 9 15 12
1990 USA WC 8 3 3 6 2
1991 USA CC 8 2 7 9 2
1993 USA WC 6 0 0 0 2
1996 USA WCH 7 2 4 6 4
1998 USA Oly 4 2 0 2 0
2002 USA Oly 6 0 6 6 4
2004 USA WCH 5 0 6 6 0
2005 USA WC 7 3 1 4 4
2006 USA Oly
Senior Int'l Totals 51 12 27 39 18

See also

Preceded by NHL First Overall Draft Pick
1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dallas Stars captains
2003-06 		Succeeded by
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