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Mike Modano

Career Highlights: Mike Modano is regarded as one of the best American-born NHL players in history….A seven-time NHL All-Star, Modano played the first 20 years of his hockey career for the Stars organization (Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars)…This past season he played for the Detroit Red Wings…Modano is also one of just two players who played in the NHL in the 1980s who are still active in the NHL (along with Mark Recchi)…Modano has the honor of being the all-time goal scoring and points leader amongst American-born players in the NHL...His offensive power combined with lightning-quick speed and his full throttle skating style make Modano a fan favorite...Modano won the coveted Stanley Cup Championship in 1999 with the Stars, putting together consecutive seasons of over 20 playoff points in 1999 and 2000…He also played in the 1991 and 2000 Stanley Cup Finals…Along with his prestigious NHL records for goals and points, Modano holds all of the offensive Dallas Stars franchise records, including career points (1,359), career goals (557), career assists (802), and career games played (1,459)…His playoff record is just as impressive, as he holds the records for most playoff points, playoff goals, playoff assists and most playoff games played…International competition has been important to Modano while in 1996, 2004 and 2005 he played with Team USA winning a gold medal in the inaugural World Cup game in 1996…He played in the 1998 and 2002 Olympics, where he led the team to a silver medal in 2002…Modano received the prestigious USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award which recognizes excellence in international ice hockey competition in 2002 for his commitment to his country and the sport…Modano also served as captain of the USA Hockey team in 2004 in Turin, Italy…Throughout his career, Modano has been a finalist for numerous awards including the Calder Memorial Trophy (1990), the Frank J. Selke Trophy (2001), and the Lady Byng Trophy (2003)…Selected by the Minnesota North Stars as the first overall pick in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft at age 17, Modano was named to the NHL All-Rookie Team and finished behind 31-year-old Sergei Makarove for the prestigious Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the year’s best rookie (because of that, the NHL imposed an age barrier for Calder candidates the following year)…Modano founded The Mike Modano Foundation to provide resources and education for at-risk, particularly abused, abandoned and neglected children in the Dallas area.

Updated: June, 2011

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